Schengen are Nick and Ian (and the non-playing Helen ). We’ve both previously been in separate guitar bands (Nick - Bovine Slug / Ian - Blind Panic, Mule) but met through a mutual friend and found a shared love of electronica, reverb, analogue synths and red wine.
We’ve released tracks on a few labels (Awkward Silence, Monopsone, Roisin), and are now lucky to be part of the "small but perfectly formed" MakeMineMusic label. It’s run by a collection of like-minded bands rather than an individual or company. The rosta includes Portal, Yellow6, July Skies, Epic45, Avrocar, Weyland, August Stars and Schengen . Visit the website for more details: www.makeminemusic.co.uk .
If you’d like to get in touch, email schengen (A T) hotmail (D O T) com
Thanks for listening.
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New album - CE GIL - now available from Distant Noise records
"10 tracks of atmospheric electronics ... ’Fendered’ is playful electro taking in snippets of Thieves Like Us era New Order with light techno touches. ’Duc’ is aquatic, motorik electro. Some parts glide & glow with positive radiance. Really earthy & pretty, fluid textures, skittering beats, hypnotic Orbital-esque piano loops, digital bursts of fuzz....the list goes on. This is a quality release, an eclectic collection of moods... Limited to 100 numbered copies so be quick! This is pretty damn cool!" Norman Records
DISCOGRAPHY
These Waves... (2006) Track ’Bake-off’ on compilation by Sound in Silence label. The Beijing of Our Career (2006) CDR album on MakeMineMusic Prehistory (2006) Portal Compilation CD. Schengen remix of Portal track Lost. MakeMineMusic Viva El Protocole, My Friends! (2005) Supercilious remixes. Schengen track ’B Strong Girl’ available as MP3 download from Monopsone. Flow (2004) Ltd edition 16 track compilation CD by MakeMineMusic bands. Schengen track ’City’. ep (2003) 5 track ep. ’Cap itol’ & ’B’leaf’ by Schengen & Portal (live to minidisc). ’Grace’ by Schengen and 2 remixes of the Schengen track ’Seti’ by Innerise and Weyland. MakeMineMusic Decode Magazine (2002) CD with magazine. Schengen track ’MacDaFun’. Portal Remixes CD (2001) Remix of Portal track ’After Tomorrow’. Roisin Records. Split 7" with Lowfish (2001). Schengen track ’Kelham’. On the most excellent Awkward Silence label. Substracks - Slit 10" with AKA (2000). What Could Make Me Feel This Way ? / No Time / Home For The Anxious. Courtesy of the damn fine Monopsone Records of France. Portal ’Falling’ 7" featuring Schengen remix ’Sometimes, I’m Lost’. (2000). Roisin Records. Nyplex 12". I Think I’ve Found It / Envy / Classica / Piano One. Included Ltd edition version of 100 in hand-made, numbered cover. Aluminaut: Youth kids may be the ruin of us - compilation cassette. Track ’Sometimes I’m Lost’ (Bands: Gnac : Cabinet : Electroscope : Portal : Oedipus : Fontaine : Bingo : Elgobric : Joseph : Yellow 6). Our gratitude to James & Abi. Daft Drum / I Think I’ve Found It - excerpts from both used in BBC ’This Life’ video release Future Music Magazine (no. 53) Cover cd included our track ’I Think I’ve Found It’. Also featured: Fatboy Slim : Marco Zafferano : Bushflange : Saints of Eden : Sentience : Aspire Cushion Tracks ep. Cassette only. Envy : Can’t find my way back home : I Think I’ve Found It... : Summation This Music Is Ours. Cassette only. June Excell : Awesome Tea : Filler : Scourer : Mellow Birds : Sketch2 : Ballad 1 cone : Out of control : Leaving : Today (Tomorrow, Always) : I will miss... Elegant Kiosk. Cassette only. Helium : Stencil : CRD (who will listen?) : Scatter.
