Moss Of Aura

Gerrit Welmers, keyboard player/programmer for Baltimore-based synth pop group Future Islands, records solo instrumental work under the name Moss of Aura. These recordings feature rich, bright melodies that are joyous yet slightly melancholy, along with thick midtempo beats. Welmers first began recording music as Moss of Aura in 2005 while living in Greenville, North Carolina; Future Islands started around the same time, although Welmers, guitarist William Cashion, and singer Samuel T. Herring had previously worked together as part of Art Lord & the Self-Portraits. Moss of Aur...