Desolation Wilderness
Nicolaas Zwart, Andrew Dorsett, Ben Kapp, and Gordon Baker. http://www.myspace.com/desolationwilderness
Nicolaas Zwart, Andrew Dorsett, Ben Kapp, and Gordon Baker. http://www.myspace.com/desolationwilderness
Alexz Johnson (Born on November 4th, 1986, in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada) is never quite what you'd think: she is always, instead, a surprise. While she writes intimate, down-to-earth lyrics, they’re delivered with a larger-than-life, crystalline voice. “Growing up I was afraid of it,” she says, about realizing she could sing big as a small child- the sixth in a brood of ten-- in Vancouver. “I thought it would blow me away.
Chantal Acda has been performing and recording under the name Sleepingdog since 2006. 'Polar Life' is her second album following her debut 'Naked in a Clean Bed' which was released on Zeal back in 2006.
On both these records Chantal has worked with Adam Wiltzie (Stars of the Lid/Dead Texan). Adam has become an essential part of the music, bringing his trademark soundscapes and strings into the songs and handling production duties.
Secret Shine is a shoegaze band from Bristol, Britain. They released their first material on the legendary Sarah Records Label. Their first single was "After years", Sarah 53, 1990, and their 10-track debut album "Untouched" was released in 1993 (Sarah 613). The band stopped playing music around about the beginning of 1996. But in 2005 they reappeared, releasing two EPs, "Elemental" and "Beyond sea and sky".
Their latest release is "All of the Stars", on April 8th 2008 from Clairecords. Official Website
Treasureseason are a British/Swedish band based in London. They formed in San Francisco after a year abroad. The first EP was recorded in the Sunset district of San Francisco between the beach and the hills. Since then they have played a handful of shows with their eclectic mix of dreampop and chillwave. Since moving back to Europe they have released a single called "Secrets" which combines pitch shifting and dreamy layered synths.
Working on their debut album which blends grand, romantic and dark songs with unique textures such as chinese violins and koto harps. In the meantime, the band has opened for The Big Pink, Florence and The Machine, The Drums, and Nine Inch Nails and they have recently composed the score to the Harmony Korine + James Franco film "Rebel"
1) Loop was a South London band founded in 1986 by Robert Hampson and his then wife, Bex. Loop's sound was characterized by strong krautrock and avant-garde influences in addition to the minimalist mayhem of The Stooges and MC5. Their songs were almost uniformly harsh and repetitive, with indecipherable vocals buried under layers of noisy guitar riffs and metronomic drumming. Some of the records featured covers of Suicide, The Pop Group and Can as bonus tracks.
There are three artists by the name of Mine. A pop artist from Turkey, A swiss hardcore band that was around during the 90's and celtic style band from Japan. 1)Mine: 90’lı yıllarda Ajlan - Mine ikilisiyle hayatımıza giren Mine, uzun zamandır üzerinde çalıştığı “Benim Günüm” isimli maxi single’ını Mess Production etiketiyle 2009’un Mart ayında yayımladı. Albüm yapmadığı dönemlerde ağırlıklı olarak sahnede Latin ve Caz müziği icra eden Mine, bu çalışmasında ise günümüzün soundunu yansıtan yepyeni şarkılar hazırladı.
Le Futur Pompiste, which released one marvelous album in 2004, Your Stories and Your Thoughts, before the vagaries of adult life scattered them far and wide; and Cats On Fire, whose debut long-player, 2007's The Province Complains, captivated all who were lucky enough to hear it (among them the writers at superlative U.K. magazine The Word). It was inevitable that this pair of bands, whose music shares a poise and sophistication rarely heard anywhere, never mind within the modest environs of Finland, would find each other.
Based in Norwich, England, Fiel Garvie is one of the United Kingdom's most enigmatic and innovative pop music ensembles. After a previous collaboration in the acclaimed quartet Passing Clouds in the early 1990s (Protect Your Paper Ears EP, Creation's Happy Reel EP), Anne Reekie and Adam Green formed Fiel Garvie in 1996, along with Greg MacDermott and Jude Bugden. MacDermott had previously played with Jane Pow! in the 1990s (and currently also plays with the Japanese-pop / art-punk outfit Hyper Kinako).