All in Our Minds, an EP by The Amygdaloids
release date: Jan 27, 2012
www.amygdaloids.com
1. My Minds Eye
2. Map of Your Mind
3. I Got a Mind to Tell You
4. Reminds Me of You
bonus track: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
The making of ‘All in Our Minds’– a new EP by The Amygdaloids (Video)
“Map of Your Mind” (video)— the featured‘single’ of The Amygdaloids’ EP, ‘All in Our Minds (Jan 27, 2012).
Core band on All in Our Minds.
Joseph LeDoux (guitar and vocals) is a Professor of Neuroscience at NYU and director of the Emotional Brain Institute at NYU and at the Nathan Kline Institute. His research focuses on the brain mechanisms of emotion and memory, with a special emphasis on fear. Joe writes most of the songs for The Amygdaloids, and takes his inspiration from research and theory about mind and brain and mental disorders.
Amanda Thorpe (bass and vocals) studied psychology and neuropsychology as an undergraduate at UCL and Padova University. She has four solo recordings, and three band recordings (with Wirebirds and Bedsit Poets). She writes and fights with long-term musical collaborator, Philip Shelley, to create songs that meander through the twist and turns of the emotional being. Her lastest CD is Promenade.
Daniela Schiller (drums) is a Professor of Neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine where she studies emotional memory regulation. While doing post-doctoral work in cognitive neuroscience at NYU she became one of the founding members of The Amygdaloids.
Jeff Peretz (lead guitar) is an acclaimed musician and producer. He has worked with Grammy winners Mark Ronson and Jay-Z. Jeff produced The Amygdaloids first CD, as well as the EP, All in Our Minds. Jeff teaches at the NYU Clive Davis School of Recorded Music, and at the Third Street Music Settlement.
Other Band Members:
Tamas Madarasz (cello), graduate student in neuroscience at NYU.
Jon Kanen (tenor sax), research assistant in psychology at NYU.
Tyler Volk, our usual lead guitarist, was away on sabbatical during these recordings.
Guests Artists:
Claudia Chopek (violin) is a renowned violinist who has played with The Jonas Brothers, TV on the Radio, and Ryan Adams.
Rich Hinman (pedal steel) has toured with Rosanne Cash and has played with many well-known musicians. He is a member of several groups, including Taurus and The Madison Square Gardners, both of which released records in 2011.
Ward White (vocals) is an acclaimed vocalist, member of the duo, McGinty and White, and a regular participant in NYC’s hippest music review, the Loser’s Lounge. His newest CD is Done with the Talking Cure.