18th Dye was a Berlin

Berlin

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-based German

Germany

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/Danish

Denmark

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 noise rock

Noise rock

Noise rock describes a style of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. Noise rock makes use of the traditional instrumentation and iconography of rock, but incorporates atonality and especially dissonance, and also frequently discards usual songwriting conventions.-Style:Noise...

 band formed in 1992 by German Sebastian Büttrich (vocals, guitar), Danish-German Heike Rädeker (vocals, bass) and Dane Piet Bendtsen (drums). They broke up in 1999 after 2 albums and an EP, but reformed in 2005. A third album "Amorine Queen" was released in 2008 but they split up again in 2009.

Biography

Drone-heavy, fuzzed out debut LP Done, produced by Iain Burgess

Iain Burgess

Iain Burgess was a British record producer and audio engineer. He helped define the sound of the Chicago post-punk music scene in the 1980s and early '90s, working with a number of key underground bands, including Big Black, Naked Raygun, The Effigies, Get Smart!, Ministry, Bloodsport, Pegboy,...

 (Naked Raygun

Naked Raygun

Naked Raygun is a Chicago-based punk rock group. Initially active from 1980 to about 1992, Naked Raygun had several short-lived reunions afterwards and a full-time reformation in 2006....

, Ministry

Ministry (band)

Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...

, Big Black

Big Black

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), was released in Germany in 1992 before the band gained a recording and distribution deal with US Independent label Matador Records

Matador Records

Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of indie rock artists and bands.-History:Matador was started by Chris Lombardi in 1989 in his New York City apartment. The following year, Lombardi was joined by former Homestead Records manager Gerard Cosloy, and the two of them have...

 in 1994, having been championed by Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo, sometimes abbreviated as YLT, is an American alternative rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan , Georgia Hubley , and James McNew .Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called "the quintessential...

. The self-produced six song EP Crayon followed in 1994.

In 1995, 18th Dye moved to Danish label Cloudland Records and recorded their second album, Tribute to a Bus

Tribute To A Bus

Tribute To A Bus is the second full length album by 18th Dye, originally released in 1995. It was recorded by Steve Albini.-Track listing:#"Glass House Failure" – 4:02#"Sole Arch " – 3:52#"Only Burn" – 2:56#"Play W/You" – 3:59#"Label" – 3:31...

, recorded by Steve Albini

Steve Albini

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 in Nayant La Gracoyere, France. More dynamic and diverse than previous recordings, its blend of noise and melody suggest influences such as Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth

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, The Wedding Present

The Wedding Present

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 and Wire

Wire (band)

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. It is characterised by oblique English-as-second-language, maths based lyrics.
The band recorded three Peel sessions: in July 1994, March 1995 and February 1999. They broke up in 1999 with Büttrich and Bendtsen going on to form Kikkert and later Test, while Rädeker has played with the bands Evonike and Wuhling. They reformed in the summer of 2005 and have begun to debut new songs at recent shows around Europe. In November 2007, 18th Dye signed a new recording contract with Danish-based record label Crunchy Frog Records

Crunchy Frog Records

Crunchy Frog is an independent record label, established in 1994 in Copenhagen, Denmark.The label is owned by the four members of Thau. The daily operations is handled by Jesper "Yebo" Reginal Petersen, drummer of Thau...

 (The Raveonettes

The Raveonettes

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, Junior Senior

Junior Senior

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, Heavy Trash

Heavy Trash

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, PowerSolo, The Naked

The Naked (band)

The Naked was a Danish indie-rock band that existed from the end of the 1980s and disbanded in 1999. The band started out under the name Naked Lunch, later shortening the name to Naked, and finally to The Naked....

, epo-555).

In 2008, a third album Amorine Queen was released and the band toured the USA before breaking up again in 2009. A press statement said of the split "It is not possible for us to compose, create and act as a band any more. We have decided to stop the band at this point."

Albums/EPs

• Done – 1992
• Crayon (EP) – 1993
• Tribute To A Bus
  Tribute To A Bus
  Tribute To A Bus is the second full length album by 18th Dye, originally released in 1995. It was recorded by Steve Albini.-Track listing:#"Glass House Failure" – 4:02#"Sole Arch " – 3:52#"Only Burn" – 2:56#"Play W/You" – 3:59#"Label" – 3:31...
  
  – 1995
• Left (Compilation) – 1998
• Amorine Queen - 2008

Singles

• Whole Wide World / Fragile Stars – 1994
• Dive / Coffee Cup Revisited – 1994
• Dive / Can You Wink? / Plumbing & Soon Forgetting – 1994
• Play W/ You / Gout S.F. / F. – 1995

External links

• 18th Dye official website
• Test website for Büttrich and Bendtsen's band
• Berlin Summerize, August 2007 YouTube video
• PUNKCAST#1486 live video from NYC - 29 November 2008