Nucultures

Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeam is an ambitious 2-disc set of moody downtempo tracks from Philadelphia band Nucultures. Nucultures is a project of lyricist/vocalist Ellie Perez, guitarist/producer Tim Motzer, and bassist/songwriter Barry Meehan.

The tracks on this CD are a solid collection of jazz-tinged vocal numbers. The tracks are primarily acoustic, but feature frequent use of loops, filtering and effects, giving the music a downtempo vibe.

Throughout the CD, there’s lots of interesting production work. The instrumentation starts with vocals, bass, guitar and keyboards, but is expanded with horns, strings and some more unusual touches, like tabla & cello. Drum machine, loops and effects are used with subtlety, adding trippy touches while keeping the focus on the live elements. Read more…