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Various Artists: District of Noise Vol. 5 (Sonic Circuits)

The fifth installment of the District of Noise series featuring a diverse set of experimental noise and electronic artists from the Washington DC area released as part of the 2012 Sonic Circuits Festival.
 

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The Anthony Pirog Ensemble

BLK w/Bear

Borris Bobby Jr.

Colla Parte

Fast Forty

Janel Leppin

Jeff Carey

Layne Garrett

Lost Civilizations Experimental Music Project

Mercury Fools the Alchemist

Slut Walk

Catoctin

Violeta Ferrer

Cory O'Brien

Safe

TL0741

Troglobite

Amma House

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Label: Sonic Circuits
Catalog ID: SCDC05
Squidco Product Code: 16684

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2012
Country: USA
Packaging: Cardstock gatefold foldover
Recorded on various dates and at various locations around Washington, DC.
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Artist Biographies

"Janel Leppin (born 1981) is an American cellist and multi-instrumentalist. She has performed at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and at many international festivals worldwide including the High Zero Festival, the Swedish Women in Jazz Festival, DC Jazz Festival and Washington Women in Jazz Festival. She has acted as curator for works shown at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the ISSUE Project Room.

Leppin has released three solo recordings, Mellow Diamond (2016), Songs for Voice and Mellotron (2016), and American God (2017). She collaborates as part of Janel and Anthony with her husband, American guitar player Anthony Pirog. Recordings of her work as a composer and side musician appear on Sacred Bones, Bella Union, Touch, Tzadik, Sub Pop, Editions Mego, Sister Polygon, Dischord Records, Ideologic Organ and Cuneiform Records. Her work uses experimental, avant-garde, jazz, free jazz, classical, ambient and rock influences."

-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janel_Leppin)
10/14/2025

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