If you wonder why so much electronic music is invading the web-waves, the answer is bifold: portability, and user friendliness (as in: you don’t really need to learn to play an instrument to make electronic music). These two features certainly helped NYC based electronic songriter Amanda Steckler (of Blonde Maze) write songs while traveling back and forth between NYC and London. Tos songs were christallized in four track debut EP "Oceans," which is a sonic diary of the contrasting feelings and thoughts of an transatlantic traveler – always an ocean away from someone or something dear to them, asleep while the loved ones are awake and vice-versa, as single "Awake / Asleep" (streaming) points out. Blonde Maze will perform at Pianos on New Year’s Eve (which is always a lot of fun, with Great Caesar and Controller.