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Encyclopedia > Air Formation
Air Formation
Origin Sussex, South East England
Genre(s) Shoegaze
Space rock
Years active 1998 - present
Label(s) Drive-in Records, Clairecords, Club AC30 (currently)
Website AirFormation.com
Members
Matt Bartram - vocals, guitar
Ben Pierce - bass
Richard Parks - keyboards
James Harrison - drums
Phil Macy - guitar
Former members
Ian Sheridan - guitar

Air Formation is an English Shoegaze/Space rock band that debuted with their first 7" in the summer of 1998. Highly inspired by bands like Flying Saucer Attack, Spacemen 3, and The Jesus and Mary Chain, their music incorporates heavily delayed guitar and feedback, droning keyboards, and soft, almost whispered vocals. Over the past seven years they have released three albums, two EPs, and three 7" singles. Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ... South East England is one of the nine official regions of England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Shoegazing (also known as shoegaze or shoegazer; practitioners referred to as shoegazers) is a genre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. ... For space rocks, see asteroid. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... A sunburst-colored Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as a cowbell, wood block, chimes or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Shoegazing (also known as shoegaze or shoegazer; practitioners referred to as shoegazers) is a genre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. ... For space rocks, see asteroid. ... A 12-inch record (left), a 7-inch record (right), and a CD (above) Two 7 singles (left), two colored 7 singles (middle), and two 7 singles with large spindle holes (right). ... Flying Saucer Attack was an experimental indie rock band that formed in Bristol, England in 1992. ... Spacemen 3 were an English rock band who formed in 1982 and whose career spanned from the post-punk to Acid House eras. ... The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band that revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid. ... Audio feedback (also known as the Larsen effect after the Danish scientist, Søren Larsen, who first discovered its principles) is a special kind of feedback which occurs when a sound loop exists between an audio input (for example, a microphone or guitar pickup) and an audio output (for example... Drone music, also known as drone-based music, drone ambient or ambient drone, dronescape or dronology, and sometimes simply as drone, is a musical style that emphasizes the use of sustained sounds, notes, or tones-clusters – called drones. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... // Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single but are too short to qualify as albums. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ...

Contents

Discography

Albums

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EPs

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Singles

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Compilations

  • Isonauta - Populogical Synth-plop (April 1999) — contributed "The Sand" and "Tired/Awake"
  • Notes from Claire — contributed "Fallen Leaves"
  • Blisscent I — contributed "Four-part Galaxy" (Recorded September 2001)
  • Rollerderby Records - The Speed by Which We Fall — contributed "The Sound Will Come to You" (Recorded September 2001)
  • Club AC360 CD #1 (May 2004) — contributed "Keep on Endlessly"
  • Test Tones Vol. 4 (May 2005) — contributed "Spirals"
  • Never Lose That Feeling #1 (September 12, 2005) — contributed "Suzanne (Moose)"

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External links

  • Air Formation at JoinersLive!
  • Official MySpace page


 
 

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