just a girl, standing in front of a tape recorder with an acoustic guitar, a melodica, and a synthesizer, asking the motor to please not burn out this time

We attempted music. Results varied. This page is a mix of studio recordings, live tracks, and seriously raw demos. Enjoy if you dare.

Fake Fireplace is an otherworldly indie-rock band from Portland, Oregon. Fake Fireplace is Neal Wright, Ayal Alves, and Will Hattman

Funky Mandolin Music for Travelers.

Contact: reisendermusic@gmail.com

Musical Cravings

Promoting some of the best upcoming and unheard of music

One man band-it.
Side project to release some tension and some tracks.
Down to collaborate...

Since 2003 Leb Borgerson has been using synths, drum machines, live looping devices, guitars and various oddball instruments to create a catalog of music singular in style and highly personal in nature. From the densely orchestrated and intricately developed compositions ofNo One Makes a Sound (Lucky Madison Records) to the more playful and beat oriented songs from The Karate Williams Diaries (Central Service Records), to the synthpop and post-rock inspired intensity of The Ancient Motorcade, Borgerson has worked to manipulate strange sounds, melodies, and harmonies and bend them into familiar forms and shapes, creating a highly stylized take on popular music and it's various offshoots. 

An accomplished producer, Leb has done remixes for acts like MC Frontalot, Reporter, and Blue Cranes, won numerous Portland beat competitions, and produced music for companies like Fuel TV, Fox Broadcasting, and Arkham NW. Borgerson has also performed and collaborated with some of the NW's finest (Talkdemonic, Point Juncture WA, Alan Singley, Darren Smith, Arman Bohn)

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