Graztopia

https://soundcloud.com/graztopia/mary

Graztopia is an original one-man band/live looping artist/singer-songwriter from New York, NY who has been actively playing and writing music his entire life. As a multi-instrumentalist he plays guitar, ukulele, bass, and vocals etc...His vast repertoire of original songs are comprised of well crafted musical arrangements mixed with poignant, poetic, and storyteller like lyrics provides an infinite narrative that spans various genres of music including rock n’ roll, jam band, folk rock, alternative, psychedelic, jazz blues etc...Armed with his trusty loop pedal and plethora of effects pedals, his live show is a multi-layered sonic landscape that weaves between tunes, solos, and improvised transitional jams loops. No setlist/show is ever the same, to make each Graztopia show it's own unique experience. In December of 2021 Graztopia released a brand new single called "Summer Rain” along with an accompanying b-side "El Bohemian”. On February 22nd 2022, an EP called “Bare Bones In The Attic” was released that features different versions of “Summer Rain” and “El Bohemian” than their single versions, plus two other songs. In September of 2023 album "Beatnik Serenade at The Cup Coffeehouse" was released, which featured 6 original songs that had more of polished stripped down psychedelic-folk sound. For 2025 the plan is to release 6 albums of music over the course of the year. In March of 2025 the first of those records was released called "Theta Wave Machine" which features 9 instrumental songs that span various genres/moods of music. Though the songs on the record are meant to be listened to while trying to fall asleep, relax, be put into a dreamlike/meditative state of mind, whathaveyou etc...The second record in this series of album releases, titled "Hodgepodge Barn" will be released on 6/27/25, featuring 9 original songs that will be a melting pot genres such as Folk-Rock, Psychedelic, Singer-Songwriter, Americana, Alternative, Psychedelic-Folk, Jam-Band, and Ambient