Wisp (Reid Dunn), a one-man band from upstate New York. He does electronic music with a lot of long build-ups and sweet sounding synths that feels like a journey through a fantasy world: Most of the music is written to capture the spirit of his home, Niagara Falls, a tourist trap surrounded by a city of chemical plants, empty buildings, and fading signs: The other is inspired by Dungeons & Dragons / Tolkien-esk landscapes, with titles of Hexenringe (A ring of mushrooms where fairies were said to gather): The Katabatic winds of the north: And the fire of dragons: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/yntzwzldzhn/13_-_The_Fire_Above.mp3 What tickles my toes though is just how damn cute the rhythms are: underhill They capture the imagination of the child in a wonderous, exciting new world that contrasts so starkly with the desolate urban decay of the environment he lives in. Wisp was one of my favorite artists growing up, and I still find myself coming back to his albums when I'm feeling melancholy, excitement, or just want to lose myself to my imagination.
You're description of the first wisp video you posted reminds me of toe, one of my long running favorite bands. They are mostly instrumental math rock kind of stuff from japan. There last album "For Long Tomorrow" they start to have vocals on some songs and it's probably my favorite album of there's but it's really hard to say, I really enjoy all their stuff. The music, at least to me, just seems to embody the existential crisis of living in a post industrial society. That sets really high expectations but check them out. If post a video but I'm on a phone. I'm gonna check wisp out tomorrow at work. Thanks for the post, what you've written about the music has me pumped to check it out.