aTelecine was an American

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band featuring Ian Cinnamon and Sveio. The band was co-founded by actress

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. They released their first EP '' aVigillant Carpark'' in 2009 in 7 inch vinyl only. Their debut album ''

The Falcon and the Pod ''The Falcon and the Pod'' is the debut and only studio album by American industrial band aTelecine. It was released on August 9, 2011, by Pendu Sound Recordings Pendu Sound Recordings was an independent record label used by aTelecine, Chel ...

'' was released on August 9, 2011. aTelecine's first live concert took place in

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during

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on October 20, 2012. Grey left the band in 2013, although she is credited with vocals on two songs on the 2014 release Der Baum Der Bosen. As of 2021 the band's most recent release is 2017's Anonymous Holes LP, which credits Ian Preston Cinnamon as the sole member.

History

In 2008, Sasha Grey began an

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collaboration with Pablo St. Francis. They later added Anthony D' Juan and

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. The project's first EP, '' aVigillant Carpark'' was released in 2009 by Pendu Sound on

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. Grey also contributed vocals to the

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album ''

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''.

In 2010, aTelecine released its first LP, '' ...And Six Dark Hours Pass'', and followed it up with the first of three '' A Cassette Tape Culture'' compilations. Grey described aTelecine as "experimental noise",

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suggested it is

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/ ambient / minimal, and Todd "Pendu" Brooks called it dark ambient and death-dub. In 2011, aTelecine's first full-length album, ''

'', was released. Paul Maher Jr. compared Sasha Grey with

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's novel '' East of Eden'', described the ambient tracks of aTelecine as aural wrecking balls, stated that Grey's artistic temperament comes close to that of the

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as "a proponent of freedom tethered to its furthest extremities, yet untethered by laws, morality or religion", but admired her courage and audaciousness. In 2012, Grey covered

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for the X-TG album ''

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''. The first live concert of aTelecine took place on October 20, 2012, in

at the

. In July 2013, Sasha Grey announced her departure from the group. Ian Cinnamon and a new vocalist, Sveio, were the only remaining full-time members.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''

'' (2011) * ''Sounds That Gods Fear'' (2012) * ''Entkopplung'' (

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, 2012) * ''The Origin of the Obsolete Robot'' (2013) * ''The Inverse Of Square (Soundtrack)'' (2014) * ''The Burden Of Memory (Soundtrack)'' (2015) * ''Anonymous Holes'' (2017)

EPs

* '' aVigillant Carpark'' (2009) * ''Der Baum Der Bosen E.P.'' (2014) * ''Second Secrets E.P.'' (2014) * ''Shadow Sides E.P.'' (2015)

LPs

* '' ...And Six Dark Hours Pass'' (

, 2010) * ''

A Cassette Tape Culture (Phase One) ''A Cassette Tape Culture (Phase One)'' is the second recording by American industrial band ATelecine, released in 2010 through Pendu Sound Recordings in a limited edition of 500 copies.

'' (2010) * '' A Cassette Tape Culture (Phase Two)'' (2011) * ''

A Cassette Tape Culture (Phase Three) ''A Cassette Tape Culture (Phase Three)'' is a collection by the American industrial band ATelecine released in 2011, of previously unreleased outtakes, demos, and remixes from sessions from the first three out-of-print aTelecine releases ''aVig ...

'' (2011)

References

External links

* American experimental musical groups American industrial music groups American musical duos Musical groups established in 2008 Dais Records artists {{authority control