Brett Sroka is a composer, trombonist and electronic computer musician. He studied at Manhattan School of Music, and has performed at BAMcafe, the Sonic Circuits Festival, the Guggenheim Museum and the Teatro Fondamenta Nueve in Venice, Italy. In 2002 he released "Hearsay", featuring Jason Moran, Eric Harland and Avishai Cohen. He presently leads the electro-acoustic avant-garde band Ergo which has released two CD's, most recently "multitude, solitude" on Cuneiform records. They have just made a third recording which will feature Mary Halvorson and Christian Fennesz. He is also a member of the psych/noise/rock collective 12,000 Trees; and has scored a variety of films that have appeared at film festivals in Maine, Texas, Paris, Hamburg and Beijing. He lives in Brooklyn, NY and also works as a carpenter.

"the trombonist has lots of sound sculpture in him. His rather dramatic art music is both texturally rich and compositionally engaging."
- The Village Voice

"...into completely new horizons similar to nothing you've heard before... captivating, hypnotic, and attractively exotic music" - All Music Guide

"Sroka has huge ears and catholic tastes, using these to good effect on this moody and memorable recording." - Cadence Magazine