In the city of San Juan, Argentina, year 2000 marks the starting point for the Leechmaster project, founded by musician and composer Leandro Achinelli. Leechmaster fullfills the existing need of exploring new methods, ways of music composition and recording, all of which Leandro had already started to improve in previous years with his former bands. The concept is simple yet ambitious: Leandro is in charge of the composition, production, mixing and mastering of the songs and records, as well as the performance and recording of all instruments involved (Vocals, guitars, bass, percussion and winds) in multi track combining the real and virtual environment by means of virtual instruments programmed and sequenced with the computer. This takes place at Leandro’s personal studio, used in all productions released to this date. 2020 brings the new album titled 'Escape' set to be released in September 11th.

John Dignam is an exciting young guitarist bursting onto to UK music scene. At just 21 years old John has already shared the stage with the great Tommy Emmanuel and several more of his heroes. John's music has been described as '...guitar genious with a mature and fullsome technique...".

John Rose is a composer working out of Lexington, Kentucky. John has worked for many years doing live radio, outdoor festivals, art openings and planetarium performances. John has been a pioneer of electronic music in Kentucky since the 1970s. He continues to work on solo recordings, and is a sound tech and stage hand. He recently started recording and producing music for other people. John also loves to teach wilderness survival and awareness and has been doing so at camps and workshops around Kentucky and Tennessee.

John Rose’s music is created primarily from his own experiences, what he calls “life’s soundtracks”. He utilizes elements from his diverse musical background, which includes early music (especially the Medieval and pre-Renaissance era), Baroque (owing to his direct musical lineage to J.S. Bach through oral teaching tradition), Middle Eastern Music, Gregorian chant, traditional Celtic and Appalachian music, and experimental electronic music.

Music and musicians who are of interest to John Rose are J.S. Bach, Arvo Part, Tangerine Dream, Dead Can Dance, Gregorian chant, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Alan Stivell, Morton Subotonic, John Jacob Niles, Debussy, and Chopin. He considers Nature and Silence to be the foundation of all music.

John’s music is timeless and pensive, interwoven with images of nature, expressive rhythms, deep space pulses, and industrial ambience. Other compositions contain intricate piano passages dancing across waves of geometric ostinatos.

“Music is structured in silence and has its foundations in the rhythm of nature, out of which springs the language of humanity and reflections of the energy of life. I wish to express this to the listener through my music.”

JOHN ROSE SOLO DISCOGRAPHY (cassette format):

Evening Thoughts (90min)
I Could See Them In The Distance (60min)
Rainsongs--also available on LP
Oceans of Contradiction (90min)
Reflections (90min)
Chemical Dreams (90min)
Night Songs (90min)
Meditations (90min)
Zeitreisen (90min)

The Natural World (90min), a recording of live music from the woodland art fair in lexington
Diane Timmons Live at ArtsPlace in Lexington.

CD Format

Cosmogenesis  April, 2001 on SpaceForMusic.com Records
Conversing With A Rainy Night 2004
Unsound 2023


with Tony Gerber
2001 - Airwaves (Electronic Instrumental, Released in January 2000 on MP3.com)

with SPACECRAFT
1997 - Spacecraft: "Spacecraft" (Lektronic Soundscapes LS97009 CD)
1998 - Spacecraft: "Hummel: Live" (Lektronic Soundscapes LS-1012 CD)
1999 - Spacecraft: "Earthtime Tapestry" w/Giles Reaves (released August 4th, 1999 on Lektronic Soundscapes)
1999 - Spacecraft: "Kaleida Dreams" w/Giles Reaves (released November 25th, 1999 on SFM Collective at MP3.com)
2000 - Spacecraft: "20th Century Mix (Best of)" (released January 12th, 2000 on SFM Collective at MP3.com)
2001 - Spacecraft: "Musical Meditation for World Peace" (released January 1st, 2001 on SpaceForMusic.com Records via mp3.com)
2001 - Spacecraft: "Summer Town" (release Feb. 15th on SpaceForMusic.com Records SFM12001)
2001 - Spacecraft: "Cybersphere" (released May 19th on SpaceForMusic.com Records SFM22001)

Royal Gala are a nine piece band, comprising Huge brass hooks, big bass-lines, dirty, raw, soulful vocals and infectious rhythms. Having formed at the back end of 2007 and consisting of members from several top underground uk acts they have recently worked with Lost Vagueness, Electric Picnic, Shambala, Beatherder, Square Festival, Sheep Music Festival, Riverside Festival, Brisfest, The Correspondents, The Apples, The Destroyers, Pama International, Neville Staples of the Specials, Zion Train and Manchesters mighty Unabombers among many others. Playing a genre defying cocktail of Dirty Funk, Ska, Reggae/Dub, Breakbeat, Balkan beat, Latin and Brass laden orchestral grooves the band are moving from strength to strength, writing, recording, gigging and generally having a ball!

'Fully-blown soulful tropical gangster-type sound'
'This is a band that will keep you up on the dance floor dancing in to the small hours until your feet are numb and your clothes are soaked through with sheer joy and abandonment' - (Leftlion)

'Royal Gala blend hot-steppin' ska with hard hitting soul and percussive loops to create a non-pretentious funk hybrid that could start a revolution' - (Scene Magazine)


“Great Ska brass section and skanking guitar work, topping the pile is a superb empassioned squalling vocal and rounding off the bottom is a crazy deep sub-bass”……(Future Music Nov 08)

"Royal Gala on the main Shambala Stage has a crunching electro and bass sound. Their singer Louise Barnell is dressed in a multicolored, one-piece spandex suit, her stage persona swaying between Bat for Lashes’ cool air of mystery and Bonnie Tyler’s pure Celtic balls. Barnell’s voice belts out strong over the Balkan beats and dancing jazz rhythms, and Royal Gala are a mysterious and feisty mix as the sun shines down." (Popmatters)

Écrivain, photographe, microéditeur parfois en voyage.

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