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Removed from the centrifugal forces of Brooklyn's "scenes" and avant-garde formulas, but no less crafted by that powerful creative hub, Telepathe carve up the boundaries between any number of genres including dub, hip-hop, and progressive pop, to devastating effect. They are the hypnotic, multi-layered sound of your new favorite band.
 
Though the band has a tradition of rotating members, Melissa Livaudais and Busy Gangnes are the creative pairing at the heart of Telepathe. Their half-spoken, half-sung voices, are seamlessly dubbed together as a unified call that's at once plainly lush and undeniably creepy. Melissa and Busy possess an esoteric, voodoo-like charm that's euphoric and impossible to ignore. They have an uncanny knack for crafting a distinctive sound that's cavernous and compelling, but which also owns an over-riding pop sentiment capable of ensnaring the masses.

Telepathe's debut releases, the "Farewell Forest" EP and "Sinister Militia" 12", were released via Social Registry in the US in 2007. Since then, their sound has developed towards the thrilling synthetic ambience present in their most recent recordings, as displayed on recent singles for Merok, No Pain In Pop and Iamsound. Killer melodies, trance-inducing loops, drum-machine-driven experimentation, and the haunting vocal interplay between Melissa and Busy are Telepathe's hallmarks. Their "woman-meets-machine mishmash," as described by The FADER, is present throughout their debut album, Dance Mother, produced by TV On The Radio's industrious Dave Sitek, due for release via Cooperative at the beginning of 2009.

Following a hometown performance at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple with TV on the Radio, they will hit the road with Diplo, Abe Vigoda and Boy 8-Bit on the Mad Decent U.S. tour this fall.

"Dave Sitek's favourite band are also New York's strangest new prospect... [Telepathe] veer from electric karaoke to instrumental noise-pop, happily cementing their position as 2008's most intriguing band" -- NME

"[Their] big vision, purposeful or not, is to erode the traditional idea of what constitutes a band." -- The FADER 

"Telepathe forge largely improvised guitar gusts, woodsy chirps, wraithlike Bjorkian harmonies, and powerfully jabbed drums into minimalist baroque." -- Village Voice  

"This arthouse bashment, which crosses Diplo with a poetry slam, is baffling and compelling in equal measure." -- The Guardian UK