With the release of the critically lauded Services EP in early 2010
and a near-constant stream of shows and short tours over the
successive months, NYC natives Ava Luna have built a reputation for
noisy, manic basement soul music in the form of stark, earthy
synth-driven beats coupled with tight, prismatic vocal harmonies,
which Christopher Weingarten has described as “beautiful, infectious,
and damn-near indescribable.”

In a church basement in Brooklyn’s deep south, they hone an eclectic
mashup of girl group harmonies, growling synth-funk, shimmering
distortion, soul stylings set to post-punk snobbery, complex
compositions in the guise of quirky pop songs; Al Green singing with
Wire, Depeche Mode backing Jamie Lidell. The band has drawn
comparisons to TV on the Radio, Dirty Projectors, Prince, Arab on
Radar, Phillip Glass, James Chance, Aphex Twin....

The Mast is a Brooklyn-based duo that combines lush electronic tapestries, velvet vocals, and infectious choruses into futuristic pop songs drawing on early IDM, post-dustep, and experimental beat music. In their live shows, percussionist and beat maker Matt Kilmer sometimes shifts from computer to drums, spurring vocalist Haale into syllabic vocalizations of a simultaneously primitive and cosmic order.
The band released their first album ‘Wild Poppies’ in 2011 and the singles, ‘UpUpUp’ and ‘Seas Across Your Mind' in 2012.