As a producer, he's worked with a range of artists and styles, from Mos Def to The Polyphonic Spree and Massive Attack.

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Other main stage performers range from Jools Holland to reggae legend Jimmy Cliff to De La Soul to crazy Texan rockers the Polyphonic Spree.

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He soon discovered the power of a crowd, as his new group's debut (The Beginning Stages of the Polyphonic Spree) sounded unlike anything in rock music.

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Inspired by the experimental rock bands of the '70s, former Tripping Daisy frontman Tim DeLaughter formed The Polyphonic Spree in 2000, with the aim of working with a wide variety of musicians and performers.

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Few bands can rival The Polyphonic Spree's stage presence not to mention its size: The group boasts a whopping two dozen members, who combine to make a sound that can be euphoric, cathartic and haunting, sometimes all at once.

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Though Gomez is technically a "solo artist" and writes the songs, parts, and arrangements on his own, a number of talented musicians join him on the record, including Sarah Jaffe, and members of The Polyphonic Spree, Midlake, and Postmarks, giving Pine Sticks and Phosphorous an impressive, full band sound.

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