Member Since: 11/02/2006
Band Website: http://www.theformicarium.com
Band Members: Kingsley John Buckland Ravenscroft and Alec D Bowman
Influences:
Clouds
Richard Buckminster Fuller
Candlewax
Deathprod
The Pink Floyd
Ocean Liners
Alien Sex Fiend
Richard Phillips Feynman
M R James
Tom Baker
Smoke
Virgin Prunes
Patrick Suskind
Steve Reich
Dr Seuss
Sounds Like: Staph Haven
Crossing the Sea by Radio
This Summer
What others have said about the music of Formication:
'...moments of transcendental pandemonium, hyperactive low end frequencies, intense percussion, tuneful incantations and plainsong and even the occasional quiet bit...'
"A breathtaking duo who've managed to combine the fearful world of
MR James with the hermetic nature of Coil to form a psycho-active third mind.
Each recording is a plunge deeper into the heart of their own private
demons. Quiet, brave and always truthful to their souls...."
"‘Icons for a New Religion’ is the astonishing new album from this often spaceward bound UK electronica duo of Alec Bowman and Kingsley Ravenscroft and represents their first non-self released work. Mulched digital flotsam, chattering rhythms, buried voices, squelched beats, vapour trails and suchlike combine to create a vast and sprawling, kaleidoscopic filmic spew that's unstoppable in its reaching out to those parts of yr imagination simply waiting to be taken to new places.
At times, the music recalls early Tangerine Dream or even Pete Namlook’s darker descents taking a trip to those realms usually reserved for Autechre via the ritualistic and chemical saturation of Coil, but these boys have been honing their craft long enough to bleed so many exciting and interesting shapes into it that it has become ultimately their own."
"...way too delicate to be noise"
"....this would work great in a movie, in a scene on a subway where the main character is looking blankly out of a window, flashing back about the nun who looked like his older sister that he just strangled...."
"Clean thin metal feel, containing tiny tunes - like a toy cathedral - a fleeting memory."
"...I did quite like this piece of audio you have created here. Musically, I think its horseshit, but as a piece of audio I really enjoyed it's soothing qualities."
"...reminds me of Mass Transit, catching little fragments of conversation that you're not really a part of. Very cool."
"I don't think my headphones are working properly?"
"Insistent rhythms and the afterglow of the bass on your skin, you can't help but feel that the summer sun is setting when the track reaches a close"
Type of Label: Major