New Non Credo CD Impropera Now Available!!

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Non Credo is the duo of Kira Vollman and Joseph Berardi. She sings, he drums, but their musical palette extends well beyond the scope of their primary instruments. Clarinets, marimbas, accordions, cellos, broken down keyboards, cheap electronics, altered childrens toys and anything else that falls into their path are utilized. Their sound, with its quick-witted arrangements and Teutonic expressionism balanced by a whimsical attitude, falls solidly into the RIO (Rock In Opposition) camp.

Non Credo has had a long history in the new music scene. Their debut LP, Reluctant Hosts, was released in 1988 by No Mans Land, the German affiliate of Recommended Records, and re-released on CD in 2000. In 1995 they released Happy Wretched Family on the noted Canadian label, Les Disques Victo. They have also appeared on several CD compilations in Europe and the USA, and have composed music for film, radio, dance and performance pieces. Their powerful live performances, which mix song with improvisation, have been presented in galleries, theatres, museums and rock dives, and they have played New Music festivals in USA, Canada (Musique Actuelle) and Europe.

about Kira Vollman

Kira Vollman is a breathtaking vocalist with the voice of a fallen angel."My patience threshold is pretty low", she reveals. Perhaps this explains her tendency to jump from style to style and sound to sound in her vocalizations. Or does it refer to her sometimes dim view of the rest of humanity? She feels it is her duty to rip the rose-tinted glasses off the delusional and show them exactly how miserable their lives really are. Never without an absurdist's dark sense of humor, she is an ace at role-playing. She is by turns an operatic soprano, a charming little girl, a guttural demon, a siren seductress, a transvestite monk, sometimes within a single song. Vollman also plays bass guitar, clarinets, keyboards and other assorted devices, and supplies the lyrics for Non Credo's evocative textures.
Aside from Non Credo, Vollman has been involved in several musical projects and bands in her hometown of Los Angeles. She was a member of the improvising chamber ensemble Fat And Fucked Up, she toured and recorded with Kid Congo Powers band Congo Norvell, performed frequently with musical scavengers Stay Home, recorded with slop-rockers Thelonious Monster and sang with micro-tonalist Kraig Grady. She is active in the LA improv scene, having worked with violinist Jeff Gauthier and her vocal duet with Kaoru, Punishment Cookies.

about Joe Berardi

Joe Berardi first came to prominence as a member of the ground-breaking avant-pop band The Fibonaccis. Since then, he has been involved in a wide assortment of projects and bands. As a drummer, his unique style and use of miscellaneous percussive objects and found sounds within the traditional drum kit have made him a fixture on the Los Angeles music scene. He is a member of surf-spy experimentalists Double Naught Spy Car, the metal/found objects percussion group The Obliteration Quartet, the bent blues band The Mentones, Megan Mullally's Supreme Music Program and plays keyboards with Weill/Eisler worshipers the Eastside Sinfonietta. Berardi has been the drummer/percussionist of choice for a diverse group of notorious performers, including recordings, tours and collaborations with such notables as: Stan Ridgway, Rufus Wainwright, Ann Magnuson, Lydia Lunch, James White and the Blacks, Congo Norvell, Donovan, Pixies Frank Black & Joey Santiago, Algerian vocalist Rimitti (with Robert Fripp & Flea), Kristian Hoffman, Stew, The Velvet Hammer Burlesque, Motor Totemist Guild, Nels Cline and microtonalist Kraig Grady.