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breathing under water....... |
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| Location: | Kington, |
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| Last Login: | Oct 26, 2008 (425 days back) |
About Me |
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Etarlis was released on June 18th 2007 and features guest appearances from Troy Donockley (Iona) and Jonathan Edwards (Panic Room & ex-Karnataka). Buy the CD here for £9.95 The band have released two previous CD's "The Mermaid Kiss Album" (2003) and "Salt On Skin" (2006). They've also written and recorded the soundtrack for a short horror film and the score for a stage production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" and have appeared on a number of compilations of cover songs including discs dedicated to the music of The Doors and The Catherine Wheel.Hear the music and find out more at: www.mermaidkiss.co.uk From reviews of "Salt On Skin" "It's pretty damn perfect." Dave Randall, The Music Index/Get Ready To Rock (Album Of The Month - March 2006)"Stunning!" Russ Elliot, Musical Discoveries"'The Blushing Bride' is one of the best pieces of music I've heard all year!" Michael Popke, Sea Of TranquilityFrom reviews of "The Mermaid Kiss Album" "To say this is an emotionally charged album replete with gorgeous melodies, stunning vocal work and beautifully conceived ideas, would be an understatement." Greg Cummins, Sea Of Tranquility"Haunting, sexy and compelling... this is the closest to music nirvana that one can get. One of THE releases of this or any other year." Michael Sullivan, The Here & There"Outstanding.... an album of incredible depth and strength." Russ Elliot, Musical Discoveries"An album of rare emotional quality.... makes what most other artists are doing seem insignificant. Nigel Messenger, Phase9 EntertainmentTO BUY THE CDs: If you'd like to purchase any of our albums and live in the UK or Europe, please go to the shop page on our website: www.mermaidkiss.co.uk/shop.htmIf you live in the USA or Canada or anywhere else outside the UK or Europe you can also obtain the albums from our website, or from CDBaby using the form below:(Our music is also available from Amazon, iTunes, Sony Connect and many other stores and sites.)album |
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Music:Member Since: 3/23/2006Band Website: mermaidkiss.co.uk Band Members: Evelyn Downing - vocals, flute, harmonies, loops Wendy Marks - harmony vocals, oboe, flute, recorders, double bass, Jamie Field - guitars Colin Henney - keyboards, piano Richard Northwood - bass, cello Others in the Mermaid Kiss collective: Andrew Garman - keyboards, piano, bass, drums, engineering, production Nigel Hooton - rhythm and lead guitars Guests on 'Salt On Skin' Kate Belcher - vocals, harmonies Kate Emerson - vocals Paul Davies - lead guitar Guests on 'Etarlis' Kate Belcher - vocals, harmonies Jonathan Edwards - keyboards Troy Donockley - uilleann pipes Discography Etarlis (11 track CD album) (2007) Salt On Skin (7 song CD mini-album) (2006) The Mermaid Kiss Album (14 song CD album) (2003) Available from the Mermaid Kiss website, CDBaby, Amazon, iTunes, etc Groups: Visit 'MermaidKisses' - the Mermaid Kiss Discussion Group at: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/mermaidkisses/ Click below to join the Mermaid Kiss discussion group: Mermaidkisses Click to join mermaidkisses Subscribe to mermaidkisses Powered by uk.groups.yahoo.com Influences: I don't know about influences exactly, but here are a few of the artists we listen to .... 3 Colours Red, 60ft Dolls, 10000 Maniacs Adventure Club, Afterhours, Air, Najma Akhtar, Alfy Benz, Kristin Allen-Zito, Dot Allison, Allman Brothers Band, Altan, Altered Images, America, Tori Amos, Leah Andreone, Anemo, Angelica,Any Trouble, Fiona Apple, Ash, Ashen, Autour De Lucie Babe Ruth, Barclay James Harvest, Annie Barker, Bat For Lashes, Beach Boys, Beangrowers, Beat, Beatles, David Bedford, Bellatrix, Belles, Better Than Ezra, Bettie Serveert, Biffy Clyro, Big Country, Bjork, Blank Space, Blowpipe, Colin Blunstone, Boykillboy, Billy Bragg, David Bridie, Holly Brook, Jonatha Brooke, Buffseeds, Kate Bush Café Tacuba, Camel, Canon, Capercaillie, Caravan, Cardigans, Katy Carr, Catatonia, Catherine Wheel, Guillaume Cazenave, Celtas Cortos, Channel Light Vessel, Charlatans, Chicago, Chlorophyll, Ben Christophers, Clash, Clear Static, Bruce Cockburn, Coda, Jill Cohn, Coldplay, Lloyd Cole, Paula Cole, Colosseum, Shawn Colvin, Betsy Cook, Cordero, Counting Crows, Cowboy Junkies, Sarah Cracknell, Cranberries, David Crosby, Crosby, Stills Nash & Young, Sheryl Crow, Cure, Catie Curtis, Curved Air Damnwells, Cathy Davey, Miles Davis, Deacon Blue, Dead Like Harry, Mercan Dede, Deep Purple, Delgados, Delicatessen, Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Dhira, Rob Dickinson, Diesel Park West, Distant Dream, Divine Comedy, Melanie Doane, Tanya Donelly, Doobie Brothers, Florence Dore, Doves, Dropping Daylight, Dubstar Eatliz, Echobelly, Editors, Kathleen Edwards, Katy Eggleton, Electric Soft Parade, Electrum, Elk City, Eloy, Emerson lake & Palmer, Eva Trout, Eve’s Plum, Ezra Favourite Sons, Julie Feeney, Catherine Feeny, Fields, Sarah Fimm, Flower Kings, Focus, Four Star Mary, Marie Frank, Fuel, Full Fathom Five, Futureheads Peter Gabriel, Gang Of Four, Garbage, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Lisa Germano, Winston Giles, Thea Gilmore, Goldrush, Gong, Goo Goo Dolls, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, Clay Green, Greenslade, Patty Griffin Steve Hackett, Hansi, Ed Harcourt, Hard-Fi, P.J. Harvey, Hatfield And The North, Kate Havnevik, Ofra Haza, Headswim, Kristin Hersh, Terami Hirsch, Kristin Hoffman, Lily Holbrook, Hollies, Honeymoon, Hooverphonic, Hope Of The States, Hopper, Liz Horsfield, Horslips, Steve Howe, Alan Hull, Hush Idlewild, It’s Jo And Danny Jenifer Jackson, Joe Jackson, Jam, James, Courtney Jaye, Jethro Tull, Jewel, Jorane, Joy Zipper Karnataka, Matthew Keating, Kemopetrol, Rose Kemp, Carole King, King Crimson, King Of Woolworths, Knife In The Water, Kula Shaker Laika, Avril Lavigne, Leaves, Led Zeppelin, Holly Lerski, Lindisfarne, Lisa Loeb, Lowgold, Tracy Lyons Kirsty MacColl, Fiona Mackenzie, Madder Rose, Magenta, Magic Numbers, Magoos, Taj Mahal, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Majorie Fair, Manassas, Manic Street Preachers, Aimee Mann, Mansun, Marillion, Jennifer Marks, John Martyn, Massive Attack, Sarah McLachlan, Holly McNarland, Tom McRae, Medal, Mellow, Natalie Merchant, Mercury Rev, Pamela Miller, Leslie Mills, Joni Mitchell, Moist, Moody Blues, Alanis Morissette, Moses Mayfield, Most Serene Republic, Motorettes, My Friend The Chocolate Cake Leona Naess, Graham Nash, National Health, Nectarine No.9, New Order, Heather Nova, Number One Cup Oasis, Roger O’Donnell, Mike Oldfield, Oom, Beth Orton Breanna Paletta, Nerina Pallot, Paloalto, Panic Room, Paper Route, Paradise Motel, Parallel Mind, Kat Parsons, Deb Pasternak, Pentangle, John G. Perry, Liz Phair, Anthony Phillips, Pierces, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant, Police, Polite Force, Pooka, Porcupine Tree, Pram, Prayer Boat, Pretenders, Psychedelic Furs, Public Property Radiohead, Deepak Ram, Rare Bird, R.E.M, John Renbourn, Steve Reynolds, Emily Richards, River City People, Carina Round, Royksopp, Ruts, Ryehollow Rachael Sage, Saint Etienne, Surinder Sandhu, Sandford Arms, Santana, Peter Searchy, Anada Shankar, Bree Sharp, Maia Sharp, Shortstack, Jane Siberry, Sigur Ros, Elin Ruth Sigvardsson, Judee Sill, Silverheel, Carly Simon, Simple Minds, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Skindive, Megan Slankard, Sleeper, Small Victories, Snowpony, Soft Machine, Solas, Sound, Soundgarden, Sparklehorse, Squonk Opera, Jennie Stearns, Steely Dan, Al Stewart, Chris Stills, Stephen Stills, Markus Stockhausen, Strawbs, Suede, Sugarcubes, Sugar Ray, Summer Obsession, Suncatcher, Sundayrunners, Sundays, Super Furry Animals, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Astrid Swan Tangent, Tantra Tribe, Tarras, Teardrop Explodes, Tempest, Tenderfoot, Tenfold Loadstar, Jennifer Terran, Kat Terran, Thrills, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Toyah, Traffic, Transmissionary Six, Travis, Trespassers William, Triumvirat, TV For Dogs U2, Unamerican, Unified Theory, Uriah Heep Van Der Graaf Generator, Suzanne Vega, Laura Viers, Veronicas, Vertical Horizon, Via Satellite Wannadies, Waterboys, Carla Werner, West Indian Girl, Wheatus, Amelia White, Sarah White, Dar Williams, Holly Williams, Kathrym Williams, Astrid Williamson, Hazel Winters, Wishbone Ash, Without Gravity, Jah Wobble XTC Yes, Neil Young Keren Ann Zeidel, Zwan, Zykos...... Sounds Like: Oh, heavens, this is so subjective!!! A recent review said:"... a band moving in its own direction and refusing to sound like any of the countless other outfits with female singers." (Sea Of Tranquility)....but if you really want to match us up, go to www.mermaidkiss.co.uk, give the music a listen and then you can decide for yourselves... Record Label: Flame Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Progressive / Acoustic / Ambient) |
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My Blog |
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Go Before You Leave |
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| Time takes on a strange quality when you spend a lot of it on the road - I begin measuring it in miles not minutes - ten minutes stuck behind a slow moving lorry seems so much longer than the same len... Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:36:00 PST |
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Eclectic Mix 2 Playlist - |
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| Our second Eclectic Mix programme goes out tomorrow (Sunday 12th October), 5pm - 6pm BST. To listen online go to: http://www.getreadytorockradio.com/It includes a track from the final, and much underr... Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:10:00 PST |
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The Eclectic Mix Playlist - 21st September 2008 |
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| The playlist for today's 'Eclectic Mix' show on Get Ready To Rock Radio:Beangrowers Star In Monaco (from the album "Dance Dance Baby") Kemopetrol Child Is My Name (from the album "Slowed Down") ... Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:19:00 PST |
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The Eclectic Mix |
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| We've been invited to select the tracks for a monthly programme at GetReadyToRock Radio. Each hour long show, called The Eclectic Mix, will reflect what we've been listening to at Mermaid Centra... Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:19:00 PST |
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Live at Bilston |
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| Sunday saw our first gig of the autumn, supporting Breathing Space at The Robin 2 in Bilston which is probably the nicest venue we've yet played. It was also our first gig without Jon. Now Panic Room ... Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:23:00 PST |
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New Free Download - "Electric" |
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| We've just added a song for free download at the Mermaid Kiss website www.mermaidkiss.co.uk. "Electric" dates from 2002 and first appeared on an early EP which is no longer available.We've already had... Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:56:00 PST |
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American Images - Request for photos etc |
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| We are looking for contributions from you to accompany and illustrate our ongoing musical American Images project - if you have photographs, poems, blogs, short stories or tales from road trips, anyth... Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:11:00 PST |
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July |
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| So I was waiting at a bus stop last week when an elderly lady approached me and asked which bus she needed for Edgware Road as she couldn't see. I umm-ed and ahh-ed a bit, not being very familiar with... Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:11:00 PST |
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Mermaid Kiss Newsletter 6th June |
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| (Copy (without pics) of the June newlestter sent out today to the MK mailing list)Hi, Everyone, Etarlis T-Shirts The Etarlis T-shirts have finally arrived. Featuring a design by Evelyn... Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:29:00 PST |
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The North |
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| The North. Geographical location or state of mind? So, another gig sucessfully completed. This one again took us to lands previously known only as untouched pages of the map (but not off the ed... Posted by Mermaid Kiss on Thu, 29 May 2008 03:40:00 PST |
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