Heligoland

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Heligoland's new album 'All Your Ships Are White', produced and mixed by Robin Guthrie, was released on September 20, 2010.


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Normandy, October 2010. Photo by Micky



ICA, London 19.09.10. Photo by Andrew Bulhak / flickr


BIOGRAPHY

Formed in Melbourne, Australia in the summer of 1999, Heligoland have released two albums and a number of singles and an EP to date. A new album is scheduled for release in 2010.

Heligoland relocated to Paris in early 2007 and now have something of an inter-contintental flavour to the lineup with the addition of Antti Mäkinen (drums) and involvement of several French musicians for concerts and touring.

To date Heligoland have played numerous shows, radio sessions and have been building a following in Paris as well touring and playing concerts in Germany, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Poland, Finland, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Czech, Latvia, Estonia and the UK.


CONTACT

Email: info@heligoland.org


LIVE BOOKINGS

Out Of The Blue (MySpace)
France: benoit.outoftheblue@gmail.com
International: dave.outoftheblue@gmail.com

X Productions (Portugal) (MySpace)
Email: info@x-productions-eventsagency.com
Phone: Office (00351) 259928119 / Mob (00351) 918249037

Band contact: ..bookings@heligoland.org


RECENT CONCERTS

2010

12.11 - Emporium Galorium, Rouen (FR)
28.10 - Le Rouge, Lille (FR)
26.10 - l'International, Paris (FR)
19.09 - ICA, London (UK) - Reverence #3 w/Robin Guthrie
19.06 - L'Emile Vache, Metz (FR)
05.05 - Le Scopitone, Paris (FR) - w/Lightning Dust
17.02 - Espace B, Paris (FR)
30.01 - MO'FORUM / Festival MO'FO, Paris (FR)

2009

22.12 - l'International, Paris (FR)
07.11 - Union Chapel, London (UK)
06.11 - Club AC30, Luminaire, London (UK) - w/Trespassers William
17.10 - Festival Out Of The Blue, Limousin (FR)
11.10 - Festival Out Of The Blue, Paris (FR) - w/Trespassers William
30.09 - Bar Loose, Helsinki (FI) - w/Puumaja
29.09 - Telakka, Tampere (FI)
28.09 - Dynamo, Turku (FI) - w/Puumaja
26.09 - Genklubi, Tartu (EE)
25.09 - Dekadendz, Pärnu (EE)
24.09 - Fontaine Palace, Liepāja (LV)
23.09 - Klubs Depo, Rīga (LV)
22.09 - Vandens parkas, Druskininkai (LT)
22.09 - No Traffic Festival, Alytus (LT)
21.09 - FM99 Concert, Alytus (LT)
20.09 - Roxy, Klaipėda (LT)
19.09 - Musė Club, Vilnius (LT)
18.09 - Tromba, Tczew (PL)
17.09 - Kafe Delfin, Gdańsk (PL)
15.09 - FZW, Dortmund (DE) - w/Matt Elliott, Teamforest
13.09 - Astra-Stube, Hamburg (DE)
05.09 - Café de Paris, Paris (FR) - w/Damon&Naomi
02.09 - Glazart, Paris (FR)
16.07 - Le Réservoir, Paris (FR)
21.06 - Le Cargo Fête de la musique, Paris (FR)
15.04 - d:qliq, Luxembourg (LU)
03.04 - 1bis, Paris (FR)
29.01 - Globe, Prague (CZ)
28.01 - Schokoladen, Berlin (DE)
28.01 - Radio: Interview/Acoustic songs, Radio Eins, Berlin (DE)
27.01 - Objekt5, Halle (DE)
26.01 - Paris Syndrom, Leipzig (DE)
24.01 - Gleis 22, Münster (DE)
22.01 - Das Bett, Frankfurt (DE)

2008

26.09 - 7ème Ciel, Paris (FR)
25.06 - Radio Session: Planet Claire, Aligre FM, Paris (FR)
14.06 - Belvèdére, Namur (BE)
13.06 - L’An Vert, Liège (BE)
19.04 - Le Cleub, Paris (FR) - w/Dandelion Wine (FR)
18.03 - Kafe Delfin, Gdansk (PL)
16.03 - DEPO, Riga (LV)
15.03 - Fontaine Palace, Liepaja (LV)
14.03 - Klubas Rambye, Palanga (LT)
12.03 - Schokoladen, Berlin (DE)
11.03 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (DE)
08.03 - Gleis 22, Münster (DE) - w/A Whisper In The Noise
05.03 - La Java, Paris (FR) - Fugues Festival w/Robin Guthrie
16.01 - Le Divan Du Monde, Paris (FR) - w/Alexander Hacke, 21 Love Hotel

2007

29.11 - Mécanique Ondulatoire, Paris (FR) - w/Object
10.11 - El Inca, Bordeaux (FR)
09.11 - La Llibrerie, Girona (ES)
08.11 - El Mola, La Roca (ES)
07.11 - Sarea, Bilbao (ES)
03.11 - Casa Viva, Porto (PT)
02.11 - Bar Lounge, Lisbon (PT)
01.11 - Maus Habitos, Porto (PT)
31.10 - Parke, Porto (PT)
16.09 - 1bis, Paris (FR) - w/Epic45 + side projects
12.07 - OPA, Paris (FR)
20.06 - Triptyque, Paris (FR) - w/The Sleeping Years, Tim Keegan
13.06 - Radio Session: Planet Claire, Aligre FM, Paris (FR)
12.06 - PopIn, Paris (FR)
22.05 - En Marge, Paris (FR) - w/Akira Rabelais
17.05 - Prinz Willy, Kiel (DE)
16.05 - Zentrale-Randlage, Berlin (DE)
15.05 - Kulturhaus 73, Hamburg (DE)
13.05 - M/V Stubnitz, Rostock (DE)
11.05 - Hasenschaukel, Hamburg (DE)
09.05 - Schokoladen, Berlin (DE)
08.05 - East of Eden, Berlin (DE)
17.04 - La Fleche D'or, Paris (FR)
28.03 - KitCh uP, Paris (FR)
14.03 - Radio Session: Planet Claire, Aligre FM, Paris (FR)
11.03 - Le Cleub, Paris (FR)
02.03 - Sala be Cool, Barcelona (ES)

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PRESS

"Melbourne's Heligoland combine the emotive ethereality of The Cocteau Twins with the stark balladry of Low. Karen Vogts voice can rise from the vaguest smudge of a husky blues tone to a fragile flutter. Her whispered intonation sometimes threatens to crack on the extended notes but this lends Heligolands songs an otherworldliness which contrasts vividly with the more airy passages of chiming guitars and languorous reverberation." - The Wire (UK)

"Le premier morceau de ces Australiens s’appelle Obelix et c’est certain : quand elle était petite, leur chanteuse Karen Vogt est tombée dans la marmite de potion magique. Il y restait un fond de LSD, mais aussi de l’éther et des sédatifs. Comment expliquer autrement la lenteur, la torpeur avec laquelle elle susurre ses chansons doucereusement psychédéliques ? Héritières directes des volutes et tourments autrefois dessinés par Mazzy Star, les Sundays ou les Cocteau Twins, ces mélopées à la poésie parfois nunuche ne sont pas égoïstes de leurs narcotiques : les écouter, c’est les consommer – sous Sarkozy, cette musique sera inscrite au tableau B des stupéfiants et son écoute sera passible de prison." - Les Inrockuptibles (FR)

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"Coming up for air" video produced and directed by Johnny Black (BlackLight Visuals).
Song taken from Heligoland's second album "A street between us".




"The Light Inside" - le cargo session acoustique 145
filmed by renaud for lecargo.org




"Nearness" - le cargo session acoustique 145
filmed by renaud for lecargo.org





Page background by Makeshift.

Member Since:

September 03, 2005

Members:

Karen Vogt - vocals, guitar
Dave Olliffe - guitar
Steve Wheeler - bass
Antti Mäkinen - drums

Sounds Like:

"All Your Ships Are White"
Commission 45
Album, September 2010
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"Heligoland" (Reissue)
Commission 45
EP, January 2010
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"A street between us"
Ocean Music
Album, May 2006 (EU)
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"A street between us"
Alone Again. Records
Album, March 2006 (AUS)
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"Shift these thoughts"
Big Rig Records
Album, July 2003
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"Nearly everything is new"
Alone Again. Records
Single, October 2005
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"Along the snowline"
Steady Cam Records
7" Single, May 2002
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"Separate"
Steady Cam Records
7" Single, November 2001
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Self-titled EP
Independent
EP, June 2000
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Record Label:

Commission 45, soleil après minuit