Ecstasy of Saint Theresa
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Ecstasy of Saint Theresa (EOST) is a Czech
band formed in 1990 by Jan Muchow, Jan Gregar, Petr Wegner and Irna Libowitz. Early shoegaze influences included Siouxsie and the Banshees, Cocteau Twins
, and My Bloody Valentine.
The band released the EP Pigment in 1991. This album, along with 1992's Susurrate, featured a punky feedback-drenched psychedelic rock sound.
From there, the band moved into ambient and techno influenced soundscapes as evidenced by their 1993 album Free-D produced with Guy Fixsen
. Free-D marked the end of the original line-up and something of a hiatus for the band releasing only the 1994 remix EP AstralaVista in the following 6 years.
1999's In Dust 3 featured Muchow and the siren-voiced Kateřina Winterová on 11 tracks of laptop-pop and post rock ambience. As opposed to the extremely relaxing pastoral feel and dubby continuous mix of Free-D, this album consisted of very strange pop songs voiced by actress-singer Winterová backed by the electro-acoustic soundscapes of Muchow. This downtempo sample-infused style was further pursued on 2003's Slowthinking album released with an accompanying Fastmoving/Slowthinking DVD featuring the single I'm (Not Really) Optimistic.
Czech Republic
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band formed in 1990 by Jan Muchow, Jan Gregar, Petr Wegner and Irna Libowitz. Early shoegaze influences included Siouxsie and the Banshees, Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins
Cocteau Twins were a Scottish alternative rock band active from 1979 to 1997, known for innovative instrumentation and atmospheric, non-lyrical vocals...
, and My Bloody Valentine.
The band released the EP Pigment in 1991. This album, along with 1992's Susurrate, featured a punky feedback-drenched psychedelic rock sound.
From there, the band moved into ambient and techno influenced soundscapes as evidenced by their 1993 album Free-D produced with Guy Fixsen
Guy Fixsen
Guy Fixsen is a producer/engineer/musician based in London. He is best-known for his producing/engineering work with various indie rock, shoegazer, and experimental rock bands, and for forming the band Laika....
. Free-D marked the end of the original line-up and something of a hiatus for the band releasing only the 1994 remix EP AstralaVista in the following 6 years.
1999's In Dust 3 featured Muchow and the siren-voiced Kateřina Winterová on 11 tracks of laptop-pop and post rock ambience. As opposed to the extremely relaxing pastoral feel and dubby continuous mix of Free-D, this album consisted of very strange pop songs voiced by actress-singer Winterová backed by the electro-acoustic soundscapes of Muchow. This downtempo sample-infused style was further pursued on 2003's Slowthinking album released with an accompanying Fastmoving/Slowthinking DVD featuring the single I'm (Not Really) Optimistic.
Line-Up
Band members:- Jan P. Muchow, sound designer, constituent member
- Kateřina Winterová, vocals
Discography
EOST albums (in chronological order):- Pigment e.p. (EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, 1991) - Susurrate (album) (LP, 1992)
- ...fluidtrance centauri... (EP, 1993)
- Free-D (Original Soundtrack) (LP, 1994)
- AstralaVista (EP, 1994)
- In Dust 3 (LP, 1999)
- Dumb It rmx's (EP, 2000)
- 4B4 (4x LP compilation, 2001)
- I'm (Not Really) Optimistic (EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, 2002) - Slowthinking (LP, 2002)
- Local Distortion (EP, 2003)
- Fastmoving / Slowthinking (DVDDVDA DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
, 2003) - Happy R (EP, 2003)
- Thirteen Years In Noises (LP, 2004)
- It (EP, 2005)
- Watching Black, White Looking (Single, 2006)
- Watching Black (LP, 2006)