Showing posts with label folk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label folk. Show all posts

Thursday, 21 May 2015

Haiku Salut - Glockelbar

Artist: Haiku Salut
Track: Glockelbar
Album: Tricolore (2013)

Haiku Salut is an instrumental trio from the Derbyshire Dales in England, who fuse elements of neoclassical, folktronica, post rock, folk, and electronica. Between them, Haiku Salut play accordion, piano, glockenspiel, trumpet, guitar, ukulele, drums, and melodica. Their music also features electronic elements, which they refer to as "loopery and laptopery".

The group formed in 2010, and their debut EP, “How We Got Along After the Yarn Bomb” (2011), was released on Team Strike Force records, with their debut album "Tricolore" (2013) released on How Does It Feel To Be Loved? Grab their music and more on Bandcamp, and stay up to date on Facebook.

Haiku Salut never speak onstage, and refer to themselves as "three mute girls".

Follow @haikusalut on Twitter

Thursday, 29 August 2013

Detektivbyrån - Nattöppet

Artist: Detektivbyrån
Track: Nattöppet
Album: E18 (2008)

Detektivbyrån ("The Detective Agency") was a Swedish electronica and folk music trio from Gothenburg. The group consisted of Anders "Flanders" Molin (accordion, music box), Martin "MacGyver" Molin (glockenspiel, traktofon, toy piano, Theremin) and Jon Nils Emanuel Ekström drums, sound box, small bells.

The band released two albums during their existence, E18 (May 2008) and Wermland (Sept 2008). In August 2010, the band was dissolved and clearly stated on their official website that they would not make any more music or live performances under the name Detektivbyrån.

Follow @DBdetektivbyran on Twitter, but it's not been active since 2009.

Tuesday, 27 October 2009

The Middle East - Blood

Artist: The Middle East
Track: Blood
Album: The Middle East E.P. (2009)

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The Middle East are a musical collective based in Townsville in Queensland, Australia. Forming in 2005, the group were formerly best known for playing Christian music festivals throughout Australia before splitting in 2007. A mere six months after this decision was made, the band reconvened and re-released their debut EP, The Recordings of the Middle East.