Swans, 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 Like
Flying Saucer Attack, Roy Montgomery, Jandek, Mogwai?
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
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.
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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.
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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
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
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
Remora T-shirt "zentraedi" logo (black ink) on white t-shirt.
$8
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!
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 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.
