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Sacred Bones
Sacred Bones Records is an American independent record label founded in 2007 and based in Brooklyn, New York. The label has released recordings from artists including Zola Jesus, David Lynch, John Carpenter, Blanck Mass, Crystal Stilts, Marissa Nadler, The Men, Molchat Doma, and The Soft Moon. In 2011, British music magazine '' The Wire'' described the label as "one of the best American labels in recent years", and ''Billboard Magazine'' listed Sacred Bones among the 50 best indie labels in America. Label roster *Amen Dunes *Black Marble *Blanck Mass *Blank Dogs *The Bitters * Boris *Caleb Landry Jones *Case Studies *Cheena *Children's Hospital *Constant Smiles *Jack Cruz *Crystal Stilts *Cult of Youth *Daily Void * Daniel Davies *David Lynch *Dean Hurley *Dead Luke *Destruction Unit *Dream Police *Effi Briest *Exploded View *Factums *Föllakzoid *The Fresh & Onlys * Gary War *Jenny Hval * John Carpenter * Hilary Woods *His Electro Blue Voice *Human Eye * The Holydrug Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Experimental Music
Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions. Experimental compositional practice is defined broadly by exploratory sensibilities radically opposed to, and questioning of, institutionalized compositional, performing, and aesthetic conventions in music. Elements of experimental music include indeterminate music, in which the composer introduces the elements of chance or unpredictability with regard to either the composition or its performance. Artists may also approach a hybrid of disparate styles or incorporate unorthodox and unique elements. The practice became prominent in the mid-20th century, particularly in Europe and North America. John Cage was one of the earliest composers to use the term and one of experimental music's primary innovators, utilizing indeterminacy techniques and seeking unknown outcomes. In France, as early as 1953, Pierre Schaeffer had begun using the term ''musique expérimentale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Marble
Black Marble is an American music project formed in 2011 in Brooklyn, New York. It is led by electronic music, electronic musician Chris Stewart and formerly featured Ty Kube of Team Robespierre. History Black Marble began in March 2011, officially releasing their debut EP on Hardly Art titled ''Weight Against the Door'' in 2012. Also in 2012, Black Marble released its first full-length album on Hardly Art titled ''A Different Arrangement''. These works were described as "throwbacks to the Cold wave (music), cold-wave genre" by Leo Neufeld of the ''Miami New Times''. In 2016, Black Marble released its second full-length album, titled ''It's Immaterial (album), It's Immaterial''. It was released on Ghostly International The album marked Ty Kube's departure from the project and Chris Stewart's move from the East to West Coast. Kristin Porter of ''SLUG Magazine, SLUG'' said Stewart "keeps the band's Brooklyn, New York–synth roots alive, resulting in a collection of songs with amp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mort Garson
Morton Sanford Garson (20 July 1924 – 4 January 2008) was a Canadian composer, arranger, songwriter, and pioneer of electronic music. He is best known for his albums in the 1960s and 1970s, such as '' Mother Earth's Plantasia'' (1976), He also co-wrote several hit songs, including " Our Day Will Come", a hit for Ruby & the Romantics. According to Allmusic, "Mort Garson boasts one of the most unique and outright bizarre resumés in popular music, spanning from easy listening to occult-influenced space-age electronic pop." Early life Mort Garson was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, the son of Russian Jewish refugees.Camilla Aisa, "Totally Wired", ''Shindig!'', No.108, October 2020, pp.52-55 He later moved to New York City where he studied music at the Juilliard School of Music. He worked as a pianist and arranger before being called into the Army near the end of World War II. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Jarmusch
James Robert Jarmusch (; born January 22, 1953) is an American film director and screenwriter. He has been a major proponent of independent cinema since the 1980s, directing films including ''Stranger Than Paradise'' (1984), '' Down by Law'' (1986), '' Mystery Train'' (1989), ''Dead Man'' (1995), '' Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'' (1999), '' Coffee and Cigarettes'' (2003), ''Broken Flowers'' (2005), '' Only Lovers Left Alive'' (2013), '' Paterson'' (2016), and '' The Dead Don't Die'' (2019). ''Stranger Than Paradise'' was added to the National Film Registry in December 2002. As a musician Jarmusch has composed music for his films and released three albums with Jozef van Wissem. Early life Jarmusch was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, the middle of three children of middle-class suburbanites. His mother, of German and Irish descent, had been a reviewer of film and theatre for the ''Akron Beacon Journal'' before marrying his father, a businessman of Czech and German descent wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jozef Van Wissem
Jozef van Wissem (born 22 November 1962) is a Dutch minimalist composer and lute player based in Brooklyn. In 2013 Van Wissem won the Cannes Soundtrack Award for the score of '' Only Lovers Left Alive'' at the Cannes Film Festival. Career Jozef van Wissem was born in Maastricht. An incessantly touring musician, Van Wissem studied lute in New York with Patrick O'Brien in 1990s. Jozef van Wissem's solo albums, ''It Is All That Is Made'' (2009) and ''Ex Patris'' (2010), were released on Important Records. He released ''The Joy That Never Ends'', an album with Jim Jarmusch on the label in 2011. He wrote a score for the video game ''The Sims Medieval''. Van Wissem has earned much critical acclaim for his work, the ‘liberation of the lute’ as he calls it. According to Steve Dollar for the Washington Post,For him the lute is utterly contemporary. “I want to update it and also make it sexy again. It’s not interesting to a lot of people because it comes with all this baggage, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Holydrug Couple
The Holydrug Couple is a psychedelic rock duo from Santiago, Chile consisting of Ives Sepúlveda and Manuel Parra. History The pair, Ives and Manu, started making music together in 2008, a little over a half-decade after they met. They hadn't seen each other in years when Manu texted Ives to tell him that he'd bought a drum kit. They started jamming and, within a week, they had formed the band. They released their first album in 2011 titled ''Awe'' via BYM Records. Shortly after the release, the band caught the attention of Sacred Bones Records, who signed the band to their label. Later that year, the band released an EP titled ''Ancient Land''. In 2013, the band released their second full-length album and major label debut, ''Noctuary'' via Sacred Bones. In 2014, the band released a 7", with ''Everyone Knows All'' on the A side and ''Quetzal'' on the B side. In 2015, The Holydrug Couple released their third full-length album (second on their label) titled ''Moonlust'' on May 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary Woods
Hilary Woods is an Irish musician born in Dublin. She is a solo artist, previously a member of the alternative rock band JJ72, with which she played bass guitar from 1996 until 2003. JJ72 had success with two Top 20 albums in the early 2000s with Woods as the bassist. She quit the music industry until 2014, returning with her first solo EP entitled ''Night''. Woods' solo albums have a gentle, ambient folk sound with "nocturnal keyboard-based songs." Her musical inspiration comes from filmmakers, electronic artists, experimental noise, and folk music traditions. She is currently signed to Sacred Bones Records. Biography Woods was raised in Dublin by parents that fostered a musical environment, playing classical, folk, and rock music in the home. Her parents encouraged her to play music, and she began learning her main instrument, the piano. Her brother was encouraged to play instruments as well. As an 18-year-old, Woods joined the band JJ72 with singer/guitarist Mark Greaney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Hval
Jenny Hval (born 11 July 1980) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and novelist. She has released eight solo albums, two under the alias Rockettothesky and six under her own name. In 2015, Hval released her fifth studio album, '' Apocalypse, Girl'', to widespread critical acclaim. The following year, she released '' Blood Bitch'', a concept album influenced by vampires, menstruation and 1970s horror films. Music career Until 1999, Hval was the vocalist of a gothic metal band called Shellyz Raven. She studied at the University of Melbourne, Australia, specializing in creative writing and performance. While studying, she was vocalist in Australian bands ''iPanic'' and ''Folding For Air'' with Thomas McGowan releasing an EP "Are you afraid of heights?" in 2004. Moving back to Norway, she released her debut EP ''Cigars'' in 2006, and was nominated for a Spellemannprisen (the Norwegian equivalent of Grammy awards) in the "best newcomer" category. Adoptin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary War
Greg Dalton, also known by the moniker Gary War, is an American musician whose recordings combine elements of psychedelia, garage rock, synth-pop, and shoegaze Shoegaze (originally called shoegazing and sometimes conflated with "dream pop") is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volu .... He is a former member of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and has released three albums, a split LP with Purple Pilgrims, two EPs and several singles. Currently, he is based in New Zealand. Career Dalton is originally from Gloucester, Massachusetts. In July 2012, he released ''Jared's Lot'' on the Austrian Spectrum Spools label, and toured in support of it. He also collaborated with Taylor Richardson as Human Teenager, and released the album ''Animal Husbandry'' in the same year''.'' Towards the end of that year, he moved to New Zealand. In November 2013 War shared a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fresh & Onlys
The Fresh & Onlys are an American rock band. They were formed in San Francisco, California, United States, in 2008 by Tim Cohen of Black Fiction, bassist Shayde Sartin and guitarist Wymond Miles. A year later they recruited drummer Kyle Gibson.* They are a key band in what has been described as San Francisco's "new garage rock" movement, but their sound is equally aligned with pastoral psychedelia, brooding new wave, western twang, and jangly literate 1980s guitar pop. The band's catalog has found homes on several record labels including Woodsist, Captured Tracks, In The Red, Sacred Bones, and Castle Face. Their more recent work has been released by Mexican Summer Mexican Summer is an independent record label founded in 2009 by Keith Abrahamsson and Andres Santo Domingo. Based in Brooklyn, New York, the label has released recordings from artists including Best Coast, Kurt Vile, Ariel Pink, Allah-Las, Wey ... including ''Long Slow Dance'', released in September 2012, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Hurley
Dean Hurley is an American composer, sound designer, and re-recording mixer. He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award two times for the series, ''Twin Peaks (season 3)''. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with director David Lynch. In 2017, Hurley released the album, '' Anthology Resource Vol. 1'', which featured original material created for Twin Peaks and in 2019, ''Anthology Resource Vol. II: Philosophy of Beyond'', on Sacred Bones Records Sacred Bones Records is an American independent record label founded in 2007 and based in Brooklyn, New York. The label has released recordings from artists including Zola Jesus, David Lynch, John Carpenter, Blanck Mass, Crystal Stilts, Maris .... Select filmography Awards and nominations Discography ;Solo Albums * ''Concrete Feather'', Boomkat Editions (2020) * ''Anthology Resource Vol. II'', Sacred Bones Records (2019) * '' Anthology Resource Vol. 1'', Sacred Bones Records (2017) ;Collaborative albums * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Davies (musician)
Daniel Davies is a British-American composer, musician and songwriter. He is best known for his contributions to horror director John Carpenter's ''Lost Themes'' and ''Lost Themes II'' albums, and for his work with rock bands Year Long Disaster, Karma to Burn, and CKY. Davies is the son of guitarist Dave Davies of The Kinks, and the godson of John Carpenter. Early life Davies was born in London, England to The Kinks guitar player Dave Davies and his wife Nancy. His first nine years were in part spent on the road touring with his father. Davies moved to Los Angeles, California with his parents at the age of 11. His godfather, horror director John Carpenter, helped to raise Davies during a portion of his high school years. Davies attended Tomales High School near Inverness, California. It was during this time that Davies began learning guitar and drums, finally settling on guitar as his main instrument. Davies later graduated from Hollywood High School in Hollywood. Music ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
