Azeda Booth
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Azeda Booth was a Calgary
, Alberta
, Canada, based experimental-pop band formed in 2004, influenced by glitch
, IDM
, and experimental music
.
Founding members Morgan Greenwood and Jordon Hossack started Azeda Booth in 2004. During the summer of 2006, Myke Atkinson, Chris Reimer, Marc Rimmer and Mike Wallace joined the band. While band members each have their own musical strengths, they interchanged roles and instruments both in the studio and for live performances. Distinct characteristics of their music include Hossack's child-like falsetto vocals, and Greenwood's glitchy IDM drum programming.
Their first release Mysterious Body (2006) was recorded almost two years prior by Greenwood and Hossack. In Flesh Tones (2008) is a more combined effort of the full band, although Myke Atkinson parted from the band shortly prior to its release.
In Flesh Tones, the band's debut full-length, was released on July 22, 2008 on Absolutely Kosher to critical acclaim, including a 7.9/10 from indie-music institution Pitchfork, stating the album was "one of 2008's most unique and immediately pleasurable albums", as well as "at a time when many popular bands' touchstones can be divided without remainders into Blogger tags, there simply isn't anyone doing exactly what these guys are doing right now." The album also made several "Best of 2008" lists on larger, as well as smaller/personal, music blogs and publications.
At the end of summer 2008, Chris Reimer and Mike Wallace left the band due to commitments in indie-rock group, Women
. Shortly after the 3-piece released and toured North America on Tubtrek, an 8-song EP for free digital-download. In Spring 2010, Marc Rimmer left the band after moving cities, returning Azeda Booth to its original 2-piece configuration consisting of Jordon Hossack and Morgan Greenwood.
Morgan Greenwood relocated to Vancouver in summer 2011, putting the band on indefinite hiatus and leaving the future of the band in question.
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada, based experimental-pop band formed in 2004, influenced by glitch
Glitch (music)
Glitch is a term used to describe a genre of electronic music that emerged in the mid to late 1990s. The glitch aesthetic is characterized by a deliberate use of glitch based sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted disturbances reducing the overall sound quality and are thus...
, IDM
Intelligent dance music
Intelligent dance music is a term that describes an electronic music genre that emerged in the early 1990s. The genre is influenced by a wide range of musical styles particularly electronic dance music such as Detroit Techno...
, and experimental music
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
.
Music and history
Self-described as "Cherry-Pop", Azeda Booth's music pulled from many genres.Founding members Morgan Greenwood and Jordon Hossack started Azeda Booth in 2004. During the summer of 2006, Myke Atkinson, Chris Reimer, Marc Rimmer and Mike Wallace joined the band. While band members each have their own musical strengths, they interchanged roles and instruments both in the studio and for live performances. Distinct characteristics of their music include Hossack's child-like falsetto vocals, and Greenwood's glitchy IDM drum programming.
Their first release Mysterious Body (2006) was recorded almost two years prior by Greenwood and Hossack. In Flesh Tones (2008) is a more combined effort of the full band, although Myke Atkinson parted from the band shortly prior to its release.
In Flesh Tones, the band's debut full-length, was released on July 22, 2008 on Absolutely Kosher to critical acclaim, including a 7.9/10 from indie-music institution Pitchfork, stating the album was "one of 2008's most unique and immediately pleasurable albums", as well as "at a time when many popular bands' touchstones can be divided without remainders into Blogger tags, there simply isn't anyone doing exactly what these guys are doing right now." The album also made several "Best of 2008" lists on larger, as well as smaller/personal, music blogs and publications.
At the end of summer 2008, Chris Reimer and Mike Wallace left the band due to commitments in indie-rock group, Women
Women (band)
Women are an art rock band from Calgary, Canada. Their debut album Women was released on VanGaalen's label Flemish Eye on July 8, 2008 in Canada and on Jagjaguwar in the United States on October 7, 2008...
. Shortly after the 3-piece released and toured North America on Tubtrek, an 8-song EP for free digital-download. In Spring 2010, Marc Rimmer left the band after moving cities, returning Azeda Booth to its original 2-piece configuration consisting of Jordon Hossack and Morgan Greenwood.
Morgan Greenwood relocated to Vancouver in summer 2011, putting the band on indefinite hiatus and leaving the future of the band in question.
Discography
Albums:- Mysterious Body (EP) (5-tracks, Independent, 2007)
- Pink and Lime 7-inch Single (Independent, 2008)
- In Flesh Tones (Absolutely Kosher Records, 2008)
- Tubtrek (EP) (Free-Digital Download, 2009)