Mobilized, energized and un-homogenized, The Away Team perform quirky electronic pop -- from Poppy Dance to Techno-Country to just plain"Out There". “TUNEFUL EXPLORATION INTO ELECTRONIC POP, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN RADIO FRIENDLY AND OUT THERE: WEIRD AMBIENCE, FUN GROOVES AND SWIRLY ELECTRONICA, FEMALE VOCALS, THE AWAY TEAM ARE MUSICAL CHAMELEONS." -- CARLA SCALETTI FROM SYMBOLIC SOUND.
Nik Green - Keyboards, programming, percussion, engineering
Penny Little - Vocals, songwriter, keyboards, guitar, harp, programming
Keyboardist Nik Green played with TRSC Boys, Roy Harper, Jimmy Page, Blue Murder, before joining up with Penny "Little Savage" former singer for Warner/Chappell band White Feather. The Away Team recorded their first album in 1999, "Aliens on Line" gigs in Southern California, performed for the Rolling Thunder Democracy Tour, numerous political rallies. In 2008, the Away Team toured the Midwest, Southwest "The Unconventional Tour", a mashup of multi-media, music and politics. Penny has gained some recognition as a documentary filmmaker, with several features, including "Electile Dysfunction" and most recently "911 Dust and Deceit at the WTC"
AWAY TEAM Musical influences include: Beethoven, Kate Bush, Joan Armatrading, Harry Partch, Balinese and other ethnic music, Blondie, Charles Ives, the Beatles, King Crimson and Steve Reich, amongst many others.
Ben Hurley, former White Feather guitarist has teamed up with The Away Team to record their latest album "Topsy Turvy World" which is an eclectic mix of modern pop, dance, with country and metal overtones in some tunes, political and personal reflections of life in the USA in 2010.
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