Devin Sarno
Glendale, CA United States
Genres:Ambient Soundscapes, Classical - Modern/Avant-Garde, Electronic - Breakbeat
Bio:
Devin Sarno began “CRIB” in early 1990 as a solo bass sound project focusing on improvised subsonics. Over the better part of a decade, this music has evolved from high volume feedback experimentation to a sonic examination of the meditative properties of low-end drone music. Influenced in part by artists such as: Phill Niblock, Deep Listening Band & Arvo Pärt as well as everyday ambience & silence, the music of Devin Sarno has been described as:
“A rich and genuinely beautiful music. If, on one hand, this sound is one of foreboding, its resonance, on the other, is deeply seductive.”
• Motion UK
Sarno’s most recent recorded output has seen the introduction of additional sonic landscapes including strings, loops & field recordings. The L.A. Weekly says of this latest direction in sound:
“[This music] wells up with levels of understated melody somewhat beyond what occurred in any of Sarno’s previous recordings.”
While Rolling Stone.com notes:
“It’s contemporary classical music with an indie rock sensibility and will find fans in folks who grew up digging noise bands but are looking for something a bit more beautiful to trip out on in adulthood.”
Sarno has toured both coasts of the United States, sharing concert bills with artists as diverse as: Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth), Nels Cline, Blonde Redhead, Ben Harper, Gus Gus, Carla Bozulich, Banyan (feat. Mike Watt & Stephen Perkins) & more…
Sarno's music has been featured on television networks CBS & ABC and in films (short & long form) which have screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and Venice Film Festival.
