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Obligatory Best of 2014 Top 5 List

Just off the top of my head. Some of the 2014 releases that made 2014 great. 

1) No Deal - Melanie De Biasio 

2) Future World - Thomas Blondet 

3) Film of Life - Tony Allen

4) Voices - Phantogram

5) Saudade - Thievery Corporation

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Brooklyn Shanti ft. Dani Mari - "Garden of Ghosts" (Official Video)

© 2014 Someplace Called Brooklyn / Laskar Enterprises, Inc. Purchase "Bedstuyle" from iTunes: http://bit.ly/1pLiZuB Purchase CD & more from Bandcamp: http://...

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S.h.e.p.h.e.r.d.s

There is a small handful of musicians who I'd say have deeply impacted and influenced me as a participant in the creation of music. Pete Barnhart is one of them. Over the years, I've opened for Pete's bands, been in bands with Pete, and mixed Second Sky tracks in the studio with Pete; always feeling like a student hoping to absorb some knowledge, or gain insight into the craft. 

I was very excited to run into him at Tellus360 recently, and to hear that he had a new project. That project is S.H.E.P.H.E.R.D.S. The music is a forward-thinking, and spacious dub with strong hints of the Talking Heads. Once again I find myself in headphones, hoping to learn a new trick, but more so just enjoying some great and innovative music being made right here in my Lancaster, PA backyard. Check it out. 

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Love Inks, PHOX, Brooklyn Shanti, and Second Sky were featured in Echoes Top 25 for October 2014! Second Sky and Phox are at radio now!

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Second Sky performed at Tellus360! Watch them performing “Free” at the venue and keep spinning Touching the Sky at radio! The album is out now via Rhythm & Culture

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Second Sky performed at Tellus360! Watch them performing “Free” at the venue and keep spinning Touching the Sky at radio! The album is out now via Rhythm & Culture

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Love Inks, PHOX, Brooklyn Shanti, and Second Sky were featured in Echoes Top 25 for October 2014! Second Sky and Phox are at radio now!

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Love Inks, PHOX, Brooklyn Shanti, and Second Sky were featured in Echoes Top 25 for October 2014! Second Sky and Phox are at radio now!

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To download, stream, or get more info on the releases below, visit www.distillerpromo.com

Ages and Ages - “Light Goes Out” from Divisionary (Partisan)

Field Report - Marigolden (Partisan)

The Growlers - Chinese Fountain (Everloving)

Monica Heldal - Boy From The...

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Watch: Second Sky performs Make it Right at Tellus360 - June 2014. 

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So this week, I got to meet one of my drumming heroes, Tony Allen! He conducted a clinic and performed with the Chicago Afrobeat Project at York College of Pennsylvania. He not only invented Afrobeat drumming, but has worked with Fela Kuti, Air, and Damon Albarn just to name a few. He has influenced Second Sky tracks like Sundowner, and directly influenced the Second Sky and Thomas Blondet remix of Bade Malou by Afrolicious. Definitely expect to hear more of his influence on future Second Sky tracks. 

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https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/touching-the-surface/id908844230

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WATCH: Video of Second Sky performing A Long Way to Go from the new album, Touching the Surface, LIVE at Tellus360. 

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Second Sky's latest album, Touching the Surface, is now available at iTunes. 

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To be released on Rhythm and Culture Music - September 2, 2014.

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Hello all. My new position at Tellus360 has been a blast so far. Check out this video that will give you a taste of what we've got going on here in Lancaster, PA. 

In other news; the new Second Sky album is finished, and a release date will be announced soon. Also be on the lookout for some LIVE Second Sky concert videos from our June show at Tellus360 to be released in coming weeks.