Transcendence (Rock Band)
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Transcendence is rock musical group founded in South Florida by singer Ed Hale, drummer Ricardo Mazzi, bassist Jorge Gera. The lineup evolved over the years and now includes bassist Roger Houdaille, keyboardist Allan Gabay, and guitarrist Fernando Perdomo. The band is headquartered in New York City and was signed to TMG Records [1]. The band played their first show at Power Studios in Miami, FL in September of 2000 while during the production of their debut album "Rise and Shine". The album is combination of world styles blended with Brit-Pop influences. Singer Ed Hale sings in Portuguese, Spanish , and English and the track "Letter to a Friend" contains passages in French. As a devout political activist, Hale's lyrics dive into social commentaries and government critiques in "The Journey". Some tracks from these sessions were featured as background music in MTV's "Making The Video" and "Road Rules".
The band continued to promote the album in South Florida and released their follow up "Sleep With You", produced by Fred Freeman (Dashboard Confessional), in 2002 which received extensive college radio airplay. The banned toured the East Coast to promote the album which was more of an aggressive collection of tracks that contained more guitar driven pieces and fit more of a radio-friendly format.
The lineup during the recording of "Sleep With You" changed. "Rise and Shine" bass player Stro Stroman quit the band and the guitar player Duane Allen moved to Los Angeles. Keyboardist Joe Trainor moved up to New England. Hale searched the pool of talent in South Florida and recruited up and coming Roger Houdaille on bass, Fernando Perdomo on guitar, and Jon Rose on keys. The band embarked on another East Coast tour to promote "Sleep With You".
In 2003, drummer Ricardo Mazzi temporarily left the band and Bill Sommer replaced him to record the the critically acclaimed "Nothing Is Cohesive". The album was recorded in Perdomo's home studio is arguably the band's best creative tangent to date. The album featured remakes from Ed Hale's solo "Acoustic In New York" production and a cover of Paul McCartney's "Tomorrow". After the production wrapped for "Nothing Is Cohesive", Jon Rose left the band and was eventually replaced by Allan Gabay. The band embarked on their third tour with a pit stop at CMJ in New York City.
In the summer of 2004, Houdaille, Mazzi, and Hale reconvened in an old warehouse in Miami's Design District for two weeks to begin rehearsals for their upcoming "All Your Heroes Become Villains". As Hale recalls, "This is was the most distant departure of songs I've ever written. They're darker and more depressing than anything I've ever written." Tracking began in Miami's legendary Hit Factory Criteria Studios in 2004 and continued throughout 2006 in Dungeon Recording Studios [2]. During the latter part of the production, the band recorded tracks for the "Girls" album (no release date set) and "The Great Mistake" with Bill Sommer on drums.
The band is currently renegotiating record deals to release "All Your Heroes Become Villains" and "The Great Mistake".
[edit] Political and Social Activism
Singer Ed Hale is heavily involved in social activism. In 2005, he rebuilt damaged homes from from Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi with Habit for Humanity. In 2007, he traveled to Ghana to help build schools and homes. Hale, recently returned from Iran in a US Peace Delegation tour to promote US culture in Tehran.
