There are several bands, acts and projects called 'Nest' - starting with the most popular (according to Last FM statistics) 1) Nest (fi) is the musical work of Finnish musicians A. Tolonen and T. Saxell. A. Tolonen appears as guest playing 15-string kantele on the latest Shape of Despair album. The kantele is a traditional Finnish string instrument(ancient & traditional Finnish plucked string instrument of the zither family) Their extraordinary atmospheric sounds are based on Kantele,
1) Nest (fi) is the musical work of Finnish musicians A. Tolonen and T. Saxell.
A. Tolonen appears as guest playing 15-string kantele on the latest Shape of Despair album. The kantele is a traditional Finnish string instrument(ancient & traditional Finnish plucked string instrument of the zither family) Their extraordinary atmospheric sounds are based on Kantele,
Tolonen is also an artist (working mainly with pastels, ink and pencils) and has provided artwork for Nest and Agalloch.
Nest appeared on the Skepticism tribute album Entering the Levitation covering the song "The Gallant Crow" (13:54).
Discography:
Fabled Lore Demo, 2000
Isafjord / Nest Split, 2001
Woodsmoke Full-length, 2003
Agalloch / Nest Split, 2004
Trail of the Unwary Full-length, 2007
Official site: http://nest.atolonen.cjb.net
2) Nest (no/uk): Otto Totland (also of Deaf Center (Type Records)) and Huw Roberts (Serein) compose and play piano-based ambient, contemporary classical, electronica music.
3) Nest (ch), a swiss band active in the mid 1990s, consisting of Caroline Servy, Markus Fuchs, Thomas Loosli and Adrian Kranz.
4) Nest (us), a Los-Angeles-based alternative/rock band. They can be found at http://www.nesttheband.com/.