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Featured Artists – Synths

Q&A with Mass Gothic

Noel Heroux and Jessica Zambri, active in the NYC scene since the mid aughts, released music separately through Hooray for Earth (Noel's first breakout project, disbanded in 2014) and Zambri (the electronic band Jessica still plays in with sister Cristi Jo) and became the two creative forces behind Mass Gothic.…Click on the title for more

Q&A with Mass Gothic

O Mer’s Pedals, Synths and Creative Process

Brooklyn by way of Tel Aviv artist O Mer employs DAW, synths and electric guitar to create minimalistic pop gems that are as catchy as they are arresting. Started as a one man band, the project has recently expanded to comprise a full band, which has brought the sound to…Click on the title for more

O Mer’s Pedals, Synths and Creative Process

Iris Lune – Gear & Creative Process

Born in Boston as the project of singer-songwriter Ella Joy Meir and guitarist and composer Asher Kurtz, Iris Lune is now a Brooklyn based quartet that plays expansive, mellow pop with ambient influences and jazzy inclinations. Their complex layered musical compositions had us itiching to learn a bit about their process and the array…Click on the title for more

Iris Lune – Gear & Creative Process

Morgan Delt’s Pedals & Synths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A95QBLePeFw LA-based Morgan Delt crafts acid-tinged tracks that are meant to be seen with your third eye. His music is blissful and hazy, with his soft vocals stretching across lush, textured instrumentals and sweet melodies. With such an expansive sound, we here at the Deli were curious about the kind of gear…Click on the title for more

Morgan Delt’s Pedals & Synths

Salt Cathedral’s Live Rig

This is a cool interview by REMEZCLA with synth pop duo Salt Cathedral about their gear and live show set up. This is a really talented, Brooklyn based band hailing from Columbia that has been covered extensively in our sister blog The Deli NYC. https://www.youtube.com/embed/T3m4YecxdnE The pedals they use are mostly for vocals,…Click on the title for more

Salt Cathedral’s Live Rig

Arthur Moon’s Pedals, Synths & Creative Process

Photo by Mia Min Yen (https://www.instagram.com/miaminyenphotos/) Lora: your past is in roots-ier genres, what prompted you to explore more adventurous sonic soundscapes? I think I’ll always be influenced by the way some American folk music can be so bizarre/illogical yet so emotionally accessible at the same time. Right now, the exploration…Click on the title for more

Arthur Moon’s Pedals, Synths & Creative Process

Guerilla Toss – Q&A about Gear and the Creative Process behind ‘GT Ultra’

Brooklyn via Boston avant-punks Guerilla Toss are ready to enter the next stage of their career with the release of a new full-length (entitled "GT ULTRA") on DFA Records. The album steps up the production values by several notches, broadening the act's appeal without affecting the "edge factor" that allowed them to…Click on the title for more

Guerilla Toss – Q&A about Gear and the Creative Process behind ‘GT Ultra’

Color Tongue Pedals & Creative Process

Color Tongue is a spacey, indie-psych rock band hailing from Brooklyn. Their latest release, Sprouts, is 8 tracks of inventive, sometimes atmospheric tracks, that while feeling expansive, ground itself with both its fun and infectious qualities. With such a myriad of different sounds coming from their latest record, we were curious…Click on the title for more

Color Tongue Pedals & Creative Process

The Luyas’ synth and pedal arsenal

To celebrate our upcoming, first Montreal Stompbox Exhibit, we decided to interview one of the most intriguing Montreal bands of the moment: with ethereal vocals, and thick, multi-layered instrumentals, The Luyas craft the type of songs that yield new musical discoveries on each pass. Their dreamy indie/psych, engaging lyricism, and sometimes…Click on the title for more

The Luyas’ synth and pedal arsenal

Kassassin Street’s Pedals, Synths and Creative Process

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uyYOZ7lXs4 Hailing from the UK's Southsea region, Kassassin Street brings a refreshingly breezy approach to psychedelia, with a danceability factor that will intrigue music fans nostalgic of the glorious psych pop British bands of the late '80s and early '90s, from the Charlatans to The Stone Roses to Happy Mondays. Throughout their still…Click on the title for more

Kassassin Street’s Pedals, Synths and Creative Process

The Fantastic Plastics’ Gear and Creative Process

It's almost impossible to not be immediately smitten with the Fantastic Plastics. With their bright colors and quirky demeanor, the Brooklyn-based duo re-imagines retro-synth pop for the 21st century. While they're sure to delight nostalgia seekers, the band's catchy, fun tracks have a wide appeal that's sure to draw in…Click on the title for more

The Fantastic Plastics’ Gear and Creative Process

Pavo Pavo’s Gear and Creative Process

https://www.youtube.com/embed/K9P5p94x2Os With psychedelic leanings and spacey synths that could believably been beamed down from Pluto, Brooklyn-based Pavo Pavo has a sound that's both warm and familiar, and yet hard to place. In their stunning debut album 'Young Narrator in the Breakers' the band seems to comfortably straddle between the deeper trenches of…Click on the title for more

Pavo Pavo’s Gear and Creative Process