Byla is an American

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duo, formed in

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in 2003 by

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( Behold... The Arctopus, Dysrhythmia, et al.) and

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(Dysrhythmia). They released their eponymous debut album in 2005. Byla creates predominantly

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music, although in 2007, they released an album as a collaboration with diverse vocalist

Jarboe Jarboe Devereaux, known mononymously as Jarboe (), is an American singer and musician who came to prominence as a member of the New York City experimental rock band Swans in 1985. Jarboe and Michael Gira, the founder of Swans, were the two consta ...

( Swans). They also recorded an instrumental

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track—over 18 minutes in length—based on source material composed by

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musician

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, which was released on a 5-disc

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along with other remixes by artists such as Bass Communion and

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Studio albums

*'' Byla'' (2005) *'' Viscera'' (2007) (collaboration with Jarboe)

Appears on

- ''Once We All Walk Through Solid Objects'' (2007) *

- ''The Cut Of The Warrior'' (2018)

External links

Official MySpace pageByla at the Encyclopaedia Metallum.
American experimental musical groups American ambient music groups Musical groups established in 2004 Musical groups from Brooklyn {{US-experimental-band-stub