Binary Sea
Complex and introspective ambient, trance, and retro electronic tracks by two lovers of synthesizers. Melodic, beautiful, and powerful music that enriches the s
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Stomp and Twirl Stomp and Twirl
Under the Gazebo Under the Gazebo
Watch the Sun Rise Watch the Sun Rise
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Crimson Heart Crimson Heart
Faith, hope, love...a celebration of the Source from which all light flows.
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At the heart of Binary Sea's melodious, synthesizer-driven sound is an awareness of the power of musical storytelling through rich instrumental compositions. The band consists of Shayne and Jared White, two brothers from heart of the Sonoma County wine country. With backgrounds in traditional acoustic European genres, combined with a love of cutting-edge pop styling and electronic soundscapes, Shayne and Jared have created the perfect soundtrack to the music lover within.
2008 heralds the release of , Binary Sea's first official studio album. Each track on is a finely-tuned, thematic, and pulsating journey into an expansive world of dance-friendly beats, introspective atmospherics, and evocative refrains. The album has a cohesive and unified flow, yet there is a element of variety and spicy playfulness as the music progresses that will leave its audience refreshed and inspired.
The project began in early 2007. Says Jared: "After trying to launch into a viable album project several times, only to see each one wither on the vine, I began working on what became the track 'Saving Grace' with an entirely different goal in mind. Almost by accident, I arrived at the beginnings of the Binary Sea sound when attempting to compose a background jingle for Grace Fellowship, the church I attend. I had shot a welcome video and needed to add music, but I quickly realized as I began composing this track that it was far more ambitious than a quick soundtrack. I ended up creating another little piece for the video, but I couldn't get this style out of my mind."
Shayne teamed up with Jared to complete 'Saving Grace' and further compositional adventures ensued. "I had seldom composed anything in a Major key before," Shayne explains. "I had always tried to 'innovate' to the point of sounding disorganized and overly bizarre. But suddenly, overnight, it all changed -- probably because we were seeking the Lord's guidance more often. Then we had a vision, a sound, a single idea of what we were supposed to do. Jared and I, who had previously been working separately and alone, were able to mix together our own elements and interpretations of proposed concepts seamlessly, each lending to each other a little bit of something the other lacked. The resulting product was polished smooth from beginning to end with, hopefully, no apparent shortcomings."
And now, as makes its way into the hands of electronica aficionados worldwide, what is next for Binary Sea? "We are first and foremost synth geeks to the extreme," Jared states emphatically. "We really, really love synthesizers. You'd laugh if you saw how Shayne and I dance around our studio whooping and hollering just because we found a single patch or sample that we'd heard on some old 80's record. So I think it's safe to say that our intention for Binary Sea is to continue to create catchy, intricate, and vibrant music in the electronica genre that will appeal to fans of both the classic styles as well as the modern dance scene."Have you performed in front of an audience?It's wonderful to perform EM live, as it's always really special to see the interaction between the artist and the technology on stage. We did some performances in Northern California in 2006, and we're hoping to do so again once we've purchased some more portable equipment. Lugging two large desktop machines around is pretty cumbersome!
We have also performed acoustically with Distant Oaks quite frequently. We've toured throughout the Western USA and have also performed in Scotland and Ireland.
Your musical influences
Tangerine Dream, Jerome Froese, Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, Ulrich Schnauss, Paul Ellis, Bjorn Lynne, Global Communication, The Orb, Hybrid, Robyn Miller, Frank Van Bogaert, Vince Clarke, Genesis, Mike Oldfield, Men Without Hats, Enya, Stuart Price, Ronan Hardiman, Howard Jones. To name but a few. :)What equipment do you use?
Logic Studio 8, Reason, SonicCore Scope, many softsynths like FM8, PPG Wave, Atmosphere, and various effects (particularly the Nomad Factory Blue Tubes and Essential Studio plugins). Plus our phat baby, the analog modular synth from Synthesizers.com!
Santa Rosa, CA
USA
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231038
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Comments (10)
Great song! Pulls you into another world...
Again, just the style of absolute flowing talent that sends one's mind into a spin when listening. This music should be in a film score somewhere! That's how good it is!
Very compelling music guys! I would love to have you take a look at some of my tunes and see if there's anything there that you could re-work or collab on! I can tell you're very talented. I live in Benicia and not so far away. Thanks for your time and feedback on my stuff!
No one hit wonder Here... Wow Binary Sea is Hot
very nice Melody, and the change up made me wet... lol
back to the review... Real Hot
Nice clean sounds, Now all you need is a Hot Girl on vocals,
nice jobs, sound a little the chicago house music of the 80's and that saying something, keep doing your thing see you at the top
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