post rock

The Darien Venture are four young men from various parts of Scotland. They play math-pop with beach boys-esque harmonies over the top. Batteries not included. http://www.myspace.com/thedarienventure The name comes from an unsuccessful attempt by the Kingdom of Scotland to establish a colony on the Isthmus of Panama in the 1690s. Only history buffs and you know this.

Mandelbrot Set are a Loud band. They like their drones and their converse-gazing, they like to use sample pedals and to change instruments during sets, but mainly they like to be Loud, and they like to do it differently. Formed by Keung, from the ashes of his previous band, Hentai ("It's a relief to know that not all angsty teenagers listen to Radiohead and spend the rest of their adolescence trying to emulate Muse.

With a name as elusive as the melodies that just hint in order to vanish, jasmin’s songs are revealing the possibilities of a minimal guitar trio. Sometimes jointly, sometimes in fierce competition, guitar, bass, drums and minimal electronics are spinning enticing textures. Those pleadings against the imperative of lyrics, you don’t have to call them post rock if you don’t want to. The deliberation annihilates itself by its sheer sustainability: On stage the guitarist frequently collides with the solid wall of bass and drums, disrupting it in feedback fever.

Music: Debut Riley & Durrant album “Research & Development” released Summer 2007, hitting the iTunes top 50 in the first month of sales, and getting critical acclaim for it’s genre-busting sound: “Without a doubt the best artist album of the year” ContactMusic.com “Adventurous and experimental – 4 Stars” IDJ Mag “This album will cross boundaries” Dancnode “Quirky but Cool” Mixmag “This only serves to emphasize how far R&D have come – 4/5” DJ Mag First single from the album “Hollow” playlisted on national radio and supported by everyone from Pete Tong to Armin Van Buuren