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'''Long Distance Calling''' are a [[Germany|German]] [[Post-rock|Post Rock]] band, formed in 2006 in [[Münster]].
'''Long Distance Calling''' are a [[Germany|German]] [[Post-rock|Post Rock]] band, formed in 2006 in [[Münster]].
Their long (over 5 minutes) and melancholic tracks are mostly instrumental, but some of them feature guest vocalists: [[Peter Dolving]] from [[The Haunted]] (''The Very Last Day'' and ''Swallow the Water'', album ''Satelite Bay'') and [[Jonas Renkse]] from [[Katatonia]] (''The Nearing Grave'', album ''Avoid The Light''). Long Distance Calling have released two singles and two full-length albums, both received very positively by critics: ''Satellite Bay'' (2007) <ref>http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wifuxzuhldje</ref> <ref>http://www.metalstorm.ee/pub/review.php?review_id=5011&page=&message_id=</ref> <ref>http://www.heathenharvest.com/article.php?story=20080111213216410</ref> and ''Avoid the Light'' (2009) <ref>http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fzfpxz80ldde</ref> <ref>http://www.muzikreviews.com/reviews.php?ID=610</ref> <ref>http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/45553-long-distance-calling---avoid-the-light</ref>. The band played at the [[Rock_am_Ring_and_Rock_im_Park|Rock am Ring]] <ref>http://www.lastfm.pl/event/432518+Rock+am+Ring+2008</ref> and [[Roadburn_Festival|Roadburn]] festivals.
Their long (over 5 minutes) and melancholic tracks are mostly instrumental, but some of them feature guest vocalists: [[Peter Dolving]] from [[The Haunted]] (''The Very Last Day'' and ''Swallow the Water'', album ''Satelite Bay'') and [[Jonas Renkse]] from [[Katatonia]] (''The Nearing Grave'', album ''Avoid The Light''). Long Distance Calling have released two singles and two full-length albums, both received very positively by critics: ''Satellite Bay'' (2007) <ref>http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wifuxzuhldje</ref> <ref>http://www.metalstorm.ee/pub/review.php?review_id=5011&page=&message_id=</ref> <ref>http://www.heathenharvest.com/article.php?story=20080111213216410</ref> and ''Avoid the Light'' (2009) <ref>http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fzfpxz80ldde</ref> <ref>http://www.muzikreviews.com/reviews.php?ID=610</ref> <ref>http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/45553-long-distance-calling---avoid-the-light</ref>. In 2008 the band played at the [[Rock_am_Ring_and_Rock_im_Park|Rock am Ring]] <ref>http://www.lastfm.pl/event/432518+Rock+am+Ring+2008</ref> and [[Roadburn_Festival|Roadburn]] festivals, in 2009 toured Germany <ref> http://www.visions.de/news/10858/Long-Distance-Calling-Vorgeschmack-auf-das-neue-Album </ref>.


==Members==
==Members==
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* [http://www.last.fm/music/Long+Distance+Calling?setlang=en Long Distance Calling] at [[Last.fm]]
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Long+Distance+Calling?setlang=en Long Distance Calling] at [[Last.fm]]
* [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/band/Long+Distance+Calling Long Distance Calling] at [[Sputnikmusic]]
* [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/band/Long+Distance+Calling Long Distance Calling] at [[Sputnikmusic]]
* [http://scratchthesurface-webzine.blogspot.com/2009/07/long-distance-calling-interview-with.html interview] with Jan Hoffmann
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==External links==
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Revision as of 09:25, 12 September 2009

Long Distance Calling

Long Distance Calling are a German Post Rock band, formed in 2006 in Münster. Their long (over 5 minutes) and melancholic tracks are mostly instrumental, but some of them feature guest vocalists: Peter Dolving from The Haunted (The Very Last Day and Swallow the Water, album Satelite Bay) and Jonas Renkse from Katatonia (The Nearing Grave, album Avoid The Light). Long Distance Calling have released two singles and two full-length albums, both received very positively by critics: Satellite Bay (2007) [1] [2] [3] and Avoid the Light (2009) [4] [5] [6]. In 2008 the band played at the Rock am Ring [7] and Roadburn festivals, in 2009 toured Germany [8].

Members

Current members

  • David Jordan - guitar
  • Janosch Rathmer - drums
  • Florian Füntmann - guitar
  • Jan Hoffmann - bass
  • Reimut van Bonn - ambience

Discography

  • dmnstrtn (2006, limited-edition demo)
  • Satellite Bay (2007)
  • 090208 (2008, Split-EP with Leech)
  • Avoid The Light (2009)

References

External links