Craft Spells - Love Well Spent (Live at MFNW) by goincase published on 2012-10-19T17:18:29Z While at MFNW 2012 in Portland, Oregon we put our heads together with director Greg Hunt and longtime festival producer Trevor Solomon to curate ‘Room 205 live’. Held at venerable downtown venue Ted’s, (formerly Berbati’s Pan), the night showcased five featured artists from our collaborative Sound & Vision series Room 205. No elaborate sets and no second takes. Just 100% live shredding and raw weirdness. Enjoy! BIO Craft Spells began as the bedroom project of Justin Vallesteros. Holed up in his Stockton, CA home while winter beat the bushes outside, Vellesteros crafted a decidedly 80s strain of sentimental indie-pop; chiming guitars, atmospheric synths, and delicate drum-machines. Vallesteros now resides in Seattle and fronts a full band comprised of friends and serious shredders. They make records. They tour Europe. And they write very, very good songs. As we said in their previous Room 205 episode— if you love Felt, The Smiths, Echo & The Bunnymen, and the beautiful monotone drone of Ian Curtis... Craft Spells might soon be your favorite nuevo-new romantics. COMPONENTS Video • YouTube: http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCD4B3A8A916B881B • Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/album/2245009 Photos • Flickr: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjCtUUQE Music • SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/goincase/sets/live-at-musicfest-nw CREDITS Executive Producer • Incase: http://goincase.com Producer • Arlie Carstens: http://disastercasual.typepad.com Director • Greg Hunt: http://huntfilmwork.com Director of Photography • Greg P. Schmitt: http://gregpschmitt.com Editor • Andrew van Baal: http://andrewvanbaal.com • Forrest Borie: http://vimeo.com/forrestborie Gaffer • Joel Stirnkorb: http://linkedin.com/pub/joel-stirnkorb/18/45/510 Camera • Efrem Peter: http://boxfishfilms.com • Mike Weiss Lighting Technician • Stephen Purcell Audio Engineer • Griffin Rodriguez: http://linkedin.com/pub/griffin-rodriguez/1b/599/2a Photos • Arlie Carstens: http://disastercasual.typepad.com Performing Artist • Craft Spells: http://facebook.com/CraftSpells Room 205 Theme Song • Cora Foxx: http://theheapsf.com Special Thanks • Trevor Solomon & Matt Manza of MFNW • Nathan Ostrander & Dave Hite at Ted's (Berbati's Pan) • The good folks of Portland, Oregon Genre Dream Pop
