Volcano the Bear
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Topic: Volcano the Bear
Posted By: Shakespeare
Subject: Volcano the Bear
Date Posted: March 01 2008 at 15:13
 Taken from the last.fm page: Volcano the Bear was formed in May 1995, in http://www.last.fm/tag/leicester - leicester , http://www.last.fm/tag/england - england , by http://www.last.fm/music/Daniel+Padden - Daniel Padden , Laurence Coleman, http://www.last.fm/music/Nick+Mott - Nick Mott and http://www.last.fm/music/Aaron+Moore - Aaron Moore . These four musicians encountered frustrations with the limitations of traditional musical endeavors and sought an outlet that could defy convention. Volcano the Bear quickly became the platform for their total artistic freedom and personal expression, where they could explore collective ideas and interests in a new and inventive manner. The music that came forth from this collective ideology was a beautiful cross-section of the English underground of years past ( http://www.last.fm/music/Robert+Wyatt - Robert Wyatt , http://www.last.fm/music/This+Heat - This Heat , http://www.last.fm/music/Nurse+With+Wound - Nurse With Wound ) alongside the rhythms of http://www.last.fm/music/Can - Can , the trickery of http://www.last.fm/music/Faust - Faust and a http://www.last.fm/music/The+Residents - The Residents -like surrealist bent. Volcano the Bear adapt these lofty inspirations into a sound that is distinctly their own creation, one that blurs the lines between songs, composition, noise and improvisation. Volcano the Bear's own Volucan imprint was home to their first recordings, released in limited cassette and CD-R formats. Glowing reviews in magazines like The Wire and Audion quickly expanded the group's fan base, and soon Volcano the Bear released the mini-LP Yak Folks Y'are on the http://www.last.fm/tag/pickled%20egg - pickled egg label. Devout fans included United Dairies/ http://www.last.fm/music/Nurse+With+Wound - Nurse With Wound mastermind http://www.last.fm/music/Steven+Stapleton - Steven Stapleton , who made Volcano the Bear the first non-NWW release on his label in nearly a decade. Their first US release was http://www.last.fm/music/Volcano+the+Bear/The+One+Burned+Ma - The One Burned Ma , on the http://www.last.fm/tag/misra - misra label Following a wildly successful U.S. tour with labelmates http://www.last.fm/music/Bablicon - Bablicon , Volcano the Bear were back at work, recording another album for United Dairies. This release, titled http://www.last.fm/music/Volcano+the+Bear/Five+Hundred+Boy+Piano - Five Hundred Boy Piano , preceded a slew of Volcano the Bear releases, including reissues of Volfur, Volve and Volseptor on the Beta-Lactum Ring label. Also issued was the 10 inch record, Guess, a super-limited "art album" titled The Mountain Among UsVolnono and Xvol, all courtesy of Beta-Lactum Ring. Their methods are extremely avant-garde, and truly progress away from the norm. Musically, it is unique and complex, and crosses some subtle and scarce rock elements with folk, minimalism, and something wholly unique. Reading this biography shows they took influences from a score of revered prog bands. Country: United Kingdom Prog genre: Avant-prog Official Website: The official site seems to be down...Here's an alternative http://www.myspace.com/volcanothebear - http://www.myspace.com/volcanothebear A selected discography:
Yak Folks Y'Are EP (Pickled Egg 1999) Volcano The Bear have some of the above items for sale, though some are very scarce and some are completely unavailable. Email us at [email protected] |
Replies:
Posted By: Drakk
Date Posted: March 02 2008 at 14:52
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I saw these guys on Last.fm through the similar artists page, and I knew I'd like them. I'm thinking about which album to get right now, actually. Hopefully I'll hit the jackpot. ------------- [QUOTE=darkshade] [QUOTE=Sckxyss] I'm disappointed - neither of these players are avant-garde! Al di Meola. [/QUOTE] haha i know. but the poll itself is avant-garde [/QUOTE] |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: March 02 2008 at 16:16
| Classic Erasmus Fusion is absolutely amazing. |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: March 03 2008 at 20:30
| No bites? |
Posted By: Apsalar
Date Posted: March 04 2008 at 05:31
| Bites. These chaps 'ave been on my 'to check out' list for some time, but petty meanderings else where have put a stopper on following through. So I'm happy you brought 'em up. With any luck I might catch them while I'm over in Europe this year. Churned through their myspace tracks, great stuff, at times reminding me of what's happening up in ol' Finland's free folk scene. |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: March 26 2008 at 09:47
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Don't own anything by them yet, but saw them live last year (and they were great). And I've heard a couple of their albums. I'm certainly no expert on them, but they can easily be added here from what I've heard and seen. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |