The new Stray Light album 'Waves Broken' is out now (released January 2009) - a numbered, hand printed limited edition of 200. You can order these via the Doubtful Sound website for £6 including postage:
http://www.doubtfulsound.net/
Or just £5 if you see one of us in person!
It is our most diverse collection of songs yet and we've also branched out a bit instrumentally with the addition of flute, viola, balalaika, and some slightly unorthodox piano amongst other things, to the usual line-up. There are two tracks here and some more tracks on our website. We also hope to book some more gigs in the coming months… Do get in touch if you are interested in putting us on.
Stray Light formed in late 1997 and since then the band has developed an ethos of collective composition and improvisation. Given this, and the band's disparate and eclectic musical tastes and influences - from experimental noise to Russian folk music - a highly original approach and sound has resulted. Playing shows in Manchester (supporting bands such as Bardo Pond, Stars of the Lid, and Do Make Say Think) developed the material that would be recorded in 2000 for our first CD - Mile 7 - a disparate collection of songs, improvisations and soundscapes unified by a subtle melancholia, influenced by a millennial roadtrip across the open deserts of Nevada and Arizona. In contrast, the bulk of our second record, Careers, was conceived, finalised, or improvised in a single week of recording in the wilds of deepest Sussex in September 2002. Careers was released on our own label (Doubtful Sound) and can be purchased from our website.
We're also happy to announce that Dan Chadderton has joined the band as our new drummer, and we'll be back to playing live in the summer once he has been fully initiated into our arcane ways! The 19th June at the King's Arms will be the first show with the new line-up.
“Stray Light are all about slowburning intertwined guitar melodies, bolstered by sweet violin drone and skittering drums” – Brainwashed
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Grouper (US) has her latest – Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill – of three albums on Type Records. She has also been involved in collaborative releases, contributing a track to Xiu Xiu’s Remixed & Covered and four tracks to a split release with Inca Ore. Her other contemporaries are Belong, Growing, Tim Hecker, Windy & Carl and Atlas Sound.
Jasper TX (Sweden), with a hefty back-catalogue of releases on labels such as Miasmah, and collaborations with buddy Machinefabriek, is an essential domestic appliance in the household of conceptual music. He is comparable to artists Fennesz, Sigur Ros, Múm and Tape.
Intricate and atmospheric songsmith, Danny Saul (UK) performs with different combinations of musicians, making each gig a unique event. His forthcoming release is "Harsh, Final", and he also performs with Greg Haines as Liondialer.
Fieldhead (UK) music delights in tape hiss, bleak landscapes and decaying analogue loops. He is also a member of The Declining Winter and Glissando. His debut album, "They Shook Hands for Hours" is released soon on Home Assembly.
Trespassers William (Seattle, US) are the duo of Matt Brown and Anna-Lynne Williams. "Subliminally sublime and pragmatically perfect, you would have to possess an ashtray for a heart not to feel this coursing through your soul" (DSD Music Magazine). A new EP, The Natural Order of Things, is set to be released on Gizeh Records. They will make a church performance with special guests.
Glissando (Sheffield, UK) “have the kind of atmosphere that can captivate and relax in equal measure- never before has tranquillity sounded so urgent. While track lengths of over 10 minutes may fail to hold the attention of the ADHD sufferers among us, with patience it plays like a majestic dream. And it's one you'll never want to wake up from." NME
Operations (Chris Anderson) is a Manchester based conceptual music producer and sound artist. He performs and records with an array of analog synths and effects, reel-to-reel tape and casette players, and guitars. Followers of Tim Hecker, Slowdive, Fennesz, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Stephen O'Malley, Type and 12K Records will surely nod in approval.
Many thanks for the add chaps and Ellen. Metonia wish you well and good luck in your ventures and adventures. I think we will be sharing the Dry Bar stage on the 22nd, look forward to meeting you. Please feel free to leave comments on our sounds/vids/pics good or bad and spread the word or even join our facebook group page... Much appreciated.
This Thursday 30/07 we welcome you to join us and celebrate the release of our new album, Panic. Free copies of the album will be available on the night plus music from BOBBIE PERU, STRAY LIGHT and MONSTER ISLAND with FNF DJs all night.
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