EDITOR'S NOTE: Joshua Needelman is a special projects reporter for The New York Times. He is a Long Island native and a graduate of the University of Maryland who has worked for The Washington Post, ...

Hermetic Fever, performed by Josh Gerowitz (guitar, EFX) and Louis Lopez (trumpet, EFX) is a spellbinding tapestry of sound that might have the listener questioning reality. Inspired by the Hermetic ...