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The Living
Progressive / Rock / Fusion

		Life belongs to the Living... Vancouver, Canada, Berlin Germany Profile Views: 16851 Online Now! Last Login: 11/16/2009
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The Living: General Info

Member Since	9/25/2007
Band Website	cdbaby.com/artist/theliving1
Band Members	(On The Recordings) -Mike Bell Vocals, Keyboards, Piano, Sitar, Drums -Elyse Jacobson Violin, Electrified Violin, Viola -Jason Nett Guitars, Bass, Backing Vocals With: -Ali Siadat Drums (Eye of the Day / Global Citizen) -Alyssa Stevenson Flute -Jeremy Vint Trumpet -Meg Todd Vocals -Kyle Shepard Vocal FX, Didjeridoo, Percussion All songs written and arranged by Mike Bell and The Living Produced, engineered and mixed by Jason Nett Mastered by Suite Sound Labs
Influences	Mr. Bungle, Loveage, Bjork, Talvin Singh, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Kronos Quartet, Amon Tobin, Afro Cuban All-Stars, John Zorn, Mindless Self Indulgence, Ozomatli, Peaches, Queen, Portishead, Stravinsky, Ravel, Reich, Shakti, Mike Patton, Avenged Sevenfold, Muse, Karnivool
Sounds Like	Epic Neo-Classical World-Rock

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Feb 11 2010

9:00P

Surprise Club

Berlin

May 13 2010

9:00P

Surprise Club

Berlin, Berlin

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"Bedd Tracks"...Get It Here! (view more)

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About The Living

A steamy co-ed coterie of classically trained musicians fusing chamber music sonorities with Latin- and Middle Eastern-influenced funk and metal.
Violin fireworks.
Primal rhythms.
Tripped-out lyrics and sound textures.

This is The Living.

"[T]his [is] progressive rock – at least in the true, progressing forward, sense of the word. The music here is incredibly dynamic and it’s amazing how many changes they put into these tracks – and yet keep it cohesive. Nothing here is over four minutes and sixteen seconds in length, but when you listen to these tracks you’ll find that hard to believe because there is so much in each piece. This is an EP and as such is short. It’s also killer."
-Gary Hill, Music Street Journal

"Bedd Tracks is a great example of what this band can do[;] all four tunes stand on their own, making you want more material from this trio. The music here isn't light fusion nor is it jittery, it's accessible with sensibility for the melodic pop/rock factor in mind, yet they keep the artistic focus front and center - it's a perfect balance."
-Tommy Hash, www.Ytsejam.com

"The Living besteht aus drei fantastischen Musikern, welche anscheinend spielerisch in der Lage sind sehr komplexes Material sehr eingängig umzusetzen. In den 4-Minuten-Songs steckt eine Vielzahl an Einflüssen, Stilen, genreübergreifenden Verknüpfungen, so dass man sicher sein sollte, dass diese E.P. nur was für Fans von völlig durchgedrehtem RIO/Avant (siehe Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) ist. Ist sie auch, aber dennoch ist die Scheibe auch total mitreissend und eingängig, regelrecht poppig....Bedd Tracks ist eine Super-E.P...."
-Fix Sadler, www.Babyblaue-Seiten.de

"Amazing."
-Valentino Butti, www.arlequins.it

Eye of the Day, by The Living on OurStage

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The Living's Friends Comments

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myrockworld	Nov 16 2009 12:14 PM many thanks for friendship keep rocking love and peace Alex from munich www.myspace.com/myrockworldcom www.myspace.com/drownntears www.myspace.com/myjazzworld
Elizasaurus Rex DG5	Nov 16 2009 4:26 AM I am so excited with the samples! YES! xo
Sherman Noir	Nov 16 2009 12:07 AM Hi Folks, thanks for your digital friendship... I think your sound is realy special love & peace Sherman
Dagmar Golle	Nov 15 2009 7:34 PM Hello from Munich to Berlin, incredible music!! Love, Dagmar
URBANDUX	Nov 14 2009 2:27 PM Hey The Living! Greetings from Sweden! URBANDUX
REGIOMUSIK	Nov 13 2009 7:32 PM thank you very much for the add! Loving your vibe Welcome The Living! Greetings from Germany
sf intercom	Nov 13 2009 1:30 AM Excellent! Then I think this will work out perfectly! ~ Stefan
sf intercom	Nov 13 2009 1:29 AM My survival guide for bands is getting closer and closer to being done! Rather excited and exhausted!
Mark	Nov 12 2009 7:48 PM Thanks for the add mate,yeah patton is the man,nice one.
Lydia	Nov 5 2009 10:04 PM Hello The Living! Thank you for your comment! CONGRATS FOR YOUR MUSIC! You are soooo awesome. I really loved every one of your songs... Great!!!!! Progressive rock fusion classical alternative BEAUTIFUL! all the instruments are used so perfectly! WOW! If you have time check out my covers on YOUTUBE and tell me what you think... Really nice to meet you!!! cheers, Lydia.
Carsten Lindholm	Nov 5 2009 9:05 AM Thank YOU
Art Lip	Nov 3 2009 9:41 PM Hi ! How are You ? Imagine: You are an North-African immigrant to Spain or a South-American trying to get into US who has not much more than a few suitcases, his ability to work hard, willing to pay with slavery and to do dirty work - work that no inhabitant of the country you want to go to would even think of considering. You already travelled a far way and left many good friends behind that you maybe never will see again. You stumble out of the nearly falling apart bus or the smuggler boat, where you had to pay your income of a half year to that grim looking people with hearts of stone - just to take you aboard. You are sighing gladly that you survived the travel and now take your first steps in your new home country. And you are soon aware: You are disrespected, treated badly, your woman is seen as a kind of cheap prostitute, other people's children don't want to play with your children. You are thinking of your former homecountry with feelings of sentimentality and you know there is no hope: you cannot go back... Wish you a successfull week Art The track is called "Spanish Immigrant"
http://www.steveshadforth.com Online Now!	Oct 29 2009 9:46 PM Hey guys, Good luck with the guitarist auditions, those songs aren't the easiest, so I hope you get a good response! Please stop by and have a listen to "Bosphorus" which I've just uploaded, might be your kind of thing. Bestest, Steve
ABIGAIL'S GHOST STREET TEAM (AGST)	Oct 27 2009 7:57 PM Thank you for adding us! We appreciate your kind comment!! Keep in touch!!! Lynn ;)
Tanamera	Oct 25 2009 9:35 PM Hey guys, love your sound. The world needs more interesting music. Cheers
End Programme	Oct 25 2009 6:18 PM How come I picture crowds at your shows wearing full body black leotards doing interpretive dance, and smoking skinny cigarettes?
Lucky Dan	Oct 17 2009 5:39 PM I've listened to all the tunes you've got up on there and I'm extremely impressed. You've got an excellent combination of influences that you've put together into something that I've never heard anything quite like before, and it works perfectly. I wish you all the success you can achieve and deserve to. If there was a hard copy of your recordings available I'd be compelled to order it (since there's no chance of it being in a local record store). Keep writing songs. :) I'm a new fan and I'll keep listening.
Elizasaurus Rex DG5	Oct 14 2009 9:58 PM Thank YOU!!! I think you all are absolutely amazing! All the best to you! Eliza Rex
AK	Oct 12 2009 10:36 PM Hello and thank you for the friendship. Your band is quality and deserve to be more well known than you are; nice influences too. I hope you liked my music as well. Cheers AK
Catrien Stremme	Oct 11 2009 11:18 PM Gleichfalls! Es ist mir eine Freude The Lving zuzuhören. Alles Gute nochmal. Catrien
HAKEN	Oct 5 2009 6:42 AM Hi. Thanks for your friendship. We appreciate it. Cheers.
Art Lip	Oct 4 2009 10:20 AM Hi ! Just passing by for listening in . I got new tracks: - Footfault (weird dancable funky fusion) - MetalLip One(metallic fusion) - Oxygen Roller (open sounding progressive) Wish you a creative week :)
http://www.steveshadforth.com Online Now!	Oct 4 2009 5:53 AM Thanks for hooking up, best wishes from Berlin, Steve x
Fake No More	Oct 3 2009 9:21 AM
NEMO	Sep 23 2009 1:27 PM hey mike! welcome to nemo land. lets meet up sometime next week/...? http://www.myspace.com/jamesnemoandthedollhouse http://www.myspace.com/thedollhouseband james x

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