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“I couldn’t overcome feeling I’d been dropped into the novel world of Cormac McCarthy’s gritty western fiction meets pure Southern Gothic. Lyrics are imbued with a straightforward clarity and darkness.  Melodies echo universal hard-scrabble characters and striking vistas….You can nearly feel the fading heart, the grieving, the loss, the warm fluids running across cold fingers.” -  Refueled Magazine

Formerly the singer & principle songwriter in the Minneapolis-base band Western Fifth, Ryan Holweger is currently embarking on a number of solo shows throughout the Midwest. Raised on country, informed by rock, and illuminated by Americana, his acoustic set takes you on a tour of heartache and redemption that invokes joy, admiration, and pain in equal intensity. While Western Fifth played their own brand of original alt-country songs with a certain heartfelt grit and literary nature, Ryan mixes in a number of covers, ranging from classic country favorites to obscure tunes from the world of indie-rock, and one long lost song that was written by his grandfather in 1947.

ELSKA: From Old Norse elska, from Proto-Germanic *aliskaną ~ “to care for, cultivate, cherish. ..to love.”

elska is the narrator of cinematic lullabies and creation of Composer Laura Boland. She represents optimism, love, conflict & awareness.

Please visit my bandcamp page or my website to hear my music. Thanks for visiting. Con Amore, elska.  elskalullabies.bandcamp.com & elskamusic.me

NEW MUSIC and NEW TOUR DATE 2023 AND 2024!  Also collaborating with X-Dream!

Progressive psy-trance to downtempo psychill to beatless ambient - dance, chill, or zone, Grains of Sound has you covered.

Tour 2023-2024
Dec 9 - TBA
Dec 26 - TBA
Dec 31 - TBA
Jan 6 - TBA
Jan 19 - TBA
Feb - TBA

Tour 2022
Aug 1-7  Ozora Fest Hungary
Sep 3    Tribe Fest Czech
Sep 10   Goa'T Budapest, Hungary
Sep 17   Be Psychedelic Gdansk, Poland
Oct 19-24 Astronox Festival Austin, TX

Tour 2020 POSTONED

Tour 2019
Apr 13 Floral Frequencies (Philly, USA)
Jul 13 Organic Festival - Forest Air (PL)
Jul 20 SUN Festival (HU)
Aug 10 Peace Temple (NY, USA)
Sep 13-15 Dreamtime Festival (CO, USA)

Tour 2018
Aug 13-19 New Healing (DE)

Tour 2017
May 30-Jun 1 - NY, 1 Harvest Migration
Jun 2 - NYC with Berg
Jul 13 - Berlin, Germany
Jul 20-24 SUN Festival (HU)
Aug 4 - Ozora Festival (HU)
Aug 19 - New Healing (DE)

Tour 2016
Dec 31 - Odyssee, Berlin, Germany
Apr 16 - Love & Light, NYC, USA
July 8-10 - MA, FractalFest
Sep 10-11 - NY, Native Noise Fest
Oct 21-23 - PA, Mystery Fest

Tour 2015
Dec 31 - Berlin, Germany
Jan 17 - Sopot, Poland
Jan 31 - London, UK
Feb 01 - Brighton, UK
Feb 27 - Berlin, Germany
Mar 20 - Berlin, Germany
Mar 21 - Warsaw, Poland
May 02 - Berlin, Germany
Jun 11 - NYC, USA
Aug 7-9 - NY, USA
Aug 21 - NYC, USA
Sep 04 - NY, USA
Sep 14 - NYC, USA
Nov 14 - PA, USA
Dec 06 - NYC, USA

Tour 2014
Dec 13 - Berlin, Germany
Dec 06 - Poznan, Poland
Oct 11 - NY, USA - Fall into Future Fest
Sep 13 - NY, USA - private
Aug 29 - NY, USA - GOA CONNECTION FEST
Aug 15 - PA, USA - VOMA
Jul 20 - NYC, USA - PsyBBQ
Jul 04 - Germany - Independence Day Festival
May 14 - Morocco - Zagoa Festival
May 02 - Berlin, Germany
Apr 30 - Berlin, Germany
Apr 19 - Sopot, Poland
Mar 02 - Brighton, UK
Feb 22 - Berlin, Germany
Feb 08 - Warsaw, Poland
Feb 01 - Krakow, Poland
Jan 24 - Poznan, Poland
Dec 31 - Berlin, Germany
Dec 14 - Tychy, Poland

Grains of Sound is the progressive psy-trance to downtempo psychill to beatless ambient project from brothers Chris (Exeris) & Jason Sevanick, - dance, chill, or zone, they have you covered. If that wasn't enough, the brothers gained notoriety with their industrial act, Mindless Faith.

In 2017, Grains of Sound performed, among other festivals, in The Chill Dome at Ozora, the renowned global gathering. Their latest release is an EP on their own AlterCulture Records called "The Dome" which features five psychill and one beatless psybient tracks and attempts to share the amazing ambient experience of The Dome.

In 2007, Grains of Sound released their double-disc debut album "Rays of Life", comprised of Vol. 1 Down (downtempo) and Vol. 2 Under (ambient), on AlterCulture Records. Their follow up triple-disc album "Sine Language" (2010) received even greater acclaim for their exploration of different styles and energy levels. From atmospheric progressive psy-trance, to lush soundscapes and deep downtempo beats, to vast evolving layers which leave all beats behind, pure ambient intoxication. 

In 2012 Pharmacy Music released "Eager Fingers" and "Paradigm Bag" which showcased the duo's beautifully rich soundscapes driven by a progressive psychedelic trance core. So in 2013, Pharmacy asked Grains of Sound to remix "Beyond the Limit" by John "00" Fleming and Christopher Lawrence.

Grains of Sound has also had tracks featured on various compilations including most recently on BMSS Records. Grains of Sound  continues to perform in the US and Europe, past festival bookings include: Ozora (Hungary), New Healing (Germany), Life Celebration (Croatia), Goa Dupa (Poland), Zagoa (Morocco), and Gaian Mind (US).

SoundCloud profile for Minneapolis singer-songwriter Matt Latterell.

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