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we just stole a car

Gangsterimental from Vancouver BC
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we just stole a car

Label: MUNT records
since circa 2006
We just stole a car was designed as an outlet for creative expression without allegiance to specific medium, form or genre. It created the opportunity for Vancouver-based artists to work together in multi-disciplinary projects regardless of size, complexity or obscurity. We just stole a car began as a duo comprised of composer/multi-instrumentals John Mutter, and bassist Peter Kim in 2006. The duo released its first full-length CD "a" independently in 2007. The album's soundscapes suggested scenes of urban construction, deconstruction, order, chaos and mechanical malfunction. The album toyed with digital processing and the creation of new sounds.
We just stole a car’s new release, BARN, propels the group into new grounds: Digital processing is exchanged for concrete sound and analogue manipulation, man-made city soundscapes are replaced with “animal narrative,” and three new musicians (Kevin Romain, Dominic Conway, and Richard Shaffer,) join to convert the original duo into a quintet. The album combines through-composed material with free improvisation. Manipulation and processing of sound was kept minimal in order to coincide with the “natural” theme of the album. As a result, concrete sound and the sonic exploration of various instruments (clarinet, acoustic and prepared piano, trumpet, French horn, acoustic and electric bass, electric and prepared guitar, drums, percussion, saxophone, trombone, violin) makeup the majority of the more abstract textures on the album.
Each copy of BARN includes Polaroid-size photographs by John Mutter and Jessica Groome which depict scenes of “destroyed” or “damaged” circumstances and scenarios. The photographs are a visual representation of a common theme of We just stole a car’s music, which is to set up a motif or a theme, and then destroy it. Each album contains a different combination of photographs, some of which are rarer than others.
Pop/Rock/Indie Jazz/Blues
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Past Events

12
Jun
2015
20:00
The New Bronze Age Series:: Gamelan Si Pawit, we just stole a car, Jon Siddall, ...
What happens when you mash up renegade experimental rock with Sundanese Gamelan ...
$10-$20
The Western Front
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04
Jul
2014
22:00 01:00
we just stole a car, Paul Plimley / Wynston Minckler / Victoria Gibson, Two Appl...
 
$10
The China Cloud
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08
Feb
2014
22:00 03:00
we just stole a car, Dj Wellmoist x Dj BoobSweat, Dj GuestList, Dj WutDoing
 
$5
567 W king edward
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24
Oct
2013
20:00 23:00
we just stole a car ALBUM RELEASE w/ SONTAG and FISTFULL O' SNACKS: we just stol...
Alternative jazz / post rock ensemble 'we just stole a car' performs release con...
$5
Astorino's
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07
Jan
2013
21:00 00:00
FORD PIER AND STRENGTH OF MATERIALS / we just stole a car / PUGS AND CROWS: Ford...
Ford Pier Strength of Materials / Pugs and Crows / we just stole a car live at T...
The Biltmore Cabaret
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09
Dec
2012
21:00 23:00
SSRIs + we just stole a car @ THOR'S PALACE = a concert: The SSRIs, we just stol...
SSRIs + we just stole a car live @ Thor's Palace (339 E 13th ave, Vancouver, BC)...
$5
Thor's Palace
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18
Jan
2012
21:15 01:00
Inhabitants, we just stole a car, Nam Shub, Guests
Juno-nominated "Instrumental Album of the Year" Inhabitants + gansterimental pos...
$8
The Biltmore Cabaret
Event can be attended in person
09
Nov
2011
21:00 11:30
we just stole a car, Man Your Horse, Lee Hutzulak
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9th 2011 we just stole a car + Man your horse + Lee Hutzul...
$7
Kozmik Zoo
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02
Aug
2010
21:30 01:00
The SSRIs, Wax Fingers , we just stole a car
 
$8
The Biltmore Cabaret
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17
May
2010
21:30 01:00
Owl Drugs, The Unsupervised, we just stole a car, Bleating Hearts
 
$10
The Biltmore Cabaret
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05
Mar
2010
19:30
we just stole a car, the barcelona chair, Like Animals Again
26th at Main
$5
Little Mountain Studios
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29
Dec
2009
21:30 13:00
Man Your Horse, Cobras Cobras Cobras, we just stole a car, Iceburg Ferg
 
$8
Railway Club
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31
Jan
2009
22:00
Inhabitants, we just stole a car
Inhabitants: JP Carter-trumpet Dave Sikula-guitar Pete Schmitt-bass Skye Bro...
$5
1067
Event can be attended in person
10
Jan
2009
21:30 16:00
we just stole a car CD release w/: we just stole a car, Collapsing Lung
We just stole a car will be performing and releasing their new CD, Barn, on Janu...
$5
Little Mountain Studios
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04
Dec
2008
20:00 14:00
Pepper Sands, The Silent Authors, we just stole a car, Friends of Thieves
 
The Biltmore Cabaret
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25
Oct
2008
10:30
Dominique Leone , we just stole a car
http://www.myspace.com/dominiqueleone "savvy weirdness and wonderful tunes...
1067
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30
Aug
2008
22:00 14:00
Calcutta Crime Spree, we just stole a car, What Seas, What Shores
 
$6
Backstage Lounge
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16
Jan
2008
22:00 01:00
Mediocre Pain, we just stole a car, jesse taylor, Catwrangleur
 
$3
The Former Cobalt
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Current Lineup

john mutter
guitar, electronics, trumpet
2006 - present
Kevin Romain
drums
2006 - present
Dominic Conway
saxophone
2006 - present
Daryn Cassie
piano
2006 - present
Daniel Ruiz
Percussion
2011 - present
Dave Chokroun
Bass
2011 - present

Past Members

richard shaffer
piano
2006 - 2009
Peter Kim
Bass
2006 - 2010

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