FRIDAY FEB 22, 2019
Little Tybee
Little Tybee is a six-piece band based in Atlanta, GA, whose music has been described as genre-bending and refreshing to both veteran and exploring ears.
To describe little Tybee is to describe an atmosphere — something that’s more felt than heard.
The band blends psych-folk, prog-rock, jazz, soul, and general aural wizardry. However, the more you try to thread together a clear and concise narrative, the more blurry it gets.
This stellar lineup consists of singer/songwriter Brock Scott, the expansive eight-string guitar virtuosity of Josh Martin, Ryan Donald’s soul-inspiring bass grooves, Nirvana Scott’s stirring and shining violin and viola flares, the lush yet driving keyboard arrangements from Chris Case and Dallas Dawsons’ steady and deep pocket on drums. These six musicians bridge together taste and talent, bringing a comfortable virtuosity with their instruments.
Part of what makes Little Tybee’s music so powerful is that there’s a sense of mystery in it for musicians and non-musicians alike. There’s a seventh voice created when they play together. Their notes create an aural overtone that’s special only when they’re in the same room performing. And this is the true magic of Little Tybee; audio experiences steeped in creativity and love that are not only hypnotic but truly inviting to anyone in earshot.
Little Tybee is a six-piece band based in Atlanta, GA, whose music has been described as genre-bending and refreshing to both veteran and exploring ears.
To describe little Tybee is to describe an atmosphere — something that’s more felt than heard.
The band blends psych-folk, prog-rock, jazz, soul, and general aural wizardry. However, the more you try to thread together a clear and concise narrative, the more blurry it gets.
This stellar lineup consists of singer/songwriter Brock Scott, the expansive eight-string guitar virtuosity of Josh Martin, Ryan Donald’s soul-inspiring bass grooves, Nirvana Scott’s stirring and shining violin and viola flares, the lush yet driving keyboard arrangements from Chris Case and Dallas Dawsons’ steady and deep pocket on drums. These six musicians bridge together taste and talent, bringing a comfortable virtuosity with their instruments.
Part of what makes Little Tybee’s music so powerful is that there’s a sense of mystery in it for musicians and non-musicians alike. There’s a seventh voice created when they play together. Their notes create an aural overtone that’s special only when they’re in the same room performing. And this is the true magic of Little Tybee; audio experiences steeped in creativity and love that are not only hypnotic but truly inviting to anyone in earshot.
Flamingo Shadow
Cosmic family band Flamingo Shadow harnesses the power of Art Pop to win the hearts and minds of fellow Earth Americans. The Atlanta, GA group synthesizes musical styles from around the world in their relentless hunt for the perfect groove. The band’s character-steeped lineup includes Lady Nice (lead vox), Star Girl (vox/keyboards), Big Man (guitar/bass/vox), Sin D (drums/synth percussion), and Beast Supreme (producer/guitar/bass/electronics). Although the band’s catalog heavily emphasizes hip-shaking grooves, their influences are deep and wide-ranging, including everything from New Wave to Funk, Disco, Krautrock, Exotica, and Tropicalia.
Cosmic family band Flamingo Shadow harnesses the power of Art Pop to win the hearts and minds of fellow Earth Americans. The Atlanta, GA group synthesizes musical styles from around the world in their relentless hunt for the perfect groove. The band’s character-steeped lineup includes Lady Nice (lead vox), Star Girl (vox/keyboards), Big Man (guitar/bass/vox), Sin D (drums/synth percussion), and Beast Supreme (producer/guitar/bass/electronics). Although the band’s catalog heavily emphasizes hip-shaking grooves, their influences are deep and wide-ranging, including everything from New Wave to Funk, Disco, Krautrock, Exotica, and Tropicalia.
Visitors
Visitors is collaborative musical hive mind born out of the Broad Street Visitors Center recording studio run by Dan Bailey and Jared Pepper. Dan and Jared began construction on the space back in the Fall of 2014. Two years later, from the guts of an abandoned liquor store, Dan and Jared had built not only a fully functioning studio but a beautiful creative space. Along with the Mammal Gallery, they were part of the first wave of artists to begin the transformation of south Downtown Atlanta. Now they were poised to form a unique musical dialect.
Inviting the best and brightest of the local jazz and experimental music scenes, Visitors was born. Weekly improv sessions would set the groundwork for what would become expansive compositions in the Visitors repertoire. Even though their albums feature dozens of players from the local music community. The performing lineup had been distilled to include the key players in Visitors heightened lexicon. Dan Bailey plays his signature fretless electric bass. Jared Pepper on drums and Kenneth Kenito Murray on percussion make up a formidable rhythm section. Gage Gilmore on keyboards with electronic wizard Jeremi Johnson on synthesizer command the "space station". While flutist Rasheeda Ali brings a deft melodic tone to the ensemble.
You can expect to hear a lot from Visitors in 2018. They are currently shopping for label support of the studio albums and future touring ventures.
Visitors is collaborative musical hive mind born out of the Broad Street Visitors Center recording studio run by Dan Bailey and Jared Pepper. Dan and Jared began construction on the space back in the Fall of 2014. Two years later, from the guts of an abandoned liquor store, Dan and Jared had built not only a fully functioning studio but a beautiful creative space. Along with the Mammal Gallery, they were part of the first wave of artists to begin the transformation of south Downtown Atlanta. Now they were poised to form a unique musical dialect.
Inviting the best and brightest of the local jazz and experimental music scenes, Visitors was born. Weekly improv sessions would set the groundwork for what would become expansive compositions in the Visitors repertoire. Even though their albums feature dozens of players from the local music community. The performing lineup had been distilled to include the key players in Visitors heightened lexicon. Dan Bailey plays his signature fretless electric bass. Jared Pepper on drums and Kenneth Kenito Murray on percussion make up a formidable rhythm section. Gage Gilmore on keyboards with electronic wizard Jeremi Johnson on synthesizer command the "space station". While flutist Rasheeda Ali brings a deft melodic tone to the ensemble.
You can expect to hear a lot from Visitors in 2018. They are currently shopping for label support of the studio albums and future touring ventures.