THE HISTORYStellarscope's leading man, Tommy Lugo, takes you on a voyage throughout the boundaries of space and time. His solo project evokes the sounds emanating from the stars. Blending pop song-writing, ethereal guitar soundscapes, bleeps, noises, samples, electronic beats, & floating vocals. He has recorded 11 full length albums since the winter of 2001. He is also known in the underground circuit for the festivals, shows, tours, and constant work that he does to further scene in the Eastern US and abroad working with hundreds of bands since 1998 with his company Patetico Productions.WHAT HAS BEEN RECORDEDfear of noise and other shrieking sounds- 2001 Omni-directional- 2001 Viaje celestial- 2002 Crónicas del Silencio- 2002 Detras... el sol- 2003 Claroscuro- 2003 Despues de la Tormenta Eléctrica- 2003 Alumbra- 2003 Todo es azul- lo mejor de mi- 2004 Ciudad Aérea- 2004 One full manic episode- 2005PARTICIPATIONSupple Selections Vol I and II Comps-Supple Records Blue skyed and clear for Slowdive- Sosoft Records (Spain) Jesusland A tribute to Jesus & Mary Chain- Fuga Discos (Argentina)WHAT HAS BEEN SAIDThe Panophonic sound has developed so much that it is unbelievable! This really is some of the best noisepop created in ages.....awesome! This one will really blow you away. Great work and composition with multi-tracks and finding the counter-melodies.....the layering technique is better than ever. some of the work seems to pick up where (Van Hoen's) Scala or Flying Saucer Attack left off. This is very fertile territory....ripe for more exploration. These songs are strong enough to exist without a lot of beat structure, This is some heady and vital new music being made here.. A whirlpool of sonic distortion soaked in a swarm of neon bees, guitar soundz swirl & occasional eruptions into noize flares, electro beats provide hypnotic continuity, solid state to this bizarre funnel of sound, the vocals emerge & soar away from the noize as mantra-like phrases, beckoning. Fred of LA
Panophonic's 1st & riveting 2001 lp OMNI-DIRECTIONAL, draws on the sonic psychedelic soundz occasionally associated with such bands as Primal Scream & Spacemen 3, but the flow has an indigenous dimension to it. A brilliant indicator of the type of creative wallop you can expect from Tommy Lugo, Philadelphia's latest psychedelic rock guru. Panophonic is Lugo's solo work live in it, live outside it...underground psychedelic guru Tommy Lugo, Philadelphian atomic structure...universal music shaman...has again reached into the sun's
corona & brought us sound flow-stream...raga rhythms, raga delight...pleading guitars & floating nuance of noize...a sonic vibration to the eruption of life...rather than rage riots...we've got post-rock mantras...ambient. Fred of LA bliss...& cryptic phrases that rise & fall amongst white noize & trance drone...a gem that reincarnates Spacemen 3, Spiritualized, Vidna Obmana & Yume Bitsu?...potentially...maybe...whose to say...maybe the future listeners...me thinks Viaje Celestial is spiritual architecture...differentiated...free form...a golden transient magnificent...reality dreams...simply...awesome- Nick King creates grandiose music that fits easily into his heavily reverbed, spaced out vocal gestures. Dave Madden Splendid Magazine under the name of Panophonic, Lugo veers off to even more otherworldly territory than Stellarscope. Singing entirely in Spanish (Lugo is of Puerto Rican descent), Lugo utilizes more electronics, drones and atmospherics on Alumbra, creating a haunting, mesmerizing, and at times mournful mood. Brant Diaz Somewhere Cold MagazineWHERE TO FIND ITFor CDs visit Patetico Recordings For T-Shirts, Stickers, Buttons, and the Todo Es Azul: Lo mejor de mi click here For more free MP3s click here
