Benbecula Records
Scotland, 1999-2009
Electronica, ambient, electro,
folk, post-rock ... blah
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Smackvan "Low Power Key" Benbecula Records, 2009 (BEN549) CD Album Minerals Series - Limited Release date: 20 April 2009 BUY THIS RELEASE Track Listing 1 Dreaming Beds 2 Wall to Wall Flesh 3 Gas 4 Metallic Taste 5 Drunk 6 The Future Tense 7 Coast to Coast 8 Guitar in Space 9 My Happiness 10 Evening Stars "Smackvan have been writing and recording music for over 20 years, operating on the fringes of the Scottish independent music scene. They worked under the name Passkeepers for a period of time in the early 1990’s. The core members have been Alan Parker, Gerry Tonner, Michael Feeney and Owen McAulay. Ian Copeland and Alex Ewing added drums and guitar respectively for periods during the ‘Passkeepers years’. An album ‘First Light’ was recorded at Apollo Studios over a period spanning 6 years and remains unreleased. In 1998 Smackvan released a 7’ vinyl record (Coast to Coast c/w Generating) on ‘Sano Records’. Following this Smackvan set up the label ‘Sans-Culottes’ and retreated to their own studio, recording but rarely venturing out into the live arena. The album ‘The Company of Women’ was released in 2000 and was followed by the E.P. ‘Evil Entering’ in 2003, both on their Sans-Culottes label. Although Smackvan have barely registered in the consciousness of most commentators on the Scottish music scene, their music has beguiled some who have hailed their work as a significant if partially invisible influence on Scottish independent music from the early 1990’s onwards. Smackvan are now Michael Feeney, Owen McAulay and Gerry Elliot. ‘Sound in Space’, their third album, is due for release later in the year and they continue to work on new material. They have been working on pared down live versions of their work and will be playing live at home and abroad in 2009." Reviews "… soundscapes, krautrock, film-music, slowcore; none of these really hits the mark.there is an essentially romantic element at work here, primarily due to the lyrical depth set upon a confident bed of swells, soft hooks, repetition, semi-riffs, unsettling rhythms and noises... " - The Company of Women "...one of Glasgows least sighted bands Smackvan return in redoubtable style with this masterful collection of death dark electronica... " - Evil Entering " It’s the sonic equivalent of a fantasy world, with a landscape and a language all of its own... this is a considerable seven minutes and 45 seconds... it has epic scope..." "... Musically, this is a brilliant album. Lyrically, it’s sharp in that the outlook catches the mood of the music perfectly. Smackvan have created the last great album of 2008... Sound in Space is a major achievement..." - Sound in Space Resources Smackvan WebSite |
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