Flickering Frames

from The Synaesthetic Picture Show - Now Playing Part 2

Sister Sangfroid

The Synaesthetic Picture Show Now Playing Part 3

Joyboy

An Autumn Dance A Dying Fall

The Synaesthetic Picture Show - Now Playing Part 5 by Elektragaaz

Flying Underwater

ELEKTRAGAAZ RELEASES FINAL EP 6 IN THE SYNAESTHETIC PICTURE SHOW SERIES 

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Elektragaaz releases the last in its six part series of EPs, The Synaesthetic Picture Show.  The final chapter in the series by the genre-agnostic, electronic multi-fusion instrumental group continues unspooling colorful and wildly original ”movies for the mind,” drawing again on diverse influences including rock, club, techno, pop, dance, film, comic strips, classical music, hip hop and video games as sources of inspiration.  This time around, the influences are reflected in a nod to spaghetti westerns, a vision of the Apocalypse complete with counterpoint, some electronic traveling music, an electric ditty about an adorable cephalopod, an amusing stroll through some Americana-flavored music and finally a musical look into a very dark place, perhaps a forest, perhaps a human heart. Additionally, as a special treat, a song for the holidays, New Boots, has been added to the core EP. A lively and light-hearted video featuring New Boots will also debut on November 18. 

The music in The Synaesthetic Picture Show series, and a special single release, “Armadas of the Milky Way,” has been greeted by almost unanimously ecstatic reviews. The recordings have been called “masterful and original,” “mesmerizing,” “ground breaking,” “magic,” and a work of “musical genius”. Echoing a general theme, one reviewer opined that “Elektragaaz has reinvigorated and redefined instrumental music” while another commentator suggests the music “transports you the moment you press play.” While the music of Elektragaaz cannot be easily pigeon-holed, it might be described as Gorillaz meets Snarky Puppy meets Kraftwerk. One commentator has described the sonic landscape as a successful combination of a variety of genres “ranging from the sizzle of jazz, baroque aromas, the smooth elongated flows of prog-rock, the energy of dance, and the heft of alt-rock.” 

Founded in 2017, Elektagaaz combines the electronic compositions of a mysterious and reclusive Frisian composer who goes by the pseudonym of Poppo Redband with instrumental contributions on a variety of instruments from six gifted musicians, all from the New York metropolitan area, including Kathy Kaos on keyboards, Kosmic Kate on brass, Tom Elektron on electric guitar, Jas Windstorm on woodwinds, Josh Firebow on strings and Mat Thunder on bass.  In addition,  part 6 features special guest appearances by Australian double bassist Lisa Maree Dowling and New York guitarist Michael Suke Cerulo on The Dark Forest. 

Questions have already arisen from fans about whether Elektragaaz, having finished the current series, will continue with additional recordings or perhaps their first live appearances. The only response from the Elektragaaz side has been a cryptic one, purportedly from composer Redband” “You’ve been such a lovely audience, we’d like to take you home with us.”  While music aficionados will recognize the paraphrase from a song on a famous Beatles album, it leaves the future of Elektragaaz in doubt for the moment but fans apparently have their fingers crossed. 

The Synaesthetic Picture Show, Now Playing Part 6 on the AIS label and distributed by The Orchard, is available on all major music platforms. Please contact Rick Eberle at rick@rickeberleagency.com or at (516) 729-6872 for further information on Elektragaaz.

The Dark Forest

Lucio The Happy Octopus

Death And The Gunfighter

The Synaesthetic Picture Show Now Playing, Pt. 4

Her Body Is A Dance

The Synaesthetic Picture Show Now Playing, Pt. 2

CounterSpy

The Synaesthetic Picture Show Now Playing, Pt. 5

Achilles Back From The Dead

An Autumn Dance, A Dying Fall

October's Child

Sebastian's Cat

Your Own Private Cinema Part 1

Things Take A Turn

We May Die But We Will Not Rust

Your Own Private Cinema Part 2

Return of the Sea God

Night Wings

The Great Disquiet

Hey Everybody

Deep darkish movement with a pinch of modern classical influence.

Kino Chatoyant

The Feeling Comes By Night

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The charm and the traffic of the summer streets of the Big Apple. A rhapsody of noise.

Your Own Private Cinema, Part 3

Downtown Manhattan Midsummer

DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN MIDSUMMER

Dreamspinner is a psychedelic progressive electronic track featuring Peter Ulrich, former drummer from Dead Can Dance, on percussion.

Dreamspinner

DREAMSPINNER

Love As A Neural Pattern

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Driving electronic music flavored with contrasting flavors of punk and baroque.

Blitzkrieg Tocatta

Biitzkrieg Toccata

Blitzkrieg Toccata

"Poppo's Walk" is a funky foot-moving delight from Poppo Redband, the mysterious composer behind the progressive electronic group, Elektragaaz.

Poppo's Walk

Suppose Daft Punk jammed with the old skool  Ramsey Lewis Trio. What you might get is "Ironic Cool", the latest single release from the acclaimed progressive electronic group, Elektagaaz.

Ironic Cool

IRONIC COOL

"Joy Society" is an ode to the joyful, to those who love and do not hate, to those who embrace and do not push away.

JOY SOCIETY

Taste the sweet sounds of "A Lollipop for Lulu" from acclaimed electronic fusion group Elektragaaz. 

A Lollipop for Lulu

Hard driving electronic beats from Elektragaaz.

The Coronation of the Clown King

Soundscape for An Imaginary Space Epic, Part 1--The Journey

Soundscape for An Imaginary Space Epic, Part 2--Alien Encounter

Soundscape for an Imaginary Space Epic, Part 3--The Homecoming

Elektragaaz is a global live and virtual instrumental group featuring a mix of live and electronic music with most of the members based in the New York metropolitan area but headed by a mysterious and intensely private 19 year old Frisian composer using the pseudonym of Poppo Redband but usually referred to as simply Redband. The group exists in both the real world and in a fictional universe, a volatile blend that can be bewitching or bewildering or both. The music too can bewitch or bewilder, drawing on such far flung influences as classical music, hip hop, rock, club, techno, pop, dance, film noir, comic strips and video games-- all  precipitated by Redband's neurological condition which causes him to see music as well as hear it. The music is arranged and produced by Trebor Lloyd of City Canyons Productions who most recently produced The Painted Caravan Trilogy for The Peter Ulrich Collaboration headed by ex Dead Can Dance percussionist Peter Ulrich.

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