Ernesto Diaz-Infante

Ernesto Diaz-Infante’s musical compositions span a broad perspective: transcendental piano, noise, free improvisation, avant-garde guitar, field recordings, lo-fi four-track manipulations, and experimental song. ED-I has performed throughout Europe and the United States, and his music has been broadcasted internationally. He runs the music label Pax Recordings, and has released over twenty recordings on his own and others’ labels.
Born in Salinas, California, ED-I is Chicano (Mexican ancestry). He received his BA from the College of Creative Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara and his MFA in Music Composition from California Institute of the Arts.
He co-founded the Big Sur Experimental Music Festival (1999-2004) and San Francisco Alternative Music Festival (2000-2003). Some of his most recent work are his solo guitar compositions For M.F. and Discipline and Denial, which was chosen as the best experimental music on Bandcamp in March of 2019. ED-I composed the music for filmmaker Marjorie Sturm’s film The Cult of JT LeRoy.
Ernesto Diaz-Infante lives in San Francisco with Sturm and their two children.

Ernesto Diaz-Infante’s tracks

• Ernesto Diaz-Infante & Jeff Arnal - Brooklyn Mantra Part I by Ernesto Diaz-Infante
• The Factory - Ernesto Diaz-Infante & Ezra Sturm by Ernesto Diaz-Infante
• For M.F. (excerpt) by Ernesto Diaz-Infante
• KPFA June 11th, 2017 by Ernesto Diaz-Infante
• My Forgotten Stars by Ernesto Diaz-Infante
• Tunnels (excerpt) by Ernesto Diaz-Infante
• the lovers by Ernesto Diaz-Infante
• Sun Psychic by Ernesto Diaz-Infante
• Sun Hypnotic! by Ernesto Diaz-Infante
• XXV by Ernesto Diaz-Infante