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Spiral Anne
Electronic Mad Scientist meets the Rock Guitar Guru
 The story of Spiral Anne begins in the winter during a severe rain storm in Seattle. Keyboardist and electronics enthusiast, Dave Flowers, was looking for a roommate when a mutual friend introduced him to Patrick MacKinnon, a local rock and roll guitarist with almost celebrity status in Seattle. The two were as different as night and day, but became fast friends.
 Living together proved to be worthy as they started collaborating on music almost daily, recording their jam sessions and song ideas in Dave's project studio. Before long, they had accumulated enough songs for an EP and begin passing them out to friends. Eventually, they realized that their different styles lent to an interesting combination and they decided to take their recording a bit more seriously. Their first full-length debut, 'Junkbox', plays like a story broken into three acts. Mixed with instrumental sections, the album's raw, rock and roll edge mixed with the fancy digital editing and carefully constructed electronic elements makes for quite a ride! They followed this release with 'Trickbox', a collection of dance mixes based on the Junkbox album.
 Thier newest album, entitled 'Booklet', has a brilliant line-up of new electro-rock songs and jams featuring many guest artists, including a song sung by JT, lead singer of the electro-pop group Synthetic Chocolate, and a special jam session track featuring Zane Williams from The Consul. 'Booklet' has a nice mixture of polished, produced tracks (like 'Love The Rain', the first single) interspersed with loose, organic jam sessions.
Spiral Anne are local to Seattle and are often working on multiple projects outside of the band. If you get the chance to see them live, you'll realize their set is unlike other rock acts of the area: just two guys, an acoustic guitar and piano and an old school drum machine. Their emotionally charged yet upbeat show is unmistakeably unique and is sure to keep you talking about it for weeks after.
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