magine, if you will, the warmth of the morning sun, a swaying hammock in a warm tropical breeze, a symphony of night life by a moonlit pond, and you begin to understand the foundations for Michael and Spider's surrealistic soundscapes.

Soundsmiths Michael Ely and Spider Taylor spent decades in the music industry redefining and redesigning the worlds of rock, pop, glam and punk, then vanished into thin air - only to rise like a Phoenix sixteen years later. Using environmental influences, exotic rhythms and multiple layers of exquisite instrumentals, they now create cinematic backgrounds that ebb and flow like interstellar tides seeking the shimmering shores of infinity.

If you are curious about the personal lives of Michael and Spider, click the "Curious" link. To find out about recent projects, click the "Whispers" link. For Michael and Spider's professional history, click the "Past to Present" link. To find out what the critics have to say, click the "Critiques" link. For a list of Michael and Spider's recordings, click on the "Works" link. To listen to selected tracks, click the "Eavesdrop" link. To visit their links, click the "Link 2 Link" link.

Here are the current Michael and Spider works now
available for download on iTunes and/or CD Baby.

Aladdin Sane Aladdin Sane is a song by David Bowie, the title track from his 1973 album Aladdin Sane. The name of the album is a pun on "A Lad Insane". Taking a great song and making it better is the hallmark of musical genius, which Michael and Spider prove with their rendition of this Bowie classic from their upcoming album "Diamonds". The music track, Aladdin Sane, is available on CD Baby here.

Iridescent Garden The title track from Michael and Spider's album, "Iridescent Garden - exotica reinvented", is a auditory journey to exotic lands far away. The listener finds themself drawn ever deeper into the sound, as layer upon layer of exquisite instrumentals surge and flow, hypnotically mesmerizing to the last note. Iridescent Garden is a song that draws the listener into a world of beauty and tranquility, leaving them wishing they never had to leave. Songs from Iridescent Garden are available on itunes here.

Each of the following songs have been accompanied with visuals for your listening and viewing enjoyment. They demonstrate how flawlessly Michael and Spider's musical abilities merge and perform with visual mediums.

	Inside Saguaros Inside Saguaros is from Michael and Spider's album "The Perfume of Creosote: Desert Exotica Part 1". Combining throbbing rythmns with surrealistic strings, Inside Saguaros transports the listener to the arid heat of the desert, its sound shimmering like a sand shrouded mirage that invoke images of cactus, desert animals and aborigional legends. Descibed as nature enhanced, The Perfume of Creosote: Desert Exotica Part 1 is filled with songs each inspired by Michael and Spider's home state, Arizona. To listen to Inside Saguaros, with visual accompaniment, click here.
	We're All Mad Here We're All Mad Here is from Michael and Spider's album "White Roses Painted Red", inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. In a world where things are not always as they seem, where lives are often turned upside down, We're All Mad Here is a perfect theme song. Edgy, combining rock, glam and psychedelica, We're All Mad Here is the only song in Michael and Spider's careers that they ever recorded in only one sitting, an amazing feat considering its musical and lyrical complexity. To listen to We're All Mad Here, with visual accompaniment, click here.
	Yellow Sapphire Yellow Sapphire is from Michael and Spider's album "Dieties", an exquisite collection of middle-eastern rythmns, instruments and sounds. Also from from Deities, Michael and Spider licensed "Hanuman, The Monkey God", to Touchstone Pictures (also known as Touchstone Films) which used the track in the film "Step Up 2 The Streets", released Valentines Day, 2008. Yellow Sapphire's Bollywood sound makes toes tap, fingers drum and the body sway as it musically whisks the listerner to ancient lands of ancient religions on a auditory magic carpet. To listen to Enchanted, with visual accompaniment, click here.
	Iridescent Garden The title track from Michael and Spider's album, "Iridescent Garden - exotica reinvented", is a auditory journey to exotic lands far away. The listener finds themself drawn ever deeper into the sound, as layer upon layer of exquisite instrumentals surge and flow, hypnotically mesmerizing to the last note. Iridescent Garden is a song that draws the listener into a world of beauty and tranquility, leaving them wishing they never had to leave. To listen to Iridescent Garden, with visual accompaniment, click here. Songs from Iridescent Garden are available on itunes here.
	Enchanted Enchanted is an exquisite short piece of exotica that musically transports the listener to the days of yesteryear, of old Hollywood glamour, movies stars and the lives of the rich and famous. Enchanted's haunting rythmn and melody ebbs and flows, invoking mental images of other times and places, of a more innocent and naive world of long ago. Enchanted is from Michael and Spider's album, "Iridescent Garden - exotica reinvented". To listen to Enchanted, with visual accompaniment, click here.

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Michael and Spider's creations are available exclusively through Lavender Records and Temple of the Moon Publishing.

Select tracks may be heard by selecting the "Eavesdrop" link in the left hand menu. To listen to additional tracks, please visit Temple of the Moon Publishing, LLC.

Promotional CDs will be sent upon request. Contact spiderandmichael@q.com to inquire about purchasing, promotional materials or licensing tracks for use in movies, television, radio or other media productions.

To contact Michael or Spider please email them at spiderandmichael@q.com.