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Hi-Fi Sky
Experimental / Ambient / Alternative

		an interstellar romp through minimalist landscapes NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA United States Profile Views: 12035 Last Login: 11/10/2008
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Hi-Fi Sky: General Info

Member Since	6/6/2005
Band Website	www.hi-fisky.com
Band Members	Alexandra Scott-vocals, guitar, keyboards, theremin; Tim Sommer-bass, guitar, keyboards; Alex Maiolo -- guitar, ebow wizard, master of all pedals
Influences	Brian 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 Label	Seersucker Fantasy
Type of Label	Indie

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About Hi-Fi Sky

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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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Alessandra Celletti	Jan 27 2009 9:11 PM Hi HI-FI Sky! here Roedelius and me... Kisses Alessandra
Nejando	Jan 27 2009 7:30 PM
Paper Hearts	Aug 13 2008 6:12 PM just droppin by to say hello on your page take care
glück	Feb 8 2008 7:32 PM hello "friend" & welcome to the world of glück love your work very chilled keep up the good work jon :-)
Inspirational Art Movement	Feb 6 2008 12:02 AM 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 8:50 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.
Dj Earth	Jan 26 2008 8:06 AM uncle tim I miss you! come visit us!
Sara	Dec 21 2007 5:45 PM Tim! How have you been???
Dj Earth	Nov 11 2007 3:42 AM uncle tim!!!
shelly	Oct 11 2007 4:32 PM You ROCK! and i love you... :)
Sarah Savoy & the Francadians	Sep 27 2007 5:44 PM Thanks for the request!
Amy Rigby	Sep 13 2007 11:14 AM Tim! And Alexandra - glad to hear and read what you've been up to. xAmy
Amy Rigby	Sep 13 2007 11:14 AM Tim! And Alexandra - glad to hear and read what you've been up to. xAmy
Scary Lady Sarah	Jul 10 2007 1:28 AM Boo! Surprise greetings from Berlin, Tim. :)
preston	Jul 4 2007 10:51 PM
Sara	Jun 24 2007 4:12 AM Hey, Tim. Long time no see. How have you been? Any touring going on?
Sue	Jun 4 2007 5:22 AM last night i had a dream about jimmy page......
1000SCHOEN	May 28 2007 11:58 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 9:11 PM New single Rise and Fall now available to download from iTunes
T.I. Crew	May 8 2007 8:03 PM MySpace graphics: CoolSpaceTricks.com
preston	Apr 27 2007 5:28 AM Hey stopping by to say you dont stink :-)
OF ECHOES	Apr 10 2007 9:47 PM Just doin a drive by to see how lifes treating you ...Of Echoes
over THE hill	Mar 30 2007 10:57 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 8:10 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 7:08 PM 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

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