Desolation Yes
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Desolation Yes! are a Scottish
/Slovakia
n experimental music
band, formed in Glasgow
, in 2004. They are currently with Neon Tetra Records and their debut double A-side single Templeton/Instinct was released on 10 December 2007. Future Pop was released as a free download on Monday 29 September 2008 from www.redtorpedo.com. The album "Cybernation" was recorded at the legendary Chem19 studios was released in 2011. The band are currently recording the forthcoming album "Out of Orbit". The instrumental ep "Beatscreamer" was released as a free download exclusively from the band's official website www.desolationyes.com in 2010.
Beatscreamer
Beatscreamer is a 6 track EP by Desolation Yes! which is entirely instrumental, and covers the genres of techno, dance, eurobeat and downtempo. The EP is designed to be modular, so if you prefer certain styles to others, you can create your own mini 'Beatscreamer'. There are two alternate art covers depending on personal taste.
The band's line up has changed over the last few years but has recently settled on Paul Elliott: vocals
/programming, Ross McNicol: guitar
, Miro Cuba Drums, and Shisho bass. Paul and Ross are members of the original lineup, although Ross left the band in 2006 on a 17-month hiatus to concentrate on study, and has since returned to his original position. Miro and Shisoo joined shortly after.
Because of the use of synth, samplers and drum machines the band's sound can be defined as a genre of electronic music
though which one is open to interpretation. They have been described as industrial
, futurepop, ebm
, techno
, dance
/rock
and synthpop
. The band themselves have declared a love of all genres of music and describe their music simply as experimental.
The band have had extensive airplay on XFM, Radio One and community radio as well as a host of positive reports in various newspapers and magazines, and have been hailed as 'Glasgow's next big thing'.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
/Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
n experimental music
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
band, formed in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, in 2004. They are currently with Neon Tetra Records and their debut double A-side single Templeton/Instinct was released on 10 December 2007. Future Pop was released as a free download on Monday 29 September 2008 from www.redtorpedo.com. The album "Cybernation" was recorded at the legendary Chem19 studios was released in 2011. The band are currently recording the forthcoming album "Out of Orbit". The instrumental ep "Beatscreamer" was released as a free download exclusively from the band's official website www.desolationyes.com in 2010.
Beatscreamer
Beatscreamer is a 6 track EP by Desolation Yes! which is entirely instrumental, and covers the genres of techno, dance, eurobeat and downtempo. The EP is designed to be modular, so if you prefer certain styles to others, you can create your own mini 'Beatscreamer'. There are two alternate art covers depending on personal taste.
The band's line up has changed over the last few years but has recently settled on Paul Elliott: vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
/programming, Ross McNicol: guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, Miro Cuba Drums, and Shisho bass. Paul and Ross are members of the original lineup, although Ross left the band in 2006 on a 17-month hiatus to concentrate on study, and has since returned to his original position. Miro and Shisoo joined shortly after.
Because of the use of synth, samplers and drum machines the band's sound can be defined as a genre of electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
though which one is open to interpretation. They have been described as industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
, futurepop, ebm
Electronic body music
Electronic body music or industrial dance is a music genre that combines elements of industrial music and electronic dance music...
, techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
, dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
/rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
and synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
. The band themselves have declared a love of all genres of music and describe their music simply as experimental.
The band have had extensive airplay on XFM, Radio One and community radio as well as a host of positive reports in various newspapers and magazines, and have been hailed as 'Glasgow's next big thing'.
Albums
- Out of Orbit (In production)
- CyberNation (2011)
- Beatscreamer (2010)