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Tomlab
Tomlab is a German record label based in Köln. It has released works by bands such as The Books, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Deerhoof, Thee Oh Sees, Les Georges Leningrad, and acts associated with Blocks Recording Club, such as Final Fantasy, Ninja High School, and The Hank Collective. Artists See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b.jpg Lists of record labels cover record labels, brands or trademarks associated with marketing of music recordings and music videos. The lists are organized alphabetically, b ... External linksTomlab {{Authority control German record labels Alternative rock record labels Indie rock record labels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (CFTPA) was the musical solo-project of musician Owen Ashworth (born April 22, 1977) of Redwood City, California. CFTPA was active from 1997 to 2010, and released five studio albums, alongside numerous other releases. CFTPA toured with other indie artists such as The Donkeys, Papercuts, P:ano, The Dead Science, David Bazan, The Rapture, and Xiu Xiu. Following the end of CFTPA, Ashworth began a new project, Advance Base. History Owen Ashworth started CFTPA after dropping out of film school in 1997. The project was initially established under a set of Dogme 95-like rules: short songs, played in C, on the white notes of Casio keyboards. The band's musical style was characterized by the use of electronically-produced beats, cheap keyboards, and slow, frank lyrics. From ''Etiquette'' onwards, CFTPA widened in musical scope, adding more analog instruments and crafting an overall more organic sound. In 2010, Ashworth announced that he was retirin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tujiko Noriko
is a Japanese musician, actor and director, from Osaka. She has released music on the Austrian label Mego and the German label Tomlab, among others. Much of her music is composed on a laptop and consists of layered samples, electronic beats, keyboards, and vocal melodies. Her lyrics are in Japanese and English. She is currently living in Paris and is also working on experimental short films. In 2004, she teamed up with Peter 'Pita' Rehberg as DACM, making the album ''Stéréotypie''. In 2005, she collaborated with French artist Saâdane Afif to create film using four texts by French artist Lili Reynaud-Dewar. She also collaborated with Lawrence English and John Chantler on ''U'' (2008), and with Nobukazu Takemura on ''East Facing Balcony'' (2012). She has completed two films: ''Sand and Mini Hawaii'' and ''Sun''. In Spring 2012 she was artist in residence at WORM, a Rotterdam-based institute for avant garde music and art to record new music. In 2019, she co-directed, starred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blow
The Blow is an American electro pop band, comprising Khaela Maricich and Melissa Dyne. Maricich and Dyne write, compose, produce and perform all the music. It was formed as a solo project by Maricich in 2002, and she was joined by Jona Bechtolt, from Yacht, from 2004 to 2007. Melissa Dyne became part of the project in 2007. The live shows often incorporate monologues and other performance elements. Melissa Dyne began collaborating with Maricich on the live Blow shows starting in 2007, gradually incorporating her background in installation, sound, and conceptual art into the live show. Dyne performs live from a location off stage. Maricich and Dyne composed and produced an eponymous album for The Blow, released in 2013. They have given a series of artist talks discussing The Blow as a mode of performance art. History Formation The Blow was formed in Olympia, Washington, United States. Maricich's solo music project had previously been called Get the Hell Out of the Way of the Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Kids (band)
No Kids is a Canadian indie pop band from Vancouver, British Columbia. History The band was formed by Justin Kellam, Julia Chirka and Nick Krgovich following the departure of Larissa Loyva from their earlier band P:ano. The band's debut album, ''Come Into My House'', was released February 19, 2008 on Tomlab. They toured Canada and the United States through the spring and summer of 2008 in support of the record. The album was given a generally favourable rating on Metacritic. The band contributed to a compilation album, ''Friends in Bellwoods II'', in 2009, and toured with the band Mount Eerie and Tara Jane O’Neil. ''BrooklynVegan'', November 2, 2009 by Andrew Frisicano They then re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Laplantine
Anne Laplantine (born 21 October 1972), also known as Michiko Kusaki or Angelika Koehlermann, is a French musician and video artist. She currently lives and works in Paris. Discography Albums As Anne Laplantine * 1999: ''Nordheim'' (Gooom Disques) * 2000: ''Alison'' (Alice in Wonder) * 2001: ''Live à Dijon'' (Alice in Wonder) * 2003: ''Anne : Hamburg'' (Datamusik) * 2003: ''Anne : Hamburg'', 3x7" (Tomlab) * 2004: ''Discipline'' (Emphase) * 2005: ''We'' (Elefantkvinnan) * 2009: ''A Little May Time Be'' ( Ahornfelder) * 2009: ''Spring Won't Find Us 7"'' (Tona Serenad) As Michiko Kusaki * 1999: ''Bye Bye, Babe'' (Angelika Koehlermann) * 2002: ''Don't Do That'' (Hiao Hiao Hiao) As Angelika Koehlermann * 2002: ''Care'' (Tomlab) Collaborations * 2004: ''Summerisle'', with Momus (Analog Baroque) * 2005: ''Starts'', with Semuin (Happy Zloty) * 2007: ''Fa'', with F. S. Blumm (Alien Transistor) Compilations * 2000: ''formotiondisconfort,callflightattendantforbagdisposal'' (Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Pallett
Michael James Owen Pallett (born September 7, 1979) is a Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist. Under their erstwhile moniker of Final Fantasy, Pallett won the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the album ''He Poos Clouds''. Pallett is also known for their contributions to Arcade Fire, having toured with the band and been credited as an arranger and instrumentalist on each of their studio albums. In January 2014, Pallett and Arcade Fire member William Butler were nominated for Best Original Score at the 86th Academy Awards for their original score of the film ''Her'' (2013). From the age of 3, Pallett studied classical violin, and composed their first piece at age 13. A notable early composition includes some of the music for the game ''Traffic Department 2192''; Pallett moved on to scoring films, to composing two operas while in university. Apart from the indie music scene, Pallett has had commissions from the Barbican, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dog Day (band)
Dog Day is a Canadian indie rock band based in Halifax, Nova Scotia currently consisting of husband and wife team Seth Smith and Nancy Urich,"Dog Day afternoon: Halifax indie band bring a new lineup to Montreal" . '' The Link'', October 27, 2009. joined with Casey Spidle and Meg Yoshida. History Smith began a solo project ''Hi-Firey'';"Dog Day"'' Spin'', August 8, 2007. he joined with Urich and began the band as a side project from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Fantasy (band)
Michael James Owen Pallett (born September 7, 1979) is a Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist. Under their erstwhile moniker of Final Fantasy, Pallett won the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the album ''He Poos Clouds''. Pallett is also known for their contributions to Arcade Fire, having toured with the band and been credited as an arranger and instrumentalist on each of their studio albums. In January 2014, Pallett and Arcade Fire member William Butler were nominated for Best Original Score at the 86th Academy Awards for their original score of the film ''Her'' (2013). From the age of 3, Pallett studied classical violin, and composed their first piece at age 13. A notable early composition includes some of the music for the game ''Traffic Department 2192''; Pallett moved on to scoring films, to composing two operas while in university. Apart from the indie music scene, Pallett has had commissions from the Barbican, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, National Balle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Rings (musician)
John O'Regan (born July 6, 1985) is a Canadian artist and musician. He is best known by his stage name Diamond Rings. Music career Early years in the D'Urbervilles and Habitat O'Regan got his start in music as one of the founding members of post-punk quartet the D'Urbervilles (renamed Matters in 2011), where he was known as John O alongside Tim Bruton, Kyle Donnelly and Greg Santilly. O'Regan also formed the Casio-pop duo Habitat in 2006 with his partner at the time, Sylvie Smith of The Barmitzvah Brothers. Solo career (2008–2010) O'Regan began writing Diamond Rings songs in the summer of 2008 after graduating with a degree in Studio Arts from the University of Guelph. The inception of the new moniker and his earliest songs were written during a lengthy hospital stay while being diagnosed and treated for Crohn's disease. According to O'Regan, the roots of Diamond Rings came from wanting to challenge people's expectations for a male pop star: "I wanted to do something that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Caribbean (band)
The Caribbean is an American experimental pop group from Washington, D.C., primarily composed of Michael Kentoff, Matthew Byars and Dave Jones. The band has been critically acclaimed for its deconstructionist approach to pop music, its wry, literary lyrics, and its eclectic sound, which incorporates elements of American pop, indie rock and experimental rock, cool jazz, folk music, lounge music, and even Brazilian music. History Formed in 1999, The Caribbean began as a songwriting and recording project between members of Washington, D.C. indie rock and post-punk acts Townies and Smart Went Crazy. Townies singer-guitarist Michael Kentoff and drummer-guitarist Matthew Byars joined Smart Went Crazy drummer Tony Dennison and began writing and arranging new songs to record. The recording collective grew in 2001 with the addition of multi-instrumentalist Don Campbell, which allowed it to tour for the first time as a group. For the most part, The Caribbean remained a recording collectiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi (music Project)
Gigi is a Canadian music recording project based in Vancouver, formed in 2005 by the songwriter Nicholas Krgovich, Nick Krgovich and record producer Colin Stewart (record producer), Colin Stewart after Stewart acquired two vintage Reverberation#Plate reverberators, plate reverb units and asked Krgovich to write songs — Phil Spector-inspired 1950s and 1960s-style pop music — to make use of them.Harper, Kate (January 11, 2010).Owen Pallett, Mirah, Ladyhawk Members On Gigi Album, Chartattack.com. Retrieved July 20, 2010. With 40 musicians from indie rock bands collaborating, the group released an album, ''Maintenant'', on the Tomlab label in 2010, to mostly positive reviews. History Krgovich is known for his work as a member of P:ano and of No Kids (band), No Kids. Stewart has previously worked as a record producer and recording engineer for such groups as Black Mountain (band), Black Mountain, The Cave Singers and Destroyer (band), Destroyer. Regarding the origins of the projec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islands (band)
Islands is a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec. The group was founded in 2005 by Nicholas Thorburn and Jamie Thompson, shortly after the breakup of The Unicorns, of which both were members. Their current lineup includes Thorburn, often known by his stage name Nick Diamonds, along with brothers Evan Gordon and Geordie Gordon, and Adam Halferty. The band has released 8 studio albums, with their 8th album ''Islomania'' released on June 11, 2021. History Formation and ''Return to the Sea'' (2005–2006) Following the abrupt breakup of The Unicorns in 2004, members Nicholas Thorburn and Jamie Thompson simultaneously formed Islands and hip-hop group Th' Corn Gangg, and recorded Islands' debut album, ''Return to the Sea'', during 2005. The album was recorded at Breakglass Studio and Thompson's bedroom in Montreal, Canada, and was produced by audio engineer/record producer Mark Lawson. ''Return to the Sea'' was re-mastered in England for the European version of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
