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Press Info Van Gogh Shadowtree is a Boston based trio, consisting of international guitar legend and television music composer, Randy Roos, Art Rocker, Mo Digliani, and blues harmonica player and singer, BJ Harpman (AKA Big Woop). "We're a pretty unlikely group of collaborators, coming from some pretty different musical places" says wordsmith, Digliani, who is also the driving force behind the existential art rock band, The Primidonnatives. Digliani calls Van Gogh Shadowtree's music "Electrowordrock, because I don't know what else to call it." The band's current release, the four song single, "What Did You Have For Media Today?," is rhythmically charged music, which combines edgy lyrics with electronic synthesis and roots elements. Roos' strong command of the studio medium and synthesis is apparent throughout this exuberant, and at times darkly shaded debut performance. The combination of Digliani's low, irony tinged spoken word delivery and Harpman's rich R 'n' B vocal style, provides a multi-dimensional vocal layer, on top of Roos' rhythmically potent and deceptively melodic approach. Adding to the tasty stew are timely interjections of Roos' understated, though masterful guitar playing, and the Big Woop's funky and melodic harmonica playing, which brings to memory Lee Oskar's work with War. According to Mo Digliani, Van Gogh Shadowtree formed after Uncle Bic, the founder of the upstart independent label, Vague Moon Records, introduced him to Randy Roos, prior to Bic's release of a CD by Digliani's, The Primidonnatives. Mr. Roos insists he has known Mr. Digliani for many years. Mr. Digliani says, "It must have been somebody else borrowing my body or something..." Notwithstanding this minor controversy, Roos did the mastering for the Primidonnatives' CD, and the two became fast friends. "First, we decided to do a twisted techno song in Randy's studio, just for the fun of it," says Digliani, "with a drum 'n' bass approach to spoken poetry." That collaboration became the song, "Brain Room," which is the last track on the new CD. Says Digliani, "We let it sit for a while, and because it still didn't suck when we listened to it again, we decided to do more. We got BJ to join us, and the result is this CD. The more recent ones are perhaps more accessible to some ears than Brain Room. But I think we are capable of doing a lot of different shit. The stuff we are working on now has its own brand of coolness. Anyway, it is well worth checking out." Enough Said. -Ed Brilga, Vague Moon Records Publicist