Matterhorn is the brainchild of songwriter and vocalist Tommy Sebastian Halseth, who in 2013 started to assemble various musical ideas which gradually turned into the project Matterhorn. 
As time passed, the songs matured both musically and lyrically, as Tommy involved different musicians with broad backgrounds to fulfill the Matterhorn vision. This vision was to have a steady core of musicians with him, as well as letting other players freely contribute with their own talents - without dictating their additions, but rather keep their own respective signatures and adding it to the flow of the music. These contributions includes members from Norwegian bands Wobbler, Triosphere and Divided Multitude, among others. The steady core appeared in 2017, consisting of fellow Trondheim musicians Edvin Matthieson (bass, acoustic guitar) and Andreas Stunes (drums, keyboards). Now that the core was settled, the band took to recording the songs, arranging together and gradually letting the musical contributors sprinkle their musical fairy dust over the songs. This resulted in a wide musical palette. The outcome has turned into a broad canvas of light and shade - melancholy, grief and reflection - but also of hope and gratitude along with musical playfulness. 
Thematically, the album’s title - “Outside” - deals with the ones left out, both mentally and in terms of being alienated from society - with the backdrop of the chaotic and superficial modern world. Musically, the album ranges over a variety of inspirations and moods, highlighting a strong melodic focus - instead of trying to play 89 notes per second (though we know some musicians do, it’s not for us). The band went for an organic sounding record, aiming for the music to breathe and to be dynamic. With the aid and oversight of producer/mixer Jacob Holm-Lupo (White Willow, The Opium Cartel), Matterhorn’s first album “Outside” will be released through Apollon Records in November.

Classical arrangements associated with a mechanical spirit of the new age and a good charge of bombast. Dark-romantic soundscapes that are based on hard rhythms and groovy guitar work.  All together merged into one unit with a soprano and multifaceted voices. 
Sonically, BSF is based between the light of Gothic, Soundtrack and Metal. Apart from this, the music can lead you into darker realms and offers the gentle listener a variety of opportunities to discover.


Klassische Arrangements verbunden mit maschinellem Zeitgeist und einer ordentlichen Ladung Bombast. Dunkelromantische Klangwelten, die auf harter Rhythmik und groovender Gitarrenarbeit aufsetzen und mit einem klassischen Sopran zu einer Einheit verschmelzen.
Klanglich bewegt sich BSF im Licht von Gothic, Soundtrack und Metal. Abseits davon dringt die Musik in dunklere Gefilde vor und bietet dem geneigten Zuhörer eine Vielfalt von Entdeckungsmöglichkeiten.

Floraphona is a musical endeavor by vocalist and producer River Jean, to phonate for the flowers, to speak for the earth with her organic and electronic musical stylings. Her original singer songwriting connects our godlike technologies and capacities with our holistic and human need to respect and restore a balance with the natural world.

For her debut album she takes us on a journey from electronic to electric, from plastic to organic, and from digital to diaphanous with an experimental  sonic transmission.

With heart pounding drums, growling bass and soul sweeping and futuristic melodies River combines lyrics and vocal styling from revelations and messages received while on her spiritual path. This music encourages you to move outwards in dance and move inwards with introspection.

The first single “Mixture” out in May 2020 declares a message of birthing, becoming, recognizing and realizing we are biological robots with divine spiritual incarnation.   Futuristic melodies with driving drums and deep bass frame River’s raw and augmented vocals.

Intimate yet industrial, tribal yet synthesized, 
soulful yet groovy, classic yet futuristic

Downtempo   Low fi  
New wave   Future chill
Electronica   Electro pop



Floraphona’s debut EP due out summer of 2020 with sonic alchemy and coproduction by Tamara Montenegro of Naoba music

Adjunct Professor and Doctoral Student (unofficially ABD - due to exam scheduling) in the Department of Comparative Literature at Binghamton University. More about me can be found here: http://binghamton.academia.edu/RowanTepper

I'm a self made producer and music maker from Cali, in the heart of the Orange County!!

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