TheEphedrines

The Ephedrines inhabit a world where space disco, post-punk and psychedelia collide in an uplifting, hypnotic and infectious dance-driven sound.

Manolo Cañaveral is the driving creative force behind the band’s electronics. Inspired by the pioneering sounds of Patrick Cowley and Giorgio Moroder and the spirit of post-punk, he performs through an interconnected system of grooveboxes, modular synthesizers and hardware sequencers, continuously shaping the band’s rhythms and psychedelic textures live, while adding higher-register vocal harmonies.

Alongside him, Gareth Hall plays a handmade two-string cigar box bass-guitar, fed through a system of effects pedals. The instrument produces a shifting range of sounds that blur the boundaries between bass, guitar and electronics. His expressive lead vocals and carefully crafted lyrics explore darker, sometimes challenging themes, yet ultimately carry a sense of optimism.

Guitar and electronics weave around one another until it's hard to hear where one ends and the other begins. Their songs move naturally from exploration and uncertainty towards transformation and release — music with something on its mind, and its feet firmly on the dancefloor.