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The Amber Sleep

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About Me


Bookings/other enquiries:

theambersleep @ hotmail . co.uk (remove spaces)


We consist of members of The Good Anna, The Exploits of Elaine, Lusk, Lines of Flight, Idiometric and Oddleifson. There is anything from 1 - 9 of us, and not a drum in sight . Much better recordings soon-ish.

We've so far had the pleasure of playing with Worried About Satan , School of Language and The Week That Was (both Field Music side-projects), Held By Hands (RIP), Jonquil , Beyond This Point Are Monsters , Jakob Olausson , Lanterns on the Lake , Hub , Her Name is Calla , Solus Locus , Casiotone for the Painfully Alone , Glissando , Gossamer Albatross , Spodni Pradlo and Flowe .

We also put on gigs in Leeds as More and More Tiger

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/12/2008
Band Members: Graham Jones - guitar, vocals
Natalie Guest - vocals, percussion
Tom Denning - violin
Sophie Green - violin
Lauren Smith - cello
Alex Nicklin - clarinet
Nicola Bell/ Lizzie Guinness - flute
Ramzy Alwakeel - keyboards
Stuart Robinson - bass guitar

Influences: Low, Nick Drake, Talk Talk, Efterklang, Sigur Ros, Glissando, Leafcutter John, Xiu Xiu, Epic 45, Final Fantasy, Debussy, Held by Hands, Antony and the Johnsons, Steve Reich, Jonquil, Sufjan Stevens, Stars of the Lid, Microphones/Mt Eerie
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

2 new tracks uploaded

Just uploaded a duo acoustic version of the track Icarus that Nat and I have been playing for the past few months, and a live recording of Pond (working title) from our first gig. The very first song ...
Posted by The Amber Sleep on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:27:00 PST

Last minute show w/ Her Name is Calla TOMORROW, Trash

Nat and I's other band Lusk have had to pull out of this gig due to illness, so we're stepping in to fill the slot with an Amber Sleep duo set. Hence, we shall be playing at this gig tomorrow: ...
Posted by The Amber Sleep on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:24:00 PST

Looking for solo/duo gigs, anywhere, UK...

  ...to bridge the gap between now and our first gig as a full band in May. We’d be happy to play anywhere, whether it be pubs, clubs, livingrooms, cafes, abandoned warehouses, caves, boats...
Posted by The Amber Sleep on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:41:00 PST

Thank yous RE: Casiotone / Homemade + full band update

Hello there! Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who came out to the CasiotoneFTPA and Homemade shows, Joe, Joel and Nestor for putting me on regardless of my solo-gig-performing-v...
Posted by The Amber Sleep on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:57:00 PST