Big City Orchestra is a long running art/anti-art group based generally in California. They have an ever rotating cast of musician and nonmusician members. They were formed in 1979 as the house band for a network of artist residences in the South Bay area of Los Angeles.

BCO sailed through the cassette culture movement of the 1980s and 1990s with about 130 hour-long releases on over 100 labels. Other work has included four video collections, five 7" singles, one 8" single,one 10" single, 10+ compact discs, well over 40 CD-Rs, and more than 300 compilation appearances.

About Adita

Adita is a collection of recordings created by Ninah Pixie, dAS and Phil Knight during rehearsals for two performances in the Netherlands as part of Big City Orchestra's 30th Anniversary Tour in 2009 -- the DFM Radio International benefit at the Overtoom 301 in Amsterdam, and Incubate Festival in Tilburg.

Tracks 1-4 recorded in the Netherlands 2009 by Ninah Pixie, Phil Knight, and dAS
Tracks 5-7 recorded at the Chakra Chimp Research Kitchen 2010 by Univac and dAS
Track 8-16 Big City Orchestra Sound Effects Library Vol. 22

Cover design by Brian Lucas
Photography by Astrid Snoepsnail
Production ubuibi.org