Here's a smattering of stuff from the last two years:
Underworld, Gorillaz, Gravenhurst, Pinback, Bat For Lashes, The Dears, Hot Chip, Rasputina, Sigur Ros, CarterTutti, Aqualung, Arcade Fire, Caviar, DevotchKa, Emiliana Torrini, The Faint, Govinda, Howling Bells, ILIKETRAINS, Interpol, Jurassic 5, The Roots, The Liars, Matthew Dear, Mellowdrone, Mogwai, Mum, My Morning Jacket, The National, The Veils, Joanna Newsom, Niyaz, Pinback, PJ Harvey, Qntal, Rasputina, Splashdown, Tarwater, TV on the Radio, Twilight Singers, Gutter Twins, White Rose Movement, Yo la Tengo, 16 Horsepower, Vas, 120 Days.
Absolute legends in alt-rock:
David Bowie, Bauhaus, Joy Division, The Cure, The Mission, The Church, Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, David Sylvian, Love and Rockets, Radiohead, Bjork, Nine Inch Nails, Siouxsie, The Damned, Flaming Lips, Echo and the Bunnymen, My Bloody Valentine, Beck, This Mortal Coil, Stereolab, Tom Waits, Kate Bush, King Crimson, Rage against the Machine, Ultravox.
A few Unheralded stars that often get overlooked:
The Swans, Legendary Pink Dots, Durutti Column, Wolfgang Press, Fields of the Nephilim, CindyTalk, A Certain Ratio, Slowdive, Tindersticks, TuxedoMoon, And Also the Trees, Chapterhouse, His Name is Alive, Jeff Buckley, Klaus Nomi, Massive Attack, Miranda Sex Garden, Muslimgauze, Peter Hammil, Shriekback, Spacemen 3, Talk Talk
Instrumentalist Innovators I couldn't live without:
Mike Oldfield, Vangelis, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Tangerine Dream, Holgar Czukay, Lisa Gerrard, Air, Moby, Sheila Chandra, Michael Hedges, Uakti, Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Theolonius Monk.
And some Classical greats:
Claude Debussy, Alexander Scriabin, Eric Satie, Igor Stravinsky, Arvo Part, Hector Villa-Lobos, Dmitri Shostakovich, Philip Glass, Glenn Branca, Michael Nyman, The Kronos Quartet, Arditti Quartet.
AND MANY MORE....
Sounds Like
Baritone vocals like David Sylvian, Peter Murphy, Brendan Perry, and Stephen Kilby - but also influenced by David Bowie, Beck, Trent Reznor, and many others.
Aspirations towards clever guitarists such as Robert Fripp, Michael Brooke, Michael Hedges, Robert Smith, Adrian Belew, Reeves Gabrels, Vinnie Riley, as well as great classicists like Segovia, Julian Bream, and the Ramirez Brothers.
Dreams to emulate great Cellists like Lynn Harrell, Ofra Harnoy, Jacqueline Du Pre, Rostropovich, and Yo Yo Ma - but probably more in line with Rasputina, David Darling, and the like.
Luna Trick is the creative brainchild of English multi-Instrumentalist, Daniel Staniforth. Classically trained as a Cellist, Staniforth crafts an array of songs styles - ranging from Indie Rock, Shoegaze, darkwave, electronica, space-funk, ethereal, Alt-pop - to more widely experimental. This sophisticated one-man band act follows in the great tradition of Nine Inch Nails, Beck, and early Cure albums. His hybridized guitar style renders many different sonic colours, which are further enhanced by his willingness to explore various instrumentations, both traditional and innovative.
FLOWFORTH PRODUCTIONS has recently two full length CDs from Luna Trick - Total Submersion and Hoar Frost Sheen. The CDs are available at CDBaby, Amazon, iTunes, or as a direct MP3 download from this MySpace page. Both CDs are full of alternative flavourings and influences from the more creative phases of the last couple of decades. Some comparisons given are the Cure, Bowie, NIN, Radiohead, Beck, etc. - but the songs also contain Staniforth’s unique musical signature. A few songs from Total Submersion have received some Indie radio play, including the historical narrative, "Jacobite" - the tragic story, "Tale of Three Ribbons," - and the dreamscape, "Swimmer & the Siren." Similar stand outs from Hoar Frost Sheen are the critique on religious cruelty, "Orthodox Killers" – the confessional, "Tears in Vino" - and the overtly political "Suffer the Fool". An extra bonus is son, Sylvan, who’s delightful singing can be heard on the poem, "Babbla."
Staniforth also composes ambient, neo-classical, and “poet-scapes” under his own name, including the recently released – Father to Father - which is a serious of impressionistic orchestral pieces written in honour of his father. The CD, also available at CDBaby, explores the English landscape of his youth and experiences as a young immigrant.
Staniforth is currently working on a project with the brilliant British psyche-folk singer, Rebsie Fairholm (http://www.rebsiefairholm.co.uk/), as well as contributing work to her upcoming solo album, Seven Star Green, from Sonic Spongecake Records.
Check out some of Luna Trick's COLLABORATIONS with other musicians from around the world.
For more information on Luna Trick and Daniel Staniforth's other projects visit:
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