Transition () is an

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rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...

indie band Independent music (also commonly known as indie music or simply indie) is music that is produced independently from commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, a process that may include an autonomous, do-it-yourself approach to recording a ...

from

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. They lend their style to the influence of U2,

Radiohead Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Greenwood (bass) ...

and

Jeff Buckley Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scott Moorhead, was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Buckley amassed a following in the early 1990s by ...

, and were voted amongst the Top Ten Bands in the UK on

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's ''Slash Music Showcase''. Transition is made up of the brothers Jesse Edbrooke (

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) and Josh Edbrooke ( drummer) together with Niall Dunne (guitarist). In 2009, the band relocated to

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. The band has released seven

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s and are distributed by Corridor Records in the UK and WWR in Asia. Their release, ''Three Bridges'' (2008), received a nine out of ten rating from Cross Rhythms UK. The band has a fan base largely based in

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, having performed in the UK,

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, Taiwan (where the band played at the

Spring Scream The Spring Scream () is an outdoor music festival held in early April each year at Kenting, Pingtung County, Taiwan. The festival showcases a variety of music styles from bands both from Taiwan and overseas. Each year the festival adds the na ...

(春天吶喊) and Formoz ( 野台開唱)

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s),

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and

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. In 2008, the band played at Bay Beats from 29 to 30 August, an indie music festival in

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. They were the final act on the Nokia Arena at the Esplanade on the last day of the festival. Most recently, they stayed in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

, Taiwan for over six months. Jesse and Josh were interviewed by '' DGSChapter'', and most recently, they performed in Trafalgar Square as part of the Chinese New Year festivities 2018.

Discography

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