Soundarcade
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Soundarcade is Latvian progressive rock
, post-metal
band from Riga
, Latvia
. The band was formed in 2002 in Riga
.
Soundarcade’s music features influences ranging from Latvia
n folk music, spaghetti westerns and structures of progressive rock music. Raw sound is provided by dark, swirling guitars, angry drumming, dissonant, howling violin
and pulsing bass. http://www.meteoragency.com/roster/soundarcade/
The band released its debut album “12 Songs of the Jackalope” through independent Latvian label [“Melo Records”] and now is working on a new material. Soundarcade represent Latvian music with live performances that are always supplemented by custom-made visuals.
"To quickly bring up a couple of bigger names around, the band reminds of Isis
and Callisto
. During some pieces, we could also mention the resemblance of newer Tool. Anyhow 12 Songs of the Jackalope is not really post hardcore by the spirit even though the genre passes by often. The only two genre facts that remain all along the process are atmosphere and psychedelia. Some progressive sounding features occur as well. In general it could be said that this is the kind of music that's generated for the refined feeders and the atmosphere junkies.
The guitar delivery is melodic and echoing, the bass is pumping well heard pulse with the drums proving a strong vision of ones own. Violin and couple of other tricks are also heard. All of the instruments are handled with care to prove the listeners ears with sonic caress.
The vocals are delivered as pure and clean from somewhere beyond. In most cases, the vocals are well placed but there was a piece where I'd have wished the singing to be heard a bit closer, so to speak. Anyhow, mostly the whole union between tunes and voice is a tight and fine package with cherry on top.
12 Songs of the Jackalope is a group of sheltered oases in the middle of the desert otherwise howling with strong sandstorm-winds."
http://overhook.loota.fi
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
, post-metal
Post-metal
Post-metal is a music genre, a mixture between the genres of post-rock and heavy metal.Hydra Head Records owner and Isis frontman Aaron Turner originally termed the genre "thinking man's metal", demonstrating that his band was trying to move away from common metal conventions...
band from Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
. The band was formed in 2002 in Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
.
Soundarcade’s music features influences ranging from Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
n folk music, spaghetti westerns and structures of progressive rock music. Raw sound is provided by dark, swirling guitars, angry drumming, dissonant, howling violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
and pulsing bass. http://www.meteoragency.com/roster/soundarcade/
The band released its debut album “12 Songs of the Jackalope” through independent Latvian label [“Melo Records”] and now is working on a new material. Soundarcade represent Latvian music with live performances that are always supplemented by custom-made visuals.
"To quickly bring up a couple of bigger names around, the band reminds of Isis
Isis
Isis or in original more likely Aset is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the matron of nature and magic...
and Callisto
Callisto (band)
Callisto is a post-metal band from Turku, Finland. The band was formed in 2001 in Kokkola. Whilst their early works are hardcore/metalcore, their first album True Nature Unfolds has a strong sludge metal and doom influence and their second album Noir is more influenced by progressive and more...
. During some pieces, we could also mention the resemblance of newer Tool. Anyhow 12 Songs of the Jackalope is not really post hardcore by the spirit even though the genre passes by often. The only two genre facts that remain all along the process are atmosphere and psychedelia. Some progressive sounding features occur as well. In general it could be said that this is the kind of music that's generated for the refined feeders and the atmosphere junkies.
The guitar delivery is melodic and echoing, the bass is pumping well heard pulse with the drums proving a strong vision of ones own. Violin and couple of other tricks are also heard. All of the instruments are handled with care to prove the listeners ears with sonic caress.
The vocals are delivered as pure and clean from somewhere beyond. In most cases, the vocals are well placed but there was a piece where I'd have wished the singing to be heard a bit closer, so to speak. Anyhow, mostly the whole union between tunes and voice is a tight and fine package with cherry on top.
12 Songs of the Jackalope is a group of sheltered oases in the middle of the desert otherwise howling with strong sandstorm-winds."
http://overhook.loota.fi
Current members
- Martins Abols – vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
- Lauris Abele – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Raitis Abele – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single... - Janis Zale – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Gints Spole – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Ingus Kempaus - violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....