Yellow6 is: jon attwood: guitar, bass, baritone guitar (and some keyboards and beat programming)
With assistance at various times from:
ally todd: vocals and lyrics (melt inside);
amanda stafford: keyboards (melt inside);
scott sinfield: guitar and bass (live);
mark simnett: drums and bass (live);
pete jelfs: upright bass (catherine whiskey)
Influences
so many... the musical ones in no particular order: joy division, nick cave, nick drake, bark psychosis, god machine, sophia, labradford, tortoise, the for carnation, the dead texan, windy and carl, charles atlas, jessica bailiff; low, sex pistols, belly, velvet underground, yo la tengo, cowboy junkies, bauhaus, eagles, joy division, otis redding, bowie, rachel's, tarentel, adam and the antz, bohren & der club of gore, johnny cash, elvis costello, the damned, stooges, new york dolls, kraftwerk, devo, residents, pj harvey, hood, lamb, portishead, steve reich, rothko, talk talk, kiln, cLOUDDEAD, subtle, sonic youth, swell maps, crass... i could go on... current favourite films and TV... lost in translation, fargo, o brother where art thou?, amelie, one hour photo, curb your enthusiasm, six feet under, the L-word, lost, gray's anatomy, house, my name is earl... other stuff: gretsch guitars, reverb, deserts, lakes, oceans, landscapes, some people, life in general...
Yellow6 has at times been described as post-rock, space-rock, electronica, shoegaze, ambient… the reality is that Yellow6 has some similarity with each of those genres but is not so easily definable, using apects of drone, repetition, melody, harmony, noise and silence to create absorbing soundscapes to drift off into.
Yellow6 was created out of necessity in the mid-90’s, the necessity to make guitar music not confined to rock song structures, and the necessity of circumstance to be a solo artist. Jon Attwood is a guitarist who grew up with punk in the london suburbs, playing in the early 80’s london punk scene with a number of bands. Landing in the mid 90’s with no band Jon started to experiment with guitar sounds, drones, programmed beats and loops, resulting in a debut single release in 1998 on Enraptured Records. This was followed by a number of single, compilation and EP releases on as many labels, with a debut album in 2000, also taking yellow6 into the live arena that year.
Over the following years, yellow6 has amassed over 50 releases on nearly as many labels across the globe, remixed or been remixed by many similar artists (charles atlas, tristeza, rothko, maps&diagrams, amp, bauri, portal, port-royal) and played live shows in the UK, europe and north america with tarentel, tristeza, this is your captain speaking, televise, ISAN, christ, jessica bailiff and charles atlas.
some of the releases are avilable from www.yellow6.com, www.makeminemusic.co.uk (both take paypal) and are distributed by Cargo UK, Darla (USA), Tonevendor (USA), Plop (Japan) and available from good record stores worldwide!
so here's the big details:
50+ releases: 7 full length albums, 5 mini-LPs or EPs, 3 singles, 6 split singles, 18 compilations, 5 live albums, 1 remix album, 7 Merry6mas CDRs
24 labels: Enraptured Records, Ochre Records, Bearos Records, Awkward Silence Recordings, Jonathon Whiskey, Rocket Racer, Popart, Tricycle Evolutif, Atomic Recordings, teleRAN, Endorphin Records, Make Mine Music, The Music Fellowship, Where Are My Records, Arbouse Recordings, Contact Records, Mass Transfer, Ownrecords, Rokit Records, Neo Ouija, Overdub, The Satellite, Aluminaut, RROOPP, self-released
Collaborations with Bauri, Portal, Millimetrik, Fear Falls Burning...
Remixed Portal, Glider, Tristeza, Slipstream, AMP, Charles Atlas, Timonium, U.C.M., Port-Royal, Void's Anatomy, Televise...
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thx. //jon.6
for a comprehensive discography, go to:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Yellow6
Hi Jon. OK, let's do a collab in your own time...glad you liked my version of Mercedes Benz...could you come and post that comment onto my page? cheers man! keep rockin'...Dolores
Hi Jon, So sad not to be able to make it to your gig tonight! We'll be thinking of you lots and sending best vibes. Any chance of a Bristol/Bath gig in the coming months? Take care and speak soon, V. xx
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