Transmuteo is the project of Jonathan Dean, formerly of the Penetralia and An Imaginary History Of Algebra, along with Chantelle Dorsey (Collection of the Late Howell Bend, Lady of Situations), and various collaborators drawn from the ranks of the Tallahassee, Florida experimental scene. The sound of Transmuteo is inspired by new age music, especially the pioneering 1970s works by Tangerine Dream, Ashra, Iasos, Bearns & Dexter and Klaus Schulze. The group is also inspired by new age beliefs, including the Dolphin Consciousness movement led by cetaecean researcher Joan Ocean and digital artist Jean-Luc Bozzoli. The band uses samples, environmental sounds, cassette tapes, effects pedals, synths and drone to make dense, textural, psychedelic music that revels in the shining artifice of the new age.