Mister Amiss is L.A. based drummer Gavin McDonald's first solo endeavor. A touring musician for some 15 years, the project emerged as of a series of demo tapes. The first tracks were created as a sort of strained love letter, a gesture and proclamation of hope for the recovery of McDonald’s long distance girlfriend after having suffered a devastating car accident. 

Stepping out from behind the drums for the first time, McDonald layers spacey dream pop arrangements rendered against the raw escapism of shoe gaze with intimate, unaffected lyrics. The resulting sound is a somber and transient reflection of the topography of McDonald’s inner life, the displaced sensation of solitary living, and the power of music as remedy. 

His influences include Mazzy Star, Spiritualized, and Radio Department.

Estación de radio. 
Conversación socioMusical enlatada, sin censura ni sesgos de proximidad.

[Electromagnetismo es lo que sucede cuando le das otra vez al play. Lo que te anima a escuchar eso que llaman música, esa música que utiliza el aire como portadora, una onda senoidal como discurso y nuestros oídos como destino de su corta pero sugerente vida.

Bienvenido o bienvenida a electromagnética…]

I love music that tells beautiful stories. To close your eyes and be transported to distant lands.

Musique créative pour rapprocher les explorateurs artistiques de Montréal et d'ailleurs / Creative music connecting musical explorers from Montreal and abroad

Soft piano for a weary world.

Heavy Joy is the instrumental project of violinist, pianist, & composer, Benjamin Kaufman, based in Nashville, Tennessee.

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