old people want to be young people want to be old

Oldtimers is the new musical project fronted by multi-instrumentalist/producer James Leste. Previously a member of Oakland indie outfits Audrye Sessions (RCA) and Push To Talk (Doghouse Records). Upon relocation to Nashville, TN James started working on a series of new self produced songs via bedroom that would eventually become Oldtimers upon his return to Oakland. Oldtimers fuses folk, pop, and electronic elements to create honest hook laden compositions.

If Kate Bush was born in Bakersfield, she would cosign on Al Harper’s newest LP, Promises I Kept. 

But even if Kate Bush could identify her influence nestled in the catchy lilts and dips of Oakland-based Al Harper’s stunning and subtly-spooky vocals, so could a constellation of other vocalists: the likes of Linda Ronstadt, Jane Penny of TOPS, and Isabelle Antena (humming some Dolly Parton down a dusk-lit road in Kern County, perhaps). With her own refreshed and personalized look-back to early aughts synthpop meets 70s slow-burn guitar and 60s girl-group drums to keep the beat, Harper’s delicate and direct lyrics rocket through the liminal space that’s neither now nor then. Al Harper is in a dreamy orbit all her own.

#Oakland #futuresoul / #jazztronica / #trip-hop project. 

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Stripped
Manual Music
Mood of Mind
Cinematique
Droid9
Stellar Fountain Records
Massive Harmony Records
Box4Joy
Vested Recordings
Mioli
Emotional Content Recording
Abstract Space / Aethereal
Mystic Carousel Records

Singer Jon Weston was living a quiet life as a farmer until one day singing on a track with Oakland producer Anton Patzner, revealing a rich, soft-spoken voice and a wealth of words and emotions ready to burst into the world.

FEVRMOON makes minimal, moody music leveraging a pallette of found-sounds, digital synthesizers, 808 drum samples and live orchestral instruments. Centered around the humble vocal performances of Jon Weston, producer Anton Patzner weaves a driving, contemplative backdrop, sometimes warping and mangling Westons vocals and at other times leaving them raw and exposed.

I’m a songwriter/guitarist from Oakland CA. I was the guitar player for the gold selling vh1YouOughtaKnow band Thriving Ivory and the songwriter/guitarist for the follow up band Midnight Cinema.

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