One Ring Zero

is led by Joshua Camp and Michael Hearst. The band has released seven albums including the acclaimed literary collaboration As Smart As We Are, which features songs with lyrics contributed by such authors as Jonathan Lethem, Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Dave Eggers, A.M. Homes, Rick Moody, Neil Gaiman, and Denis Johnson. Their most recent album, Planets, is a collection of new compositions to represent the solar system and beyond.

One Ring Zero has performed at music venues and cultural institutions including the Whitney Museum of Art, Central Park Summer Stage, The Kennedy Center, Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre, Spring Scream in Taiwan, Era in Tokyo, New Morning in Paris, The Chicago World Music Festival, and the Fundacion Principe de Asturia in Spain. The band’s music has been featured in dance concerts, films, television, animations, fashion shows, and NPR programming including This American Life, Fresh Air, and Morning Edition. Currently One Ring Zero is working on The Recipe Project, in which recipes are contributed by celebrity chefs, set to music, and sung word for word.