Micro-Escopio profile picture

Micro-Escopio

Download our 2 EP's for free (lower right corner)

About Me

Download our two EP's for free. Links to download below the Bio
Biografía: Micro-Escopio
“…Estábamos en un ensayo de Audiosis a finales del 2004 y nos encontrábamos nosotros dos nada más porque los demás estaban retrasados. Y recuerdo que Mike me estaba enseñando una canción que el había compuesto. No me pareció que pareaba con lo que el grupo estaba haciendo y recuerdo haberle dicho que deberíamos montar algo por el lado para tocar las otras canciones que creábamos que no se apareaban con la banda. Ese creo fue el comienzo de Micro-Escopio…” Pete Drown
El grupo comenzó oficialmente en el 2005 en San Juan, Puerto Rico, como esta única idea de un indie-folk de dos guitarras con temas rechazados de su agrupación principal. Luego se incorporaron un drum machine viejo y un teclado midi rescatado de un aparente viaje a los ochenta. De ahí pasaron a la creación de lo que sería su sonido auto catalogado folk-trónico.
Ensamblados así, se presentaron unas cuantas veces, cantando canciones sentimentales en una onda bastante rock indie español. Llegaron a grabar un demo de una de esas canciones titulada “No Me Sigas” pero nunca grabaron la voz y terminó como un tema instrumental. Con este formato compartieron con artistas puertorriqueños como Los Nervios, Antártica, Mima y Audiosis.
A finales del 2005 y con el descubrimiento del programa Ableton la dinámica del grupo cambió absolutamente. Abandonaron los temas viejos y ambos Pete y Mike se sumergieron en un mar de programación en computadora dándole un sonido un tanto más artificial (considerando sus inicios análogos) pero más elaborado. Ya para el otoño del 2006 habían creado una cuenta en myspace donde colgaron los cuatro temas que tenían y empezaron a promocionar el grupo.
Para esta misma época Pete Drown abandona la isla y pocos meses después Mike Mellow le sigue, pero siguen creando canciones y para la primavera del 2007 juntan los nuevos temas que venían trabajando con los cuatro anteriores y compilan lo que denominaron su primer EP titulado “Melodías Microescópicas”. No apenas lo habían lanzado de manera gratuita desde su página web, comenzaron al ataque a la creación de temas más elaborados y hasta cierto modo, coordinados para la creación de un segundo EP. Durante los siguientes meses trabajan arduamente y a finales de noviembre lanzan su segundo EP titulado “Reverb is a natural thing…”. Este incluye siete temas que mantienen la onda del primer trabajo, pero se nota, aun en el poco tiempo, mayor manejo de la programación, sonidos más elaborados pero sin perder las mismas ideas juguetonas que han caracterizado al grupo en su corta existencia.
Este último trabajo también lo han lanzado de manera gratuita para tratar de alcanzar la mayor cantidad de personas posibles en un mercado tan saturado de una inmensa variedad de música. Sus planes no aparentan tomar mucho descanso tras la creación de su propio netlabel para promocionar su música bajo “ Automático Records ”. Con este otro proyecto lateral esperan crear compilaciones con otros artistas similares, discos de remixes y sus nuevas aventuras musicales que no aparentan estar muy lejos ya que estos chicos les gusta mantenerse ocupados y jugar a hacer música como les gusta decir.
“…We were practicing with Audiosis near the end of 2004 and only Mike and I had arrived because the rest where on their way. I remember Mike showing me a new song he had written. At that time I did not think it would match what the band was doing and I remember telling him that we should do something else together to play the songs that we created that did not mesh with Audiosis. I think that was the beginning of Micro-Escopio... Pete Drown
The group started oficially in 2005 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with this unique idea of indie-folk of two guitars with rejected songs of their previous group. Then they incorporated an old drum machine and a small midi keyboard rescued from an aparent eighties trip to the trash. From there they stepped into what they called their auto catalogued sound folk-tronic.
Ensambled that way, they played a few times, singing sentimental songs in a very spanish indie vibe. They recorded a demo of one of those songs which was called “No Me Sigas” but they never recorded vocals and it ended as an instrumental. With that format they shared stage with puertorrican artists such as Los Nervios, Antártica, Mima y Audiosis.
At the end of 2005 and with the discovery of the Ableton application, the dynamic of the group change dramatically. They abandoned their old songs and both Pete and Mike submerged in a sea of programming in computers giving their music a more artificials ound (considering their analog beginnings) but still more ellaborated. For the fall of 2006 they had created a myspace account where they shared their four first songs and started promoting the band.
Around this same time, Pete Drown leaves the island and a few months later Mike Mellow also leaves, but they still keep writing and recording and by the spring of 2007 they put together all of the songs they had, the previous four and the new four and compiled them into their first EP which they titled “Melodías Microescópicas”. As soon as it was posted online to download for free from their space, they started on the offensive of writing newer and more ellaborated songs. This time a little more coordinated into what was going for the second EP. During the following months they work hard and by the end of november they erlease their second EP titled “Reverb is a natural thing…”. This one includes songs that maintain the vibe of the first EP, but you can tell, still with such little time in between, a better management of the programming tools, a more ellaborated sound but without losing the same playful ideas that have characterized the group in their short existence.
This last album has also been released as a free download to try and acquire more people to listen and get to know them in a market saturated with such an inmense variety of music. Their plans don't show a lot of rest after the creation of their own netlabel to promote their music under “ Automático Records ”. With this side venture they hope to create compilations with similar artists, remixes EP's, and more of their musical adventures that show no sign of being to far in the horizon since these guys like to keep busy and play to make music like they tell who ever wants to listen.
Discography: (download for free, just click on the covers)
Micro-Escopio: Reverb is a natural thing...EP (2007)
Tracks:
1.Travesía Desigual
2.Guayando Hebilla
3.Weekends In NY
4.No Se Usar Esto
5.Rebotando
6.If Only We Could Dance
7.Mason Lang's Theme Song
Micro-Escopio : Melodias Microescopicas EP (2007)

Tracks:
1.Una Dulce Tentación
2.Desde El Frío
3.Low-Fi Love Song
4.Ochomicrobits
5.Signo Lunar
6.Kundalini Vals
7.Un Lugar Donde No Estas
8.Nuevo Despertar
Click on both of the covers and download the albums for free. Then, you name the price for our music and it is completely optional. Our main purpose is to have people listen to us.

The first week of august 2007
-Una Dulce Tentación
-Desde el Frío


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/23/2006
Band Website: microescopio.blogspot.com
Band Members: Mike Mellow - programming, keyboards
Pete Drown - programming, keyboards

Influences: The Postal Service, Notwist, Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Boys In Static, Stereo Total, Alfie, +/-, Athlete, Kings Of Convenience, Chin Up Chin Up, Death Cab For Cutie, Camera Obscura, The Magnetic Fields

Balún, Maga, Ciëlo, Los Planetas, Jorge Drexler

Sounds Like: sounds like fun & dulce empalagozo.

*Reverb is a natural thing... Promo Video:

*Reverb is a natural thing... EPK:

Other Links:
Micro-Escopio @ ilike
Micro-Escopio @ Facebook

Record Label: Automatico Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

04-17-08 Micro-Escopios EP on the Internet Archive Site

We've uploaded our album on the Internet Archive under our netlabel Automatico Records so that we can expose our music to a few more people.  If anybody has not downloaded yet and the rapidshare ...
Posted by Micro-Escopio on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:31:00 PST

02-15-08 Micro-Escopio @ The Rack in thesixtyone.com

To all our friends...Join the site, look us up, bump us, and get us on the main board in the playlist of democracy.  We already made it to The Rack, so take us to the next level....Thanks!!! &nb...
Posted by Micro-Escopio on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:26:00 PST

02-11-08 Frecuencia Electrónica covering our 600 Download milestone Story

http://www.mannonnetwork.com/frecuenciaelectronica/story_143 80.php the online  electronica site from Puerto Rico Frecuencia Electronica is covering our 600 download milestone in their news sectio...
Posted by Micro-Escopio on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:19:00 PST

1-21-08 INSTRUCTIONS to download our album from RAPID SHARE

If you want to download our album, but when you click on the artwork don't know what to do, the following instructions might help you out there. 1)Pick the album you want to download first.  clic...
Posted by Micro-Escopio on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:02:00 PST

1/21/08 - 2 new old songs from previous EP now on player

We've added two of our songs from our previous EP "Melodias Microescópicas" on the myspace player to add a little more variety to those of you listening, and give a sample of what's on the EP so you g...
Posted by Micro-Escopio on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:52:00 PST

12-18-07 Comments about the new album

This is what people listening to the album are saying about it.Esto es lo que la gente que esta escuchando el disco esta comentando.   *Cabaret De Pandora (12-18-07)http://cabaretdepandora.blogsp...
Posted by Micro-Escopio on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:16:00 PST

12-7-07 100+ Downloads in 1 week - 100+ Bajadas en una semana

Solo para mencionar que en un margen de 7 dias, el disco ha sido bajado unas 103 veces y el día aun no acaba.  Asi que a aquellos que lo han bajado, gracias y sigan pasando el link por ahí pa'baj...
Posted by Micro-Escopio on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:12:00 PST

12-5-07 Nuevo Sistema de Auto-Evaluación de downloads de nuestros discos

Si, no leyeron mal.  Estamos hablando de discos de bronce, oro y platino.  Micro-Escopio ha creado su propio sistema de premiación para, pues para quien más, para nosotros mismos.  Asi ...
Posted by Micro-Escopio on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:14:00 PST

11-30-07 OUR NEW ALBUM IS HERE - NUESTRO NUEVO DISCO YA ESTA DISPONIBLE AQUÍ

Well it's finally here.  Our latest EP "Reverb is a natural thing..." has arrived as promised, before the end of November.  We are very happy to share our latest work with you and hope you ...
Posted by Micro-Escopio on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:36:00 PST

11-26-07 Heres What People Are Saying About the New Album...

"...I can't believe how wonderful this album is.  I listen to it over and over. I don't get tired of it..." - Mike Mellow "...I think this is the best EP to come out since their previous one...
Posted by Micro-Escopio on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:57:00 PST