The Collective Acoustics crew adds harpsichord, viol de gamba and prepared drum set to their usual mix of organs, synths, basses and percussion on this record that mixes sounds of the past and present to form a funkier future.  The addition of guest musicians playing pedal steel, trombone, saxophones and an original instrument called a buzzaphone, expands the group’s already dizzying atmospherics and gritty grooves.  Recommended for the more adventurous listeners of electronica, jazz, and rock.

On bc≥ad, Collective Acoustics aims to bring an organic approach to electronic-influenced music. While the end result straddles the electronica, ambient, jazz, and world music fences, all performances and sounds are created by musicians playing live instruments. No Loops. No Samples. NO MIDI.

What are the standards for Generation X? Though it’s hard to match the great American songbook, we did not grow up with Johnny Mercer and Rodgers & Hammerstein – more like Led Zeppelin, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Radiohead.  Showing respect and love for jazz, while reworking contemporary songs from the pop-rock canon of the last 40 years, Collective Acoustics is joined by vocalist Melanie Hazelrigg on this acoustic based record crossing the jazz/pop divide.

Three composer/musician/engineers gather to improvise and tweak their sounds through vintage and custom built pre-amps, compressors, echoes, EQs, and delays, resulting in a sound equally at home in the jazz club or the late night lounge.

Abnormal, Tania Alexandra’s much anticipated follow up to her breakout album, Emergence, finds her backed by a stripped down trio (Collective Acoustics) where her powerful voice, inventive piano playing, and gripping songwriting take center stage.

Country-Folk songstress Anna Coogan teams up with the audio innovators Collective Acoustics on this dark, bubbling slice of gothic Americana. Anna stopped by the Collective Acoustics lab for a day during her National tour in 2010 and this is the result.