Toronto-based ambient/shoegaze/drone duo NADJA announced today the forthcoming release of a new album featuring eight tracks, all of them covers. The album, entitled When I See the Sun Always Shines on TV, features covers of some of the band`s favorite songs and artists and displays NADJA`s diverse and eclectice background. The album will be released on April 28 via The End Records, but in the meantime fans can get a sneak peek by downloading the album`s opening track, a cover of MY BLOODY VALENTINE`s "Only Shallow," which premiered exclusively via Pitchfork and be heard here.
When I See the Sun Always Shines on TV track listing:
01. Only Shallow (MY BLOODY VALENTINE)
02. Pea (CODEINE)
03. No Cure For The Lonely (SWANS)
04. Dead Skin Mask (SLAYER)
05. The Sun Always Shines On TV (A-HA)
06. Needle In The Hay (ELLIOTT SMITH)
07. Long Dark Twenties (KIDS IN THE HALL)
08. Faith (THE CURE)
The band has a few upcoming dates scheduled in Europe:
03/21/09: Leeds, UK - The Brudenell Social Club
03/22/09: London, UK - Bardens Boudoir
03/26/09: Dublin, IRE - Twisted Pepper
03/27/09: Ghent, BEL - Croxhapox
03/28/09: Antwerp, BEL - Logement
04/16/09: Berlin, GER - Cassiopeia
More info about NADJA and When I See the Sun Always Shines on TV:
NADJA — a duo from Toronto, Ontario featuring Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff — creates what is often described as “ambient doom.” NADJA’s music combines elements of metal, shoegaze, ambient, post-rock , experimental, and neo-classical. Their new album, When I See The Sun Always Shines On TV, features eights covers of some of Baker and Buckareff’s favorite bands. ”Consider this album an exploration of the roots of NADJA,” says Baker. ”Everyone compares us to MY BLOODY VALENTINE, so we had to cover them; CODEINE and SWANS were both bands exploring the heaviness of metal without actually being metal; THE CURE has that lovely, bittersweet gloominess; ELLIOTT SMITH`s `Needle in the Hay` is simultaneously so simple and so devastating; no one believed us when we said we covered a song from THE KIDS IN THE HALL movie, a staple of our live set, so we had to get that one to tape; how could we resist the opportunity to cover A-HA`s heaviest (but oh so catchy) tune? And SLAYER is just SLAYER. In an effort to illustrate our motivations behind this album, we asked our friend Mathew Smith to create a series of children`s-storybook-like drawings to go with each song.”
NADJA is:
Aidan Baker (guitars, vocals, drums, etc.)
Leah Buckareff (bass, vocals)
www.myspace.com/nadjaluv
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Sunday, March 22, 2009
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Nadja Announces North American, European Tours
Sometimes lush and sometimes violent - and occasionally both - Nadja creates walls of layered guitars, synths, samples, textures and vocals. The Canadian duo of Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff will be hitting the road again at the end of September for dates around North America (including an NYC Halloween appearance curated by NYC underground gurus Unsound alongside Black Sun, Steve Moore, and Menace Ruine), followed by a tour of Europe. Dates are as follows, please note that some dates in Europe are still to be confirmed:
Nadja - North American Tour - Fall 2008
10/03/08: Portland, OR - TBA, with Troum, Tecumseh
10/05/08: Oakland, CA - i.am.indust2008 Festival (Aidan Baker + Nadja sets)
10/06/08: Oakland, CA - Stork Club, with Tecumseh, Maleficia
10/07/08: San Francisco, CA - Hemlock, with Kris Force, Tecumseh
10/08/08: Los Angeles, CA - Relax Bar, with Tecumseh
10/24/08: Kingston, ON – TBA (Tone Deaf Festival)
10/25/08: Toronto, ON - The Music Gallery (Aidan Baker show)
10/31/08: New York, NY – Fontana`s, with Unsound, Black Sun, Steve Moore, Menace Ruine
11/01/08: Montreal, QC - Il Motore, with Menace Ruine
Nadja - Europe Tour - Fall 2008
11/08/08: Metz, France - TBA, with Picastro
11/09/08: Lyon, France - Sonic, with Picastro
11/11/08: Lausanne, Switzerland - Le Romandie, with Picastro
11/14/08: Augsburg, Germany - Lab30 Festival
11/15/08: Nuremburg, Germany - K4, with Picastro
11/18/08: Hamburg, Germany - Hafenklang, with Picastro
11/19/08: Berlin, Germany - West Germany, with Picastro
11/21/08: Edinburgh, Scotland - Henry’s Cellar Bar, with Atavist
11/22/08: Birmingham, England - TBA, with Atavist
11/23/08: Croft w/ Atavist - Bristol, England, with Atavist and Satori
11/24/08: Coventry, England - Taylor Johns House, with Atavist
11/25/08: London, England - Underworld, with Atavist and Satori
Nadja`s fourteen-minute-long song "Sandskin," from Skin Turns To Glass, released earlier this year by The End Records (originally released as a limited CD-R run by Belgium`s Nothingness Records), is available for download for free from Amazon.com
Nadja is a duo of Aidan Baker (guitars/vocals/piano/woodwinds/drums) and Leah Buckareff (bass/vocals) currently based in Toronto, Canada. Nadja originally began in 2003 as a solo project for Baker to explore the heavier/noisier side of his experimental/ambient guitar-based music. In 2005 Buckareff joined in order to make the project more than just a studio endeavour and allow Nadja to perform live.
Nadja creates music that has been variously described as drone metal, ambient doom, and shoegazer, incorporating influences from such diverse artists as Swans, Godflesh, My Bloody Valentine, and B>Codeine. Nadja combines soundscapes, electronics, and atmospheric vocals with snail-crawl, epic riffs and dirge-like percussion, tempering the cacophany with a certain ethereal melodicism such that the listener is enveloped in a sublimating wall of amorphous sound.
After several limited edition cdr releases, Nadja released their first official album, Truth Becomes Death, on Montreal`s Alien8 Recordings in 2005. They have since released material on Conspiracy Records, Profound Lore Records, and Archive Records, and have material out via The End Records and Crucial Blast Records.
www.Nadjaluv.ca
www.myspace.com/Nadjaluv
Nadja - North American Tour - Fall 2008
10/03/08: Portland, OR - TBA, with Troum, Tecumseh
10/05/08: Oakland, CA - i.am.indust2008 Festival (Aidan Baker + Nadja sets)
10/06/08: Oakland, CA - Stork Club, with Tecumseh, Maleficia
10/07/08: San Francisco, CA - Hemlock, with Kris Force, Tecumseh
10/08/08: Los Angeles, CA - Relax Bar, with Tecumseh
10/24/08: Kingston, ON – TBA (Tone Deaf Festival)
10/25/08: Toronto, ON - The Music Gallery (Aidan Baker show)
10/31/08: New York, NY – Fontana`s, with Unsound, Black Sun, Steve Moore, Menace Ruine
11/01/08: Montreal, QC - Il Motore, with Menace Ruine
Nadja - Europe Tour - Fall 2008
11/08/08: Metz, France - TBA, with Picastro
11/09/08: Lyon, France - Sonic, with Picastro
11/11/08: Lausanne, Switzerland - Le Romandie, with Picastro
11/14/08: Augsburg, Germany - Lab30 Festival
11/15/08: Nuremburg, Germany - K4, with Picastro
11/18/08: Hamburg, Germany - Hafenklang, with Picastro
11/19/08: Berlin, Germany - West Germany, with Picastro
11/21/08: Edinburgh, Scotland - Henry’s Cellar Bar, with Atavist
11/22/08: Birmingham, England - TBA, with Atavist
11/23/08: Croft w/ Atavist - Bristol, England, with Atavist and Satori
11/24/08: Coventry, England - Taylor Johns House, with Atavist
11/25/08: London, England - Underworld, with Atavist and Satori
Nadja`s fourteen-minute-long song "Sandskin," from Skin Turns To Glass, released earlier this year by The End Records (originally released as a limited CD-R run by Belgium`s Nothingness Records), is available for download for free from Amazon.com
Nadja is a duo of Aidan Baker (guitars/vocals/piano/woodwinds/drums) and Leah Buckareff (bass/vocals) currently based in Toronto, Canada. Nadja originally began in 2003 as a solo project for Baker to explore the heavier/noisier side of his experimental/ambient guitar-based music. In 2005 Buckareff joined in order to make the project more than just a studio endeavour and allow Nadja to perform live.
Nadja creates music that has been variously described as drone metal, ambient doom, and shoegazer, incorporating influences from such diverse artists as Swans, Godflesh, My Bloody Valentine, and B>Codeine. Nadja combines soundscapes, electronics, and atmospheric vocals with snail-crawl, epic riffs and dirge-like percussion, tempering the cacophany with a certain ethereal melodicism such that the listener is enveloped in a sublimating wall of amorphous sound.
After several limited edition cdr releases, Nadja released their first official album, Truth Becomes Death, on Montreal`s Alien8 Recordings in 2005. They have since released material on Conspiracy Records, Profound Lore Records, and Archive Records, and have material out via The End Records and Crucial Blast Records.
www.Nadjaluv.ca
www.myspace.com/Nadjaluv
Saturday, April 12, 2008
NADJA: Canadian Festival Dates Announced
NADJA has announced the following festival dates for this spring in Canada:
May 04 - Over the Top Festival/Wavelength - Toronto, Ontario
May 17 - FIMAV - Victoriaville, Quebec
May 23 - Obey Convention II Festival- Halifax, Nova Scotia
The experimental/noise duo recently released the album "Skin Turns to Glass" via The End Records. You can hear an excerpt of the song "Sandskin" at The End Records' official MySpace page.
The band — Aidan Baker (guitars, vocals, woodwinds, drum machines) and Leah Buckareff (bass, vocals) — entered Baker's home studio this January to re-record (and re-arrange as needed) the album, originally released in a limited edition CD-R run on Belgium's Nothingness Records.
About the re-recording, Baker said, "We tried for a bit of a rawer, rougher production so that tracks have a bit more of a live, unpolished feel. There is still lots of layering, as on our other records, but the sound is not quite as soft and fuzzy as some of our other releases. We maxed out the CD again with an ambient bonus track that will probably try people's patience...but the ending of that track might be a bit of a surprise..."
May 04 - Over the Top Festival/Wavelength - Toronto, Ontario
May 17 - FIMAV - Victoriaville, Quebec
May 23 - Obey Convention II Festival- Halifax, Nova Scotia
The experimental/noise duo recently released the album "Skin Turns to Glass" via The End Records. You can hear an excerpt of the song "Sandskin" at The End Records' official MySpace page.
The band — Aidan Baker (guitars, vocals, woodwinds, drum machines) and Leah Buckareff (bass, vocals) — entered Baker's home studio this January to re-record (and re-arrange as needed) the album, originally released in a limited edition CD-R run on Belgium's Nothingness Records.
About the re-recording, Baker said, "We tried for a bit of a rawer, rougher production so that tracks have a bit more of a live, unpolished feel. There is still lots of layering, as on our other records, but the sound is not quite as soft and fuzzy as some of our other releases. We maxed out the CD again with an ambient bonus track that will probably try people's patience...but the ending of that track might be a bit of a surprise..."
Thursday, February 7, 2008
AGALLOCH, MIDDIAN, NADJA Confirmed For Portland's MARCH INTO DARKNESS I Festival
AGALLOCH, MIDDIAN and NADJA are among the confirmed bands for the March Into Darkness I festival, set to take place March 21-23 at Berbati's Pan in Portland, Oregon. According to Nanotear Booking, which is organizing the event, "twelve uncompromising and critically acclaimed underground acts [will] appear on one of the best stages Portland has to offer. Featured artists come from as far away as Toronto, ON, and the entire weekend is built around one of only two U.S. performances that international cult act AGALLOCH has scheduled for 2008. Continuing the successful tradition of Stoner Hands of Doom V and Children of the Revolution 3 (both curated by Nanotear), March Into Darkness I promises an earful of mind-expanding/body-crushing musical exploration, and blistering rock glory."
March Into Darkness I festival billing:
Friday, March 21:
MIDDIAN (Eugene, OR)
INDIAN (Chicago, IL)
RED FANG (Portland, OR)
SUBARACHNOID SPACE (Portland, OR)
Saturday, March 22:
AGALLOCH (Portland, OR)
RED SPAROWES (Los Angeles, CA)
GRAYCEON (San Francisco, CA)
RUSSIAN CIRCLES (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, March 23:
ASUNDER (Oakland, CA)
WITCH MOUNTAIN (Portland, OR)
NADJA (Toronto, ON)
TREES (Portland, OR)
Three-day festival passes will be available via Ticketweb.com for $25. Please note that only Saturday's show is all ages, and tickets for that day can be purchased separately in advance.
March Into Darkness I festival billing:
Friday, March 21:
MIDDIAN (Eugene, OR)
INDIAN (Chicago, IL)
RED FANG (Portland, OR)
SUBARACHNOID SPACE (Portland, OR)
Saturday, March 22:
AGALLOCH (Portland, OR)
RED SPAROWES (Los Angeles, CA)
GRAYCEON (San Francisco, CA)
RUSSIAN CIRCLES (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, March 23:
ASUNDER (Oakland, CA)
WITCH MOUNTAIN (Portland, OR)
NADJA (Toronto, ON)
TREES (Portland, OR)
Three-day festival passes will be available via Ticketweb.com for $25. Please note that only Saturday's show is all ages, and tickets for that day can be purchased separately in advance.
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