Tuesday, October 17, 2017

The Dream System is all-vintage synth project from Emmy-winning “Stranger Things” music editor, David Klotz, vocalist Erica Elektra.

Hear “Losing All of You” single now; Album out Feb. 9th via Minty Fresh. RIYL: Vangelis, Human League, Tangerine Dream, Duran Duran.

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The Dream System (L-R): David Klotz, Erica Elektra. Photo credit: Polly Antonia Barrowman.

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Check out the premiere of “Losing All of You” by The Dream System at mxdwn.com or listen via the links below!

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The Dream System – In The Press

“Jam packed with vintage synth tones that meld together into a straightforward pop track. While synthesizers form the core of The Dream System’s unique electronic pop sound, the song is elevated to a higher plane by its ethereal female vocals.” – mxdwn.com

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About The Dream System

The Dream System is a newly-formed, synth-based pop duo out of Los Angeles that combines the talents of veteran musicians David Klotz and Erica Elektra.

The vintage instruments used on the band’s debut album Music from The Dream System (Feb. 9th, Minty Fresh) are veterans, too, and include a large assortment of Rolands, Korgs, and Yamahas, along with the (attention, geeks!) Crumar Performer, LinnDrum LM-2, and Omnichord System 100.


Recording with synths from the early 1980’s, The Dream System’s debut emerges from these origins of artifice with natural-sounding pop songs inspired by Vangelis, The Human League, Tangerine Dream, and Duran Duran.

Not only is the musical partnership of the humans in The Dream System new, so is the relationship to the band’s large brood of keys. Klotz, whose day job has earned him four Emmy awards as the Music Editor of television shows such as “Stranger Things,” “Game of Thrones,” and “American Horror Story” among others, started acquiring the gear in 2015.

“I was inspired when I started working on ‘Stranger Things’ in 2015 and first heard the score,” Klotz recalls. “I loved the sounds that the show’s composers created with synths. It was unlike anything I’d heard before in the world of film scoring.”

Klotz, who has been making records under various band names for years, starting in the mid-90’s as Fonda and most recently in 2016 as People and Stars, began plotting to make a record of pop songs based around the sound of these keyboards.

His first stop was eBay.

“The first three synths that I got my hands on were the Roland Jupiter 8, a Korg Mono/Poly and a Roland SH-2. Those were the three main synths I used to record our first single ‘Losing All of You,’” says Klotz.

Elektra’s lyrics and vocals take the tune out of the atmosphere and grounds it in feeling – heart-tugging and delivered with emotion – exposing the roots beneath these musical landscapes.

The Dream System is the perfect name for us,” Elektra concludes. “For me, it’s literally a musical dream come true.”

Music from The Dream System, the debut album by Los Angeles-based duo The Dream System arrives on Feb. 9th, 2018 preceded by the single “Losing All of You,” out now. David Klotz and Erica Elektra are available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

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The Dream System Links


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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion


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