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Before Memory by Mandala
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fave it Progressive Rock | Modern Folk
10 tracks | 45 minutes
Released Sep 2005
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Mandala's debut album merges folk, progressive rock, jazz and electronica, with a distinct Eastern tinge. Featuring a wealth of instruments: guitars, basses, drums, violins, celli, pianos, flutes, mellotrons, laptops, organs, harmoniums, lots of voices...
Bio / Background
Imagine folk, progressive rock, jazz and electronica rolled into one, then given a distinct Eastern tinge, and you'll be someway there. Let the imagination run wild - if Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley fronted King Crimson, which for this occasion also featured Joni Mitchell, the Incredible String Band and Ryuichi Sakamoto, you'll be somewhere closer still...
Mandala's is a sound which is consistently difficult and unjust to pigeonhole, but the tag "Folk-Noir" is the one that people keep on coming back to. A new genre for a new sound.
Autumn 2005 sees release of Mandala's debut album - it features a wealth of instruments, such as guitars, basses, drums, violins, celli, pianos, flutes, mellotrons, laptops, organs, harmoniums, lots of voices and a liberal amount of space.
Songs which have become live favourites, such as 'The Dark Waltz and 'Fire Is Mine' show the more full-on side of the band, whereas 'Shadows Play' and 'Spoken' represent their more reflective, melancholic side.
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