myspace music my music | music videos | featured playlists | top artists | shows | classifieds | forums 

shoosh
Psychedelic / Folk / Ambient

uniquely blissed out psychedelic folk - igloomag



Scotland
United Kingdom

Profile Views:  41776




Last Login:  7/17/2009
View My: Pics | Videos | Playlists

   Contacting shoosh

 MySpace URL: 

   shoosh: General Info
Member Since1/15/2007
Band Websiteright here
Band MembersEd Drury - guitars, Craig Murphy - synths & Neil Carlill - lyrics, vocals
Record LabelHerb, Awkward Silence, Phantom Channel
Type of LabelMajor


Get Flash now!

In order to listen or view this content you will have to upgrade your version of Flash.


shoosh's Latest Blog Entry  [Subscribe to this Blog]

Shoosh on BBC 6music with Tom Robinson Tonight, 1am  (view more)

Shoosh on Vic Galloway's Radio 1 in Scotland  (view more)

Snake Eyes Free Download  (view more)

Igloo Mag Review  (view more)

Return Of The Silver Surfer EP - Free Download  (view more)

[View All Blog Entries]

   About shoosh


Snake Eyes MP3 Download Right click and Save As

Shoosh is a 3 piece group consisting of Ed Drury (Guitars), Craig Murphy (Synths) & Neil Carlill (Lyrics, Vocals). Their sound is a unique blend of modern ambient music, American folk influenced acoustic guitar and surreal, dadaist lyrics delivered in a highly distinctive and thoroughly compelling style.

Group Members

Neil Carlill is a poet, songwriter, vocalist, composer and musician who is currently in the band Vedette. He was also a founder member and the lead singer with alternative/experimental bands Delicatessen (Rough Trade/Big Life) and Lodger (Island). Neil is heavily influenced by the surrealism and dadaism of the early 20th century and this is a regular theme in his work.

Ed Drury is a composer and multi instrumentalist who writes music for film and television. He plays in the region of 60 instruments including members of the woodwind, brass, strings and percussion sections and in his spare time he performs, teaches and writes about the Australian Didgeridoo. Ed has featured on countless albums over the years by literally hundreds of artists from around the globe.

Craig Murphy is a musician, composer and producer of experimental music and a multimedia artist working with abstract music videos. His output resembles that of a musical odyssey where an obsession with Frank Zappa has seen to a fascination with experimentation and his many projects span several genres. From the mechanistic, yet poignant electronica of Solipsism, his electro-psychedelic band shoosh with Neil Carlill and multi-instrumentalist Ed Drury, to his recent ambient outlet ch.pm. Murphy's distinctive sound is often abstract, yet retains a rich, melodic and emotional edge.

You can buy Shoosh releases from the following outlets, please click the logo to go directly to the page.



As winter is fading away, giving way to new life and new experiences, so too is the overall tune of everything around us. There’s something about spring that brings out the best in people, so it’s suitable to have music that fits this positive aura. Shoosh specialize in a strange mix of acoustic guitar, distorted synths and hopeful ambiance....With these samples of what’s to come from this trio, I’m left hopefully waiting. Not to be blown away, because that’s not what Shoosh tries to accomplish, but rather to be taken on a journey. If they are able to evoke so much day dreaming with just two songs, I can only imagine what they will do with an hour of our time.
The Silent Ballet

Orpheum Circuit is a sweltering sheet of low flying beauty Igloo Mag

Swirling synths Picked guitar and then left. Soundscapes of uncomfortable beauty Pulses Dadaist in theory and practice Beat with no beat, you dig. The spoken word unspoken, the synthesis of nature formed and then de-con-struct-ed. Drone…and on. The sadness of a modulating tone and the pleasure in its repetition. Explain. SOUND!!! Beautiful in its scope, majestic in its sweep yet personal and claustrophobic. Names: Godspeed, you black Emperor. Explosions in the sky. Fennesz. Yet not quite. An album of outstanding music. That should be heard by all fellow travellers. Enjoy. I did.
Is This Music?

"Shoosh is a trio of musicians, combining guitars and Americana-influenced songwriting with all manner of perplexing electronic programming and treatments. 'Snake Eyes' is a little like Sparklehorse or perhaps Benoit Pioulard - all distorted and twisted out of shape, with a squeaky, obfuscated vocal in place to remind you that you're listening to an actual song rather than the Fennesz-influenced soundscape it might otherwise resemble. The vocal will almost certainly take some getting used to in fact, but once you're accustomed to the sheer oddness of Neil Carlill's delivery (imagine a cross between Dose One and Mark E Smith) there's an awful lot to like about this record - in a world crammed with electronically treated songwriting efforts, Orpheum Circuit somehow manages to sound like it's really out there on its own." Boomkat




Shoosh, the trio of Ed Drury, Neil Carlill and Craig Murphy, have a different approach to their music. More guitar-based than Cheju, Shoosh features a love-it-or-hate-it vocal style. Their track “Elastic Soil” is predominantly guitar-based but also features some soaring electronic textures underneath it all. Their second track, “Come in from the Cold,” is weirder still vocally and features shimmering electronic swirls and acoustic guitar. The first of their tracks sounds like Bowie meets Genesis P Orridge while the second is more like Dylan; both sound like drug-addled psychedelic folk - uniquely blissed out weird psychedelic folk excursions.
Igloomag

Shoosh are a different proposition altogether, combining the talents of Craig Murphy (synths, programming), multi-instrumentalist Ed Drury and former Delicatessen frontman Neil Carlill, who provides rather unique vocals. A starlit chime introduces “Elastic Soil” but will not prepare the listener for the intergalactic journey they are about to embark on. Murphy’s spectral drones provide the template for Drury to weave a beautiful Spanish guitar arrangement atop, while Carlill delivers his indecipherable yet strangely alluring vocals. Spell-bindingly inventive, shoosh construct an exclusive brand of ambient, space-folk.
Reverb Mag

Shoosh present a far folksier prospect, first with the digitised folk of 'Elastic Soil' - which avoids all that Tunng-style folktronica business thanks to its strained and unhinged vocal - and the rather lovely 'Come In From The Cold', another swirl of guitars, screeching synthesis and that strangely compelling, warped voice.
Boomkat

Shoosh’s ghostly alluring ‘elastic soil’ is an off centred though numbingly beautiful work of ethereal psych-ambi-folk, pining celestial sheens, crooked and dust ridden stumbling acoustic flamenco strums serve as deliciously spectral montages underpinning the ether driven wandering vocal mantras - all at once hazy and disquieting though magically omnipresent the individual parts coalesce and caress like heavenly apparitions weaving in and out of view imagining Animal Collective centre stage in a celestial gunfight setting amid supernatural serenades sourced from Neil Young’s ‘eldorado’.
Losing Today

While other shoosh compositions come across like a space-age version of Pink Floyd, “Elastic Soil” finds them exploring a different plain altogether. Carlill’s vocals immediately pique the interest with its multi-tracked and warped out of shape tone. These are cushioned by a galaxy of spectral drones and superb Spanish guitar work to create this highly inventive piece of music.
Angry Ape

Shoosh's Elastic Soil features flamenco guitar and woozy, processed vocals stumbling around in a sweetly acrid haze. The Wire

Of more interest, I thought, was the music of Shoosh, a three piece group of Ed Drury (guitars), Neil Carlill (vocals and lyrics) and Craig Murphy (synth, programming). In 'Elastic Soil' they sound like an electronic version of Current 93, with a strong similarity in the vocal region. In 'Come In From The Cold' things turn even more down and moody, with sparse electronics, ending in total ambiance.
Vital Weekly

Shoosh is definitely more leftfield. Their two tracks explore a psychedelic world. ‘Elastic Soil’ begins with Spanish guitar before some warped vocals convey an evening of stoned abandon in Madrid. Leonard's Lair

The guitars are Iberian and the wooze is warm and writhes like animated spaghetti. It's quite a nifty little late night stoner track, phased vox n all, would be very much at home on any number of old Tyrannosaurus Rex albums. IS IT ANY GOOD? Yeah, it wont be featured on a chart show near you, but that's not the point, is it?
Unpeeled


Shoosh - Elastic Soil by Myppa from Myppa on Vimeo


   shoosh's Friend Space (Top 40)
shoosh has 3817 friends.
 solipsism 


 Ed 


 Vedette 


 Herb Recordings 


 awkward silence 


 Kingbastard™ 


 Pipher 


 Lustmord 


 FREDERIC D. OBERLAND 


 unlabel 


 is this music? 


 AcidMotherTemple&Chrome 


 Sonic Frontiers 


 Bard of Ely 


 air cushion finish ░░░░░░░ 


 Molloy and his bike 


 Micky67 


 AngryApe.com 


 ♥Doreen♥ 


 Me Me The Moth 


 anticon. 


 Engine7 


 S o u l c a t c h e r 


 Frank Zappa 


 Pink Floyd 


 Neil Young 


 Leonard Cohen 


 Edgard Varese 


 Brian Eno 


 Igloo Magazine 


 Born In Autumn 


 EXP/AM Review 


 Pete Namlook 


 Thom Yorke (Official Myspace) 


 Sveta 


 Warp Records 


 Norman Records Mail Order 


 Lily Blakowt 


 Laurie 


 ant-zen 





shoosh's Friends Comments
Displaying 25 of 421 comments  ( View All | Add Comment )
ЯHERVAG





Jun 29 2009 10:30 AM

Hi shoosh ! this is a timelapse i did of my hometown

thx for watching, wish you a wonderful summer !
♥Doreen♥





Jun 19 2009 4:13 PM

thanxxx for your friendship ;)
music is the best !!!

Frank Zappa Pictures, Images and Photos

stay zapped!!!
do
MICHELANGELO BONAPARTE





Jun 13 2009 11:43 PM

WELCOME***
Marie





Jun 13 2009 9:07 AM

BRAZIL

               Thanks for the add peace and blessings to you all
                                   Marie
                        
Vote for Vultures Await Rock the Space Contest





Jun 4 2009 3:04 PM

Very unique and beautiful music.
Bai Kamara Jr.





May 29 2009 12:13 PM

MANY THANKS FOR WELCOMING ME AND MY MUSIC, IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED. PEACE ALWAYS AND HAVE A SPLENDID WEEKEND.

BKJ
: THE FUTUREPROOF CUDDLING POP BLOG BY PG£ :





May 28 2009 8:48 PM

Bleep Live





May 12 2009 4:29 PM

Photobucket
BADUN





May 3 2009 5:00 PM

New Badun Ep "Tandoori Tentacle"
Tandoori Tentacle Cd cover 2009
^|SiCk0|^





May 2 2009 6:06 PM



Official ^|SiCk0|^ WebSite
TAP-Records





May 1 2009 8:12 AM

thx 4 connecting !

Born In Autumn





Apr 26 2009 1:17 AM

very nice stuff indeed.
TANGERINE DREAM FANS ZONE





Apr 22 2009 11:46 PM


baron of fara





Apr 20 2009 10:38 PM

cheers for accepting my add i love your stuff
A Band Called Quinn





Apr 13 2009 10:06 PM

Click Here For New Album on iTunes

Dianne





Apr 4 2009 5:16 PM

Thanks for the friend request!
(((((HUG's)))))
Sorry Sooo Late Thanking You!
Dianne
^|SiCk0|^





Mar 28 2009 11:55 PM

Purpular Records





Mar 25 2009 4:00 PM

thought i'd say hi as i was passing by:)
Chà





Mar 24 2009 1:05 PM

2 nouveaux clips sur notre page ("Islande" et "rencontre avec un volcan";
et vous pouvez telecharger "Islande" gratuitement.

à plus.

chà des hautes alpes

2 new video clip on our page ("Islande" and "recontre avec un volcan");
and you can download "Islande", and it's free!
see you!
chà from the french moutains.

Three Ring Records





Mar 17 2009 12:40 AM

Thanks for your support! Free tracks at eMusic!

A Band Called Quinn





Mar 14 2009 4:21 PM

A Band Called Quinn - Album Launch Click here for tickets!
Simian Washboard





Mar 14 2009 5:13 PM

smnwshbrd
[sic] Magazine





Mar 13 2009 11:20 AM

Isn't this Neil?

[sic] = Brett btw
JACK DUPON





Mar 8 2009 9:37 PM

Jack Dupon en concert/Live :

Jeudi 2 Avril La Dame de Canton Paris 13ème
ex-Guinguette Pirate avec Fuzzz
vendredi 3 avril Au Raymond à Clermont Ferrand 63
avec Kakodémon et Grumpf quartet
vendredi 24 avril Le Triton Les Lilas 93
La Mecque du Rock-Prog
Samedi 25 avril La Tête des Trains Tousson 77
repaire de là-bas si j'y suis
If it's too far from your home, if you have better things to do, if you're scared to go out...discover Jack Dupon's video almost live at a private concert...
Oppression
Si c'est trop loin de chez vous, si vous avez mieux a faire, si sortir vous fait peur... Découvrez la vidéo de Jack Dupon presque en live lors d'un concert privé filmé sur Clermont-1ère en octobre 2008...
King Black Acid





Mar 10 2009 7:07 AM

Check out our new music video.
The song is called Let's Burn and it's on the Underworld: Rise of the Lycans soundtrack.


Two embeds below; MySpace & YouTube… we're trying to get our views up as high as we can.
Please help us out and click them both and spread the word!

Rock! ~Daniel John Riddle (KBA)

King Black Acid - "Lets Burn" from UNDERWORLD: ROTL Soundtrack




King Black Acid - "Lets Burn" on Vimeo
Add Comment


©2003-2009 MySpace.com. All Rights Reserved.