Nucultures

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Philadelphia’s finest unite and create 2-disc downtempo opus – NUCULTURES -- “Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams” TOP 10 ESSENTIAL RECORD OF 2007 - JOHN DILIBERTO (ECHOES) ESSENTIAL RECORD OF 2007 TOP 25 - ECHOES RADIO STAFF Recording as the collective “Nucultures”, ‘Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams’ is a collaboration between Philadelphia lyricist/vocalist Ellie Perez, acclaimed guitarist/producer Tim Motzer, and bassist/songwriter Barry Meehan. Each contributes vocals, songs, words and music to this ambitious 2 CD album project. At a time when artists and labels are downsizing, this group of Philadelphia artists have ramped it up and released an ambitious 2 cd set.—Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams on 1k recordings. This adventurous collection of music is a kaleidascope of songs and sound.blending shapes and hues with vocals, horns, strings, piano, drumkits and machines, vocal loops, guitars, bass, and left-field electronics into a brilliant textured soundscape of modern pop music. From three perspectives, lyrically and vocally, “Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams” delves into questions of love, war, darkness, despair, light, and hope. musically it’s an eclectic 21 song journey with acoustic guitars ruminating over electronic and tabla beats; the shimmering vocal downtempo tone-poems of Ellie Perez (Night is Beautiful, Run for Cover, Behind the Moon); the dark foreboding jazz of ‘Babylon Is Crying’; upright pianos floating over languid grooves of ‘Think I’m Losin

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Butterflies, Zebras, And Moonbeams

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IndieFeed: Electronica Music

The Zebramoon Remixes

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IndieFeed: Indie Pop Music

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www.indiefeed.com

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Tai Chi & Ruby Red

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Butterflies, Zebras And Moonbeams

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Butterflies, Zebras And Moonbeams (Disc 2)

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IndieFeed: Electronica

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Circles and Lines

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Night is Beautiful

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Butterflies, Lebras, and Moonbeams

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