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DarkBlueWorld

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  • Genre: Alternative / Indie

    Location Ca

    Profile Views: 58035

    Last Login: 5/31/2012

    Member Since 4/30/2006

    Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmRhcmtibHVld29ybGQuY2E=

    Record Label Drip Audio (Canada), Big Blue Records (Poland)

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    DarkBlueWorld lives and argues in Vancouver, Canada, which makes it a (waitforit) Canadian Band, and writes songs of musical and literary integrity... with all the attendant advantages to which that category of artistic endeavor entitles one. Like free healthcare. And total, yet so very ethically addictive, obscurity.

  • Members

    elizabeth fischer and tony wilson and cole schmidt and james meger and barry taylor, also at various times: tommy babin, ron samworth, gord grdina, chad macquarrie, bernie arai, pete schmitt, skye brooks. <br><br>

  • Influences

    the fall, bob dylan, astor piazolla, nirvana, elvis costello, leonard cohen, mingus, the gang of four, tom waits, diamanda galas, king crimson, televison, hank williams, aretha franklin, portishead, bill frisell, animal slaves, pj harvey, marianne faithful, sly and robbie, television, the slits, talking heads, fred frith, art bears, henry cow, bertold brecht, hans eisler, al green, the band, bessie smith, billie holliday, cassandra wilson, nick cave, combustible edison, the breeders, elliott sharp, gisela may, jeff buckley, k. d. lang, dagmar krause, lhasa, lotte lenya, neil young, mina, nina simone, percy mayfield, the pogues, radiohead, robert wyatt, sam cooke, son house, toots and the maytals, patti smith, bill laswell, laurie anderson, daniel lanois, muzsikas, jozsef attila, louis ferdinand celine, charles baudelaire, jorge louis borges, thomas mann, marguerite duras, virginia wolff ... etc.

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BIO

DarkBlueWorld lives and argues in Vancouver, Canada, which makes it a (waitforit) Canadian Band, and writes songs of musical and literary integrity... with all the attendant advantages to which that category of artistic endeavor entitles one. Like free healthcare. And total, yet so very ethically addictive, obscurity. And free healthcare.

.As influences, various members of the band cite in no particular order: the fall, bob dylan, astor piazolla, nirvana, elvis costello, leonard cohen, mingus, the gang of four, beatles, tom waits, diamanda galas, king crimson, televison, hank williams and many other freaks and sociopaths. And, also very importantly, incredibly depressing obscure hungarian village music. Of which the singer has a vast collection. And regales her friends with same. While giggling maniacly.

The new CD, DarkBlueWorld --the perilous beauty of madness-- is now available on Drip Audio.

You may also find the previous release, DarkBlueWorld (s/t) on Drip Audio, here .. as well as various digital outlets such as ITUNES.

SOME REVIEWS:
songs visceral and enraged and yet with tenderness and naked vulnerability. - -The Georgia Straight.

Akin to Diamanda Galas singing German cabaret music as played by King Crimson, or something like that, the music is thoroughly engaging. Over it all, Fisher's sinuous voice delivers her often dark and edgy lyrics about "love songs for the dead" and smiling angels inside picture frames. - A - -The Province..

Songs that ache with truth.- The Globe and Mail.

... they breathe sadness and celebration in the same breath because they own that paradox, all while retaining status as pop through their brilliant narratives and insularly intricate musicianship... - - .Album Review: CokeMachineGlow.

With her cigarette-rough voice, Fischer invites comparison to Nico or Patti Smith, though her superior range and color indicate that the similarity has more to do with persona than sound. The slow burning anger in these songs is hardly apparent at first, but finally surfaces as defiance rather than cynicism. It is the sound of a damaged romantic who cannot reconcile herself with the random blows of fate administered by an unthinking world. "Things go wrong and no one's to blame," she sings, signing a sympathy card for the broken-hearted multitudes. It's as poignant as a regretful letter to an old lover, or a face glimpsed in the window of a passing train, never to be seen again...- -Album of the Week, Junkmedia.


MEMBERS:
elizabeth fischer and tony wilson and cole schmidt and james meger and barry taylor, also at various times: tommy babin, ron samworth, gord grdina, chad macquarrie, bernie arai, pete schmitt, skye brooks.

DarkBlueWorld can be reached at: info at monkey-boy dot com

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