| Ramona Falls | |
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| Origin | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Genres | Indie rock Neofolk |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Barsuk Records Souterrain Transmissions |
| Associated acts | Menomena, Lackthereof, Dat'r, Matt Sheehy, Dear Reader |
| Website | RamonaFalls.com |
| Members | |
| Brent Knopf | |
Ramona Falls is an indie rock project founded by Brent Knopf and based in Portland, Oregon. Brent Knopf was also one-third of the band Menomena.
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The project took shape after Menomena's recording process for their third album was delayed. Knopf embarked on the project that gave him the opportunity to work with 35 other colleagues from the Portland and New York areas.[1]
Ramona Falls is named after a waterfall located near Mt. Hood, a place where Knopf used to hike as a child.
It's believed that Brent played a handful of his own material at shows around Portland, Oregon sometime in the years prior to the Ramona Falls project. Most recently is his PDX@CMJ performance October 24, 2008 in New York under the title "Dear Everything." It is believed that at least some of this material was further developed for "Intuit".
Brent Knopf has been creating music since before his inclusion into Menomena. He initially approached Danny Seim and Justin Harris with a demo tape while the duo were in a different band. Knopf is frequently credited as the creator of the Digital Loop Recorder (sometimes referred to as DLR or Deeler) used to help compose creative ideas for inclusion into Menomena's music. The Menomena song "Rose" is believed to be most wholly contributed to by Knopf among other songs.
Knopf is credited as producer of the album "replace why with funny" from the South African band Dear Reader (formally known as Harris Tweed). Knopf responded to Cherilyn MacNeil's request for a producer via Menomena's Myspace page. The two had not known each other prior but Cherilyn was a fan of Menomena and has since contributed to "Intuit."
Paul Alcott, Soren Anders, Bryan Arakelian, John Askew, Alva Bostick, Kelly Brickner, Friedrich Brückner, Eric Day, Sayard Egan, Larah Eksteen, Kai Gross, Bonnie Knopf, Sarah Lewis, Loch Lomond (Ritchie Young, Dave Depper, Amanda Lawrence, Jason Leonard, Laurel Simmons, Scott Magee, Jade Eckler), Cherilyn MacNeil, Lisa Molinaro, Stefan Nadelman, Kevin O'Connor, Liam Palmer, Michael Papillo, Mark Shirazi, Colleen Sovory, Matt Sheehy, Amy Smidebush, Mike Visser, Benjamin Weikel, Janet Weiss, Jay Winebrenner, Mirah Y.T. Zeitlyn
USA : Brent Knopf, Dave Lowensohn (bass), Paul Alcott (drums), Matt Sheehy (guitars) EUROPE : Brent Knopf, Cheri MacNiel (guitar), Darryl Torr (bass), Michael Wright (drums), Jean-Louise Nel (viola and guitar)
http://comeonchemicalsblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/interview-brent-knopf-of-menomenaramona.html
http://www.cokemachineglow.com/track_review/4609/ramonafalls-saltsack-2009