Gayle Ellett & the Electromags

The new album (February 2025): The Painted River of Light

Located high in the mountains of Topanga, California, Gayle Ellett & The Electromags are back with their third album: The Painted River of Light (release date February 2025). This instrumental progressive rock offering features four mesmerizing extended tracks flowing with the sounds of Mellotron and Minimoog, Hammond organ and Rhodes piano. Filled with 48 minutes of rushing currents, swirling melodies and pounding solos, Painted River is meant to take listeners on an imaginary boat ride through a fantastical canyon that follows an otherworldly river of light. “While” explains Ellett, “they feel like they’re high on mushrooms. It’s meant to sound both familiar and exotic, like you’re seeing colors in the water that you’ve never seen before.”

Flowing from the fiery headwaters of Topanga Canyon, this glowing river of sound relies on Craig Kahn’s dynamic drumming, which helps propel the currents forward, while bassist Mark Cook, with his 14-string Warr guitar, provides powerful waterfalls of soundscapes and effects. Besides playing all the thundering keyboards, to keep the sound moving through the rapids, Gayle Ellett leans in with his trademark wailing guitar style. Using his large collection of guitars and vintage tube amps, tape-delays, and effects, Ellett mixes a 1970’s feel with more modern sensibilities. And, by including his sitar-guitar and 8-string bouzouki, he adds a silvery thread that bubbles into tranquil eddies and then rushes towards the torrent’s edge.

“As a kid, my favorite ride at Disneyland was always the Jungle Cruise,” muses Ellett. “It was all encompassing, huge and three-dimensional, a total environment of the Imagineers’ own making. With The Painted River of Light, I wanted to recreate that same sort of visual immersion, but through sound. And I hope we’ve succeeded!”  

Come float with us as you explore the glorious sounds of The Painted River of Light!

CDs will be available for purchase at: www.GayleEllettTheElectromags.bandcamp.com

Track List for the album The Painted River of Light:

1) The Illuminating Sands of Time   12:28
2) Deep Waters Glow Brightly    10:39
3) Frequency Modulation     14:30
4) The Rhodes to Discovery    10:31
Total time 48:15

All music composed, produced & mixed by Gayle Ellett
Recorded in Topanga California and Arlington Texas
Ice, colour and light album cover images by Steven Leak, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Gayle Ellett: Mellotron, Minimoog, Hammond, Rhodes, Solina, 6 & 12 string guitars, sitar guitar, bouzouki, soundscapes & effects
Mark Cook: Bass, 14-string Warr guitar & soundscapes 
Craig Kahn: Drums

Band Name: Gayle Ellett & The Electromags    
CD title: The Painted River of Light 
Release Date: February 2025
Catalog Number: PSR-1-015 
Website: www.GayleEllettAndTheElectromags.com 
Licensed & Distributed by PeacockSunrise Records 
www.PeacockSunriseRecords.com

The debut album Shiny Side Up  was released on June 10th 2022
The second album Friends was released in 2023
The third album The Painted River of Light will be released Feb 2025

For more information about all three of our albums, please visit our "Band Bio - EPK" page.

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Licensed & Distributed by PeacockSunsire Records