New band @bobbipalace ~ https://bobbipalace.bandcamp.com

Desert Magic specializes in writing rounds and songs about nature and the cosmos and is releasing their debut album, A Round The Sun, in 2016. Desert Magic is Grammy Award-winning Alex Wand, guitarist Steven Van Betten, and multi-instrumentalist.

Deradoorian’s new album 'Find The Sun' is out now on ANTI- Records. Purchase and stream at https://deradoorian.ffm.to/findthesun. 

Her first song collection, 2009’s Mind Raft EP elicited praise from Pitchfork for being “passionate and lovingly crafted.” The Fader hailed her “zen weed energy” and “moody dervish spirals.” Her debut LP, The Expanding Flower Planet reflects a remarkable creative journey.
 
Others imitate the past and others divine inspiration and transmit it elsewhere. Deradoorian embodies the latter idea, synthesizing faint hints of Alice Coltrane and Can, Terry Riley, and Dorothy Ashby. A new world springs from ancient traditions—with East Indian, Middle Eastern, traditional Japanese music and Native American rhythms aligned with Deradoorian’s singular orbit. The songs glide through a odyssey of self-exploration—glowing and warping, burning brightly and floating gracefully, permanently transcending.

Launched in 2008, Optical Sounds works as a collective ‘label’ which is more underpinned by friendships than business - there’s no office, employees, or business plan and the emphasis has been more on live parties than releases. Its activities are centred around a ‘community’ of bands and The Embassy Bar in Toronto’s Kensington Market.  

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