Paul Nash moved to Bristol UK in 2003 to join Warp-signing Gravenhurst and to form North Sea Navigator. Leaving Gravenhurst to concentrate on his own project, Nash expanded North Sea Navigator to a live 3-piece with Charlotte Nicholls (Crippled Black Phoenix) and Tim Atack (Angel Tech/The Heath Robinson), subsequently self-releasing Alibis EP and “stunning debut album” (Rock Sound) Make The Blacklist.
March 2009 will see the release of the 4th Celloman album ‘Sharptown’. The Celloman project began in 2001 with the release of ‘Aquador’. Now a six piece band, Celloman has performed extensively around the UK including most of the big festivals such as Glastonbury and Womad. They have performed in Serbia twice and done a series of gigs in Spain. In 2005 Cellist Ivan Hussey was invited to perform a solo show at the International Cello Festival in Belgrade.
Alban Gerhardt (born in 1969) is a German cellist. He has performed as a soloist with many internationally known orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2009 he preformed as a soloist at the Proms in the Albert Hall.
Gerhardt was born in Berlin, where his father was a violinist in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. He took up both the piano and the cello at the age of eight. Gerhardt's first public performance came on February 22, 1987, when he played Haydn's Cello Concerto No.
The Savoy Ballroom are a three piece based in York they have unique mix of folk and swing that creates a sound unlike anything you have heard before. They pride themselves on their luscious three part harmonies accompanied dizzying instrumentation... if you want any info drop them a line thesavoyballroom@yahoo.com
Kanon Wakeshima (分島花音, born July 3, 1988) is a Japanese singer and cellist. She is produced by Mana (known from MALICE MIZER and Moi dix Mois) and debuted with her first single, "still doll", on May 28th, 2008. Her zodiac sign is Cancer and her blood type is A. Wakeshima has been playing the cello since she was three years old and began playing in string ensembles in middle school. By the age of 15 she had participated in a number of joint concerts and classical music performances.
A Band of Buriers is an English alternative folk band that blends both folk and alternative rap elements together. Their unique acoustic sound encompasses dreamy melodies and intense string reverberations with abstract and imaginative poetry woven throughout. This intriguing combination of styles was developed by James P Honey and Jamie Romain who are oftentimes accompanied by Matthew Romain (violin), James Reindeer (field recordings), Mesparrow (vocals) and Nadia D’ Alò (vocals).
Julia Kent is a Canadian cellist. Kent was born in Vancouver, Canada, and studied the cello at Indiana University, Bloomington. She is probably best known as an original member of the all-cello group Rasputina. She left Rasputina in 1999, and has played cello with a variety of artists and ensembles since then, most notably with Antony and the Johnsons. She released a solo album, Delay, in 2007, an EP, Last Day in July, in 2010, and her latest solo record, Green and Grey, in 2011. Official site: http://www.juliakent.com
What started as group of friends in Milton Keynes back in 2005 quickly escalated when they won the MK Band Blitz and two Go Awards. Later going on to support nearly every band that passed through Milton Keynes from other young upstarts like Fell Silent and Six Point Five to The Feeling.
Now with a strong presence on the London scene Hello Hallelujah hope to tour later this year and release one of their freshly recorded tracks.
