NADJA / VAMPILLIA / CRYSTAL SHIPSSS
NADJA
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BIOGRAPHY
Nadja is a Canadian duo made up of Aidan Baker (guitar, vocals, drum machines) and Leah Buckareff (bass, accordion, vocals) alternately based in Toronto and Berlin. Originally began as a solo project by Baker in 2003, Buckareff joined Nadja in 2005 to bring the project out of the studio and into live settings. Together, the duo creates music which has variously been described as ‘ambient doom,’ ‘dreamsludge,’ and ‘metalgaze,’ combining the atmospheric textures and elements of shoegaze and experimental/ambient music with the heaviness and volume of metal and noise music.
Nadja has released numerous recordings on such labels as Alien8 Recordings, Hydrahead Records, Beta-Lactam Ring Records, Robotic Empire, and their own label, Broken Spine Productions. Nadja has toured and performed extensively around the world, appearing at such diverse festivals as SXSW, FIMAV, Roadburn, and Unsound.
In addition to Nadja, Baker is also active as a solo musician and a writer. He has released many solo albums and is the author of four collections of poetry. Buckareff is also the owner-operator of Coldsnap Bindery, a production house of handmade books, and curator of The Wunderkabinet, a wandering exhibition of art, craft, and curious.
VAMPILLIA
A self-styled “brutal orchestra,” Vampillia formed in 2009 in Osaka, Japan and combines classical instrumentation with heavy guitars and drums, mixing operatic vocals with death metal yowls, simultaneously exploring drone, noise, doom, and pop. With members from such bands as Boredoms, World’s End Girlfriend, Ruins, Vampillia has toured extensively in Japan, Australia, and USA, but as yet minimally in Europe. In 2011 they released their debut album “Alchemic Heart” on Important Records and recorded their follow-up “Some Nightmares Bring You Aurora Rainbow Darkness” with Ben Frost at Greenhouse Studios in Iceland.
http://vampillia.bandcamp.com/
CRYSTAL SHIPSSS
Like all great voyages, Crystal Shipsss began with a vision.
One morning in Montreal, a bleary-eyed Dane named Jacob Faurholt awoke to see that all of the friends he was visiting were making music, not for a living – but as their living. Soon afterward, Faurholt saw himself returning to Europe where he quit his teaching job in Denmark and began building the tender framework for his one-man musical vessel called Crystal Shipsss.
Before setting sail through a sonic seascape of innovative, industrial and introspective songs that share the same wavelengths as early Jesus & Mary Chain, the Pale Saints and the Boo Radleys, Faurholt set up a port of call in Berlin.
“I have been fascinated with the artistic energy of Berlin since I irst visited in 1999,” says Faurholt, who (prior to Crystal Shipsss) recorded ive albums. These works include a collaboration with legendary producer and engineer, Kramer, best known for his work with Galaxie 500, Low, and Daniel Johnston. Faurholt embarked on writing and recording the songs that became the album “Yay” in the summer of 2010, in between acting jobs as an extra for German soap operas. “I only recorded when I felt inspired, and with the idea of just making music without overthinking it,” explains Faurholt, whose Berlin apartment has guitars, ukuleles, tambourines, a piano and melodica in place of furniture.
While the Crystal Shipsss’ debut album does boast conventional songwriting, Jacob’s living room production expands upon the experimental aspect of albums such as David Bowie’s “Heroes” and the simple wisdom of Galaxie 500′s “On Fire”. Nearly every song on “Yay” takes the listener on a less-than two-minute trip through a “light and airy to heavy fuzzed out journey into Faurholt’s extraordinary range as a songwriter,” (Floorshime Zipper Boots). “Yay” has gleaned other positive reviews through its limited cassette release via Portuguese label, Cakes and Tapes. Over the years Faurholt has played a long list of shows, sharing the stage with bands such as The Black Heart Procession, CocoRosie, Efterklang, and Grizzly Bear.
http://crystalshipsss.bandcamp.com/
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