http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7161578&rws=%2Fpsapp%2Ftop-tracks.rssIt's commonplace to call eclectic musicians "magpies," but London's Psapp really do recall scavenging birds. Their music bristles with odd ornaments like a nest trimmed with tinfoil and colored string. Members Galia Durant and Carim Clasmann keep their own nest well stuffed with audible baubles like Bontempi organs, water pipes and egg slicers. But while their starry-eyed sound can verge on the twee, Psapp never settle for being merely quirky. The unusual instrumentation and creative studio techniques -- Glasmann, an engineer with Can's Inner Space studio on his resume, knows how to make familiar instruments sound strange, and strange ones uncannily familiar -- serve as integral parts of the whole, not just bells and whistles. Stylistically, Psapp draw take their cues from bossa nova, Stereolab, Tom Waits and Marc Ribot, suggesting a kind of pastel steampunk. Since their debut EP, 2003's <I>Do Something Wrong</I>, Psapp's funhouse has proved a popular destination: the duo has recorded for Melodic, Tomlab, Leaf, Arable, Gronland, Wiaiwya, Rallye and Domino, and its music has been used in a Volkswagen ad and <I>Grey's Anatomy</I>, among other outlets. - Philip SherburneExperimental Popen720Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:36:02 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7161578&rws=%2Fpsapp%2Ftop-tracks.rss It's commonplace to call eclectic musicians "magpies," but London's Psapp really do recall scavenging birds. Their music bristles with odd ornaments like a nest trimmed with tinfoil and colored string. Members Galia Durant and Carim Clasmann keep their own nest well stuffed with audible baubles like Bontempi organs, water pipes and egg slicers. But while their starry-eyed sound can verge on the twee, Psapp never settle for being merely quirky. The unusual instrumentation and creative studio techniques -- Glasmann, an engineer with Can's Inner Space studio on his resume, knows how to make familiar instruments sound strange, and strange ones uncannily familiar -- serve as integral parts of the whole, not just bells and whistles. Stylistically, Psapp draw take their cues from bossa nova, Stereolab, Tom Waits and Marc Ribot, suggesting a kind of pastel steampunk. Since their debut EP, 2003's <I>Do Something Wrong</I>, Psapp's funhouse has proved a popular destination: the duo has recorded for Melodic, Tomlab, Leaf, Arable, Gronland, Wiaiwya, Rallye and Domino, and its music has been used in a Volkswagen ad and <I>Grey's Anatomy</I>, among other outlets. - Philip Sherburne http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7657175&variant=play&rws=%2Fpsapp%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Pop Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Psapp on Rhapsody Online 7657175 tra.7657175 Psapp art.7161578 0.99 Grey's Anatomy alb.7647013 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/9/3/6/1796393_170x170.jpg 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 2005-09-27 00:00:00.0 true Cosy In The Rocket tra.7657175 268000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7657175&variant=play&rws=%2Fpsapp%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7657175&variant=data&rws=%2Fpsapp%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10303995&variant=play&rws=%2Fpsapp%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Pop 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