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Hi-Fi Sky
Experimental / Ambient / Alternative

"an interstellar romp through minimalist landscapes"

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
United States

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Last Login:  7/20/2008
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   Hi-Fi Sky: General Info
Member Since6/6/2005
Band Websitehi-fisky.com
Band MembersAlexandra Scott-vocals, guitar, keyboards, theremin; Tim Sommer-bass, guitar, keyboards; Alex Maiolo -- guitar, ebow wizard, master of all pedals
InfluencesBrian Eno; Brian Wilson; Sigur Ros; Mum; The Album Leaf; John Cale; Neu; Cluster; Ann Savoy; Terry Champlin; Harmonia: Roedelius; Hugo Largo; Terry Riley; Daniel Lanois; The Clash; ABBA; Iggy & the Stooges
Record LabelSeersucker Fantasy
Type of LabelIndie







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   About Hi-Fi Sky
Buy Hi-Fi Sky's Music For Synchronized Swimming In Space This profile was edited with Thomas' myspace editor™ V2.5 Hi-Fi Sky make cinematic shivers of luscious drone pop. Hi-Fi Sky is Alexandra Scott and Tim Sommer. They are harmonic geologists who detect and produce melodic chillquakes. Hi-Fi Sky loves Abba and Tony Conrad. They utterly adore Terry Riley and Gram Parsons. They wish that Madonna and John Cale had a baby (bouncing) and named it Hi-Fi Sky. They pretend that Neu came from South Louisiana and giggle all the way to bayou dreamland. Bayou dreamland is (probably) in the skies above New Orleans. New Orleans is where Alexandra Scott and Tim Sommer met, and where they discovered that they were two very different same people who shared a mutual love of Stephen Fry, orchestral punk, and cascading waterfalls of musical repetition. New Orleans -- a slanting, sinking, flaking,, shabby, pastel colored Bohotopia which is a bit like Prague, but only if you replace the whimsy with brutality -- is also where they recorded the first HI-FI SKY album, MUSIC FOR SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING IN SPACE. Picture God bobbing on a blow-up chair in the Bermuda Triangle; this is what she would be listening to on her iPod. MUSIC FOR SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING IN SPACE was recorded in 2004 and 2005. It is 67 minutes of grand, ghostly, spacious, melodic sound; it is quiet music to be played very loudly, unless it is loud music to be played very quietly. Tim Sommer was the founder of the slo-core bellwether Hugo Largo, who recorded two acclaimed albums of swirling, chiming chamber punk for Brian Enos Opal/Land label. Tim also played with legendary noise composer Glenn Branca for three years, starting when he was a wee but delightfully pretentious lad of 21. He also was a fairly notorious teen journalist, radio and club deejay, a sheepishly successful A&R guy, and one of Barbra Streisands cabana boys. Tim and Alexandra met in 2002, when he produced Alexandras solo album, SPYGLASS. (Actually they met before he produced the album, but never mind.) Alexandra is originally from Charlottesville, Virginia, and began gigging locally when she was still in high school. Like Edna St. Vincent Millay and Lisa Kudrow, Alexandra attended Vassar, but unlike Millay and Kudrow, Alexandra majored in classical guitar. While still in her teens, she worked at Bearsville Studios before returning to Virginia, where she rejected numerous opportunities to pursue a more conventional -- and less original -- career in the music industry. Like Sommer, she heard a sound in her head that combined all of her strange and wonderful and silly and serious and profane and romantic influences, and which defied categorization. Frequently, she thought of this sound as a sign that she was losing her mind, as all Southern women do at one time or another. Tim and Alexandra joined together as Hi-Fi Sky, after Tim decided to start making music again, and after he reassured Alexandra that she was not in fact loony but actually on to something good. Spelunking in the darkness of a New Orleans studio during the summer of 2004, Hi-Fi Sky found itself to be one or more of the following: a sweet and lush simple supernova, an IMAX film of Highway 61, space age folk music, chamber Hawkwind with Emmylou Harris humming along in a planetarium. It is a place where Tims love of punk rock and German ambient artmusic meets Alexandras bluegrass and folk roots, her unabashed adoration of pop melody, and her pash for for atonal minimalism. MUSIC FOR SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING IN SPACE is produced by Tim Sommer and Alexandra Scott, and they play all of the instruments on the album, except for the string parts, for which they had the assistance of Sam and Jack Craft, on violin and cello. In the autumn of 2006, after a year of live inactivity caused by the Hurricane Katrina diaspora, Hi-Fi Sky once again returned to live performances. Alexandra and Tim have happily welcomed into the band muscial wizard Alex Maiolo of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. SYNCH/SWIM is the first release from Seersucker Fantasy Records. Upcoming SFR release include Alexandras new EP, SPRING and Tims still-foetal solo record (working title: LISTENING TO THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, though some feel it should be called PLEASE MAY I HAVE A FISHSTICK?).

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Hi-Fi Sky's Friends Comments
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glück





Feb 8 2008 11:32 AM

hello "friend"

& welcome to the world of glück

love your work very chilled

keep up the good work

jon

:-)
A Plan





Feb 5 2008 4:02 PM

She is the coolest east of the Mississippi. A southern bell but it will take work and I agree that the rebirth has come from the people. Believe. Come see a Happy Mardi Gras. Peace from New Orleans.
dan dyer





Jan 27 2008 12:50 PM

CD Release show Tue Jan 29th at One-Eyed Jack's. Show at 10pm. New songs, new band, special guests. Also tune in WWOZ that same day at 330pm for songs and an interview; and KTUL around 2pm.
♥ Elle


Is Online


Jan 26 2008 12:06 AM

uncle tim I miss you! come visit us!
Sara





Dec 21 2007 9:45 AM

Tim! How have you been???
8m2stereo





Nov 13 2007 10:10 AM

*

I went to the doctor.
"I feel lost, blind with love. What should I do?"


Give up owning things and being somebody.
Quit existing.

(Jalal-al-din Rumi C. , 1254 AD)

*
♥ Elle


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Nov 10 2007 7:42 PM

uncle tim!!!
shelly





Oct 11 2007 9:32 AM

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You ROCK!

and i love you... :)
Sarah Savoy & the Francadians





Sep 27 2007 10:44 AM

Thanks for the request!

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Amy Rigby





Sep 13 2007 4:14 AM

Tim! And Alexandra - glad to hear and read what you've been up to. xAmy
Amy Rigby





Sep 13 2007 4:14 AM

Tim! And Alexandra - glad to hear and read what you've been up to. xAmy
Scary Lady Sarah





Jul 9 2007 6:28 PM

Boo! Surprise greetings from Berlin, Tim. :)
preston





Jul 4 2007 3:51 PM

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Sara





Jun 23 2007 9:12 PM

Hey, Tim. Long time no see. How have you been? Any touring going on?
Sue





Jun 3 2007 10:22 PM

last night i had a dream about *jimmy page*......
1000SCHOEN





May 28 2007 4:58 AM

THE COMMEND UNDER THIS OF COURSE ISN´T MINE.
SORRY FOR THE PASSWORDKILL

CRACKERS S U C K S
Andy Yorke





May 8 2007 2:11 PM



New single Rise and Fall
now available to download from iTunes
T.I. Crew





May 8 2007 1:03 PM

MySpace graphics: CoolSpaceTricks.com

MySpace graphics: CoolSpaceTricks.com
preston





Apr 26 2007 10:28 PM

Hey stopping by to say you dont stink :-)
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OF ECHOES





Apr 10 2007 2:47 PM

Just doin a drive by to see how lifes treating you

...Of Echoes
over THE hill





Mar 30 2007 3:57 PM

Hey Hi-Fi Sky, how are you? If you got a minute, we pulled over some new things fo you. We have this video up on our page that inspired the song we sing with it. The dance is pretty unreal, and worth seeing. Also, we now have an illustrated novella for sale. It comes with the album if you order it. It's a dark story, but there's some fire in it too. We think you'll like it.
Stop over if you get the chance, and if you like what we give for free, buy a copy of the album and novella. It would help us. Hope you're doing well out there.
Pamela Luss www.pamelaluss.com





Mar 23 2007 1:10 PM

Hi Tim!
So happy you found me! I didn't realize this was you! Thank you again for coming to my gig. Your music and page is great! What's your email address?
Talk soon,
Pamela
OF ECHOES





Mar 6 2007 11:08 AM

Hey hows it goin... we have some new artwork up in our photo area... other then that its been a kick back week. after three months of recording i think it was time for everyone to just take a break now that the cd is out, and just chill.
hopefully everyone keeps in touch so feel free to drop us a note from time to time.
we also rotated the music on our page if you would like add a new song to your page
thanks
Of Echoes
Alex





Feb 26 2007 9:30 AM

hi-fi sky are little girls.
♥ Elle


Is Online


Feb 22 2007 4:27 PM

(The previous comment was directed to Tim, unless there is something they're not telling me)
♥ Elle


Is Online


Feb 22 2007 4:26 PM

Hello from J-Town Homebase (Your brothers house). I will keep you up to date on your bros expeditions in losing car keys, misplacing wallets, walking into walls and so on. The fun never stops here.
OF ECHOES





Feb 20 2007 2:24 AM

Whats up Hi-Fi Sky?
We hope you had a great weekend!
well only leave this kind of comment once on your page.
but its just easier to do it this way
our cd is now complete
and you can order it by clicking the link on our page.
also A&R and radio please add our et profile "argus entertainment" for business enquiries and media requests
have an awesome week and we thank all the fans for the awesome support thru the creation of this work
Your Friends
...Of Echoes
over THE hill





Feb 19 2007 9:57 AM

hey Hi-Fi Sky, how are you? We put up new songs for your listening. Come on over when you got some spare minutes. If you feel like supporting this pre-post-apocalyptic music we make, please buy a copy of our album. We are small and poorly distributed, but we have a good album for you. Let these songs out of your computer. Hope you're doing well out there.
OF ECHOES





Feb 17 2007 7:50 PM

Hey Hi-Fi Sky
Hope your having a great weekend
Mike and
....Of Echoes
OF ECHOES





Feb 11 2007 8:46 AM

Hello Hi-Fi Sky
We are getting close to the release date on Penance of Atrocities CD
If you would like a signed first edition copy please stop by our profile and click the preorder cd link. and leave your name and email on the form and we will send you ordering details as soon as they are available

Thank you
....Of Echoes
OF ECHOES





Feb 6 2007 1:05 PM

Hello Hi-Fi Sky
Just makin the rounds, hope your day is going famously.
we got alot of work done over the last week or so, and three more songs from the upcoming album are finished and posted.
3 more to go and The record is headed for shrink rap YEAHHHH
anyway have a good week , and keep in touch.

Thanks
...Of Echoes
OF ECHOES





Feb 3 2007 7:43 AM

Hello Hi-Fi Sky
We have had some amazing response to some of the new tracks and just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the kind comments and emails you all have been sending.
If your new fans and friends, Thanks for checking us out and feel free to drop us a line anytime we always answear fan mail

Thanks
...Of Echoes
Zimiamvian Night





Jan 29 2007 2:26 AM

Thanks for the add. I've really enjoyed your album and look forward to your next. Also thanks for the humor, realness and intelligent points-of-view. Very refreshing in this humorless, unreal, dumbed-down world we "seem" to be inhabiting.
Mike Bennett / Zimiamvian Night
"Keeping it surreal since 1953"
Kristen





Jan 6 2007 2:14 PM

I just bought my tickets for February 10th. Can't wait! :)
Bamboo Orchestra





Dec 30 2006 11:59 PM

Bamboo Orchestra wish you an happy new year 2007
Cd "Tchi Sui Ka Fu" available.
Just click on the picture.
Queenie





Dec 29 2006 11:07 AM

Musetta





Dec 27 2006 5:04 AM

BANDAGE!...The Rock Opera (starring Ace Bandage)