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Northern Streams 
Record Label
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Playlists: Indie Famous Venice Beach, Future Pop, Champagne Charlie
Songs by: Wen Moon Bois, Vexed, Happy Sometimes, Seann Bowe, Addison, Mama Ghost, Freaks in Love
Home: Venice Beach, California

Just giving my ideas some room to breakdance.

MacReady U.K. is the result of a cross country collaboration between Jay Reynolds (Freekbass, The Cliftones) and Nick Barrows (Jetlab, Jack Burton Overdrive).  Born out of a shared love of John Carpenter’s self-composed soundtracks, their first eponymous EP began as a series of digital sketches in Cincinnati, Ohio. These musical germs found a host in a small collection of vintage keyboards and drum machines in Austin, Texas, where they assimilated their new environment and began to grow. Now fully fleshed, these songs touch on the gamut of modernity. Alienation. Darkness. The Girl Next Door. And the great question of our time: who exactly is going bump in the night? MacReady U.K. doesn't pretend to answer these questions. In fact, they don’t even really ask them. Instead, they would like to provide a soundtrack to any number of apocalypses. Because if civilization is going to end like a mid-budget science fiction movie from the 80s, you might as well enjoy the soundtrack.

The band has currently finished the new album that is set to come out on Motor Music in 2025. The album currently includes 

Rafael Gayol (Leonard Cohen) 
Rick G Nelson (Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers)
Jay Reynolds (Asleep at the Wheel) 
Fredo Ortiz (Beastie Boys, Los Lobos)
Leah Shapiro (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
Dana Colley (Vapors of Morphine, Morphine)
Beto Martinez (Grupo Fantasma)
Jacob Valenzuela (Calexico, Sergio Mendoza y la Orkestra) 
Barb Hunter (Afghan Whigs, Pigface) 
Eric Gorfain (Sam Phillips, Def Leppard, QOTSA)
Peter Hayes (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
Roscoe Beck (Leonard Cohen, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson)
Alain Johannes (Eleven, Them Crooked Vultures, QOTSA, PJ Harvey)
Mitch Hertz
Laura Scarborough
Josh Marcus 
Asya Sorshneva 

This Texas bred, Husband/Wife Acoustic Duo originally formed in Berlin, Germany in 2008 and are now located in Texas. The band is made up of founder J. Spencer Portillo (vocals / acoustic guitar) and Caroline Rippy Portillo (vocals / bass guitar). 

Caroline was born in San Antonio, Texas. From 2007 until 2012, she played bass guitar for Tito & Tarantula. J. Spencer Portillo was born in Los Angeles, California but was raised in Texas.  

The band has a distinctive sound that has been described as dark, romantic, ethereal, and haunting. "Niños Del Sol" features Rafael Gayol (Leonard Cohen), Steven Hufsteter (The Quick | Tito and Tarantula | Del Shannon), Jay Reynolds (Asleep at the Wheel), Mitch Hertz (Bloody Kids), Raiye Rippy and Jake Garcia (The Black Angels).

KV Hopper is a Portland-based visual artist and musician whose work bridges experimental sound, design, and collaborative performance. Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, he discovered music early through his mother’s collection of 1960s American soul and classic Middle Eastern records. That blend of cultures—and hours spent exploring the family’s Wurlitzer piano—set the foundation for his lifelong relationship with sound.
As a teenager, Hopper became a founding member of At the Drive-In, contributing bass and songwriting to the band’s first two releases and touring extensively throughout the Southwest. He later moved to San Francisco, studying industrial design and music technology at California College of the Arts (CCA), where his projects spanned from experimental music apps to handcrafted electronic instruments built with recycled plastics.
His performance history includes a 2007 collaboration with British artist Anthony McCall at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) for the interactive light installation You and I, Horizontal III. Hopper’s current project, Long Twins, continues his focus on interdisciplinary collaboration—most recently on the 2023 album Everyone in Water, created with lyricist/vocalist Elizabeth LoPiccolo and choreographers Lili Macatangay and Katerina Vitiaz.
Hopper’s latest album, Taped Baskets was created in collaboration with Croatian vocalist, Doris Banovic accompanied by modern dance video performances by London based artist, Bun Kobayashi. Taped Baskets is set to be released on Northern Geographic in 2026.

DISCOGRAPHY
At the Drive-In
• Hell Paso — Bassist, Songwriter (Western Breed Records, 1994)
• Alfaro Vive Carajo — Bassist, Songwriter (Western Breed Records, 1995)

100 Watt Clock
• s/t — Bassist, Songwriter (Buddy System Records, 1997)

The Hades Kick
• Ate’ — Bass, Rhodes, Songwriter (Thick as Thieves, 1999)

Crime in Choir
• s/t — Bass, Rhodes, Songwriter (Omnibus Records, 2001)
• The Hoop — Bass, Rhodes, Songwriter (Frenetic Records, 2004)
• Trumpery Metier — Bass, Rhodes, Songwriter (GSL, 2006)
• Gift Givers — Bass, Rhodes, Songwriter (Kill Shaman Records, 2009)

Awesome Tapes From Africa
• “Makamiba Bola (Palermo Remix)” — Bass (2012)

Sparta
• s/t — Bass, Synth (Dine Alone Records, 2022)

Long Twins
• Everyone in Water — Composer, Producer (Hidden Harmony Recordings, 2023)



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Get in touch with Long Twins 
longtwinsmusic@gmail.com

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