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This Philadelphia-based composer is well known primarily through his live synthesizer performances on classic Buchla equipment, his scores for dance and theater, and his musical collaborations. Charles Cohen started playing the uncommon Buchla Music Easel synthesizer in 1976, and provides since become referred to as a get good at of …

Helena Espvall is a cello participant who’s comfortable in indie rock and roll and improvised music circles. She was created and elevated in Sweden, playing electric guitar and cello in rock and roll rings and a silent film orchestra. Moving towards the U.S. and settling in Philadelphia in 2000, Espvall …

A psych-folk supergroup, the Valerie Task is headed by Espers’ Greg Weeks and includes that band’s Brooke Sietinsons and Helena Espvall, in addition to Fern Knight’s Margaret Wienk, Jesse Sparhawk, and Jim Ayre; Fürsaxa’s Tara Burke; and Lawn’ Jessica Weeks; alongside Mary Lattimore and Charles Cohen. The Valerie Project’s luxurious …

Mary Lattimore is really a Philadelphia-based harpist that has played in recordings by a large number of indie rock and roll and experimental musicians, furthermore to soundtrack function and her very own single releases. She typically augments her elegant harp improvisations with digital results, emphasizing the instrument’s ethereal characteristics while …

Rochester, NY, local Greg Weeks’ information sound like shed chamber folk treasures from the later-’60s psychedelic period. Combining finger-picked electric guitar, Moog, Mellotron, harmonium, and string preparations, he creates thick, thoughtful songs similar to Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, and Tim Buckley. Weeks’ initial album, Fire within the Hands of sunlight, …