Terrorbird

Nat Rabb aka San Serac grew up in Baltimore, playing with oddly prescient post punk bands Candy Machine and INK when he was only very small. We're talkin 90s. There was New York, Big Numbers, screaming (not screamo). But fate eventually brought him to Providence, a place of few rules. And it was there where - seeking a true fusion of Midnight Star and Bryan Ferry - he embarked in earnest on a journey into electronic funk and its brothers and sisters house, disco, garage, quiet storm, freestyle, you get the picture. He released Ice Age in 2004 on his own Frog Man Jake label, and his idiotic hysterics so impressed Trevor Jackson that Output Recordings released Tyrant in 2006, putting our man in an insane roster that included Mu, The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem, Black Strobe and the most important band of all time Yello.

So hey, it's 2007. San Serac completed a full US tour with Junior Boys to some fanfare. The long awaited full length Professional (Frog Man Jake) is gathering acclaim and will be released this fall on Good & Evil in Japan and Normals Welcome in Canada, followed by a tour with Shout Out Out Out Out. A sick remix 12" featuring Kistun���© hitmakers Passions and Popular Computer is on the way too.

San Serac is currently hard at work on new disco-soul jams, singing with Stereo Image, and going eyeball to eyeball with house lovers whenever possible.

Played at: P.S.1 Warm Up, Horse Meat Disco, POP!, Tax Lo, Cobra Kai, Dirty Down, Hearthrob, The Cock
Played by: John Peel, Nick Luscombe, Pig Radio, Certified Bananas, James F!@.$%^ Friedman, Viva Radio
Remixed: ova looven, Wilderness, Misty Roses, Tranzistors
Remixed by: Passions, Krames, Popular Computer, Polygamy Boys, Stranger, Portable Sunsets, Morgan Louis, Initiales A.A., Misty Roses, Johnny Dark

SOME PRESS

This is clearly one of the most under appreciated packages of multifarious electro pop rapture spinning its way through the realm of blog-enthused music today. Borrowing heavily from the 80's pop ballad tradition but enmeshed with the flavours of modern electro/disco/soul and imbued with a lyrical eloquence you seldom come by these days, the tracks all have a sense of cinematic energy and playfulness which has the tendency to transport you directly back in time, so watch out for that, also watch out for the rest of this release because it's absolutely stunning and I expect would easily impress even the most disagreeable 80's music evangel.
Graffe Giraph

Suave lunacy....corrupt and unhinged.
Fluxblog

Quite simply one of the hottest little dance records likely to come off this coast all year....Required reading for anyone planning to throw a party this summer.
Weekly Dig

"Tyrant" was a total favorite a year ago today, and our opinion hasn't really changed. There is a lot of weight behind this comparison and I wouldn't make it unless I really meant it, but San Serac is the closest thing to David Bowie that the current dance scene has....He tackles Bowie's "Teenage Wildlife" and handles it, um, dare I say...better than.
Big Stereo

Channeling the legacy of the whiteboydancefloor uber-gods Bowie & Prince as well as essentially a whole decade of sexy music, San Serac is every bit the entire disco-laced package....[He] employs some of the most innovative and intelligent lyrics I've heard from an artist of this genre. I love that San Serac doesn't just dumb it down so your masses can sing along, he caters to the sophisticated disco kid....Professional is a triumph as it sea changes from pure 80's indulgence toward some stomping electro elation, in my opinion rarely missing a beat or at the least a chance to make the beat.
whiteboydancefloor

You cannot help wishing there was something as sexy played with by a full band on the last !!! album....when he gets it right it's as good as when Rick James cries 'Now watch me' and pulls out his amazing funk weapon that all the ladies love.
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