With the sun still lurking in the sky, Papadosio took the stage at City Bisco ready to enlighten and astound viewers with their unique sound and inject the crowd with peace and love. Papadosio’s set was one of the highlights of City Bisco, a fall festival hosted by the Disco Biscuits at The Mann Center in Philadelphia, PA on Saturda
Papadosio was formed in Athens, Ohio in 2006, and since then has been steadily rising to the forefront of the live electronica music scene. The band consists of five extremely talented artists, including Tony Thogmartin on the guitar, samples, synthesizer and vocals, Billy Brouse on the keyboard, synthesizer and vocals, Sam Brouse on the keyboard, Michael Healy on the acoustic/electronic drums, and Rob McConnell on the bass guitar and vocals. Papadosio’s music defies the boundaries of specific genres, aiming to create a conscious, mind opening form of dance music that encourages fans to help wake the world, stir the heart and fuel the mind. Their first album, Magreenery, was released in September 2007, followed by their EP By the Light of the Stars in July 2008, Observations in October 2009, and their newest album currently touring T.E.T.I.O.S., To End the Illusion of Separation, which will be released on October 16 of this year. Papadosio’s intense vocal harmonies, improvisational interludes, and the creative manner in which the synthesizer was integrated into the music, earned the band a review as a definite highlight at City Bisco. The message of Papadosio’s set boasted of a higher calling, unity and universal understanding; a perfect remedy for the tension of the election season.
Papadosio opened their set on this mystical night with the song “Method of Control” from their newest album T.E.T.I.O.S. The first song flowed seamlessly into “Smile and Nod” off their album Observations. This upbeat tune was a great example of the band’s strong vocals and their knack for harmonizing. The next song on their set list was “By the Light of the Stars” from their EP By the Light of the Stars. This song had a more relaxed, mellow pace with heavy use of the synthesizer. Next came “Find Your Cloud”, another song from their newest, but yet to be released album, T.E.T.I.O.S. This song continued the mellow pace set by the one prior, but acted more as a compilation that could showcase each of the individual artist’s talents. Soft enough that you could hear each instrument on it’s own. This song discusses the importance of dreams and finding your own cloud in this world.
The band picked up the pace with “Advocate of Change” and brought out a more electronic feel highly influenced by the synthesizer. This song exemplifies Papadosio’s ability to combine jam music with electronic, but without lyrics, so as not to distract from their jam and improvisation. The band switched up the mood a bit with their next song, knowing that it was about time everyone got down with their funky selves and set out the groovy tune Geoglyph. At this point, everyone was dancing, heads bopping and bodies grooving to the beat. Papadosio closed this epic set with “All I Knew” from their album Observations. This final song showcased Tony’s vocals and relayed to the audience the band’s infinite message of peace and the lack of ego in the path of love and coexistence. Evil isn’t born, it’s taught, and we must strive to end prejudice and violence by spreading the love amongst our fellow companions.
Being an extremely diverse band that creates so many different sounds, Papadosio will not allow itself to fall under any specific music genre. This helps to support the message that the band is sending through its music, especially with soon to be released album T.E.T.I.O.S. Papadosio has dedicated this album to the future, in which mankind is moving away from being caught in this illusion of separation and moving towards unity. This is, in a way, is the band’s effort to ignite progress towards the beautiful, peaceful, world that we all know is possible to create. Although such a state of nirvana may be a distant future, T.E.T.I.O.S stands as a collective art representation of this possibility with each track featuring a unique piece of art crafted specifically for the song. Papadosio will be making another stop on their T.E.T.I.O.S. tour in Philadelphia to celebrate New Years Eve in collaboration with Dopapod at the Trocadero on December 30, 2012.
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