Bridging the gap between pop and orchestral music, Make-Believe Machines sprang to life in early 2007 as a collaboration between between musicians Justin Norman (composer/bass/guitar/vocals) and Rob Ogden (composer/percussion).

Having spent four years writing and performing in the pop-rock band, Cardboard Canary, the two had grown weary of conventional song structures and instrumentation.

Implementing layered textures of electronic and acoustic sound, they draw heavily from late 19th cent...