Pipa Pinon-Vocals, clarinet, and guitar.
Daniel Vee Lewis-Bass, synth, and samples.
Jim Norris-Drums.
George Demarest-trumpets and vocals.
Jemila Alldis-Backing vocals.
Max Drake-Electric and acoustic guitars.
Pete Coates-Sax. www.cayuga.com
Bill Walker-Electric guitar and ebow guitar.
Bob Burnett-Electric guitar and mandolin.
Yuji Tojo-acoustic and electric guitars.
Influences
Massive Attack, Portishead, Rickie Lee Jones, Joni Mitchell, Jaco Pastorious, Kate Bush, Judy Garland, Edith Piaf, Mick Karn, Leonard Cohen, Laurie Anderson and Pink Floyd.
Sounds Like
Rickie Lee Jones meets Portishead. Sometimes passionate, sometimes subdued vocal stylings and stories are sung over trippy atmospheric down tempo vibe.
Pipa Pinon hails from Los Lunas, New Mexico; now residing by the ocean in Watsonville, California. Her musical style has been compared to something between Jane Siberry and Laurie Anderson. She has written 3 musicals, 2 of which were one woman shows.
Under the name of dreambeach and Pipa Pinon , she has recorded and self produced 3 CD's, World for the 1st Time, Making Friends with Gravity, and TWO. You can purchase these at http://www.cdbaby.com/dreambeach .
With another one on the way by the fall of 2007, she and her co-writer/founder Daniel Vee Lewis, are busy plotting more live performances in and out of California.
With Bass harmonics of Daniel Vee Lewis, the other worldly vocals of Pipa Pinon, and the amazing talents and sounds of this bands musicians, your are transported to dreambeach.
