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Peter Bloom Opens For Juliana Sparks CD Launch

Toronto-based singer/songwriter Peter Bloom will be opening the launch of Juliana Sparks long-awaited CD entitled "Juliana" at The Rivoli (334 Queen St. W., Toronto, east of Spadina) on May 7th at 8:00 PM. Performing as an acoustic trio, Peter will perform songs from his just-released full-length debut "Random Thoughts (from a paralyzed mind)".

Peter Bloom has the perfect gift for all those people who let fear prevent them from breaking free and reaching their potential. Drawing emotional strength and wisdom from his own powerful personal life experiences, his album is an insightful, musically and lyrically compelling debut that chronicles his dramatic shift from years of self-doubt (and physical problems with his voice) to his current emergence as a critically acclaimed, award winning artist and performer.

His newly assembled band's first gig in December 2007 at The Cameron House-one of the city's hip musical venues-saw many fans lining up after the show to buy CDs and get autographs. One review described Bloom's live performance as "pure heart and raw energy." Leading up to Random Thoughts' official national March 2008 release, Peter Bloom Band is also set to play Toronto hotspot The Horseshoe, and headline for over 1,000 people at a benefit show for DANI (Developing and Nurturing Individuals), a local organization that raises money to help special needs people become more independent.

What the press is saying:

"For (people) keen to try Canadian pop but put off by all the oddball Montreal indie acts, the answer may come in the shape of Peter Bloom. Earnest as a Toronto winter day is short, Bloom makes sweeping piano pop redolent of late Beatles ballads or Chris Martin at his most thoughtful."
Download.Com - Editor's Review

"Peter Bloom is a singer-songwriter who learned all the right lessons from John, George, Ringo and especially Paul - not to mention Elton John and John (Five For Fighting) Ondrasik. This is simply gorgeous piano/orchestral-based pop, carried to the next level by Bloom's insightful lyrics and full-bodied melodic sensibilities."
Jason Warburg, The Daily Vault

For more information on Peter Bloom, visit his website (http://www.peterbloomband.com/) and MySpace (myspace.com/peterbloommusic)

For press and other inquiries, contact:
Eric de Fontenay
MusicDish LLC
ecfont@musicdish.net

Mashed Buddha's Zen Conspiracy Merges Electronica & Jazz Improv

Drum n Bass n Keyboardist Mashed Buddha (aka John Corda) announced the release of his latest album "Zen Conspiracy." The album represents a new direction for Mashed Buddha, first introduced in his prior EP release "Four Keys To Zen," offering an intricate blend of drum n bass, ambient electronica and downtempo funk-grooves that allow for jamming keyboard solos. In addition to a richer pallette of sounds and guest vocalist Uri Geller, he incorporates something no one else in this genre uses: jazz improvisation.

Zen Conspiracy is available through CD Baby (http://cdbaby.com/cd/mashedbuddha2/from/musicdish) and myTracks (http://www.mytracks.com/mashedbuddha).

Mashed Buddha is the name of the one man band consisting of John Corda, his keyboards, his computer, and occasional human collaborators. A rarity in the world of electronica and it¹s various offshoots, he adds musicality and, the not-so-predictable, human touch to a form dominated by DJs and people who program machines, then let them run through their paces. Mashed Buddha falls under the rubric of jungle and drum 'n' bass, but is so much more than the terms imply.

"I like to think of my music as electronica that doesn't take itself too seriously," he states. "Mostly it's a blend of wild musical ideas that constantly run through my head. I tame them with soothing words." He further soothes them by adding a rock and pop sensibility to the framework of drum 'n' bass. He achieves this by using tried and true techniques of songwriting such as creating verses, choruses and bridges from hooks, voices, keyboard licks, snippets of sound and catchy themes.

Unlike his debut CD, 'Subdue Your Mind', each song uses drum 'n' bass -- frenetic drum beats matched against slower bass lines -- but also elements of funk, downtempo, and even '70s jazz fusion. On his latest CD, 'Zen Conspiracy', in addition to a richer pallette of sounds and guest vocalist Uri Geller, he incorporates something no one else in this genre uses: jazz improvisation.

Mashed Buddha was born out of Corda¹s need to combine his musical tendencies and experiences, maintain his forward-looking creativity, and satisfy his need to communicate with an audience, an audience that approaches music with both mind and body. "Drum 'n' bass gives me artistic freedom while tapping into an audience that wants to listen." In addition, he further explores his musical tendencies and leaves the house of Mashed Buddha, so to speak, by performing live in the Boston area with the acid jazz band Organism.

For more information on Mashed Buddha, visit his website (http://www.mashedbuddha.com/) and MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/mashedbuddha) DJs and radio programmers can download broadcast-ready songs from his album at Airplay Direct (http://airplaydirect.com/music/bands/2386/)

For press and other inquiries, contact:
Eric de Fontenay
MusicDish LLC
ecfont@musicdish.net