Carm : Carm II

Innovative horn player, producer and songwriter CJ Camerieri returns with his deeply collaborative CARM project. CARM II, the second album due out this fall with 37d03d, was produced in Minneapolis by Ryan Olson and features Edie Brickell, Sid Sriram, Kristian Matsson, Justin Vernon, Gabriella Smith, Sean Carey and others. It is a genre-defying, heartfelt exploration of the possibilities in provocative music- making and provides a homespace for a profound variety of voices.

Where the first record used horns in place of other instruments, CARM II places them even more prominently in the musical texture. The experience of playing live shaped this approach. Standing at the front of the stage was a new experience for me and I wanted to create a record of songs that justified my being there. On CARM II, there is no mistaking that the lead singer of this band is Camerieris horn. CJ also wanted to feature bandmate Trever Hagen, who takes on both