Todd Fletcher / Multi-instrumentalist composer of instrumental ambient rock

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About Todd Fletcher

Todd Fletcher has been making songs since 1983, inspired by the likes of Klaus Schulze, Brian Eno, the Cocteau Twins, Pat Metheny, and many others who just might rate high on the autistic spectrum.

In 1988, Todd first released his ambient electronic songs on cassettes, then from 1994 to 2005 he self-released 7 CDs, in addition to 1996's Star on Italy's Amplexus label, and numerous compilation appearances.

From 2001 until 2005 Todd recorded ambient/techno as Psychetropic, releasing 4 CDs, 3 of which you can hear below.
In the "Psychetropic" daze

In 2006 with the vein of techno-ambience feeling played out, Todd turned to classical piano, spending the next several years learning Bach, Debussy and Ravel, the fruits of which can be seen here: Doing his best Joyce Hatto impersonation.

Pressed into service as the bassist for the Arizona
nu-grass band King Cotton's Low-Down Desert Pickers, Todd launched into the world of string instruments, picking up guitar along the way. Geeetaaarrrr!!!!

When a thrift shop Hammond organ fell in his lap (we're speaking metaphorically here) the instrumental rock/fusion sound for the next Todd Fletcher release, Eveningland, was cemented. Fletcher manfully handles his ~~organ~~ Hammond. Ok, ok, the reel-to-reel is just for hipster cred. Don't hate!

In the future, Todd would like to kidnap/steal a string quartet for his next album. So if you see one conspicuously unguarded, please contact us here at Todd-Fletcher.com. We like pipe organs too, so same goes for them.

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Latest Music / Sept 2011

$5
mini album

5 songs
16 minutes

Some kind words about Todd Fletcher

The Ambient Review "This is fantastic material, and, as I mentioned earlier, unlike anything I'm currently hearing from the IDM and ambient camps. It's a mixture of both, and, as such, would make a good "gateway drug" for ambient listeners curious about IDM, and IDM/ambient-techno fans who want a little more ambient mixed in with their beats. Recommended."

Sonic Curiosity "Fletcher's compositions are a tasty alliance of ambience and pop, resulting in tuneage that has body and appealing depth while never growing obtrusive. An understated element of fun permeates this music, not quite celebratory but definitely smile-inducing. Life without Psychetropic's music would be a dismal existence."

Ambient Visions "Todd's atmospheres and sequences form a very dense soundscape. It is powerful, dynamic and vibrant. And it is catchy. The hooks grab listeners. The rhythm carries them. The atmospheres embrace them."

Ampersand Etcetera "...Fletcher creates warm engrossing world-influenced ambience. I had this disk with me at a weekend away, and it suited the mood perfectly as it lightly and sensitively flowed through the cabin."

Wind and Wire "Todd injects a new-found delight into the genre of electronic music by integrating hooks with kinetic yet exploratory rhythms and beats in ways that are fresh yet not weird or obtuse"

I/E Magazine #6 Spring 1994 "Refreshing and non-derivative, Byzantium neatly sidesteps the obvious genres it so cleverly draws from, mixing middle-eastern and Arabic found chants with simmering percussive patterns, other-wordly samples and various exotic sound textures. The opulent sonic stew recalls the more lucid moments of Greinke, Roach. O'Hearn, et.al,but Fletcher's creations radiate with enough alacrity that he's definitely one of those guys we need to keep a watchful eye on."

ND #19 "An ethno atmospheric sound which runs through moods of the old world. Hints and flavors of Middle Eastern and Turkish sounds made with synthesizer, drum machine sampler and more. Pleasant music for lazy days...watch the sun burn away the clouds."

Audion Magazine #29 "There seems to be an endless stream nowadays of inventive synthesists, especially those in the cross-over realms of new-age, ethnic and ambient. So, it's refreshing when someone original comes along and catches the imagination. Todd Fletcher is one such composer...a careful balance of atmospherics, rythms and melody, with a meeting of ancient and modern cultures, Todd creates a mystic and haunting music that's relaxing yet also very stimulating."

High Performance Winter 1994 "Gorgeous is the word for Fletcher's electronic/experimental/world music hybrid. Filled with subtle evocations of ancient worlds and timeless landscapes, Fletcher paints with sound. Purple twilights and shimmering dawns unveil other worlds. Haunting and mysterious,'Byzantium' is filled with unexpected middle-eastern undertones. Fletcher's music reveals new images and sonic nuances with each listen. A meditative musical experience most efective on headphones."

Manifold Records "An entire disc of supreme moments, effervescent ambient played out in a giant, moving space of celestial-sized objects. Fletcher's 'Star' is probably the pinnacle of the space-music type of ambient, very peaceful and light without sounding new-age or electronic. Long tracks, that pull the listener along. Has the organic, primal sound of Steve Roach, but filled with air and scented mist. Solitary without being lonely. Desolate without being barren. Ancient without the ruins. Calming waves of mysterious drift and texture, weaving in and out in complex but soothing patterns that never fail to sound new each time, yet as familiar as a good, soft furniture."

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