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Spaceman Fantastiques is George Hoefer's chiptune branch in his musical tree. Started in early 2010 with friend Zain Husain as a side project/concept album about the sub-planets in the solar system, the project was put on hiatus and the name was adopted for music that started being made in the chiptune style by George. Two albums have been made about a main character "Namec Aps" and his struggle to overcome a tragic fate of being stuck in a time loop. The albums are able to repeat into themselves as well as loop into each other. The idea for the album...

Inspired by a bizarre family tale of a sinister radio that possessed its listeners, bandleader Giovanni DiMorente transmits a vibrant spectrum of musical styles: lost in time, yet timeless. Like a traveling Bertolt Brecht revue with Miklos Rosza and Charles Laughton as director, this eight piece ensemble conjures a different world where clothes don't fit and the water is dirtier. Called everything from junkyard hymns to cabaret grotesque to gypsy soul to New Orleans second line noir, their tunes are guaranteed to set your soul flying while your heart breaks and your body shakes. www.elradiofantastique.com As a living music-breathing entity,...