The Changelings are a band from Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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 self-described as a “blend of ambient pop-fusion laced with neo-Classical

Neoclassicism (music)

Neoclassicism in music was a twentieth-century trend, particularly current in the period between the two World Wars, in which composers sought to return to aesthetic precepts associated with the broadly defined concept of "classicism", namely order, balance, clarity, economy, and emotional restraint...

 and Middle Eastern styles”. Formed in 1995, they have released six albums, and have been named the “Best Local Experimental/Fringe Band/Artist of Atlanta” in Creative Loafing

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for the years 1998-2002. Although their albums have been received warmly by critics, their largest audience has probably heard them unknowingly: their music has been used in the soundtracks to game Noble Armada, the haunted attraction Netherworld Haunted House

Netherworld Haunted House

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, and the television special Beyond The Da Vinci Code.

Members

The Changelings are:
Paul Mercer: violin

Violin

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 and viola

Viola

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Regeana Morris: vocals, hammered dulcimer

Hammered dulcimer

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, bass guitar

Bass guitar

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, toy accordion

Accordion

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, musical saw

Musical saw

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Nick Pagan: keyboards

Keyboard instrument

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Chandler Rentz: percussion

Percussion instrument

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, drums

Drum kit

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, bass guitar, electronics
Damon Young: guitar

Guitar

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s, sitar

Sitar

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, tanpura, vocals

Discography

• The Changelings (1996, re-released 2003)
  1. Pomegranate
  2. Season of Mist
  3. Earthquake at Versailles
  4. Song of the Sephardim
  5. Pranam
  6. Into This Divide
  7. Incantation
  8. Solitude
  9. Awakening
  10. Seraphim
  11. 11:59PM October 30
  12. Sunday Morning
• Astronomica (2002)
  1. Departure
  2. Orbit
  3. Mata Hari
  4. Outrun Your Fears
  5. Veils of Gold
  6. Parallax
  7. Hypersleep
  8. Olympus Mons
  9. See Emily Play
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  10. My Shadow, Your Ghost
• Epicycles
  1. Red Shift
  2. Eclipse
  3. Tannhauser Gate
  4. Dulcinea
  5. The Young Merlins
  6. Dreams in the Witch House
• Mercury
  1. Flowers Cover Your Eyes
  2. Magnetosphere
  3. Swoon
  4. Maelcum’s Righteous Dub (Mercury Mix)
• Amphibian (1998)
  1. Deeper Than Light
  2. Melusine
  3. Maelcum’s Righteous Dub
  4. Caterwaul
  5. Another Dead Girl
  6. Frog Song
  7. Afternoon of a Newt
  8. Port Royale
  9. Carpathian Lullaby
  10. Oceana - the mermaid song
  11. Morning’s Twilight
• Terra Firma (1997)
  1. Terra Firma
  2. Johny Ether’s Great Escape
  3. For Endymion
  4. Salome
  5. Mirage
  6. Dervish
  7. Clockwork
  8. Naiad
  9. Cherchez la Femme
  10. Stalingrad
  11. Buono Reposo
  12. Byzantium

External links

• Official Site
• Interview @ Legends