Four Normanites (Mack Burke, Kiel Dehnert, Zane Russell, Scott Strandberg) started jamming in 2006 and after many loud nights formed a band. They called themselves Galapagos after the Kurt Vonnegut novel of the same name. After almost a year of musical deliberation, and the addition of keyboardist Adam McFarlane, Galapagos made their live debut at the Waka Winter Classic in January 2007. Today, the lineup of Burke, Dehnert, McFarlane and Russell play music best described as genre-straddling jamminess, as they dabble in rock, blues, funk, jazz, country, bluegrass, trance, and more.
Galapagos released their debut studio album, Electric Shaman, in July 2008. The album was recorded/mixed by Travis Linville at DirtyBird Studios near Norman, OK and mastered by Garrett Haines at Treelady Studios in Turtle Creek, PA. All of Galapagos' live recordings are engineered/mixed by Erik Allen of Daydream Recording.
