ABOUT SCRABBEL
SCRABBEL was formed in 1999 with old high school friends, Becky Barron and Dan Lee. They made their live debut at the 2000 San Francisco Asian American Film Festival "Directions In Sound" music night with the Aislers Set and Sweet Trip, and released their first record in 2001 on Kittridge Records. The kazoos and speak n spells from the 1st record were traded in for cellos and violins on the 2nd record, "1909". Some guest performers include Alicia Vanden Heuval (Aislers Set), Gary Olson (Ladybug Transistor), and Pete Nguyen (Total Shutdown and Ee). On "1909", mastermind Dan Lee (who plays everything from keyboards to guitar to clarinet to speak & spell) has jumbled string sections with whimsical pop, early British invasion melodies and electro blip beats. He even incorporates the ambient sounds of a BART subway station to create something simply original. The live band has grown from a 2 piece to a larger ensemble of friends, including Hellen Jo, Nathalie Roland, Stanley Lam, and Atsushi Murase, featuring everything from drums, guitars, cello, violin, organ, and xylophone. Visit Scrabbel at scrabbel.org.

Photo courtesy of David Huang, poeticdream.com.

For more information about Scrabbel, please visit www.scrabbel.org