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of improvisation, The String Cheese Incident has reached the cusp of
an explosive national breakthrough through outstanding live performances
and a dedication to touring. Now averaging over 160 shows a year, the band
has attracted fans of all genres by mixing high energyfun with rigorous
musicianship and impassioned artistry.
The
String Cheese Incident crafts undeniable masterpieces from an astonishing
mix of roots musics, with intricate mountain bluegrass, transcendent
Afro-pop rhythms, sensuous Latin melodies and breezyCalypso
grooves that branch from a trunk of traditional American rock. The String
Cheese Incident not only weaves together these incrediblydiverse musical
elements, it creates an entirely new sound in theprocess.
This
Boulder, Colorado based quintet has leapt into the collective conciousness
of several grassroots scenes at once. Fans of bluegrass, reggae, jambands
and other roots genres have strongly embraced the creative milestone that
is SCI's music, as well as the band's ability to create a relaxed, fun
environment at every show, or Incident, as they are better known.
The
symbiotic, audience-band relationship that develops into a rich atmosphere
at each Incident lead the band to provide a new level of fun and music
to their fans in 1998 through several international Incidents,in both Negril,
Jamaica, and Akumal, Mexico. More international shows are currently being
planned.
Pioneers
of both music and the business of music, The String Cheese Incident has
steadfastly refused to compromise any amount of creative control over its
music by signing with a major label. Applying thegrassroots ethic that
has made the band into successful touring artists,The String Cheese Incident
instead chose to launch a full-scale label, Sci Fidelity Records.
The band now continues to build its grassrootsempire with a website that
attracts one million hits a month, anin-house ticketing service and a travel
agency designed to cater to their fans.
While
the band’s Incidents have become the stuff of legend, it is in the studio
that The String Cheese Incident distinguishes itself in craftsmanship.
Buoyed by the 1998 release "Round The Wheel," which hasbecome the
band's best selling album to date with its mix of richly textured arrangements
and tight,ear-catching pop tunes, Sci Fidelity Records and The String Cheese
Incident are currently choosing tracks fora live double album that will
be released in early fall.
The
String Cheese Incident received the honor of opening and closing the 1998-99
New Year's Eve Celebration at the Kaiser Auditorium in Oakland, CA,
with remaining members of the Grateful Dead and Hot Tuna.
Theband's success on a massive U.S. tour in the spring of 1999 culminatedin
three sold-out shows at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium
in San Francisco, and a string of sold out shows along the east coast.
In
June, The String Cheese Incident returns to the Telluride Bluegrass
Festival as a headlining act, where they stole the show as the opening
act in 1993, just six months after their official formation. Thissummer,
the band will also headline both the High Sierra Music Festivaland
the Oregon Country Fair. Looking towards the millennium, The String
Cheese Incident will host a two-night New Years extravaganza in Portland,
OR that will encompass a "world-music" theme on a scale of grand proportions.
The
creative and musical foundation that constitutes the essence of The String
Cheese Incident is always evolving with the band's musical tastes and their
interaction with the fans in the live setting. The albumsspeak volumes
and the critical acclaim rises, but there is no substitutefor a live "Incident".
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