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Converging upon San Francisco during various times, from places as far away as Japan, Texas and Detroit, the members of Peloton would all eventually meet and not think of playing music together for quite a while.
Brian Jackson moved to San Francisco in the fall of 1999, expecting to be able to form a band quickly from what he had heard and naively assumed was a thriving live music scene. Quickly disappointed, he'd have to be content writing his own brand of melodic songs, laced with bitter-sweet lyrics, in a room in the Upper Haight, playing only to his audience of pedestrians on the street below. January 2007, he decided to take his own journey and left the band.
Miyako Ueki was trained classical piano as a child, but hadn't bothered since. She joined SF band 'Tigerbeat' as a keyboardist in 2001 - 2003. In Spring of 2003, Miyako and Brian began working on music together. Miyako soon discovered she possessed a natural ability to compose beautiful, complex songs. Together, they began crafting a sound that interwove acoustic and fuzz-washed guitars with alluring piano melodies and sonic organs. Juxtaposing it all with hypnotic ryhthms and heartfelt lyrics in both English and Japanese, they knew they had something unique and potent.
After demoing four songs at home they decided to form a band. A somewhat frustrating year of playing with various people would pass and they found themselves still a duo and a drum machine, but were unrelenting in their determination to make it come together.
Brian had a multi-instrumentalist childhood friend, Dustin Robinson, who had moved to San Francisco in September of 2001. They decided to ask him to fill in on drums at rehearsals. Everything went well so he stuck around providing the back-beat, background vocals and contributing other instruments during recording sessions.
William Taylor had known the other three almost since they had first moved to town. He had played music in school, but hadn't given it much consideration since. He had however always remained an avid listener of the same indie, pop, shoegaze and rock bands that the other members had a taste for. It was only on a dare that he came to play with the others for the first time.
They began rehearsing religiously several times a week until they were ready to record their first EP. They entered Tiny Telephone Studios in February 2005 for the first time. The self-titled six song EP was recorded over seven days between February and September.
A private party at the historic Fillmore West was Peloton's first show; surely a good sign of things to come. It was then that they were joined by friend, musician and sound engineer, David Cuetter on guitar and keyboards. In February of '07, Peloton saw the departure of Brian Jackson to pursue other musical endeavors. While Brian had been one of the key songwriters, the band was determined to carry on, drawing upon the songwriting skills of the other members and focused on crafting music as a band as well.
Since then they've been playing venues in and around San Francisco and receiving a very warm response.
They will begin recording their first full-length LP in the fall of 2006.
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Member Since: 10/18/2005
Band Website: peloton-sounds.com
Band Members: Miyako Ueki - Vocals, Keys, Percussion
Dustin Robinson - Drums, Keys, Guitars, Vocals
William Taylor - Bass Guitar
David Cuetter - Guitar, Drums
Influences: Each member brings their own tastes and experiences to the music but all share a fondness for the finest in 60's 70's 80's and 90's Pop, Rock, Folk & Psych, Madchester, Shoegaze and everything else that has hit our ears and eyes and stuck.
Sounds Like:Youtube in Myspace Peloton@Rockit Room SF, CA 2/8/07
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Interview with Pacificnoise - Noise pop happy hour

Hi! Those who missed our show at Noise Pop happy hour.  You can check us with Pacificnoise interview. http://www.pacificnoise.com/episode.php?episode=183 Cheers!...
Posted by Peloton on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:06:00 PST

Peloton @ Rockit Room - Feb. 08, 2007 (video)

Here's a clip from our show  at Rockit Room.... ...
Posted by Peloton on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:15:00 PST

Past Shows

1/17/07 Elbo Room, San Francisco - w/Kocho-Bi-Sexual, Excuses for Skipping11/30/06 Club 6, San Francisco - BAGel Radio Presents w/Matt Lutz, Caseworker9/17/06 Stork Club, Oakland, CA - w/Everything G...
Posted by Peloton on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 04:37:00 PST

The Deli SF - Saturday Morning CD Spotlight

A very gracious review of the Peloton EP by www.delimagazine.com/sf: This spot will usually be reserved for more recent releases, but since this is our very first Saturday Morning CD Spotlight, the pr...
Posted by Peloton on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 02:53:00 PST

Performer Magazine Review of the Peloton EP

The following review is in the July 2006 issue of Performer Magazine (p. 46-47). We're all just happy to be Miyako's backing band! ahem:The final line of the opening song on Peloton's new self-titled...
Posted by Peloton on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:42:00 PST

Vote For Peloton @ NME.com

Vote Peloton up the best new unsigned band chart on NME.com!Peloton @ NME.comYou do have to set up a login to vote which will take a minute or two, but think how much we all appreciate you for it!!Tha...
Posted by Peloton on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 01:38:00 PST

San Francisco Bay Guardian - Peloton EP Review

Peloton(self-released)Peloton's self-titled EP is a classy, sassy, and altogether addictive affair of hook-laden atmospheric pop rock. Miyako Ueki's catchy keyboard melodies and Brian Jackson's soft, ...
Posted by Peloton on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 04:53:00 PST

The Bay Bridged - Episode 13: Peloton

Our first interview! Local podcast The Bay Bridged interviewed us last Sunday for their Mission Creek Music & Art Festival series. Ben & Christian made it as comfortable as possible for us and are r...
Posted by Peloton on Mon, 15 May 2006 12:57:00 PST

San Francisco Chronicle - Pop Beat Article

This article ran Sunday, Feb. 5th, 2006. There are a few factual errors, but it was our first ever review and we thought we'd share. Plus we were squeezed in between reviews of Thomas Dolby and Bob ...
Posted by Peloton on Mon, 08 May 2006 03:50:00 PST

SF Insomnia Radio - On The Tiny Telephone

SF Insomnia Radio have done a piece on the San Francisco recording studio, Tiny Telephone, which is owned by the lovely John Vanderslice. They feature bands that have recorded at the studio and also ...
Posted by Peloton on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:53:00 PST