The Wimshurst's Machine

Be sure to check our tracks "Magic Lights" and "Mystical Sea", which I recommend to the people who want to know about our music. The Wimshurst's Machine is a project born by the music passion of each component and a mad idea, developed between friends and colleagues with little time to play together "in person". Thanks to modern softwares and computers (as Propellerhead Reason, Apple Garage Band, Sound Studio Pro and Apple Soundtrack), it has become possible to play together even when living apart, recording each track separated from the others with modern "home made studios". Why this name? There is nothing as fascinating as an old technology, so we chose this old precursor that made possible even the use of electricity in modern times. The choice happened by chance, talking in a brewery, while looking for an original band name that would show the world how complicated but fascinating our project is. The band recorded already two CDs. The 1st one is "A traveller who didn't ask for glory" (Statue Records, 2004) and you may hear MP3 frpm this album as "Magic Lights", "Mystical Sea", "Indian Shores" and even a short intermezzo, "The Folly". The 2nd CD is "The Alchemist" (TWM, 2005) and from this CD you may hear "Wind Sailer" and "Dance of the Earth". This last track is a collaboration with different artists, so something a bit different from the usual band music. :-) In each CD, the band is telling a story, that starts with the first track and lasts in the last one. The full story is available for free in the booklet of the CD or online (in both italian and english) on the CDbaby pages dedicated to each CD (http://www.cdbaby.com/twm for "A traveller who didn't ask for glory" and http://www.cdbaby.com/twm2 for "The Alchemist"). You may find The Wimshurst's Machine music for sale also on iTunes music store: the band has been #2 top electronica CD sold (#26 overall) on iTunes Italian online music store between january 6 and 13, 2005 (since january, official iTunes release date, never went out from the Top100), and had a song ("Freedom Calls", not available as free download) in the Top10 electronica most downloaded songs on the same iTunes store! At the moment you may buy this way "A traveller who didn't ask for glory", the 1st CD. but soon will be available also "The Alchemist. 50% of the gains obtained from selling the CDs (it means almost everything out of expenses) will be given to aid Madagascar's orphans (band members are also part of a distance-adoption project and use the funds collected with music to integrate their personal donations).