The Brooklyn Organ Synthesizer Orchestra
"Tubular Bells" is a cover of Mike Oldfield's famous composition, featuring Carousel Studio's vast collection of vintage keyboards and synthesizers.
Jar People
"Kiss Me King Me" with David Milone on lead vocals, featured in the movie The Virginity Hit
McGinty And White
"Big Baby" from McGinty & White Sing Selections From The McGinty & White Songbook
"If artful eccentrics Scott Walker and Van Dyke Parks teamed up to pursue a bittersweet orchestral-pop path instead of heading for more idiosyncratic realms, they might have sounded like NYC's Ward White and Joe McGinty, teaming up for the first time here." - Limewire, December 2009: The 10 Best Albums You Didn't Hear This Year
"If artful eccentrics Scott Walker and Van Dyke Parks teamed up to pursue a bittersweet orchestral-pop path instead of heading for more idiosyncratic realms, they might have sounded like NYC's Ward White and Joe McGinty, teaming up for the first time here." - Limewire, December 2009: The 10 Best Albums You Didn't Hear This Year
Circuit Parade
"Vice President of Love" from the LP Negativland. Electronic powerpop swirling with woodwinds and strings from the heart of Brooklyn and Coney Island
Baby Steps
"This Song Is Three Days Old" from Kiss Me Stupid, the only full-length record from Joe McGinty's orchestral pop project, Baby Steps. One of the first bands to explore "orchestral pop" in the 90s, Baby Steps was a seminal band in the East Village music scene, sharing the stage with Nada Surf, Lloyd Cole, Ladybug Transistor, Of Montreal and many others.
