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Remora
Alternative / Experimental / Indie

"that was a weird show...i didn't break any strings"

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
United States

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Last Login:  7/25/2008
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   Remora: General Info
Member Since6/7/2004
Band Websitesilbermedia.com/remora
Band MembersBrian John Mitchell: guitar, vocals, loops
InfluencesSwans, Lycia, Jandek, Low, Angels of Light, Hefner, Neil Young, Aarktica, The Cure, The Cranes, burMonter, Wire, The Germs, Sonic Youth, Jessica Bailiff, Rivulets, Flying Saucer Attack, Spahn Ranch
Sounds LikeFlying Saucer Attack, Roy Montgomery, Jandek, Mogwai?
Record LabelSilber Records
Type of LabelIndie








   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 25 2008 8:00P
Small Life Form @ fresh brewed coffee house Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Jul 26 2008 10:00P
Pirate’s Cove North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Aug 2 2008 9:00P
Small Life Form @ Badgerhaus Raleigh, North Carolina
Aug 14 2008 8:00P
Electro-Music 2008 Festival Kingsport, Tennessee
Aug 15 2008 9:00P
The Nightlight Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Aug 23 2008 9:00P
Solaris Greensboro, North Carolina

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   About Remora
Remora's guitar terrorism relies on the more drone-based school of thought, where the most interesting sounds come from minimalist structure and repetition. Unlike some of the more well-known ambient/noise guitarists, who rely on obtrusive noise and piercing tones, Remora makes effective use of tonality which is surprisingly soothing despite the noisy overtones. When vocals are used, they haunt each song beneath the mix, overrun by a million guitar strings." - Jon DeRosa
a brief introduction to Remora
Remora began in 1996 with a web of cassette releases that utilized the guitar to create ambient walls of sound, rather than melodic passages. In recent years, Remora has shifted from pure guitar noise into songs incorporating the sounds discovered over the time spent exploiting the use of effects.

Enamored is Remoras first full length release in four years. Its post-apocalyptic pop music. Love songs from a revolutionary ready to abandon his war grasping for hope. Lyrically inspired by pulp sci-fi from the 1970s, songs like Volcana, Champion, Kill My Way Out of Here, & Out of Air paint portraits of love being the same after the crash of society while struggling to stay alive as it is now & as it was 3,000 years ago.

Remora has a new project called Remora Prime where people perform songs from the Remora live set locally.  Download the word document songbook here.

Remora Discography
reversion
MP3 EP 2005 | Silber 044
4 tracks 30 minutes
Free Download
All guitar drone ambient like you love & it's free....
Enamored
CD Album 2005 | Silber 038
14 tracks 57 minutes
$12
Remora returns with the first full length in four years featuring post-apocalytic love songs & ambient guitar drones.
: Listen to the track The One I've Been Waiting For
: More info
: Reviews
Live in Oslo
Cassette 2005 | Morc 036
10 tracks, 37 minutes

A capturing of Remora live from spring of 2003 at the Mir in Oslo.  Includes otherwise unreleased songs "New Loop," "Syd Song," & "Static is Motion."
 

The Alcohol EPs
CD Split 2002 | Silber 022
14 tracks, 72 minutes
$12
A triple split EP from Remora, Pale Horse and Rider, and Rivulets of songs about or inspired by alcohol. A collection of acoustic guitar songs in the vein of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska.
: More info
Some Past's Future
CD Album 2001 | Silber 018
21 tracks, 62 minutes
$12
Some Past's Future combines all the elements of Remora from apocalyptic post-punk to beautiful noise to minimalist atmospheric. Songs about the future, the past, love, and working class dreams. Aggression tempered with guilt. The tonal chaos within each piece is hopeful and revealing. This is the soundtrack for apocryphal dreams and late night car rides.
: Listen to the track 10,004
: More info
: Reviews
Some Future's Past
CD-R EP 2001 | BestKeptSecret 044
15 tracks, 29 minutes
$6
An EP of outtakes & alternate mixes form Remoras Some Pasts Future album from the Italian label Best Kept Secret. A lot of these pieces are more minimal than those on Some Pasts Future. Includes versions of rail & warrenton with guest musicians Nathan Amundson& J Seckel of Rivulets & finally the release of the hit single drinking about you.
Ambient Drones for One Guitar
2CDR  2000 | Silber 009
20 tracks, 144 minutes
Remora blazes away to the "beat" of the loops, guitar wandering & exploring the corridors of the universe & the possibilities of pure sound. In fact, it's the choice & use of sound rather than any sense of musical development that makes this an enjoyable listen. Remora does a good job of keeping my attentention & even at the most ear shattering, brain piercing moments manage to retain a sense of cosmic drift - Jerry Kranitz, Aural Innovation

available for free download at archive.org
 

Anadia
CDR 1999 | Silber 008
21 tracks, 40 minutes
Anadia is full of powerful, edgy instrumentals and sparse, fragile ballads that hold their own with a lot of the better known space rock/experimental artists out there. - Vendetta
Amerse
CDR 1998 | Silber 004
23 tracks, 60 minutes
Soft-noise drones mingled with songs made of static guitar chords & vocals. I like the spirit of this discreet work, floating by just leaving the overall melancholic atmosphere. - Origami Republika e-zine 

available for free download at archive.org

Eneded
Cassette 1998 | Public Demand
21 tracks, 60 minutes
A collection of tracks recorded from 1996-1998 constituting a greatest hits of sorts. 
track listing: Angel Stalk (Anaaron), Escape, To Tell, Her Divinity is a Lie, Strange Design, Peace of a Slave, Return to the City, Hallow, Pneumena, Pteradactyl, Crave Coating, We've Only Just Begun (traditional), Free Before, A Newer World, C3GL, For This, A Perfect View, Slip Sky, MB2, Condone (live), Horizon (excerpt)
Acroyer
Cassette 1997 | Silber 003
8 tracks, 30 minutes
Eight droning trips into the psyche... 
~ Outburn
Anaaron
Cassette 1996 | Silber 002
9 tracks, 30 minutes
Meandering lo-tech noise-song works. Tinny guitar strumming sometimes accompanied by cutting veils of feedback shrieks and gnarling lower rumbles. 
~ AUTOreverse
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"zentraedi" logo (black ink) on white t-shirt.
$8
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or baseball  or longsleeves.
$12
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   Remora's Friend Space (Top 8)
Remora has 1074 friends.
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Remora's Friends Comments
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Bryce Clayton Eiman





Jul 6 2008 6:46 PM

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kelsey





Jul 1 2008 7:18 PM

hey, thanks for my birthday song on our answering machine. i was happy to hear the song, but more happy to hear evidence that you are still alive & kickin. it's been a loooong time, mr.
mitchell!
KALAMASHOEGAZER





Jun 26 2008 10:42 AM

thanks very much, hope to maybe see you next year, then?

take care,
April
sid





Jun 12 2008 10:31 PM

Brian. Heard your stuff on Silber. A beloved label. Loving your stuff.
Iozephus





Jun 9 2008 11:37 PM

I've seen you at the Badgerhaus twice, and thought you put on a great show both times. I loved the Swans cover, and The One I've Been Waiting For is my favorite song of yours.
the fairly handsome band





May 23 2008 7:36 PM

thanks Brian. Dig your songs man. I want to do another version of Volcana in this fairly handsome thing. Maybe a hawaiian version this time.

Hope you're well.

a l o h a
Ramya & Nu-k (Nuklearte)





May 2 2008 9:31 AM

very nice music! thanks for add my
greetings from sicily
ramya
Tania





Apr 16 2008 12:03 AM



Thank you!
The Insect Explosion





Feb 6 2008 12:16 PM

Hi, thanks, we love your work.
Joshua Wade





Jan 31 2008 5:12 PM

Remora, thanks for your support! Have a great evening!
New Age





Jan 31 2008 4:01 PM

The human bones are but vain lines dawdling, the whole universe a blank mold of stars.

thanks for the add
enjoy
Triangle Handkerchief





Jan 29 2008 5:32 AM

Thank you for accepting my request.
Your music is really good.
Neither Goat Nor Cow





Jan 28 2008 2:21 PM

The amount of strings I go through in a show is staggering. Bloody things. Thank you very much for adding us, some wonderfully strange sounds you've created.

Much love,
- Neither goat nor cow
Hillsborough Road Co-op





Jan 2 2008 9:33 AM

Be there or beware
Pablo





Nov 29 2007 8:21 PM

got high off the add. thank you!
Eerie





Nov 14 2007 7:45 AM



Thank you friends..
Tomcat





Nov 13 2007 12:28 PM

thanks for your support
best TOMCAT
ROLLERBALL





Oct 11 2007 2:20 PM

viva la sacramento
:be::photography:





Oct 5 2007 3:40 PM




Thanks for the great show!
ALTERCATION





Sep 15 2007 5:36 PM

hi guys,
thanks a lot for the add, we appreciate the sound on here ! :)
peace
Jared Micah and Hats





Sep 10 2007 4:14 PM

Kirk Adam





Aug 29 2007 3:50 PM

Live music by REMORA and CLANG QUARTET during the opening/reception...

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everyman (recycledrainbow.org)





Jul 25 2007 5:47 PM




It'll be a more experimental show than usual, and we'll probably DJ some tunes first.

Will be the last time we play out for awhile, so if you haven't had a chance to catch us, check it out!
Ian C Stewart





Jul 15 2007 3:04 PM

Thanks again for the gig at Madlab, it was cool to hang out with you finally!
BLACK WOLF





Jul 4 2007 12:40 PM


thanks for the request!
Argyle Denial





Jul 4 2007 12:38 PM


thanks for the request.
looking forward to parish hall show.
Thrushes


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Jul 4 2007 5:36 AM

awesome music!! we love !!

hearts,
thrushes
ghost patrol





Jun 27 2007 7:35 AM

Brian, look for something from me in the mail in the next month or so... i'm working on a picture book and soundtrack to go with..-Brad/ghost patrol
electric bird noise





Jun 25 2007 7:30 AM

the bake potato sessions!
40 min-4:00am
Ophelia Necro


Is Online


Jun 4 2007 3:17 PM

I really love your stuff. I played some of it on my show last night.
Cheers, O
Green Eggs and Jam - Boone!!!





May 22 2007 7:21 AM

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