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"Bible Skylab Station Review"

It shouldn't really work, but it does. Cramming so many ideas into each song is always a dangerous idea, more complicated doesn't necessarily equal better. But Hoffman dodges that particular bullet with splendor. Contemporary rhythms appear throughout, the overwhelming aura of the album is blazing with steady flow, detail and invention. It inhabits different arrangement of moods that Hoffman mates to the rhythms he cherishes. This album is packed with ideas and downright radiant. The formula, folding subtle compositional moves into songs catchy and rousing enough to make this your new favorite cd. Rather than drawing attention to itself, the true complexity only comes out after a few listens, by which point the songs have burrowed somewhere into the back of your head and refuse to let go. - CD baby


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The New Alphabet, Bible Skylab Station, Music By Mike Hoffman

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A drummer since the age of 10, musician, producer and composer Mike Hoffman
(aka Trip Trap) has spent the last 20 years of his life dedicated to his craft. He has
recorded and toured with dozens of bands including Aphrodesia and the Brian Jonestown
Massacre. He was also a founding member and composer for Gamelan X. His education
includes a BFA in music from the California Institute of the Arts and two trips to Ghana,
West Africa, where he studied the traditional music of the Ewe people.

In addition to his latest full length album "The New Alphabet", Mike has a back catalogue
of 2 EP's : "Music by Mike Hoffman" and "Bible Skylab Station". Released as a fundraiser, the
sales of "Bible Skylab Station" successfully put his friend Christopher Klove through his first
year of college in Ghana.

Currently Mike lives in San Francisco and makes his living as the drummer for Beach
Blanket Babylon, the world's longest-running musical cabaret theatre. Mike is a member
and manager at the Cell Space artist collective in the Mission District. He also performs
as a drummer and Dj, often combining his electronic music with live percussion.