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Bela

General Info

  • Genre: Indie

    Location NEW YORK, Un

    Profile Views: 93057

    Last Login: 4/4/2013

    Member Since 2/14/2007

    Website www.Belanyc.com

    Record Label Mother West

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Foreboding and somber like a Bela Lugosi movie, but with a musical aesthetic more in line with Béla Bartók, critics have long spun superlatives that point to this band's chosen namesakes. The comparisons are apt, though, as Bela's music is foreboding and cryptic, yet lush and sweeping, in ways that unite the disparate influences. Having formed in 1997 from the leftovers of New York City's Cultural Exhaust, lead singer and songwriter Jeff Hogan and drummer Fred Pisciotta (both "featured zombies" in a George Romero film, incidentally) would recruit bassist Mauro Felipe and former Rasputina cellist Julia Kent. After signing to Mother West, their debut EP Exit Music was an unexpected sensation in Belarus and Germany, garnering accolades throughout Eastern Europe. By April 2000, their debut full-length, Til Summer Ends, arrived, finding similarly favorable reviews as well as the Film Noir EP and Single Forever Love remix by DJ Farrapo. ~ Matt Fink, All Music Guide
  • Members

    Jeff Hogan: Vocals & Guitars Fred Pisciotta: Drums Mauro Felipe: Bass Julia Kent: Cello
  • Influences

    New Relase Art Deco Smiles Feb 1 2011 Bela Forever Love 2008 Bela Film Noir 2007
  • Sounds Like

    Love, Pet Sounds, The Free Design, Lou Reed

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Bio:

Foreboding and somber like a Bela Lugosi movie, but with a musical aesthetic more in line with Béla Bartók, critics have long spun superlatives that point to this band's chosen namesakes. The comparisons are apt, though, as Bela's music is foreboding and cryptic, yet lush and sweeping, in ways that unite the disparate influences. Having formed in 1997 from the leftovers of New York City's Cultural Exhaust, lead singer and songwriter Jeff Hogan and drummer Fred Pisciotta (both "featured zombies" in a George Romero film, incidentally) would recruit bassist Mauro Felipe and former Rasputina cellist Julia Kent. After signing to Mother West, their debut EP Exit Music was an unexpected sensation in Belarus and Germany, garnering accolades throughout Eastern Europe. By April 2000, their debut full-length, Til Summer Ends, arrived, finding similarly favorable reviews. ~ Matt Fink, All Music Guide

Member Since:

February 14, 2007

Members:

Jeff Hogan: Vocals & Guitars Fred Pisciotta: Drums Mauro Felipe: Bass Julia Kent: Cello

Sounds Like:

Silence

Record Label:

Green Pudding Records

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