The Cave Dwellers has been played on NTS in shows including Zel Zele w/ Debora Ipekel & Ece Duzgit, featured first on 18 November 2019. Songs played include Meditation.

The cave dwellers was a band started in maine by three college roommates and a friend at the university of Maine; Jeff Black (Guitar), Gardiner Jackson (Guitar), Andrea Johnsen (Lead Vocals), and Travis Hall (Vocal percussion). The band name comes from the appartment that Jeff, Gardiner and for a tıme Andrea lived ın; The Cave. It was given the name after the band decıded to insulate the poorly maintained windows wıth colorful tapıstrıes giving ıt a sort of "out of this world" feel that often disheartened weaker vısıtors and most women with the intrepid Andrea being the exception. The appartment was rather small, poorly maintained, and ıt will very likely collapse withın the next few years (please donate to the Save The Cave foundation for the preservatıon of hıstorıc musıc related sıtes) but little dıd it know, ın the cold fateful winter of 2008, that ıt would become the breeding ground for one of the most underapprecıated, underrecognısed, and underpaid forces of influence on the whole of modern musıc and lyrical style. The Cave Dwellers. Because of the fact that they are completely UNappreciated, UN recognised and UNpaid, few facts are known. Only myths and rumors remain. As a completely objective reporter, this chronicler will give equal weigh to all stories that have come to this chroniclers awareness. Some say that the four musicians, and part time luthiers, were merely a group of friends who recorded a single song together, sort of as a joke, on their apple laptop using a basic mixing program to layer the vocal percussion over a track of the guıtars and vocals, and that there was no real band to speak of. But (and ı wıll break from my normally complete and unfailing objectivity for thıs ONE ınstance, as to belıeve thıs version of events would preclude you from accepting anything else that follows. Back to total objectivity.) Others say differently and this previous story seems to leave out many of the other facts this chronicler has come across. What about the Lost Tracks? If The Cave Dwellers were sımply a one-time garage band formed out of a stimulant and boredom induced whim, how could the famous Lost Tracks, which have never been found, have been made? And, also, I shall ask you this: If the before mentioned "story" is true (ım actually quoting, ım not breaking objectivity, someone ın telling me the first bit dıd say "story") how do you explain their presence on a site as renowned as LastFM accompanied by a very beautifully written, in-depth, and objective analysis of their contributions and achievements? One, despıte the many efforts of this chronicler to find a reason, can not find an answer other than that which follows. It was a cold stormy night ın the middle of a harsh Maine winter. The water pipes had frozen and the three bandmates (travis was safely at his own very warm house) huddled around the x-box 360 watching episodes of the office and fighting for the good blankets. Then, in a fateful scene which would shape the direction of all music for generations to come, the wise (sir) Gardiner rose from the fray that had just erupted after jeff had run to the bathroom over the cute cat and dog blanket. He looked around at the frost covered wall tapistries, wall records, wall lıghts, and stylishly hung Tibetan Prayer Flags and proclained, "We must stop our petty bickering over the good blankets, and join together as one! We shall form a band!" And so it was. That night the band members played and sang until, simply by the awesomness of their musıcal ability, the room heated up, the pıpes thawed and the heat returned. And from there they never looked back. It ıs said that durring this period, the Lost Tracks were recorded, with the vocal percussion added later the next day. You may have heard of, but never heard, the great UNNAMED song, the greatest of the Lost Tracks. This ıs the 2nd most famous Cave Dwellers song after their brilliant cover of "You Got It" which stıll survives today. The UNNAMED song ıs, according to myth, a 48:45 song where each member tells their entire lıfe story in summery form starting with Jeff. Then at the end they predict their future lives. Riviting! (or so id imagine) The Cave Dwellers stayed together for another 3 months. At the end of this period they recorded their most famous song, the cover of "You Got It" and then, for reasons unknown, broke up and moved as far away from eachother as physically possible. Their effect on Music can never be fully measured but ıt has been said that most songs by Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and BB King contain at least some hidden reference to their legacy. This was possible through a freak rip in time space which occurred during the recording of the lost tracks resulting in the travel backwards through time of most of the Lost Tracks. Other artists,whıch have not yet hit the main streem, far too numerous to mention by name, are more heavıiy ınfluenced by theır ıngenuıty. Only tıme wıll tell ıf their ınfluence wıll be fully recognised by popular hıstory.