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	1.	The Road To Rome 03:12
	2.	Raising The Dead 06:15
	3.	Overtown 04:15
	4.	Solace 03:17
	5.	Fey 04:01
	6.	2 S's & 2 O's 04:55
	7.	Live Faust Die Jung 02:52
	8.	Leeward 03:50
	9.	Pasquinade II 01:53
	10.	Sigh 03:35
	11.	War 06:29
	12.	Theme in Eb 05:18

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PFS are a trio of keyboards, reeds, drums, and tapes. Their music is sharp, and creative; a vibrant mix of jagged rhythms, pre-recorded tape material, and bursts of musical color, blended with classical melodies. A wide range of styles are touched upon.

"Melodies and tonalities from the 12-tone school form the backbone of PFS's excursions; the results are both electrifying and introspective. Highly recommended."
-Spin

"The trio PFS was formed in 1984 by three members of the quintet Cartoon, after their dissolution. PFS established a leaner, more improvisational sound. The band performed shorter pieces that could quickly straddle the bounds of jazz, classical, industrial and rock.
Scott Brazieal (keyboards, tape effects and composition) studied composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has composed and performed music for ballet and film, and has developed musical applications for the Macintosh computer. Herb Diamant (saxophone, bassoon and digital effects) graduated from Carnegie-Mellon with degrees in computer analysis and physics. He has studied and played wind instruments since grade school, performing music ranging from traditional and 20th Century classical music to Dixieland. Gary Parra (percussion) is an accountant and self-taught musician. He has performed in the rock, jazz, classical and country and western idioms."
- AllMusic

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released January 16, 1992

Scott Brazieal - piano, keyboards, tapes
Herbert Diamant - saxes, bassoon
Gary Parra - percussion, noises
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Craig Fry - violin
Bill Johnston - cello

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Cuneiform Records Washington, D.C.

Cuneiform Records is a record label releasing adventurous, boundary-bursting music by artists from around the world. They have always championed an eclectic mixture of musical styles and artists and have consistently danced at the dangerous intersection where genres meet. In doing so, they have become one of the most prominent labels of New Music.

Founded in 1984.
Based in Washington D.C. ... more

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