Member Since: 5/25/2006
Band Members:Alexander Nilere : Vocals, Acoustic guitarGuy Sigsworth: Keys ,Samples , Programming
Luca Ramelli: Guitar TreatmentsEshan: Drums & PercussionAlso original members on Album(Maurizio Anzalone Guitar Treatments & Ansuman Biswas: Percussion & Noise)
Influences: Kate Bush, Sundays, Rickee Lee Jones, Stockhausen, Cocteau Twins, Jon Hassell, Sly & the Family Stone, David Sylvian, Nico, PrinceJoni Mitchell, Ligeti, David Bowie, Scritti Polliti, The Smiths, Bach , Yello, Holger Czukay, Stravinsky, Hendrix, Roxy Music, Public Enemy, Bill Frizell, Ruyichi Sakamoto, Pixes, Miles Davies, Zakir Hussain, Laurie Anderson, Steve Reich, Bjork, June Tabor Japan & Mick Karn.
Sounds Like: Rawk guitars crash on jungle & gamelan beats with soulful singing on an Arabian night. These are the days when ACACIA get WIRED. THe influences come from everywhere, yet this is music you can't hear anywhere else.
Rules and convention are like wrapping paper - made to be ripped so you can see what's behind them. Think David Sylvian meets Kate Bush in a hip hop cafe.
Type of Label: None