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yellow6

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Yellow6 has at times been described as post-rock, space-rock, electronica, shoegaze, ambient… the reality is that Yellow6 has some similarity with each of those genres but is not so easily definable, using apects of drone, repetition, melody, harmony, noise and silence to create absorbing soundscapes to drift off into. Yellow6 was created out of necessity in the mid-90’s, the necessity to make guitar music not confined to rock song structures, and the necessity of circumstance to be a solo artist. Jon Attwood is a guitarist who grew up with punk in the london suburbs, playing in the early 80’s london punk scene with a number of bands. Landing in the mid 90’s with no band Jon started to experiment with guitar sounds, drones, programmed beats and loops, resulting in a debut single release in 1998 on Enraptured Records. This was followed by a number of single, compilation and EP releases on as many labels, with a debut album in 2000, also taking yellow6 into the live arena that year. Over the following years, yellow6 has amassed over 50 releases on nearly as many labels across the globe, remixed or been remixed by many similar artists (charles atlas, tristeza, rothko, maps&diagrams, amp, bauri, portal, port-royal) and played live shows in the UK, europe and north america with tarentel, tristeza, this is your captain speaking, televise, ISAN, christ, jessica bailiff and charles atlas.some of the releases are avilable from www.yellow6.com, www.makeminemusic.co.uk (both take paypal) and are distributed by Cargo UK, Darla (USA), Tonevendor (USA), Plop (Japan) and available from good record stores worldwide!so here's the big details: 50 releases: 5 full length albums, 5 mini-LPs or EPs, 3 singles, 6 split singles, 18 compilations, 5 live albums, 1 remix album, 6 Merry6mas CDRs 24 labels: Enraptured Records, Ochre Records, Bearos Records, Awkward Silence Recordings, Jonathon Whiskey, Rocket Racer, Popart, Tricycle Evolutif, Atomic Recordings, teleRAN, Endorphin Records, Make Mine Music, The Music Fellowship, Where Are My Records, Arbouse Recordings, Contact Records, Mass Transfer, Ownrecords, Rokit Records, Neo Ouija, Overdub, The Satellite, Aluminaut, RROOPP, self-releasedCollaborations with Bauri, Portal, Millimetrik, Fear Falls Burning... Remixed Portal, Glider, Tristeza, Slipstream, AMP, Charles Atlas, Timonium, U.C.M., Port-Royal, Void's Anatomy...if you've read this far and want to know more... SUBSCRIBE to my blog for news updates VISIT www.yellow6.com for news, photos, discography etc. PROMOS if you want a promo CD for review, radio play etc., please don't ask thru MySpace as i've had far too many people who seem to be trying to get free cd's... ask for a promo and then you never hear another thing from them. If you want one, contact me in the real world thx. //jon.6

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/22/2005
Band Website: yellow6.com
Band Members:

CURRENT AND ALWAYS: jon attwood: guitar, keyboards, programming FORMER ally todd: vocals and lyrics (melt inside); amanda stafford: keyboards (melt inside); scott sinfield: guitar and bass (live); mark simnett: drums and bass (live); pete jelfs: upright bass (catherine whiskey)
Influences:

so many... the musical ones in no particular order: joy division, nick cave, nick drake, bark psychosis, god machine, sophia, labradford, tortoise, the for carnation, the dead texan, windy and carl, charles atlas, jessica bailiff; low, sex pistols, belly, velvet underground, yo la tengo, cowboy junkies, bauhaus, eagles, joy division, otis redding, bowie, rachel's, tarentel, adam and the antz, bohren & der club of gore, johnny cash, elvis costello, the damned, stooges, new york dolls, kraftwerk, devo, residents, pj harvey, hood, lamb, portishead, steve reich, rothko, talk talk, kiln, cLOUDDEAD, subtle, sonic youth, swell maps, crass... i could go on... current favourite films and TV... lost in translation, fargo, o brother where art thou?, amelie, one hour photo, curb your enthusiasm, six feet under, the L-word, lost, gray's anatomy, house, my name is earl... other stuff: gretsch guitars, reverb, deserts, lakes, oceans, landscapes, some people, life in general...
Sounds Like:

the calm after the storm
Record Label: make mine music, resonant, many others...
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

gig and release news...

hi   in case any of you are in or near Paris, or fancy a day trip on Weds 23rd May, Yellow6 are playing the first Merry.go.round evening with Rothko and Olivier Cavaille... full details  ...
Posted by yellow6 on Thu, 17 May 2007 02:55:00 PST

Painted Sky...

Ok& it's here& Painted Sky is now available on pre-release mail order either from Yellow6.com or www.resonantlabel.com It'll cost you £8.99 UK, £9.99 Europe £10.99 USA, Rest of World (including postag...
Posted by yellow6 on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:45:00 PST

Dream Magazine

DREAM MAGAZINE #7 is here! #7 features a wonderful archival interview with the late great Ivor Cutler conducted by John Cavanagh (Phosphene/BBC), Mats Gustafsson talked to Lanterns and Antony Milton o...
Posted by yellow6 on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:51:00 PST

me and (my) MySpace

i don't know why i feel the need, but i thought i'd say this so people know.... this MySpace thing has introduced me to some excellent musis, some virtual friends, and a couple of real life friends......
Posted by yellow6 on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:16:00 PST

new songs...

hi. i have posted a couple of new songs here - one from merry6mas2006 (clearskies), the limited "festive" cdr... and one from the forthcoming album Paited Sky (common) if you want some festive fun, ch...
Posted by yellow6 on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 02:58:00 PST

merry6mas time

hi.  for those having more of an interest in Yellow6 than just having a larger number of friends (i know you're out there)... you may be interested to know that there is a new limited cdr release...
Posted by yellow6 on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 01:53:00 PST

Jason DiEmilio R.I.P

When i first started getting interested in playing guitar music that didn't fit in with 'rock', something that used tones and shapes instead of chords and riffs, among my early influences, along with ...
Posted by yellow6 on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:12:00 PST

new release

i have a new cdr album out now on October Man Recordings... "loops, notes and sketches [solo guitar]" is a 100 copy cdr released by October Man Recordings.  recorded during july 2006 using guita...
Posted by yellow6 on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:07:00 PST

gigs...

hi just to let the interested (and geographically close) people know that i will have a couple of gigs soon in London - check my gig listing on this page for full details or message me if you want to ...
Posted by yellow6 on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:41:00 PST

new release

hello again in case you are interested, and you SHOULD be if you're here... there's a new release available now wth approx 20 mins each from Lope/Yellow6/Absent Without Leave and Kimonophonic on BSBTA...
Posted by yellow6 on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 01:06:00 PST