Two mates got together to put on bands they think are ace. Hardly rocket science.
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You can check out the photos Paul has taken of (nearly) all of the previous Forest of Sounds here. The quality varies wildly, but hey. That's what you get for taking photos whilst drunk.
The next one...
Saturday January 30th @ St Margaret of Antioch, Cardigan Road, Leeds, LS6 1LJ.
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St. Margaret of Antioch is a beautiful old church on Cardigan Road, Hyde Park, Leeds. It is the new site of Left Bank Leeds and can be found near the corner of Cardigan Road and Royal Park Road.
Library Tapes
A firm Forest of Sound favourite, Library Tapes (a.k.a. David Wenngren, from Gavle, Sweden) is the master of pure, minimalist piano based beauty. Having started from a completely stripped down approach, the Library Tapes sound has evolved to include sparingly used but perfectly balanced strings (provided by the wondeful Peter Broderick) and found sound, and is quite simply stunning. David is the perfect man to play at Forest of Sound's first night in this wonderful old church in Leeds.
“This is the fullest, most finished-sounding Library Tapes project since it was an official duo (with Per Jardsell), and may suit listeners who need more than a few endlessly revolving piano notes better than recent offerings. For fans of Max Richter, Tim Hecker, and Eluvium, A Summer Beneath the Tress is a can't-miss album." - PITCHFORK
"There's a drifting, cinematic quality... that goes beyond the parameters of modern classical, crossing over into more ambient terrain. Wonderful compositions throughout, all meticulously performed and produced, leaving you with an album that established Library Tapes fans will adore, and newcomers can get well and truly hooked on. Excellent." - BOOMKAT
Woodchucker
The alter ego of Jönköping, Sweden native Jonatan Nästersjös, Woodchucker produces hazy, distant memories of music - sounds of faraway places smothered in a cacophony of fractured noise. His approach never obliterates the beauty or the feel of the music, instead it magnifies it's fragility and effect. Stunning, haunting stuff. For fans of Tim Hecker, Fennesz, or Grouper.
Woodchucker has released an EP 'Leavers Never Leave', as well as appearing alongside Kevin Shields on the recent Hockey Rawk compliation.
Ithaca Trio
An ever shifting group of people, Ithaca Trio also manage to cover a variety of styles in their music - ranging from slow burning deep ambient pieces reminiscent of Machinefabriek on a calm day or Jasper TX, they're also at home producing clear as a bell rythmic pieces based around (ahem) 'real' instrumentation, taking nods from Steve Reich or John Fahey. Whichever mood they're in, it is always the music of calm understanding and of understatement. Excellent.
"...these ambient soundscapes again highligh the beautiful acoustics that set Ithaca’s music apart from the crowded ambient/drone soundscaping scene." - PHANTOM CHANNEL
(By the way - the sublime illustrative genius that aesthetically signifies our events [the bloke who does our poster designs] can be found here.)
23rd November @ 13th Note, Glasgow with D Abraham Turner 24th November @ Kraak Gallery, Manchester with A Middle Sex - £4 26th November @ Tap, The Water Works, Southend with Lost Harbours - FREE 27th November @ Cafe Oto, London with Chora - £5
We have put a new song up for you, it’s only a rough demo which hasn’t really been mixed well and hasn’t been produced but it will give you a taster of what may come next in our next recording sessions which we are trying to set before Christmas.
Enjoy! It’s called 'Stop'. Please tell us what you think.
Tickets SELLING FAST! £7 adv avaliable from (more on the door): wegottickets.com seetickets.com Ticketline Picadilly Records
Grouper (US) has her latest – Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill – of three albums on Type Records. She has also been involved in collaborative releases, contributing a track to Xiu Xiu’s Remixed & Covered and four tracks to a split release with Inca Ore. Her other contemporaries are Belong, Growing, Tim Hecker, Windy & Carl and Atlas Sound.
Jasper TX (Sweden), with a hefty back-catalogue of releases on labels such as Miasmah, and collaborations with buddy Machinefabriek, is an essential domestic appliance in the household of conceptual music. He is comparable to artists Fennesz, Sigur Ros, Múm and Tape.
Intricate and atmospheric songsmith, Danny Saul (UK) performs with different combinations of musicians, making each gig a unique event. His forthcoming release is "Harsh, Final", and he also performs with Greg Haines as Liondialer.
Fieldhead (UK) music delights in tape hiss, bleak landscapes and decaying analogue loops. He is also a member of The Declining Winter and Glissando. His debut album, "They Shook Hands for Hours" is released soon on Home Assembly.
DECAPANTE play hella loud noise rock and hail from Madrid,
SPAIN. Their tunes are ultra sludgy, super slow and riddled with demonic slabs
of riff madness! They create this almighty racket harnessing the power of two
bass’s and a big old drum sound. Sorta remind me of the early Ruins/Melvins/Big
Business with hints of Shellac for good measure.
COWTOWN are three handsome young chipmunks with a taste for
party tunes and library jumpers. Recently described as Rod, Jane and Freddy
mixed with Melt Banana. New album ‘Excellent Domestic Short hair’ out soon.
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