SKIES OF EMBER, that mysterious group of expressionists who dabble into
darkness and melancholia, is a band worthy of its name. The ember skies
glitters, and we drown ourselves in the river of forgetfulness, known as
Lethe. We detach from the cruelties of life, we submit ourselves to
nothingness. We become what we feared most. The very fiber of our being
diminishes with the void. Go out and see them perform, you will forget what
you are and reminisce the past that you really were.
-Michael Capili
“NOCTEM THEATRIKA”
The “Skies of Ember” is an air of wistful contemplation and nostalgia
reinforced by the ardent smolder of the tired sun. Moments that
traverse along the fringes of the abstract and reaffirms through the
dynamics of “blanco y negro” the value of nature as “one great influence”.
-Carlo Del Castillo
“Tulips are green”, “The Scenester” and his very own “Sometimes”.
Histrionicus - SOE started back in the mid 90s’ before the fall of the great
“Club Dredd”, back then they played mostly impromptu sets after awhile
those spontaneity becomes a song, the band comes from the ashes of
“Blinded by Love” a post ethereal / shoegazer group.
In those days they were young seductive like teenage pornstars. ”Dott Seki” founded the “Skies of Ember”.
After the great fall the band release a 6 song demo EP, “The Lost April
Shadows” ( 2000 ) it lead the group to a strange and more fruitful projects
“The Mutual Admiration Society” compilation (“definition records” now
“Terno records”) and “The Uno Documento Compilo” (“documento records”
NY , Manila) w/c both been released overseas.
pres•ent par•ti•ci•ple : 2006 “Endless Swoon”
Nine swooning tracks
Featuring the single “Spinning Around”
The band weaves bloodstained tales about the divine (human), dark love
(like black chocolates and dark beer), and moments of hopeful despair.
Words by “Marco Del Castillo” Published Oct 2003 Pulp Magazine.
The Ember exist: one part exorcism, one part expression, one part
celebration and one part collaboration. All of these, along with their
past experiences and multi faced emotions, add to the signification of
the fact that the band acquired dimension, depth, integrity and passion.
They were, and still are, a jet black ensemble, a beautiful creature that wafts
and weaves its way around shimmery guitars, almost tribal percussion /
rhythms and gorgeously poignant vocals.
To round it all up … “Frank Kafka” provides a perfect summary to the essence,
sensibility and sound of “Skies of Ember”.
“You do not need to leave your room remain sitting at your table and listen.
Do not even listen simply wait. Do not even wait. Be quite still and solitary.
The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked. It has no choice,
It will fall in ecstasy at your feet.”
It’s so nice to have you onboard as a friend of K-Jell. Really hope you enjoy our music, if you have time do check out our pic’s from our China tour in April. Anyway we wish you a beautiful summer, enjoy the holiday !
I hope you enjoy my music because it was for you that i created. The record companies don't want to give me a deal because i sound like Michael Jackson,,,they hate him so much, until they don't want anyone who sounds like him.. My song are Orginal with my music. So i had no choice but to keep moving forward on my own. What they fail to realize is that YOU are the judge, not them. My music will speack for me.. it's my voice. How many record companies executives you think buy CD's? "NONE" they get them free. You are my judge if you feel that my music is good..and you truely love my style of songs ( Please leave a comment ) ; You can help me win a record deal from Myspace... just click "Grab it" on the player and copy and paste the Widget of the Cassette on my page to your page, and spread the word.. . here's the link just in case you need it...http://adsupport.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=rockthespace.fan&sproutid=mwDPCQWHCDUR0zX2 thank you for hearing me out... and if you love Gospel music... goto this site ...
Event: We Exist (a gathering of performance sound and visual artists) Date: May 29, 2009 (Friday) Time: 8:00 p.m. – onwards Venue: Mogwai Cubao Expo, Cubao Quezon City
This one-night event will features sound artists and visual artists who have been practicing the discipline and medium of experimental music, sound art and new media. The event will platform this interdisciplinary form of art in a live collaborative performance. With this, the participants are requested to collaborate with each other and shall interact conceptually and aesthetically. However, there will be no theme or any structure nor absolute rules or procedures on how will the performance would be performed and execute. It could be on improvisation, in real-time notation or on any form. Thus it should be on spontaneous, organic and unrehearsed live collaborative effort. As the title of the event suggest it will be a gathering for further exploration of these art forms through exchanges of ideas, insights and experience within the process of the performance. It also aim to introduce or to re-introduce the discipline to the public, to present and to have a possible informal discussion on the medium.
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"i'm still looking in my shoe... gazing..." -jon romero
Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
