In Transcendence, you have a group of five, o.k. maybe six or seven, depending on how you look at it, hyperactive, obsessive, and insane guys with severe cases of ADD and an extreme passion for music all running around trying to make sense of everything they are listening to and each wanting to create their own personal artistic statements -- the chances of that translating into any two albums sounding remotely similar is going to be pretty slim, " [New Times Magazine] says lead singer Ed Hale , in a recent interview explaining the wide variety of musical boundaries the band has covered in their three CD releases since 2002's eclectic world-music-meets-modern-rock debut Rise and Shine.

The musical group known as Transcendence is a tight-knit collective of some of the most notable musicians from the Miami and New York music scenes who first came together in 2000. The band is known as much for their eclectic virtuosity and reverence for melody, as their unnerving yet enticing tendency toward stylistic changes. "Smoothing across genres like a skater on ice, Ed Hale and company show amazing songwriting skills throughout Rise and Shine. They have j ust released a debut on TMG Records that is one I cannot listen to less than twice a week... Fusing such styles as brit-pop, Brazilian, R&B ,alt - rock, new wave and classical - among others - Transcendence create a wild array of songs but somehow hold them together with left-field bite. [ Marcus Pan in Legends Magazine]

The band was put together by singer/songwriter/guitarist Ed Hale , who had made a name for himself with the legendary Broken Spectacles and a few solo albums. Drummer Ricardo Mazzi (Tereso , Prole, Native Tongue, Fuse) joined because of their shared interest in world-music. They also happened to share a passion for early seventies rock and pop, which easily prompted the already infamous guitarist-extraordinaire Fernando Perdomo to join, (DC3, Christian Castro, Hilary McRae). Soon followed the cute, quiet, and multi-talented bassist Roger Houdaille (Father Bloopy, Ex Norwegian) the youngest member of the group, who also happened to share their passion for early seventies glam rock. Boston 's own Jon Rose , a Berkley grad, acts as the group's musical director and pianist. New York native and Manhattan School of Music graduate Allan Gabay (Jorge Moreno) then joined adding additional piano and keyboards, contributing a classical and avant garde element to the group's already eclectic sound. University of Miami music school grad Bill Sommer (Blinking Underdogs, the Shut-ups) signed on as a second drummer a few years later, adding a more modern and indie-rock vibe to the band's rhythm section.