You and Us: Fun Machine Dream
You and Us: Fun Machine Dream Volume One release July 11, 2025
Fun Machine Dream Volume One takes the listener to new heights, fruitful with whimsical and heart-felt lyrics, and melodies. Produced with Luther Dickinson (iconic blues guitar legend of North Mississippi Allstars) Nicole Porter mixes more magical metaphors to keep children in the creative zone, while integrating beneficial skills/mantras throughout the tunes.
This latest You and Us work is a tribute to the collective conscious and the power of creative collaboration. When heaven exists on earth the children are all at peace playing. The processes that brought the current musicians and artists together to bolster global child mental health awareness sync in the live recordings mirroring the benefits and significance of the collective creative community process.
Porter’s beloved Mom, Marina Willcox, upon hearing the initial recordings with Dickinson only days before she passed away, cheered “Turn up that guitar!”, and soon after, “I raised a dynamo.”
In this spirit of unconditional family love, let this album ignite new energy for child advocacy and art therapy awareness! More news and details on this heavenly album soon!
🎶 You and Us 🎶
“You and Us: Fun Machine Dream” is a children’s album rooted in emotion, imagination, and presence. The songs came through during moments of overflow — when music became a way to process life, connect with children, and remind families how powerful a few mindful minutes together can be.
The full album is available to stream on all major music platforms.
The origin of the band name is the concept of incorporating everyone — especially the forgotten child. It speaks to the idea that anyone can interpret it through the eyes of a little one. When children look at the cartoon illustrations created for You and Us, my hope is that each of them can see themselves in at least one of the characters — and feel like they are the ‘you’ in You and Us.”