Ladybug Transistor is the project of guitarist and trumpeter Gary Olson, who employs a revolving cast of musicians on his recordings. The style defined by Malborough Farms (Park'n'Ride, 1995) is a surreal pop song that reflects the Byrds' jingle-jangling folk-rock, the Mamas And Papas' hippie spirit, Galaxie 500's ambient psychedelia and the Zombies' pop orchestrations. The instrumental 'Lout' is a good manifesto for their post-psychedelic easy-listening. Ditties like 'Seadrift' and '95 Miles Per Hour' are carefully arranged and sung, placing Ladybug Transistor next to Britain's Belle And Sebastian. and Colorado's Apples In Stereo. Song For Vocoder And Trumpet is the supreme abstraction of their ideas.

from: The History of Rock Music -- Piero Scaruffi

 

Peter Henderson started his career at Air Studios where he trained exclusively with Beatles' recording engineer Geoff Emerick (Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road etc). Peter also worked on numerous sessions as an in-house engineer with the legendary George Martin. As a freelance producer/engineer he has worked in top studios all over the world and co-produced Supertramp´s 'Breakfast In America', for which he won a Grammy. Peter has also worked with Paul McCartney, Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Tina Turner, Ringo Starr and The Tubes.
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