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COLE SCHMIDT
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Cole Schmidt: composer.
guitarist. programmer. from Vancouver - unceded territory of the
Coast Salish peoples–Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and
Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm
(Musqueam) Nations.
Cole composes music for
multi-genre improvising psychedelic chamber
jazz ensemble SICK BOSS, and post-noise soul loopers I THINK I SAW
YOU SEE ME, and the collaborative project with cellist and composer Peggy Lee, FOREVER STORIES OF: MOVING PARTIES.
As a guitarist, he performs
regularly with Marin Patenaude, KneeJerk, and Peggy Lee’s
Echo Painting.
Cole has been curating
DIY shows in Vancouver for over 15 years. He was part of the
multidisciplinary outfit Sawdust Collector, and works as an Artistic Director for the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and Barking Sphinx Performing Society.
Recently, Cole released FOREVER STORIES OF: MOVING PARTIES’ first album (November 2024), SICK BOSS’ second album “BUSINESSLESS” (November 2023), and I THINK I SAW YOU SEE ME’s debut album (July 2023).
Videos:
Fallride - FOREVER STORIES OF: MOVING PARTIES
Useless Genius - SICK BOSS
SUPERIMPOSER 2
Isolation
Commissions #20
Sick Boss Mondays
Selected
Discography
As composer:
SICK
BOSS
I THINK I SAW YOU SEE ME
FOREVER STORIES OF: MOVING PARTIES
Pugs
& Crows
As
performer, with other projects:
Marin
Patenaude
KneeJerk
Peggy
Lee’s Echo Painting
Karen
Foster
Cortez
The Killer
Copilots
Debra-Jean
and the Means
Press quotes:
“Sick Boss represents the current wave of North American avant-rock. Influenced by decades-ago innovators from across the pond (i.e., Henry Cow), this outfit still manages to sound uniquely strange and compelling.” - Avant Music News*
A “glorious open window” - CBC (Track “Blame” / FOREVER STORIES OF: MOVING PARTIES)
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“SICK BOSS consistently delves deep beyond musical boundaries, blurring borders between genres, and scenes.” - Discorder
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“ Forever Stories of: Moving Parties manages to forge akeen sense of uncompromising creativity as itwelds both traditional and non-traditionalmusical elements into a shindig worth attending”. - MusicWorks
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"Rejuvenating, visceral and absolutely stunning." - CBC / Pugs & Crows
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"The album is a bold work that melds jazz, post-rock, folk and pure ad lib spontaneity." - Ride The Tempo / SICK BOSS