Almost 50 years ago Tom Repasky starts playing the piano as a therapy after a severe accident. He’s seen it all – from playing in a band, to dealing with know-it-all producers to pulling up gigs with band members bailing. Nowadays, he doesn’t seem to interested in performing live but still perceives music as a powerful learning tool and more importantly, as a never-ending challenge. His plan for the summer is to write 30 songs. Read why and let’s hope…
At 69 years old, Tom Repasky is an elder statesman of music making whose beefy electronic tunes put modern cookie-cutter EDM producers to shame. Spring 2018, his latest album, features no less than 17 densely layered and orchestrated, richly textured, very complex and intricate instrumental songs. Their chaotic brilliance and unpredictable structure reminds us of the greatness that is Aphex Twin and we can’t help but be bewildered by Tom’s keen understanding of music technology. He can probably teach university…