Jerker Lundh
Electric and acoustic guitars & vocals
Dag Rosenqvist
Electric guitar & electronics
Thobias Eidevald
Bass & backing vocals
Influences
...or rather, stuff we listen to from time to time:
Pink Floyd
Jaga Jazzist
Trail Of Dead
Sunny Day Real Estate
Led Zeppelin
90 Day Men
Neurosis
Kraftwerk
Early Day Miners
Motorpsycho
Bark Psychosis
Fennesz
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Sigur Rós
Mogwai
120 Days
Xela
Machinefabriek
Valet
Lichens
Do Make Say Think
Tarentel
Wolves in the Throne Room
Samamidon
Peter Broderick
Zelionople
Rafael Anton Irisarri
Bohren & Der Club of Gore
The name de la Mancha is originally borrowed from Cervantes’ novel El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha or perhaps better known as Don Quixote.
But la Mancha is also a region in central Spain, just south of Madrid and literally la Mancha means 'the stain' or 'the blemish'.
Initially de la Mancha was a project founded by childhood friends Jerker Lundh and Dag Rosenqvist back in the early days of summer 2003.
Jerker had written a couple of songs which needed some structure and arrangements and Dag needed some time away from his other engagements in music.
On the first real summer evening of 2003, Jerker and Dag opened up a couple of bottles of wine, rigged up a microphone, plugged in a guitar and started recording demos. Three complete song ideas were laid down that night, all of them accompanied by the sound of girlfriends and cars passing.
A shared admiration for groups like Red House Painters, Sigur Rós, Led Zeppelin and My Bloody Valentine set out a general direction for the duo.
Fall 2005 de la Mancha released their debut EP ‘de la Mancha’ on Crying Bob Records and by then the duo had expanded into a six piece behemoth.
2006-2007 was spent rehearsing, recording and eventually mixing what was to become the bands first full length album ‘Atlas’. This was a turbulent time and at the end of 2007 the band was once again a duo and-a-half consisting of Jerker, Dag and (when possible) Thobias Eidevald on bass.
Atlas is the title of de la Manchas’ debut album and it’s an album full of contrasts and beauty.
Clocking in at just over an hour, its nine songs ranges from moments of serene and hushed melancholy to distorted shards of pure white light.
It’s an album where words, voice and instrumental parts are interweaved into a beautiful fabric, filled with both light and darkness.
ATLAS - CD 2008
1. Newfoundland
2. Release all light
3. Lotus seven
4. And rainy days
5. The kimono
6. Superstoned
7. So let's blow up our heads and leave
8. Being a hero is easy
9. Sleep
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"GriffonVox meets Greifenkeil" - performing live at this years Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig, Germany, on May 30 - we are looking forward to seeing you there!
Just in time for this event we proudly announce our debut release "Control Lost" - an unvarnished statement about the destruction of Mother Earth and of things getting out of control - pictured by the cover of the Joy Division classic "She's lost control". Release date is May 29: snippets of all tracks coming soon here at MySpace.
Keep in touch, stay tuned. GriffonVox - Electronic Wave Performance
Hi, de la Mancha, like the wheat says! your musics lovely! ours is a somewhat more quiet route, oh and the little boats leaking :D he he. I think thats the full set ain't it! Thanks fellas and happy 09s and beyond! C:
Hey de la Mancha, just poppin by to admire your wonderfully crafted music and thankyou for bein our chums! Superstoned excites our stems very much :D Let your heads explode upon the world please!!! Best wishes.. Pete C:
hejjj! takk , ja du er jo mann med hjerte på det rette stedet ;) ja vi får prøve å få dere og disse vakre toner til oslo på et vis, skal sjekke litt rundt. alt vel? har det og blitt barn i ditt skapelses-repertoir?
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Hello friend,
Just wanted inform you about Dirty Lou's latest creation entitled WONDERLAND which is available now on BEATPORT.com.
You can listen on our page or at www.myspace.com/djdirtylou
Thx 4 the love & support! 2009 is going to be a great year for electronic music, stay tuned.
Much Love,
TAPE DECK
Forthcoming Release 'ALL NIGHT' w/ remixes from JD Live, Joey Funk, D-Rod, SoulRock. Produced by Dirty Lou, vocals by Leah!
We have some new music on our space. On the regular player you can find our new demo that we are currently sending out to record companies. Also, we have posted some semi-live recordings on the boom box/cassette recorder that you can see there. Just click play and you can hear all 4 of them! Then tell us what you think!!
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