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Philadelphia s finest unite and create 2-disc downtempo opus NUCULTURES -- Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams TOP 10 ESSENTIAL RECORD OF 2007 - JOHN DILIBERTO (ECHOES) ESSENTIAL RECORD OF 2007 TOP 25 - ECHOES RADIO STAFF Recording as the collective Nucultures, Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams is a collaboration between Philadelphia lyricist/vocalist Ellie Perez, acclaimed guitarist/producer Tim Motzer, and bassist/songwriter Barry Meehan. Each contributes vocals, songs, words and music to this ambitious 2 CD album project. At a time when artists and labels are downsizing, this group of Philadelphia artists have ramped it up and released an ambitious 2 cd set. Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams on 1k recordings. This adventurous collection of music is a kaleidascope of songs and sound.blending shapes and hues with vocals, horns, strings, piano, drumkits and machines, vocal loops, guitars, bass, and left-field electronics into a brilliant textured soundscape of modern pop music. From three perspectives, lyrically and vocally, Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams delves into questions of love, war, darkness, despair, light, and hope. musically it s an eclectic 21 song journey with acoustic guitars ruminating over electronic and tabla beats; the shimmering vocal downtempo tone-poems of Ellie Perez (Night is Beautiful, Run for Cover, Behind the Moon); the dark foreboding jazz of Babylon Is Crying ; upright pianos floating over languid grooves of Think I m Losin It and the wind swept desert guitar musings of Mind Dunes . Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams features stellar musical guest contributions from trumpeter John Swana, cellist Helena Espvall, and Brooklyn drummer Jeremy Carlstedt, among many others... Nucultures latest album is a stunning collection of songs, with some obvious electronic components but Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams is organic at heart. Produced by Tim Motzer for 1k recordings (Tim Motzer has collaborated with many artists including david sylvian's nine horses, jaki liebeziet (can), burnt friedman (flanger), ursula rucker, kenny lattimore, dj jazzy jeff, king britt, jamaaladeen tacuma (ornette coleman), jeff sharel, les nubians, isaac hayes...)