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NEW COLLABORATION ALBUM FROM BIGMCENROE AND ALVARO ROJAS, NOODLES, OUT OCTOBER 21, 2022 VIA PEANUTS & CORN
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Today, bigmcenroe (Rod Bailey) and Alvaro Rojas share the second single from their upcoming LP, Noodles, out via Peanuts & Corn on October 21, 2022. “Spare Keys” is the sound of modern noir, a foggy night on an abandoned street. bigmcenroe's atmospheric and moody progression is complemented by Alvao's driving guitar.
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MORE ABOUT NOODLES
Bailey and Rojas met when their kids went to the same school and their wives forced them to hang out together. It didn’t take long to establish their mutual love of music and next thing you know they were in the bigmcenroe’s home studio, trying a few riffs and having some fun.
Alvaro is a classically trained musician specializing in jazz and avant garde, while bigmcenroe has been writing and producing hip hop for his entire adult life. Over the pandemic, the pair collaborated remotely on Noodles, the new LP
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MORE ABOUT ALVARO ROJAS
Alvaro Rojas is an award winning guitarist and composer based in Vancouver B.C. As a guitarist he performs regularly with his trio, as well with other local artists in the pop, rock, jazz and improvised music communities. As a composer, Alvaro has had works performed by many of Canada’s finest new music groups, including the Turning Point Ensemble, Aventa Ensemble and the Microcosmos String Quartet. He has written music for choir, big band, orchestra, various chamber groups and small ensembles, and has scored numerous short films.
MORE ABOUT BIGMCENROE
bigmcenroe (Rod Bailey, formerly known as mcenroe) has been a mainstay of the Canadian underground hip-hop scene since the early nineties. Since forming Peanuts & Corn Records and releasing cassettes starting in 1994, he has been writing and producing quality hip-hop for nearly 30 years. He has produced highly acclaimed acts such as farm fresh, mood ruff, different shades of black, fermented reptile, Park-Like Setting (of which mcenroe is a member), Hip-Hop Wieners, Gruf, John Smith aka Bazooka Joe 204, Yy, Birdapres, Nestor Wynrush, and Pip Skid. As a writer he has released critically acclaimed rap albums and EPs such as the ethics EP, the convenience EP, disenfranchised, the Paper Champion, burnt orange, and 2021’s Brandon.
NOODLES TRACKLIST
01 - Unsubscribe
02 - Supermedium
03 - Spare Keys
04 - Unadventure
05 - Writer's Block
06 - Apercu mono
07 - Someone Else’s Money
08 - Fanboy Panic
09 - Serious Business, This
10 - Yesterday’s Fresh
11 - Loss Leaders
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