Copal NYC-Based Evocative Orchestral Experience “Beguiling” First Coast News And “artistically Beautiful Yet Darkly Tantalizing” Maximum Ink Copal Sets An Evocative Tone Lavish Voices Of Violin And Cello Flicker Against A Twilight Scape Of Electronic Swells And Textures Impelled By A Driving Rhythmic Sense And Original Melodies Steeped In Global Musical Traditions. NYC-Based Copal Is Lead By Violinist/composer Hannah Thiem With Collaborators Isabel Castellvi Cello Rob Chamberlain Drums Lorenzo Wolff Bass And Tripp Dudley Percussion . The Band’s Sound Is A Steampunk Melding Of Styles Set On A World Stage. Nordic Melodies Ride Middle-Eastern Rhythms Into The Halls Of A Remembered Past Hungarian Riffs Blush Hotly Against Spanish-Cadence Opulent Harmonies From Far-Gone Depths. Copal’s 2010 Aptly Named ‘Into The Shadow Garden’ Is A Moody Arabesque Of Cultural Influences And Sonic Tapestries. The Music Here Is Darkly Intimate Compelling On Multiple Levels. Like Lucid Dreams The Sounds Of Copal Will Take You Away.