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Earthphish

Electronic Pop Noir

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Earthphish is a living arena for music and dance, a unique symbiosis. At its core composer Donovan John Szypura and singer/choreographer Aleksandra Mirjana Crossan release music and create contemporary dance pieces performed by Earthphish Dance.

The Earthphish EP and the debut album Soft Green Exit are available at www.CDBaby.com or you can purchase the songs at the iTunes Music Store. For the Swiss market we recommend www.CeDe.ch.
Biographie
Earthphish was founded in 2001. Donovan John Szypura and Aleksandra Mirjana Crossan met in a recording studio, while Aleksandra was singing backup vocals. Three months later they released their demo EP Metropolis.
Donovan boasts of an excellent musical background. Already at the beginning of his career he worked with renowned musicians like Matthew Ashman (Adam & The Ants, Bow Wow Wow), Rams (The Bucks) and Tom Fischer (Celtic Frost, Apollyon Sun). But it was always Donovans aim to develop his own project. Aleksandra completed his vision and the fact that she is also a choreographer, pushed the enterprise even further, as they both did not want to be limited to a music band project only.
Aleksandra was first noted as a choreographer in 1999 (while still completing her dance education) when she won 3rd prize at an international choreography competition in Paris with her dance piece Veins.
After their formation, Earthphish recorded five songs, published them on their homepage and were showered with positive comments from around the globe. In the same period they founded their dance company, Earthphish Dance and within a short time created two dance pieces. The first piece If I had a child, was awarded the Swiss Premio Furthering Prize and won second place at the International Serge Diaghilev Competition of Choreography Art in Poland. Beyond Henry, their second piece, was lauded as a dance masterpiece in the local press.
The affirmative feedback prompted composer Donovan and singer and choreographer Aleksandra to continue their project with even more enthusiasm. The musical debut album Soft Green Exit was released end of 2003. It is an unusual collection, thought provoking, dark (in a way)and exploratory.
Earthphish is gaining worldwide recognition. Their song Soulcandy reached number 1 in the electronic charts on the international music platform www.GarageBand.com. The track Complicated was selected to be part of the Levis Compilation A Drop Of Swiss Sounds.
June 2005 saw the premiere of Elephant Man, Earthphish Dances new choreography. It is inspired by the movie The Elephant Man directed by David Lynch. The choreography about the true story of Joseph Carey Merrick had a strong impact both on the audience and the media and turned out to be a great success.
August 2005 Earthphish Dance was invited to create a new dance piece for the International Dance Festival Coimbra Dança in Coimbra, Portugal. The piece Cut Down concerns the microcosm of the stock market.
June 2006 Earthphish released their self-titled EP, which contains four new songs.

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Member Since: 4/11/2006
Band Website: earthphish.com
Band Members: Aleksandra Mirjana Crossan: Vocals, Keyboards
Donovan John Szypura: Keyboards, Programming, Vocals.
Additional musicians:
Dede Felix: Drums, Programming
Cuthead: Guitars
Luca Leombruni: Bass

Influences: Billie Holiday, Simon and Garfunkel, Bjork, Tricky, Eurythmics, Killing Joke, PIL
Sounds Like: Earthphish
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Soulcandy

I've just uploaded some soulcandy from our debut album "Soft Green Exit"You are welcome to download it.CheersEarthphish
Posted by Earthphish on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:05:00 PST

www.youtube.com

Hi there, i've recently uploaded our short video clips from our debut album Soft Green Exit at www.youtube.com. CheersEarthphish...
Posted by Earthphish on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:06:00 PST

New Earthphish EP

To all gatherers, our new songs are finally ready to download!
Posted by Earthphish on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:52:00 PST

Finale notes

Earthphish recorded the final notes for their EP. Their new songs Babe In The Woods, Stop Breathing, Frank and Something New will be finalized in the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned for upcoming trac...
Posted by Earthphish on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:27:00 PST