Tag Archives: Trans Am

Post-rock supergroup Lifestyle Trainer began in 2012, developing from a somewhat convoluted back-story. A manufacturer, a multi-instrumentalist, and among the founding associates of early post-rock legends Trans Am, Phil Manley documented a solo record under his very own name in 2011 and entitled it Life Mentor. The record was composed …

Los Angeles-based music group Moms of Gut provide a sprawling, cerebral mixture of psychedelia and Krautrock-influenced experimental rock and roll. The group, led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Aaron Freeman, produced in 2007 and utilized a spinning lineup of music artists before solidifying this year 2010 with guitarist William Davies (Duhkha), …

The British electro-Krautrock duo Warm Digits feature multi-instrumentalists Andrew Hodson and Steve Jefferis, who borrow inspiration not merely from May, Neu!, and Kraftwerk, but also from My Bloody Valentine’s thick sonic levels and Brian Eno’s wispy analog melodies. Hodson, who’s located in Newcastle upon Tyne, released an recording in 2006 …

Best known among the founding users of Washington, D.C.’s electro-rock trio Trans Am, Phil Manley also pursued additional projects. He designed albums for Arp, Mi Ami, Moon Duo, and Wooden Shjips, among additional acts, and in addition played acoustic guitar with Krautrock worshippers Jonas Reinhardt. In 2011, Manley released his …

Over time, the Sydney and London-based trio PVT’s music has ranged from experimental post-rock to dark electro-pop. Brothers Laurence Pike (drums, percussion) and Richard Pike (electric guitar, production) shaped the group in 1999, with various other members arriving and heading until notebook musician Dave Miller became a member of in …

Southend-on-Sea’s Spider & the Flies may be the warped analog synth brainchild from the Horrors’ keyboardist Spider Webb and bassist Tomethy Furse. Influenced by the digital experiments from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop aswell as even more kinetic performers like Juan Atkins, the duo documented technology fiction-tinged instrumentals including “Metallurge” and …