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Shadowboxer

About Me


Shadowboxer are an 'acoustic electronica' project comprising of Aidan O'Brien and Hayley Martin, currently based in Nottingham. The pair have been actively composing together since mid 2006.

They are currently in the process of writing their first EP, and the two tracks which can be heard on this page are examples of their results so far. To contact the band, either message this account by clickinghere or e-mail them directly at [email protected] .

(All hand drawn images found on this page were created by a close friend of the band, Juniper. Her deviantart account, with further examples of her outstanding work, can be viewed at http://phasmidance.deviantart.com . Contact details can also be found on her deviantart page.)



My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 27/03/2005
Band Website: http://www.shadowboxer.co.uk
Band Members: Hayley Martin - Vocals/Keyboard
Aidan O'Brien - Programming/Keyboard/Guitar/Vocals
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Live bass on all tracks performed by Chris Parker, of the progressive math-core wonders that are Telkai .

Live guitar on Villanelle engineered by the multi-talented and ever so fantastic Al Heslop at Creative Control in Bracknell.
Influences: Guy Sigsworth (Bjork/Frou Frou/Imogen Heap/Alanis Morissette)
Oceansize
Jacob's Stories
Skin
Nitin Sawhney
Lamb
Regina Spektor
Sufjan Stevens
Mute Math
Portishead
Mogwai
Massive Attack
Zero7
Thomas Newman
Magnet
Steve Reich
Phillip Glass
Efterklang
Sia
Thom Yorke
Natalie Imbruglia (Left of the Middle)
Radiohead (Kid A)
Sounds Like: Piano and guitar mixed with sequenced beats, synths and orchestral arrangements, all wrapped around a lead vocal to die for and delivered in bite-size radio friendly pieces.
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Welcome to Nottingham & Oxjam Gig

Hey guys,Just to update you on recent goings on. Aidan will be relocating to Nottingham this month so we can crack on with Shadowboxer full time. We're starting to gig again which we've not been able ...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:09:00 GMT

Dancer, Villanelle, Facebook and more...

We've uploaded two new tracks - Dancer and Villanelle. They're both taken from our forthcoming EP, entitled "What goes up, must come down". Live bass on both tracks was performed by Chris Parker, on l...
Posted by on Fri, 02 May 2008 03:13:00 GMT

Aloha!

Ladies and Gents, boys and girls, welcome back.We have a new profile picture. And a new headline. The new headline is a new lyric. From a new song. It's all new and exciting! I have finished my degree...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:00:00 GMT

Juniper

Juniper, our first finished track with vocals, has now been uploaded. You can rate/comment it and add it to your profile. There will be more material to come, so keep an eye out.EDIT: In almost exactl...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:01:00 GMT

Recording

As the more keen eyed of you may have noticed, we have three new 'dates' which are actually the three days in November we are recording. We're going to be doing a few tracks which will include at leas...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:11:00 GMT

Alteration Finds

New track up, still no vocals, but we're getting much much closer to getting something up!Blogs should really be longer than this.Cheers,Aidan.
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 05:58:00 GMT

Vocals, you say?

That's right - I'd like to welcome Hayley Martin onboard as Shadowboxer's resident person-who-holds-a-microphone-and-makes-sounds-with-her-mout h. And it only took three years.We're starting work on co...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 13:49:00 GMT

Alan Bennett is fantastic

So yeah, new tracks. Well technically speaking, old tracks - I did all three of the new ones about 6 months ago, and just now decided to upload them. Been generally dossing around in Guildford of late...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 06:00:00 GMT

The moment I said it...

Imogen Heap's second solo album comes out on the 18th of July. It is called Speak for Yourself and everyone should go and buy it because it is heartbreakingly good. I'm actually listening to that albu...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Loss of a... lifeboat?

Finally managed to get a copy of another track up - Loss of a Sale, here called Loss of a Lifeboat (EDIT: Now fixed. myspace likes me...) Also uploaded a new, far more completed, version of Match Pos...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT