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Volcano the Bear was formed in May 1995, in leicester, england, by Daniel Padden, Laurence Coleman, Nick Mott and AaronMoore. These fourmusicians encountered frustrations with the limitations of traditional musical endeavors and sought an outletthat could defy convention. Volcanothe Bear quickly became the platform for their total artistic freedom and personalexpression, where they could explore collective ideas and interestsin a new and inventive manner.The music that came forth from this collective ideology was a beautiful cross-section of the English underground of years past(Robert Wyatt, ...read more
Volcano the Bear was formed in May 1995, in leicester, england, by Daniel Padden, Laurence Coleman, Nick Mott and AaronMoore. These fourmusicians encountered frustrations with the limitations of traditional musical endeavors and sought an outletthat could defy convention. Volcanothe Bear quickly became the platform for their total artistic freedom and personalexpression, where they could explore collective ideas and interestsin a new and inventive manner.The music that came forth from this collective ideology was a beautiful cross-section of the English underground of years past(Robert Wyatt, ThisHeat, Nurse With Wound) alongside the rhythms of Can, the trickery of Faust and a Residents-like surrealistbent. Volcano the Bear adapt these loftyinspirations into a sound that is distinctly their own creation, one that blurs the linesbetween songs, composition, noise and improvisation.Volcano the Bear’s own Volucan imprint was home to their first recordings, released in limited cassette and CD-R formats.Glowing reviews inmagazines like The Wire and Audion quickly expanded the group’s fan base, and soon Volcano the Bearreleased the mini-LP Yak Folks Y’Are on thepickled egg label. Devout fans included United Dairies/Nurse With Woundmastermind Steven Stapleton, who made Volcano the Bear the first non-NWW release on his label in nearly a decade. Their firstUS release was The One Burned Ma, on the misra label « hide |
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