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RECORD LETTER pandoras.box
Single: Arrows & Bows remixed/free download
LP: Barriers/Release: June 2009
Intro:
pandoras.box is made up of five like-minded, old friends from the sticks of Lower Bavaria. The close ties between the eclectic personalities in this group have given rise to a totally different musical slant – a sound in perpetual search of the perfect equilibrium between a collective consciousness, personal gratification and the expression of higher emotions and ineffable common ideals. Their remarkable, sometimes even evasive space-rock sound has a sober tone which fabricates a feeling of a radically romantic aura that sets pandoras.box apart from the norm in today’s indie landscape. It’s no wonder that the band currently has a strong underground following of enthusiastic fans. Aggressive, gentle, depressive, sanguine, negative, positive, harmonious, cynical and always with a dash of irony: this band is full of contrasts. pandoras.box expresses a range of different moods and emotions in its chameleonic performances, yet in the end, a compelling, coherent ensemble is created which draws audiences in.
Bio/Album Information:
pandoras.box formed in 2004 and consists of five guys between the ages of 20 and 26 from the Lower Bavarian province of Geisenhausen, Germany. Heavy-headed, “different”, twisted, exertive and provocative, the band is not easy to categorize. The musical character of their debut album was created, influenced and shaped over the course of many years.
On the run from itself, pandoras.box is in search of detours, orientation, alternatives and singularity in today’s fast-paced circus of life. Together the band members have experienced the intensive, formative moments and phases of their musical existence and lived out their youth in one of the most deeply conservative regions of Germany. And this is where Barriers was recorded – a very personal soundtrack to their rather impartial days of youth, which were nonetheless accompanied by specific problems, disapproval and doubts. For the five longtime friends, music has always been both a mouthpiece and a form of ego therapy at the same time.
The young band is known for an enormous range of spacey sounds which, in this multiplicity, are reminiscent of the likes of bands such as …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead or Radiohead. pandoras.box constructs a paranoid and polarizing post-rock sound with experimental electronic influences, warm piano lines, organic guitar sounds, the integration of a string orchestra, avant-garde wind section arrangements, a down-to-earth, almost groove-like drum & bass fundament, and very personal, but accessible lyrics revolving around explosive topics of universal relevance. A subtle overall impression sets in after the initial foggy-stormed prelude, culminating in intangible, yet ever present emotions. Barriers quite possibly aims at unsettling its listeners and giving them a good jolt before leaving them behind, hushed and contemplative.
It looks like pandoras.box just might become the next innovative glean of musical hope on the German indie scene since the appearance of bands like The Notwist and Slut. Barriers is not only marked by an unusually raw, very distinct sound; the lyrics also express an authenticity and immediacy of emotions that cannot be overheard. Barriers is a clear statement against artistic sellout and is immune against all the unsubstantiated hype out there, which makes it an album of sustainability. Listeners will identify with Barriers and its statements. This is an album with character and a soul, full of music that confronts listeners with honesty and without any staged attitude. Music that deserves the often frivolously overused label of zeitgeisty. The lyrical scope covers everything from our increasingly surreal digitized life, the unconscious, ever harder excessiveness of the masses and a newly developing form of rebellion 40 years after 1968, to the fixed barriers of human interaction, the gradual breakdown of the family, love and romanticism, the brutalization and unbowed destructiveness of humankind, the utopian vision of reconciliation and identification with German society and the despairing, never-ending search for personal happiness, freedom and humaneness in these fast-paced, changing times. pandoras.box is a band that looks its sick surroundings dead in the eye instead of fleeing into abstract worlds and succumbing to outmoded clichés.
The band’s debut album Barriers was recorded in true DIY style between winter 2005 and spring 2009 at the School of Audio Engineering in Munich, the Sound Concept Studios of Moosburg and at the band’s own rehearsal room in the underground caverns of the Geisenhausen Bunker. Mixed and produced by Frittenbude mastermind Jakob Häglsperger and co-produced by pandoras.box lead vocalist Martin Steer, guitarist of the band Frittenbude. Mastered by Sam Bittner at the Dorian Gray Studios in Munich. Artwork by Andreas Buchner alias Poeta Doctus.
The Arrows & Bows remixed EP will be released as a free download prior to the LP and include some edgy remixes for the dance floor from Audiolith prodigies Rampue, the Basslaster and Krink, as well as Electric and Acoustik Experiments by Midimum (megamixed…), Thousand and Relups, Mul.Z and many more. This space-pop song is juxtaposed between this very moment and eternity, the ego and our generation, heart and soul, pop and experimental, somewhere near here and now. Arrows&Bows is accompanied by a dreamy ageless piano line and features complex electronic and acoustic backdrops, with harmonious lyrics and vocals which movingly express the insistent thoughts and doubts of our struggles with ourselves and the barriers of our day.
The LP Barriers will be released in June 2009 as a free download.
pandoras.box // Barriers // LP //VÖ: 29.05.2009
    FREE ALBUM DOWNLOAD "BARRIERS" (2009)Tracklist:
01. A Moderate Breeze
    02. This Tenderness
03. Golden Spoon
    04. Arrows & Bows
05. Next To mine
    06. Dolphins & Seaquakes
07. Sight unseen
    08. I don..t care
09 City Cultures
    10 Chaos Back
11 You
    12 Interlude
13 Virtual Sun
    14 Minerals
pandoras.box // Arrows&Bows // RMX EP // free download // VÖ: 29.05.2009 remixed by rampue, das Basslaster, Midimum, Thousand, Relups and many more!!!

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Barriers Artwork by Andreas Buchner alias POETA DOCTUS DESGIN
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Member Since: 04/05/2006
Band Website: pandorasbox.ws
Band Members: Martin Steer (Vocals, Git, Effects) Johannes Hertrich (Lead/Effect Git) Markus Staudinger (Piano, Synthsounds) Phillip Dübell (Bass/Spirit) André Wittmann (Drums, Add. Composition)
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All Songs written by pandoras.box (2004-2008)


Produced by: Jakob Häglsperger (frittenbude)
 
Co. Produced by: Martin Steer
 
 
Technical Assitant: Max Pongratz
 
Recorded at: School of Arts Munich, Smart Arts Moosburg, Bunker Geisenhausen
 

Mastered by: Dieter Pimiskern at Dorian Gray Studio 2 Eichenau 
 

Cover photograph by: Alexander Dübell
 
Cover Model: Jessica Dübell
 
 
Artwork by: Andreas Buchner alias Poeta Doctus Design 
 
 
Strings a moderate breeze, sight unseen and virtual sun by: Gabriel Hertrich
 
Strings on Minerals by: Nail Bakier, Dorian Kannenberg, Judith Pohlenz, Alexandra Silina

Bariton Sax, Sax, Clarinet on city cultures by: Johannes Braun
 
trumpet on city cultures by: Simon Staudinger
 
trombone on city cultures by: Helmut Steinmeier

special thanks to: Jakob Häglsperger, Andreas Buchner, Max Pongratz, Studebakers Blacksmith Shop, Jeremia, Frittenbude, all additional musicians, all remixers, all participants, our families, all of our friends, all people who believe in our music...THANK YOU!




Record Label: GONE RECORDS
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

VIRTUAL SUN THE MOVIE - ONLINE NOW!!!

..> Hello fellows, Finally, after the nice premiere last saturday we..d like to present to you our first musicvideo for "Virtual Sun". The song is about the sick modern int...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:14:00 GMT

ARROWS&BOWS REMIXED - FREE DOWNLOADS!!!

Hello friends,@ OUR HOMEPAGEyou..re able to DOWNLOAD the Arrows&Bows Remixes FOR FREE!!!Great electronic music for the summer by 6 Artists... -RAMPUE RMX-KRINK RMX-MIDIMUMs MEGAMIX-FELIX PRIMC RMX-RE...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:52:00 GMT

MUSICVIDEO VIRTUAL SUN

Hello people,together with AICHHORN MEDIA, the movie producer David Schreck we..re currently shooting a Videoclip to the second single "Virtual Sun". The leading part is stared by the very talented gi...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:47:00 GMT

SOME NEWS // 150.000 Album Downloads

>german< Liebe Besucher, Knapp 5 Wochen ist unser Debütalbum Barriers nun digital veröffentlicht. Bisher zäht es weltweit 150.000 Albumdownloads via. Homepage, Clinical Archives (Netlabel ...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:56:00 GMT

100.000 + X ALBUMDOWNLOADS!!!

Dear Fellows,Almost one month after releasing "Barriers" we..ve generated more than 100.000 Album Downloads!!!Thanks to all Supporter, Blogs, Intro, Uncle Sallys!!!box.
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:34:00 GMT

pandoras.box @ INTRO!!!

hello,there..s a review of "barriers" in the current issue of germany..s biggest free music magazine INTRO. HERE you can read it.best.box!
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:04:00 GMT

pandoras.box @ UNCLE SALLYS

hello,in the July Issue of the big german music mag. UNCLE SALLYS there..s a review of barriers.http://issuu.com/unclesallys/docs/uss200906.web/37n ot so bad at all ;-)box.
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:33:00 GMT

25.000 ALBUM DOWNLOADS

Dear friends,"barriers" is out for almost 2 weeks and it..s been downloaded more than 25.000 x !!!Thanks to Clinical Archives, WelikeIndie, PostrockCommunity, Veror Blog and all the other supporters o...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:44:00 GMT

DEBUT ALBUM OUT MAY 29 / ONLINE RELEASE

Hello,finally after years of work we will be releasing our debut album "barriers" on may 29 via download . One week before on may 22 there will be a free download Arrows&Bows download ep with great...
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 08:29:00 GMT