View from the Pocket

View From The Pocket: Northern Star People

by Chris May
March 30, 2009

British keyboardist Jonathan Gee is best known for his acoustic groups and recordings, but for View From The Pocket he's teamed up with Finnish trumpeter Mika Myllari for the mostly electronic duo Northern Star People. Gee, who plays some acoustic piano but spends more time on a battery of layered electric keyboards, and Myllari, whose trumpet is also mostly heavily treated, are joined, occasionally and fleetingly, by a male choir, singing wordlessly.

If all this triggers your Ambient ...