Nicholas Albanis - guitars, hammered dulcimer, lute, Appalachian dulcimer, bowed psaltery, bell cittern, mandolin, percussion, samplers, beats and miscellaneous things with strings, lights or knobs.
Influences
Jane's Addiction, My Bloody Valentine, Dead Can Dance, Afro Celt Sound System, Slowdive, Lush, Smashing Pumpkins, Muse, Pink Floyd, Lothlorien, music of medieval Europe, Loreena McKennitt, Bjork, The Clouds, Sufi music, Portishead, Paradise Motel, Led Zeppelin, Catherine Wheel, Jeff Buckley, Nine Inch Nails, Peter Gabriel, Pre_Shrunk, Pop Will Eat Itself, Radiohead, Suzanne Vega, The Cure, Opeth, Underground Lovers, Swirl, Pixies
Sounds Like
Medieval triphop?
Ye olde wall of sound?
Dark electro folk?
Shoegazer world music?
Review comparisons include :
Massive Attack, Dead Can Dance, Sonic Youth, The Third and The Mortal, Louisa John-Krol, Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine, Jethro Tull, Cocteau Twins, Black Tape For A Blue Girl, Cranes
Selected Anachronisms
Ars Musica Diffundére/Black Rain, 2008
~An Inexact Science~
Ars Musica Diffundére/Black Rain, 2006
Light Streaming Down
Crustacean Creations/GUP 2002 (CD EP)
Dandelion Wine are currently recording are new album
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Dandelion Wine are an ethereal post-dreampop band that while based in Melbourne Australia, inhabit a very different world. A world where the centuries bleed into one another to create a seamless whole. A world where medieval instruments collide headlong with electronic beats. A world where angelic vocals soar over waves of distorted guitars. A world where gentle acoustic whispers sit alongside impassioned blasts of inner turmoil.
The latest album "Selected Anachronisms" (April 2008, Ars Musica Diffundere/Black Rain) shows quite a marked difference to the previous album ~An Inexact Science~, with a greater emphasis on the big beats and intense energy of the Dandelion Wine live show. The album still displays the ethereal vocals and haunting atmospheres of the band's previous releases but raises the energy to a level not heard on a Dandelion Wine record before. "Selected Anachronisms" also features the widest array of instruments used by he band on record to date and has received widespread praise in the underground and alternative media, especially in Europe.
Don't let the textured ambience found on the band's recordings fool you : a Dandelion Wine live show has been honed in thirteen countries and is not a stand and mumble into the microphone affair. On the contrary, it is an energetic, passionate and visually arresting delivery of the band's unique music : strings are broken, sweat is expelled and feathers are ruffled.
Dandelion Wine's 2008 Selected Anachronisms Europe/Japan Tour (April, May, June 2008) saw the band's first ever concerts in France and Lithuania, as well as Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Japan and their first UK shows in 6 years. Also included were several festival appearances, including two performances at Wave Gothik Treffen (Leipzig, Germany), a Hexennacht festival at Schloss Burg Castle (Solingen, Germany), Kunigunda Lunaria (Vilnius, Lithuania) and the 3 Wishes Faery Festival in Cornwall (UK).
The April/May 2009 Tour included shows in Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland and the Czech Republic and included a special guest appearance on stage with renown Australian ethereal singer Louisa John-Krol at Trolls et Légendes Festival (Mons, BE), concerts with labelmates Brillig and the 10 Jahre K17/10 Jahre Black Rain celebration at K17 (Berlin)
Following the European release of their previous album ~An Inexact Science~ (Sept 2006, Ars Musica Diffundere/Black Rain) Dandelion Wineundertook their third tour of Europe. The tour included shows in Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Belgium, Netherlands and Portugal and featured an extremely successful performance at Wave Gothic Treffen in Leipzig DE. This tour also included the band's first ever shows in Japan.
Similarly, since the Australian release of ~An Inexact Science~ (Aug 2006, Crustacean Creations/Reverberation) Dandelion Wine have undertaken four tours of Australia (Vic, NSW, QLD, SA, WA) in late 2006, 2007 & 2008.
On the back of their earlier CD Light Streaming Down, Dandelion Wine had already toured Europe twice, playing in the UK, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Netherlands and Romania. On top of this, they have built a following in their native Australia through extensive live performance as well as TV, alternative radio and press coverage. The range of venues that have played host to Dandelion Wine live shows is a testament to the diversity of the bands music and audience from indie pubs, goth clubs, folk festivals, arts centers and even the occasional metal club.
Prior to the release of 'Light Streaming Down' Dandelion Wine's local Australian releases consist of 'Tunguska Butterfly' (album, 2000), 'Cat' (single, 2001) and 'ReJiggered' (remixes, 2002).
Fan video from Menuo Juodaragis, Lithuania 2009 :
Tour Diary Video from April/May 2009:
Dandelion Wine live at the Schauspielhaus theatre Wave Gotik Treffen, Leipzig, Germany 2007 :
"Band's eye view" of Kunigunda Lunaria, Vilnius LT 2008
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Too right Stole it from outside Macdonalds in Glasgow think thay had just taken it down temporarily. hee hee! Its still sitting in my friends dad's garage somewhere in Scotland.
Ha haa
Hope you are both marvelous?!? Hopefully meet up before I go back to Lon or also a very good excuse for you guys to come visit. xxxx
I love your tour video!!! hahaha nice slayer guitar solo work and since when did the two of you need a double story tour bus! bloody rock stars but i the same breath I wish i was there! hurry up and come back we need someone cool to play gigs with!:) love mark and his band of merry men
Hello from Pontypool! Just wanted to let everyone know that we have posted our latest tune "SIGNS" on our myspace profile. Please check it out sometime and let us know what you think. Also our newly updated WEBSITE www.the-transporters.com is NOW ONLINE. So feel free to go have a nose around (there is a link on our myspace profile). In our media room we have our debut lp "TRANSPORTED" re-available on i-tunes as well as a preview of our follow up lp "MY ESCAPE". Not only that there is a live/folk page and a re-mix/radio page with more new and exclusive tracks. Kisses Grace.x
We are glad to inform you that the new "Life's Decay - Dysrieuses" album has just been released ! You can listen to 3 mp3 from this release on our myspace page. You can visit www.lifesdecay.com for more info and/or order the album at www.abstraktsens.com
We hope that you will appreciate the new release ! Thank you for reading and for your support ! All the best.
hello, paris a bit rainy last couple of days, but good for seeing museums. i hear they have the odd museum or two in paris. any idea if that wall thing in berlin is all full? if so, okay. i see you there soon. justin