Red Voice Choir
Encyclopedia
Red Voice Choir is a progressive
dark rock
band formed in Oakland, California
, USA
in 2005. Members are: Miss Kel (vocals
) and (keyboards
), Adam Beck (vocals
) and (guitar
), Dawn Hillis (bass
) and Kevin Brown (drums
).
and the now defunct Sister Mary Shoelace), Adam Beck (of Death of a Party
), Dawn Hillis (formerly of The Holy Kiss) and Kevin Brown (of Black Ice
, and now defunct: The Freaks, Sister Mary Shoelace, and The Legendary Freemonious Wah), although the band originally began with Skot B. (of Black Ice
, The Phantom Limbs
and Anal Kitties) as the drummer. Their first CD EP, "A Thousand Reflections" was released by Atakra Productions on July 9, 2007. On February 3, 2008, Red Voice Choir played its last show at 924 Gilman in Berkeley, California
. According to their Myspace
page, they are mixing a 5 song recording to be released posthumously.
dark rock
, among others, with a wide range of influences, and features a mash-up of loud and quiet music with the contrast of screaming vocals against soothing harmonies and melodies.
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
dark 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...
band formed in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 2005. Members are: Miss Kel (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...
) and (keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
), Adam Beck (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...
) and (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...
), Dawn Hillis (bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) and Kevin Brown (drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
).
Line-up
The current line-up features Miss Kel (of Black IceBlack Ice (band)
Black Ice is a No Wave/Deathrock band formed in 1999 by members of The Phantom Limbs, Stevenson Sedjwick and Skot Brown. Additionally, Sedjwick has played in Factory Of Angst, Bloody Melinda and other bands; while Brown has been a member of Anal Kitties, Oliver Klossoff And The Applicators, and...
and the now defunct Sister Mary Shoelace), Adam Beck (of Death of a Party
Death of a Party (band)
Death of a Party formed in the summer of 2003 in the Oakland house party scene and quickly earned a loyal band of followers. With a dark, sometimes heavy, often dancey, always fancy, post-punk sound and a manic live show compared to a "full-on, endorphin-charged gang fight", the Death of a Party...
), Dawn Hillis (formerly of The Holy Kiss) and Kevin Brown (of Black Ice
Black Ice (band)
Black Ice is a No Wave/Deathrock band formed in 1999 by members of The Phantom Limbs, Stevenson Sedjwick and Skot Brown. Additionally, Sedjwick has played in Factory Of Angst, Bloody Melinda and other bands; while Brown has been a member of Anal Kitties, Oliver Klossoff And The Applicators, and...
, and now defunct: The Freaks, Sister Mary Shoelace, and The Legendary Freemonious Wah), although the band originally began with Skot B. (of Black Ice
Black Ice (band)
Black Ice is a No Wave/Deathrock band formed in 1999 by members of The Phantom Limbs, Stevenson Sedjwick and Skot Brown. Additionally, Sedjwick has played in Factory Of Angst, Bloody Melinda and other bands; while Brown has been a member of Anal Kitties, Oliver Klossoff And The Applicators, and...
, The Phantom Limbs
The Phantom Limbs
The Phantom Limbs formed in Oakland, California in 1999. They combined no wave, horror punk, deathrock, and goth to create a unique synthpunk sound.-History:...
and Anal Kitties) as the drummer. Their first CD EP, "A Thousand Reflections" was released by Atakra Productions on July 9, 2007. On February 3, 2008, Red Voice Choir played its last show at 924 Gilman in Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
. According to their Myspace
Myspace
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page, they are mixing a 5 song recording to be released posthumously.
Style
The band has been described as experimental, progressiveProgressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
dark 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...
, among others, with a wide range of influences, and features a mash-up of loud and quiet music with the contrast of screaming vocals against soothing harmonies and melodies.