Sickoakes
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Sickoakes is an eight-piece postrock instrumental group based in Stockholm
, Sweden
.
Since then, after some lineup additions, Sickoakes has been performing all around Europe, recording songs at Soylent Green Studios (Nynäshamn), and releasing them on a 12" split vinyl (with Audionom
) and a countless number of single copy CD-Rs.
Their long awaited full-length debut album Seawards got released on Type Records(UK) in 2006.
They are currently recording their second full length album.
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
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History
In the early summer of 1999, David, Jonas, Mats and Simon started getting intimate with their guitars in an old candy factory. From this seed a whole new twist on music has sprouted and today Sickoakes consists of a, at most times, seven man strong orchestra playing instrumental, cinematic music best categorized under the genre of postrock.Since then, after some lineup additions, Sickoakes has been performing all around Europe, recording songs at Soylent Green Studios (Nynäshamn), and releasing them on a 12" split vinyl (with Audionom
Audionom
-History:Audionom was formed by members of two local Stockholm bands, Apparat and PVC. They released a number of singles for Swedish labels between 1999 and 2002, which were collected onto a full-length album entitled Retrospektiv, released in 2005. The group broke up before Kemado Records heard it...
) and a countless number of single copy CD-Rs.
Their long awaited full-length debut album Seawards got released on Type Records(UK) in 2006.
Seawards
After the release of an early recording of 'Wedding Rings & Bullets in the Same Golden Shrine' on the Pleasedosomething net-label, Sickoakes released their debut album Seawards in 2006.They are currently recording their second full length album.
External links
- http://www.typerecords.com/artists/full.php?id=30 Sickoakes page at Type Records
- http://www.archive.org/details/pls003 'Wedding Rings and Bullets In The Same Golden Shrine' MP3
- http://www.sickoakes.com Homepage