Bagheera

Among the trees of a sleepy St. Louis neighborhood, in the waning months of the last century, strange and exciting sounds floated into the night air. The new project from Theodore Moll (MU330, Climber) and Heather Dallape (Climber) began to evolve. Starting with softly strummed acoustic guitars and their intertwined voices, a handful of songs started to take shape. The introduction of a four-track analog tape machine provided the necessary space for the inclusion of fuzz tones, layers of guitar melodies, live brashy drums, and various binary bits of electronic uncertainty. At the center of these expanded sonic landscapes remained simple pop songs with haunting male / female harmonies and themes of love, space/time travel, and the fear and optimism of scientific endeavor.

In 2003 they took the results from two years of late night experiments and, with the help of producer Lance J. Reynolds, recorded their debut album twelves at Hyperspace.

In 2004 twelves was released on Asian Man Records and Bagheera began playing live. The live show was worked to sound much different than the recordings. With just electric guitar and drums, the songs were reinterpreted to reflect the vocal harmonies, dynamics, and sonic energy, while leaving behind the more subtle and fragile aspects of the recording.

Bagheera are currently writing and refining for the next recording and playing live across the country.