Astronauts Etc and Bells Atlas band member Doug Stuart unveiled his new solo project Jinn Grin today. The Bay Area musician’s new, four track EP The Answer arrives on June 14th and Stuart released the album’s title track this morning. “The Answer” is a glistening, gorgeous song that Stuart uses as a canvas for his well-honed, instrumental […]
Oakland musician Derek Barber is no stranger to our site, as we’ve featured his work with Bells Atlas and Astronauts Etc before. In addition to writing, recording and gigging with both of those bands, Barber maintains a side-project called Perhapsy. What originally began as an instrumental outlet in 2010 has evolved into a guitar driven, experimental […]
Feature: Bells Atlas May 14, 2015 [View on Computer for Optimized Version] The early-May morning light pours through the vaulted ceiling windows of Geneva Harrison and Sandra Lawson-Ndu’s West Oakland warehouse home. Outfitted with a treated recording booth, practice room, mixing consoles and enough equipment to keep your local gear snob at bay, the space doubles as the rehearsal space […]
After a residency at Zoo Labs and much hard work, Oakland’s Bells Atlas are preparing to release their Hyperlust EP this spring. Composed of Sandra Lawson-Ndu, Derek Barber, Geneva Harrison and Doug Stuart, Bells Atlas released Hyperlust‘s first single “Future Bones” this week. In the veins of Dirty Projectors, tUnE-yArDs, Deerhoof and Ava Luna, Bells Atlas craft complex arrangements, intricate layering and polyrhythmic […]