post-rock
Amiina
Amiina (formerly Amína) is a string quartet from Reykjavík, Iceland: María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir (violin), Hildur Ársælsdóttir (violin), Edda Rún Ólafsdóttir (viola) and Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir (cello). The group makes music with a great number of instruments - synth, piano, electric and baroque guitar, celtic harp, harmonium, melodica, celesta, glockenspiel, gideon harp, call bells (also called "office" or "reception" bells), glass harp, kalimba, mandolin, and musical saw played with a bow.
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Manatees
After the dissolution of Lockjaw signing, Second To Last, three former members, Greg Wynne, Alex Macarte and Paul Heron, reconvened and Manatees came into being. Having abandoned the musical direction of their previous band, they plummeted into a percussion focused prog-drone onslaught. The band cite many influences, from Neurosis to Pink Floyd, but never fall into the trap of replicating their idols, delivering a fresh, stunningly powerful sound.
Fuzzy Lights
Formed in Cambridge in 2004, Fuzzy Lights create haunted, visceral music that pulls and tugs at its moorings. As well as touring the UK as guests of Young God Record’s Mi & L’au, they have shared the stage with Jack Rose, Vetiver and MV&EE amongst others. Hard to pigeonhole as they combine both folk purity and psychedelic guitar noise with echoes of more traditional blues/Americana, their reverb-soaked, semi-improvised music is now collected on their debut album ‘A Distant Voice’ (released November 24th).
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Heights
There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Heights are a five-piece hardcore band hailing from Welwyn Garden City in the United Kingdom. Born in 2009, Heights have played show after show up and down the country, touring whenever and where ever they can. It is the live environment where Heights thrive, throwing everything they have at every show, leaving nothing behind regardless of the situation.
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Dollboy
“This record seems to be about the sea and Englishness”
- Oliver Cherer Dollboy is Oliver Cherer, an English artist who makes quiet, reflective semi-organic music, a hybrid of analog electronic sounds, innovative soundprocessing and percussive acoustic instrumentation. A Beard of Bees is a highly polished Horse Brass of a record that collectively re-imagines a time of psychedelic pastoral whimsy, whilst jet age morris dancers drink pints of timothy taylors with Kevin Ayers. As much Elgar’s Nimrod as National Health’s’ Of Queues and Cures’
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Kyte
Listening to Kyte’s stunningly beautiful soundscapes, you fully expect them have been recorded by the flickering light of the aurora borealis in some frozen wasteland near the Arctic Circle. The truth, however, is a little bit closer to home. They were recorded in a tiny bedroom in Kibworth, just south of Leicester. Band members:
Tom Lowe - Guitars & keyboards
Nick Moon - Vocals
Scott Hislop - Drums
Ben Cox - Bass Official website: www.myspace.com/kyteband
Nedry
There are two bands known with the name Nedry: 1 . Formed in London, UK in 2008 and 2: . Formed in Mexico in 2008 Nedry (London, UK 2008) London, UK based electro-post-dubstep duo Nedry are Ekocam and Earthkeptwarm. After a brief period collaborating with Japanese vocalist Ayu Okakita, the band became a duo in the Spring of 2008 and are set to make their debut release in March 2009. Their main focus is performing electronic and analogue music in a live setting.
Glissando
There is more than one artist named Glissando: 1) Formed in 2002, Glissando http://www.myspace.com/glissando create breathtaking soundscapes with piano and guitar. Add to that the beautiful haunting vocals of Elly May Irving and something quite wonderous is formed before your very ears. Based in Leeds, UK, the core of the band is Elly May Irving and Richard Knox but live shows often feature other players. In the past this has included members of Her Name is Calla and Immune.
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Windsor For The Derby
Windsor for the Derby was formed in 1994 in Austin, Texas. Daniel Matz and Jason McNeeley are the core members of an ever shifting collaboration that has included their friends and family over the years. Their first two CDs, Calm Hades Float and Minnie Greutzfeld, were released on Trance Syndicate Records and have recently been re-released on Secretly Canadian. Windsor For the Derby opened for Swans on its final US tour, and Michael Gira was so taken with their sound and performances that he immediately offered to release them on YGR.
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Zs
Zs was formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2000. Zs makes music that is variously categorized as no-wave, post-jazz, brutal-chamber, brutal-prog, and post minimalist. Zs' music is angular, repetitive, and either very loud or very soft. While Zs has gone through several incarnations ranging from trios to sextets, the group is now solidifying into the quartet formation of Sam Hillmer (tenor saxophone), Ben Greenberg (electric guitar), Amnon Freidlin (electric guitar), and Ian Antonio (drum set). Zs is often recognized for its dual function as chamber ensemble and rock band.
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