These songs were inspired by F-Zero racing in my childhood, dubstep violinist Lindsey Stirling, and the blue alien Diva Dance from the Fifth Element. This EP brings the energy, driving beat and dynamics that I love in dance music, combined with the soaring melodic voice of the flute. There are no lyrics to distract you, and your imagination is your guide through my cinematic universe. Song stories: In 2013, the idea was planted in my head that you could play a classical instrument with electronic backing and make it into something you'd want to dance the night away to. I've always loved dancing and was thrilled by the idea, so I started writing out some florid flute melodies and a grooving flute bass line. I was living in Barcelona at the time, and got together with a producer there to turn my two melodies into fully developed songs. While the song was still in development, I filmed a music video of For Harriet, since my idea for the story was more fully formed than the melodies that would fit into the song structure! After I moved back to the US (Austin, TX) we continued working together over Skype until the songs were finished. Demon Dance was born out of a feature film idea that never got finished. The director had seen me play at an open mic and asked if I would write something for his campy Halloween comedy. The song was supposed to illustrate the moment when, at a big Halloween party, the clock struck midnight and dozens of demons revealed themselves and ate all the humans. So I teamed up with Chris Gowin to create some dirty beats and a flute line as erratic and crazed as I could imagine. With the film unfinished, I turned to my dance collaborator Yuki Ishiguro to work out a new storyline. He heard the song as a tale of the legendary Japanese demon master "En no Odunu" and his two demon servants, Zenki and Kouki, and we've been performing it that way ever since. Hold It Up To The Sun: This is the umbrella title of both this EP (Dance EP) and its other half, the Loops EP. Hold It Up To The Sun is about looking at what you've got from a different angle and in a different light. I'm on a mission with this music to encourage creativity in kids and in adults, because I think it will make our world better. I want people to take all the things they are passionate and combine them into something new, even if it seems ludicrous. I hope that listening to this music can inspire people to do that. I hope you enjoy the EP!