Stares to Nowhere
Brainstatik
Ombient
Ace Paradise (w/ Autobahn)
OMBIENT is the moniker under which Mike Hunter performs his completely improvised ambient/drone music. Mike started his musical career playing his fathers electric bass through an old analog tape delay making strange and disturbing space/mood music. He later continued on to study the classical guitar before moving into the progressive rock genre. Once he discovered the more modern equivalent of that old analog tape delay, Ombient was born.Ombient's ambient/drone music, being of a live improvisational nature, is representative of the feeling of the moment in which it is performed and of the subtle feedback between the audience and the performer. It features guitar, processed and layered using digital looping equipment enabling a single guitar to produce symphonic levels of density. Ombient is joined for this performance by guest guitarist and long time friend Mike Courter bringing new and interesting melodic elements to the Ombient sound. Mike Courter is an accomplished guitarist and songwriter from Central NJ.
BRAINSTATIK: New Jersey-based Brainstatik is best known for their completely-improvised live concerts, where they perform long-form jams combining ambient, world, progressive rock, and space music, liberally shifting and mixing genres within each piece. Every song is a spontaneous exploration of diverse musical themes, with nothing rehearsed or planned beforehand, so Brainstatik always sounds completely different each time they play. The music heard at their live shows is always organic, with each piece constantly evolving and morphing into something new. Brainstatik can sound ethereal and quiet, complex and orchestral, or experimental and edgy. The resulting performance often sounds rehearsed and composed, but in reality the band has no explanation for where the music takes them at any live show... it all just happens at that moment, almost beyond their control. The risk of a creative "train wreck" is always there, but the members of Brainstatik thrive on taking their music right to the edge every time they perform. They'd be quickly bored doing it any other way.
STARES TO NOWHERE is a collaboration between Bill Fieger and Heather Lind, both multi-instrumental artists who have been playing together since April 1999. Their Collaboration has evolved from simply getting together and making music, to a CD, website, and tons of unreleased material. Although 15 years of age separate them, the chemistry between the two is unreal, resulting in a music that is magic. Bill primarily plays synthesizer, while Heather plays electric and acoustic guitars, drums and electric organ, they both play a number of other instruments including but not limited to Mandolin, Zither, Steel Guitar, Flute and
Percussions. They make use of sound, organic and otherwise in their music, much like Edgar Varies and Pink Floyd. The music of Stares to Nowhere is composed, preformed and produced by the duo and is highly improvisational in nature. Described by many listeners as a soundtrack to a movie that doesn't exist. Their music is ambient, experimental, electronic, tribal and at times unpredictable, reaching from the ancient past out towards the distant stars.
ACE PARADISE is currently a Freelance DJ, Musician, Remixer, Recording Artist and Producer, specializing in the production of Electronic Music. He enjoys working and collaborating with other DJs and musicians to preserve and promote many genre of Electronic Music. Ace approaches Electronic Performance, from the angle of his many years spent as a DJ. He has developed his own technique for combining and mixing an eight channel programmable sequencer and two synthesizers, using two DJ mixers and a Master effects controller. This technique has enabled Ace to simultaneously combine, up to 10 different elements, Live, creating a spectacular and unforgettable sound. Ace Paradise is currently working on a new group collaboration titled, (Autobahn) , with long time friends and band mates, Warren Seddon and Jeff Mitchell. Together these musicians have assembled a new CD due for release very soon, titled Ace Paradise & Autobahn - Stratosphere. They will be performing out in the local Philadelphia area soon, so be sure to keep an eye out for them. It will be a performance not to be missed.
