Member Since: 9/5/2004
Band Website: withinMandala.com
Band Members: Neil Rhys Marsh - voice, guitar, marsh'o'tron
Francis Booth - bass, live electronics
Will Spurling - drums
Natalie Rozario - cello, orchestrations
Anna Giddey - violin
with contributions from these wonderful people:
Breadfoot - dobro
Jess Bryant - voice, zither
Timbre Cierpke - voice, harp
Steve Honest - pedal steel
Peter Keseru - harmonium
Akira Rabelais - treatments, atmospherics
Mia Silvas - voice, flute
production & management by elypsoidMediae
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Influences: Music
David Sylvian, Ours, Jason Falkner, The Tea Party, Nick Drake, Jaga Jazzist, King Crimson, Jeff Buckley, Semble, Martin Tielli, Scott Walker, Bert Jansch, Nine Horses, National Bank, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Magnet, Rain Tree Crow, Tom Waits, Muse, Daniel Agust, Sylvian / Fripp, John McLaughlin, Jess Bryant, Lars Horntveth, Free, Duncan Sheik, Maurice Ravel, Thomas Dybdahl, Anekdoten, Prince, Nine Inch Nails, Anja Garbarek, (early) Genesis, Claude Debussy, Marvin Gaye, Rachel's, Lisa Gerrard, Max Richter, Stone Temple Pilots, Ben Christophers, Bjork, Frank Zappa, Talk Talk, Erik Satie, Motorpsycho, Pierre Bensusan, Timbre, Van Der Graff Generator, Portishead, Mogwai, Harold Budd, Joseph Arthur, (early) Yes, Nils Petter Molvaer, Dmitri Shostakovich, Headswim, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alice In Chains, Stina Nordenstam, Mark Lanegan, John Tavener, Royksopp, Tim Buckley, Jorane, Porcupine Tree, Damien Rice, Sebastien Tellier, Katina Kangaris, Akira Rabelais, Mansun, Joni Mitchell, Samuel Barber, Rufus Wainwright, The Frames, Band Of Gypsys, Sigur Ros, Elliott Smith, Incredible String Band, Natasha Alexandra, Isaac Hayes, Madrugada, Elvis Costello, Tori Amos, Captain Beefheart, Sia, Elbow, Nick Harper, Dead Can Dance, Kerry-Fleur, David Poe, Beck, Led Zeppelin, Emiliana Torrini, Massive Attack, Hem, Daniel Lanois, Mars Volta, Gustav Holst, Peter Gabriel, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jon Brion...
Books
John Wyndham 'The Day Of The Triffids', Haruki Murakami 'Hard-Boiled Wonderland And The End Of The World', Yevgeny Zamyatin 'We', Albert Camus 'Exile And The Kingdon', Jack Kerouac 'The Dharma Bums', 'On The Road', 'Scattered Poems', Lewis Carroll 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland', C.G.Jung 'Memories, Dream, Reflections', Spike Milligan 'Puckoon', Geoff Ryman '253', David Toop 'Ocean Of Sound', Kahlil Gibran 'Sand And Foam', Jean-Paul Sartre 'Nausea', Bram Stoker 'Dracula', Lao-Tzu 'Tao Te Ching', Frederich Nietzsche 'Hammer Of The Gods', William S. Burroughs 'Cities Of The Red Night', 'The Western Lands', William Golding 'Lord Of The Flies', Anne Rice 'Intervew With The Vampire', Vikram Seth 'An Equal Music', Mark Predergast 'The Ambient Century'...
Films
Wings Of Desire, The Last Emperor, Dead Man, American Psycho, Sleepy Hollow, Donnie Darko, Buffalo 66, I Heart Huckabees, Edward Scissorhands, Leon, Memento, The Virgin Suicides, Chocolat, Pi, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain, Seven, Pirates of the Caribbean, American Beauty, Shakespeare in Love, Lost In Translation, Lolita...
Miscellaneous
red wine (especially Portuguese), Leffe, coffee, biscuits, VU meters (in the red!), valves (glowing), analogue (everything), digital (editing), microphones, oh, so many things... these lists will keep on growing!
Sounds Like: "Chamber music of this century" & "A sober phantasmagoria"
Record Label: Folk-Noir Recordings / elypsoidMediae
Type of Label: Indie