Artist description "This electronica outfit composes rich, romantic and gorgeously textured music. Sometimes flirting with Eno-esque ambiance, sometimes creating lush, Downtempo dance tracks, Pleasant Stitch don't just jump on the Alt Dance bandwagon, they make something entirely their own and beautiful." - Will Lerner / Listen.com

Music Style Electronic, Synth Pop

Musical Influences Ruby, Single Gun Theory, Love & Rockets, New Order, Massive Attack, Bjork, Peter Gabriel, Radio Head, Dead Can Dance, Skinny Puppy, Front 242, Tears for Fears, Cocteau Twins, Pink Floyd, Art of Noise, OMD, Public Enemy, Depeche Mode, Brian Eno, Cure, Siouxsie & the Banshees.

Similar Artists Hooverphonic, New Order, St. Etienne, Ruby, Massive Attack, Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Bjork.

Artist History Formed in early '98 from the ashes of local groups Overblue, Freida, Sling, and Phonejob. Spent most of 98-2000 working on CD, with live shows at First Ave, Fine Line, Foxfire, Weissman Museum, Landmark Center, Radio K "Off the Record," 7th St. Entry, etc.

Group Members Bob DeMaa, Carty Fox, Sarah-Jane, Will Pierce, and Robert Luna

Instruments EMU Samplers, Akai Samplers, Waldorf Microwave II, Calvia Nord Lead & Nord Modular, Kurzweil K 2000R, Oberhiem Matrix 1000, Korg Prophecy, Yamaha DX-7, Roland S760, Kawai K5000, Alternative Mode Drum Kat, Ensonique DP/4, Emagic Logic Audio w/ Digidesign Mix Hardware, Native instruments Reaktor, Absynth, Kontakt, FM7, Apple Macintish G4 Desktops and Powerbooks, TurboSynth, Bias Peak, Hamer Special Guitar, Vox Valvetronics and Buckinham Amps, Ampeg Amp, Fender Precision Deluxe, Roland VBass,

Albums 01) Pleasant Stitch / 02) Capacitor

Press Reviews "All told, the foursome spent two years making 'Pleasant Stitch,' and it shows. It is multi-layered work with a lot of craft at the core. Nothing is tossed off; it is a purposeful project from start to finish, and it rewards listeners with something new every time out. It is a record of sounds, not necessarily songs, but the sounds make themselves into songs." - Jim Walsh, Pioneer Press "Pleasant Stitch, rounded off by Sarah-Jane on vocals, is certainly not your average 'booty shaking' electronica. The music they create comes close to what Pink Floyd dabbed in for 'Dark Side of The Moon:' manipulation of brain waves through sound. Everyone's heard of brain waves, right? Then we all know certain sounds trigger specific brain wave activity. Think dreamy, cool, meditative. Think a sonic wash of gentle rhythm and more vocal styles than you thought possible coming from a single mouth." - Zack Norton, Pulse

Additional Info Something Real Remixes CD only available here.

Location Minneapolis, MN - USA

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