2002

Pamela and Randy Copus, the duo known as 2002, have charted 9 albums on the Billboard Charts (270 weeks total). This Moment Now, won the COVR award for Best New Age Album in 2004. 2002 made the list of top new age artists in the Billboard Magazine “Year in Review” issue, December 2003. Also on the list; Yanni, Manhneim Steamroller, Jim Brickman, George Winston & Enya.

Pamela and Randy released 7 albums under the Real Music label: Chrysalis, Land of Forever, River of Stars, Across an Ocean of Dreams, The Sacred Well, This Moment Now and The Emerald Way. Real Music also picked up 2002’s self-released albums, Wings (1992) and Saviti (1995) and re-released both with new artwork in 1998.

2002 later signed with Gemini Sun Records. Their first release Deep Still Blue on May 8, 2007 featured 10 all new songs and a bonus DVD of the music matched to videos of beautiful oceanic photography by Susan Saibara. Then came the explosive A Word in The Wind and the contemplative Christmas Dreams.

Free at last of record label contracts, 2002’s first release under their own Galactic Playground Music label was a moment of coming full-circle, beginning again at the beginning. This CD is an ambient, tranquil homecoming, appropriately titled: Wings II – Return to Freedom. In April 2011, the newest CD Damayanti was released to glowing reviews and explosive sales. 2002 also regained and re-released under their own label their 3 Gemini Sun Records releases.

Randy Copus plays piano, electric cello, guitar, bass and keyboards. Pamela Copus plays flutes, harp, key- boards and a wind instrument called a WX5. Both musicians also provide all of the vocals on their albums, recording their voices many, many times and layering them to create a “virtual choir” with a celestial, angelic quality.

The new age duo 2002 consists of Texas-based multi-instrumentalists/vocalists Pamela and Randy Copus. Both husband and wife had an early interest in music: Pamela started piano lessons at age six and went on to study keyboards, flute, piccolo, oboe, guitar, violin, and the bagpipes, while Randy studied voice, guitar, piano, keyboards, trumpet, tuba, and guitar before learning about recording and production. Randy worked as a recording engineer, session musician and vocalist, producer, and composer in studios in New York, L.A., New Orleans, Dallas, and Austin before forming 2002 with Pamela in the early '90s. Their 1992 debut album, Wings, introduced the duo's lush arrangements, epic choral vocals, and spacious productions. Releases like 1995's Savitri, 1997's Chrysalis, 1998's Land of Forever, and 2000's River of Stars defined them as one of the '90s most distinctive new age talents. Keeping busy in their namesake year, 2002 released their first career retrospective, The Sacred Well, as well as a new album, Across an Ocean of Dreams. The duo discussed changing their name once the year had passed, but in 2003 This Moment Now appeared with their original moniker intact. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide