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neither speak nor remain silent |
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| Location: | Dublin |
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| Last Login: | Jan 20, 2008 (719 days back) |
About Me |
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| Fovea Hex continues to shape-shift and to evade & confound those who bray "what exactly IS it?", and "where does it BELONG exactly?", and "who exactly belongs to IT?". If you must bang on the table like that, you won't hear a thing. If this music could be described as "up-to-the-moment", then perhaps we could use an up-to-the-moment term like "collective". But eschewing all Fashion Accessory stalls, Fovea Hex lives as many blocks away from the shock'n'awe factory beloved of the avant-garde, as it does from the souvenir-strewn temple of the new nostalgics. "Songs that don't go where you think. With voices to match......" somebody said recently. At the end of the day, that's about all that can be said with any kind of a certainty.
The first release from Fovea Hex is a limited edition set of 3 cd eps entitled NEITHER SPEAK NOR REMAIN SILENT, on Janet Records of Dublin and Die Stadt Records of Bremen. ep1, "BLOOM" was released November 1 2005, and for a first release, it received astonishing critical acclaim. ep 2 "HUGE" was released May 10 2006, and was featured by Underworld, in its entirety, as the finale to their webcast from dirty.org. The reviews brim with superlatives. ep 3 "ALLURE" was released June 1 2007.......
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Music:Member Since: 5/20/2006Band Website: janetrecords.com Sounds Like: «SOME OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY SONGS I'VE HEARD IN YEARS.» (Brian Eno) «IF EMILY DICKINSON HAD EVER BEEN ALLOWED TO MAKE A RECORD, THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT IT WOULD HAVE SOUNDED LIKE.» (The Wire) «...EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS WITH ITS ALIEN-MORPHED TRADITIONAL MELODIES AND DELICATE COUNTERPOINT. THE RECORDING QUALITY IS MAGNIFICENT, THE SONGS ARE PERFECT. WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO SAY?" .» (Paris Transatlantic) Record Label: Janet Records/Die Stadt Records Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Other / Experimental / Other) |
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***REVIEWS***for ALLURE (updated Sep 18) |
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| PITCHFORKAllure is the third and final installment in Fovea Hex's Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent trilogy, and it closes the captivating series with an impressive balance and symmetry. For this EP, th... Posted by Fovea Hex on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:38:00 PST |
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***REVIEWS***for Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent part 2: HUGE |
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| WIRE MAGAZINE If Emily Dickinson had ever been allowed to make a record, this is probably what it would have sounded like. The second EP release in this series finds Clodagh Simonds in much the same ... Posted by Fovea Hex on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 04:45:00 PST |
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CLODAGH SIMONDS INTERVIEW |
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| A (rare!) interview with Clodagh Simonds can be found on tokafi.com Posted by Fovea Hex on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:15:00 PST |
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***REVIEWS***for Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent Part 1: BLOOM |
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| Here are some comments and excerpts from the reviews for part 1: BLOOM. (For the full text, check the Reviews section at http://www.janetrecords.com)GORGEOUS... (BOOMKAT)..A COMPELLING LISTEN (TEXTU... Posted by Fovea Hex on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:26:00 PST |
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