Thomas Truax - Sonic Dreamer

Sonic Dreamer is songwriter and mechanical innovator extraordinaire Thomas Truax's fifth studio album. The title is appropriated from a review of his 2005 album Audio Addiction: "Truax is a feisty sonic dreamer.....poetically evocative and rich with melancholy, both by dint of their sounds and the texts..." (Signal to Noise )

With the help of his idiosyncratic home-built instruments and rhythm machines, Thomas Truax is constantly exploring innovative ways to make new sounds to weave into his imaginative songs and captivating live performances. Most instruments are played by Truax himself, with tasteful orchestral embellishment arriving courtesy of occasional collaborator Pete Harvey. Curtis Eller, "New Yorks' Angriest Banjo Player", also makes a guest appearance on 'The Cannibals Have Captured Our Nicole Kidman'. Sonic Dreamer skillfully combines more complex layered works with numbers subtly stripped-down to their bare essentials. Written and recorded sporadically over a three-year period, Sonic Dreamer documents a journey through a rich variety of experiences, reflections, and emotional ups and downs. It is like a kind of strange dream in it's own right.
Recent days have seen Thomas collaborating with Jarvis Cocker, and performing spoken word renditions of his long-running 'Wowtown' writings. A Truax-penned song also features on Duke Special's latest album. When not on the road, he currently resides in London.

"Genius." -NME
"Beguilingly Bizarre" -Uncut

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