Circulatory System is a psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...

 musical ensemble formed by musician/painter Will Cullen Hart

Will Cullen Hart

William "Will" Cullen Hart is one of the co-founders of the Elephant Six Collective, as well as the rock band The Olivia Tremor Control...

, and featuring Derek Almstead

Derek Almstead

Derek Griffin Almstead is an American musician/engineer closely tied to the Elephant 6 Collective.-Background:Born in Lexington, Virginia, he spent his childhood in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, and later Manassas, Virginia. In 1995 he moved to Athens, Georgia, where he became involved with Elephant 6...

, Suzanne Allison, Peter Erchick, John Fernandes

John Fernandes

John Fernandes is an American multi-instrumentalist musician.-Professional career:Fernandes, along with several other members of the Elephant Six Collective, joined the acclaimed psychedelic pop group The Olivia Tremor Control in Athens, GA in 1994...

, Charlie Johnston, and Heather McIntosh.

Hart is famous for his work in the Elephant Six Collective

The Elephant Six Collective

The Elephant 6 Recording Company is a collective of American musicians who spawned many notable independent bands of the 1990s, including The Apples in Stereo, The Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, Beulah, Elf Power, Of Montreal, and Circulatory System.-Foundation:The collective was...

 as one of the lead players in The Olivia Tremor Control

The Olivia Tremor Control

The Olivia Tremor Control is an indie rock band prominent in the mid to late 1990s which, along with The Apples in Stereo and Neutral Milk Hotel, was one of the three original Elephant 6 projects...

. After the band disbanded in 2000, he and most of the other former Olivias formed Circulatory System, with the exception of Bill Doss

Bill Doss

Bill Doss is among the co-founders of The Elephant 6 Recording Company, based in Athens, Georgia, and one of the key creative forces behind The Olivia Tremor Control, one of the leaders of the collective, and later, following the band's break-up, The Sunshine Fix...

, who was focusing on his solo project Sunshine Fix, and Eric Harris

Eric Harris (musician)

Eric Harris is an American musician who played the drums for The Olivia Tremor Control from 1995 to 2000. Harris currently drums for Elf Power.-References:*...

. Neutral Milk Hotel

Neutral Milk Hotel

Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie rock band formed by singer, guitarist and songwriter Jeff Mangum in the early 1990s. The band was noted for its experimental sound, obscure lyrics and eclectic instrumentation....

's Jeff Mangum

Jeff Mangum

Jeff Mangum is a musician best known for being the lyricist, vocalist and guitarist of the band Neutral Milk Hotel, as well as being one of the cofounders of The Elephant 6 Recording Company. Mangum, along with the other founding members of the Elephant 6, attended Ruston High School in the late...

 also contributed to their albums, but was only briefly part of the touring version of the band.

A second full-length album, Signal Morning

Signal Morning

Signal Morning is the second studio album by the psychedelic rock band Circulatory System. It was released September 8, 2009 on the Cloud Recordings label.-Side A:#"Woodpecker Greeting Worker Ant" - 3:22#"Rocks and Stones" - 2:42...

, was released on September 8, 2009. The song "Overjoyed" was released as a single. Also they played live at Primavera Sound Festival

Primavera Sound Festival

San Miguel Primavera Sound, commonly known as Primavera Sound or simply Primavera, is an annual music festival which takes place in Barcelona, Spain in late May and, in some years, early June...

 2010.

Discography

• Circulatory System
  Circulatory System (album)
  Circulatory System is the self-titled debut album by the American music ensemble Circulatory System. It was released August 28, 2001 on frontman Will Cullen Hart's Cloud Recordings label....
  
   (2001, Cloud Recordings)
• Inside Views
  Inside Views
  Inside Views is essentially a remix album of the self-titled debut of the Circulatory System.The album is made up of "cut and paste style fragments, demos and animation derived from pieces of the circulatory system album"...
  
   (2001, Cloud Recordings)
• Signal Morning
  Signal Morning
  Signal Morning is the second studio album by the psychedelic rock band Circulatory System. It was released September 8, 2009 on the Cloud Recordings label.-Side A:#"Woodpecker Greeting Worker Ant" - 3:22#"Rocks and Stones" - 2:42...
  
   (2009, Cloud Recordings)
• Side 3
  Side 3 (2010 album)
  Side 3 is a remix, demos and alternate-takes album of Circulatory System's 2009 release Signal Morning.The limited release 12" album came with the deluxe package of Signal Morning....
  
   (2010, Cloud Recordings)

Compilation appearances

The band also submitted "Deserts (As Big as a Star)" to the Wishing Tree compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

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External links

• Cloud Recordings, the label founded by John Fernandes & Will Hart
• W Cullen Hart interview at Sweet Pea
• The Circulatory System @ Athens Popfest 2006, video recording

Live Broadcasts

• http://www.archive.org/details/OlasKoolKitchenOnRadio23CirculatorySystemLiveInterviewPrimavera2010