Emeralds (band)
Emeralds | |
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 Emeralds | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Genres | electronic music |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Editions Mego |
| Members | John Elliott Steve Hauschildt Mark McGuire |
Emeralds is an ambient/drone/electronic music trio currently based in Cleveland, Ohio and Portland, Oregon, United States.
History
John Elliott, Mark McGuire and Steve Hauschildt began playing music together under the name Fancelions in 2005[1] in Cleveland's western suburbs of Bay Village and Westlake. However, due to a desire to simplify and focus more on live improvisation, they re-formed as Emeralds, playing their first show under that name in June 2006.[2] Since then the group has released over forty recordings, on various independent labels including their own imprints Wagon and Gneiss Things. The album Does It Look Like I'm Here?, released on Editions Mego in 2010, is their most widely known release to date. It received the Album of the Year award from Drowned in Sound amongst favorable reviews from other publications.[3] Mark McGuire and Steve Hauschildt also perform and record under their own names, while John Elliott performs as Outer Space and records under the Imaginary Softwoods, Colored Mushroom and the Medicine Rocks and other aliases.
From September 19 through October 31, 2010 the band opened for Caribou on a North American tour.[4]
In April 2009, the band opened for Throbbing Gristle in Chicago, IL and New York, NY.[5]
When asked about the follow-up to the band's most recent release, Does It Look Like I'm Here? Mark McGuire said, "We want people to still digest Does It Look Like I'm Here? for a while, and we really think about what we want to say next. I think it's going to be really, really sick when it happens, but I can't really guarantee when that's going to be." [6]
Discography
Albums
- Solar Bridge (Hanson Records, 2008) - CD/LP
- What Happened (No Fun Productions 2009, Editions Mego 2010) - CD/2xLP
- Emeralds (Hanson Records, Wagon/Gneiss Things, 2009) - CD/LP
- Does It Look Like I'm Here? (Editions Mego, 2010) - CD/2xLP
EPs and Singles
- Shade / August (Wagon/Gneiss Things, 2010) - 7"
- In Love / Summerdata (Wagon/Gneiss Things, 2010) - 7"
- Lake Effect Snow / Science Center (Wagon/Gneiss Things, 2010) - 7"
- Candy Shoppe / The Cycle of Abuse (Wagon/Gneiss Things, 2010) - 7"
- Fresh Air (A Soundesign Recording, 2009) - 7"
- Live (Gneiss Things, 2008) - CDr
- Queen of Burbank Vol. 2 (Editions Brokenresearch, 2007) - CDr
- Ledges (Gneiss Things, 2007) - CDr
- Golden Swirl (Wagon, 2007) - CDr mini
- Hallucinations (Wagon, 2007) - CDr mini
- A Row of Exposed Columns (Chondritic Sound, 2007) - CDr mini
- Dirt Weed Diaries Vol. 2 (Maim & Disfigure, 2007) - CDr
- No More Spirits Over The Lake (Wagon, 2006) - CDr
- Bullshit Boring Drone Band (American Tapes, 2006) - CDr
- Dirt Weed Diaries Vol. 1 (Maim & Disfigure, 2006) - CDr
- Hidden Field (Wagon, 2006) - CDr mini
- Demo no. 2 (Wagon, 2006) - CDr
- Demo no. 1 (Wagon, 2006) - CDr
Cassettes
- The Overlook (Wagon, 2009)
- Planetarium (Tapeworm Tapes, 2008)
- Allegory of Allergies (Gods of Tundra, 2007)
- A Real Clean Gang (Together Tapes, 2007)
- Grass Ceiling (Fag Tapes, 2007)
- Servant (Wagon, 2007)
- Smoke Signals (Wagon, 2007)
- Emeralds (Hanson Records, 2007)
- Laying Under Leaves (Wagon, 2006)
Split Releases and Collaborations
- with Pain Jerk (No Fi, 2009) - CD
- Under Pressure with Aaron Dilloway (Hanson Records, 2008) - cass
- with Quintana Roo (Arbor, 2008) - LP
- with Tusco Terror (Ecstatic Peace!, 2008) - LP
- with Sunburned Hand of the Man (Manhand, 2007) - cass
- with Birds of Delay (Wagon, 2007) - cass
- with Sam Goldberg (Wagon, 2007) - cass
- with Tusco Terror (Tusco/Embassy 2006, 2007) - cass
Influences
Emeralds are noted for blending ambient music with 80's synthesizer textures, German Kosmische music[7] and the minimalism of Terry Riley.
References
- ^ Foxy Digitalis // Features // Interview with Mark McGuire
- ^ Dusted // Dusted Features // Emeralds
- ^ Drowned in Sound // Albums of the Year 2010: 10-1
- ^ Caribou Tours With Emeralds
- ^ Your Flesh Magazine // Review // Throbbing Gristle/Emeralds
- ^ Mark McGuire Interview June 2011
- ^ Self-Titled Magazine // John Elliott's Guide to Kosmische Music