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The Bleeding Edge Festival is a cross-genre exploration of indie rock and experiemental electronic arts featuring 20 bands on four stages throughout the Montalvo grounds. Participating bands include: Matmos and Zeena Parkins, ISIS, Tim Hecker, Skoltz_Kolgen, Frank Bretschneider, Portable, Frivolous, Yo La Tengo, Greg McGrath, The Chemistry Set, Robert Stillman’s Horses, Luke Temple, The Avett Brothers, Luther Russell, Brightblack Morninglight, Black Dice and Sunroof!.

Individuals and groups are invited to submit a recording of their performance, including at least four songs. Recordings may be submitted to:

Montalvo Arts Center
Attn: Bruce Labadie
15400 Montalvo Road
Saratoga, CA, 95070

All entries must be received by June 15, 2006.

Two winning individuals or groups will be awarded a two-week stay in Whitefish, Montana, to work at the SnowGhost Sound Studios. Winners will also be awarded a performance slot at the Bleeding Edge Festival at Montalvo Arts Center on August 13.

About Montalvo Arts Center
Montalvo Arts Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to forging meaningful connections between art, artists and the communities it serves through creation, presentation and education in extraordinary ways and settings. Located in the Saratoga hills, Montalvo Arts Center occupies a Mediterranean-style villa on 175 stunning acres, which Senator James Phelan left to the people of California for the encouragement of art, music, literature and architecture. In January 2005, the organization changed its name from “Montalvo” to “Montalvo Arts Center” to commemorate its 75th year as an arts center and to better communicate its mission to expanding local, national and international audiences. For more information about Montalvo Arts Center, call (408) 961-5800 or visit www.montalvoarts.org.