Search - Hypnogaja :: Acoustic Sunset - Live At The Longhouse

Liner Notes from Album Producer Wendy Waldman: The thing I love about Hypnogaja is that there are so many threads running through their music. It?s like picking up a stone, turning it over in your hands, and seeing different sides depending on the light. There?s everything in there from metal to classical music, rap to poetry, electonica to folk, old style rock to the most modern and extreme sounds. But underlying all this are great and interesting songs, songs with the urgency, light and shadow of the most intense contemporary rock, but each one written with a sophisticated harmonic palatte that could only come from truly intelligent musical thinking. In other words, the stuff rocks, and sounds cool, and is always fresh both musically and lyrically. This music caters to no trend -- it belongs to itself, which will make it enduring. There?s another aspect to this group as well, something that?s not seen often enough these days: this band plays GREAT -- and their music is sometimes complicated, always intense, and challenging. They back it up with some pretty serious chops. They play with passion and depth reminiscent of some of the classic bands we all love so well. These tracks were all recorded live, as were the vocals -- and that makes this album a remarkable document of a band that really kicks butt when it takes the stage... or the living room, in the case of the Longhouse. Hypnogaja rocks hard and well, they lay it down solid, with unusual, insightful and beautiful songs. I?ve watched this band on its path for years now -- I?ve seen them grow enormously. I always thought they were superb, and it was absolutely my great privilege to work with them on this album. -Wendy Waldman, Los Angeles (March 2006)