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Veldt

Debut album - "The Cause : The Effect" out now!

About Me


Based in Brighton on the south coast of England, veldt record and perform songs in their own unique style, with influences ranging from sixties film scores (Morricone, Barry, Budd) to the loops and samples of the darker corners of modern pop.

It's all there - sore throats, barometers, archaeology, homes and houses, cavemen, fake plastic sandwiches, Elvis in disguise plus the J-SAS... If this means nothing to you, then why not treat yourself and read the diary archives on the website...

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Member Since: 11/12/2005
Band Website: veldt.co.uk
Band Members:


Lloyd - vocals, guitar, bass, keys & samples, mixed with words, a purveyor of all manner of ideas to veldt.

James - guitar, bass, keys & samples, well known for mixing sartorial savvy with kaleidoscopic sweeping sounds.

Mike - cello, keys & vocals, ostensibly a lover of both classical music and literature.

Veldt Press "Simply peerless and perfect" - LosingToday: :

"A very impressive debut and a deep album that grows stronger with repeated spins" - Allmusic: :

"If the right music biz sort gets hold of it, has the potential to do rather large things" - Beatmag: :

"It's all beautifully beguiling" : - Subba-Cultcha: :

"Spellbinding" : - Glastonbury Online: :

"Fantastic" - BBC6 Music: :

"A beautifully pained exercise in melodramatic sophistication, heartbreak never sounded so affecting" - CMU Daily: :

"Watch this band unfurl into something great" - The Source: :

"Capable of being enormous, impressive, showstopping" - Drownedinsound

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Influences: John Barry, Roy Budd, Lalo Schifrin, Ennio Morricone & all great 60/70s film themes, 60s psych, The Zombies, Billy Nicholls, David McWilliams. Great singers such as Scott Walker, Elvis, Serge Gainsbourg, Francoise Hardy, Dusty Springfield to name a few.... and electronica, Stockhausen, et al.... anything that makes us sit up and listen
Sounds Like: Scott Walker being mugged by Portishead. Weapons supplied by Lee Hazlewood.
Record Label: Outstanding Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Big A** Strikes again

Regular readers of this little piece (is there such a thing?)may recall a few months back that "JB" my bicycle ended up at the scarp yard as a result of a technical malfunction. Well last week a simi...
Posted by Veldt on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:54:00 PST

Lies begin at ?

The regular readers of this inane periodical of my mind (I can't stand the whole blog, blogger, blogging label  it makes it sound like some full time occupation), will know that this come 23 October ...
Posted by Veldt on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:47:00 PST

If I Could Make This Head Forget See It Numb To Those Days

There follows a brief letter sent by the conscious mind of one Lloyd Wadey (self styled, often confused singer of veldt) to his sub conscious mind&&. well when we say it's a letter its more a plea to ...
Posted by Veldt on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:48:00 PST

Two Years On Minus A Year

"I find me fame, reach the top, I keep on pushing never stop" - Mr Barry Gibb puts the whole dilemma that faces anybody who aspires to public recognition in any sort of fashion in a nutshell.  ...
Posted by Veldt on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:21:00 PST

Down A Country Lane

As a resident of East Sussex / Brighton for all my life this was long overdue.Today I finally made it to Hartfield and notably Cotchford Farm - former home of A A Milne and also Brian Jones of the Rol...
Posted by Veldt on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 03:24:00 PST

Roy Scheider, Miss Havisham, Vinegar, some Booze and Me

A trip to the pub AKA the Lord Nelson in Trafalgar Street Brighton. chance to catch up with James & Mike & our old Live Bassist Mr L-Vis who is in fine fettle and appears to get younger with e...
Posted by Veldt on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:36:00 PST

Non Famous Singer Involved in Cycling Tragedy

The sad news of the demise of "JB", Lloyd's bicycle has reached the "veldt news desk" today. Earlier this week (reports say it was Wednesday 10/07/07), "JB" was undertaking his usual yeoman's task...
Posted by Veldt on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:47:00 PST

Every time you go away - You take a piece of meat with you

Do you know what I'm terribly drunk and not in a good way, I spent the early part of the evening catching up with some old friends and drinking some Harvey's best. I then managed to miss the bus home ...
Posted by Veldt on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:37:00 PST

The Ides of March - 6

Well it's been far too long since I last posted a blog, I know there's no excuse but I have been busy, what with the jury service, destroying / rebuilding my kitchen - confessions of  a builders ...
Posted by Veldt on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:44:00 PST

Seasoned Greetings

Dear One & All If this was a perfectly written Hollywood Land Style Blog at this point I should be writing a thought provoking piece with a twist at the end that  makes us all think about ...
Posted by Veldt on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 05:48:00 PST