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SORA SHIMA

About Me


Instrumental in nature, with an intense and well-crafted wall of sound which dramatically rises and falls on a dime, Sora Shima are by no means at a loss from lack of vocals. Destroy Electronica, the 3rd opus from the Hamilton based band reins in the ferocious nature of their previous releases to craft a solid and intense soundtrack – as harmonic as it is chaotic.
In the vein of artists such as Mogwai and Sigur Ros, those looking for an audible fix will not be disappointed to find that Sora Shima’s live performance really hits the spot. Relax, take it all in, and let your eyes roll back into your head to the transcendent sound of Sora Shima. (95bFM)


Destroy Electronica - CD EP:

1 - Here Be Dragons - 9:06
2 - River City Reversal - 1:50
3 - Calor Humano - 8:23
4 - Hello Big Sky (Radio909 RMX) - 5:45
5 - (Secret Swells) - 8:03


LISTEN to the EP online at last.fm
BUY the CD EP online from CD Baby (World)
SmokeCDs (NZ / World) || Amplifier (NZ)
MP3s available from iTunes | Amazon | Napster

FREE MP3s - Download the first 2 EPs:
Please download both the 'Spinetingler' and 'Distancing' EPs directly from our website. Copy and paste the link below into a new browser window - removing the spaces. Enjoy! :)
http://sorashima . freehostia . com/releases.html


Hovercraft music video by Amit Tripuraneni / UnKreative Artists

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 15/10/2006
Band Website: sorashima.freehostia.com
Band Members: Gav - Drums
Jae - Guitar etc
Tu - Guitar
Rob - Bass / contact

Influences: Sonic Youth, Bailterspace, Codeine, Amusement Parks on Fire, HDU, Cure, Pavement, Massive Attack, Chills, Joy Division, Refused, Eno, DJ Shadow, New Order, Slint, Shellac, Team Sleep, early Smashing Pumpkins, Looma, Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Chameleons, Massive Attack, Hoover, Breach, Merzbow - and yes, ofcourse Godspeed You! Black Emperor and M o g w a i...
Sounds Like:


Sora Shima - Destroy Electronica
CD / MP3 EP (Self-released 2008)
Here Be Dragons / River City Reversal / Calor Humano / Hello Big Sky (Radio909 RMX) / (Secret Swells)



Sora Shima - Spinetingler
CDR / FREE MP3 EP (Self-released 2007)
Hovercraft / Fire Arms / Tornado Vs Trailerpark



Sora Shima - Distancing
FREE MP3 EP (Self-released 2007)
The Art of Selfdestruction / Skyscraper / Monsoon / Afternoon Epiphany


Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Die! Die! Die! etc etc etc

Die! Die! Die! Winter Tour w/ Piece War + Sora ShimaFriday July 17th @ FLOW Bar, Hamilton (266 Victoria Street)(NOTE: Die! Die! Die! are NOT PLAYING AUCKLAND on this tour, so come down and join us in ...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:15:00 GMT

Misty Freq.

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&frie ndId=105920502&blogId=490200222Sora Shima Sora Shima in Japanese literally means Sky Island. At first this may seem a strange name...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:36:00 GMT

FREE MP3 (NEW SONGS!)

Sora Shima live on bFM radio - free MP3 download:http://95bfm.com/default,191629.smTracks:1 - Hovercraft  [from 'Spinetingler' EP]2 - Fire Arms  [from 'Spinetingler' EP]3 - MTS  [unreleased]4 - Owls  ...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:28:00 GMT

Bfm live to air 18 June

Kia Ora Koutou,Just a wee note to let you know we're performing live to air on Bfm on the breakfast show on June 18th. Yes, that's right, 'breakfast show'. You will be able to listen to a live stream ...
Posted by on Thu, 28 May 2009 16:33:00 GMT

Dear Auckland

we are coming up to play on Fri 22 May at Whammy we will roolso will you, if you're therethere are fantastic bands playing alsosee poster for detswuvbrobert
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 00:40:00 GMT

itunes, amazon etc

Kia Ora Koutou!Just a little note to let you know that Destroy Electronica is finally available on itunes, Amazon.com, Napster and a wodge of others digital ditributors too. We got there in the end so...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:22:00 GMT

Kenzii Showreel

This is pretty awesome: Kenzii Showreel from Kenzii on Vimeohttp://www.vimeo.com/3981863A talented guy by the name of Lee McKenzie who does motion graphics / animation / film titles / des...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:40:00 GMT

Real Groove Review

In the interests of self-promotion and positive reinforcement: Our 'Destroy Electronica' EP has been given 4 out of 5 stars in this month's issue of Real Groove magazine. I have yet to actually read i...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:29:00 GMT

"With NO Help from NZ On Air"

We are now very grateful recipients of our first music video - for 'Hovercraft' (from our Spinetingler EP) courtesy of the kind, talented and extremely generous Amit T + crew. More details to come, bu...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:01:00 GMT

MySpace vs. MyComputer

Well the slick new music player that MySpace have implemented constantly freezes my office computer. YAY.If you have better luck than me getting our tunes to play, you should find a new unreleased gem...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:20:00 GMT