Artist description We are Electronic artist's based in the North of England writing and producing our own style of electronic music. Some may say it's Ambient, others call it Electronic, we believe that it's Eclectronic. By this we mean that the pieces include genres and styles from Pop to Classical, Ambient to Garage and all points in between. We don't know what you may think of it but as long as you find something in it, thats fine by us. We hope that you enjoy what you hear. May it bring you closer to what you may be looking for.

Music Style Electronic Minimalist & Classical,

Musical Influences Anything we've heard in the past 40 years or so.

Similar Artists Who do you think?

Artist History Soundician had been in our minds for some time. However, the reality of Soundician finally came about in 2000 when we produced our own web site and posted up our first collection of pieces. We have no musical training or background, and we have not been in other other bands. All of the pieces on our site were made,recorded and produced by ourselves, using our own equipment from our home. There has been no 'professional' input whatsoever.

Group Members Odette, creator and inspiration for all the pieces we have created. Kit, general dogsbody who mixes and produces the pieces and wires up equipment.

Instruments Keyboards, soundcards, sequencers, etc.

Albums Soundician (Soundician 2000), The Beauty is Knowing... ( Soundician 2001), Tranquilicity ( Soundician 2003 )

Press Reviews "Soundician have fashioned music that is imminently listenable yet also challenging enough so as not to be merely the latest ear candy.......this is some tasty stuff, brimming with shadowy darkness, sexy rhythms and a velvet smooth assortment of sensuous syths.......If you are a fan of spacy yet melodic dub, ambient noir (on the lighter side of dark) with sensual beats or just a lover of way cool EM, you're gonna love Soundician. These two have a lot to offer the genre. I urge you to support them in any way you can. " {Bill Binkleman, Wind And Wire, 2000 }.To read this review in full please visit the following web site: www.windandwire.com ****** Soundician is Odette and Kit Johnson, a duo recording instrumental electronic music from a little back room in the north of England, "trying to bring some sense to Our world via the medium of sound". This CDR is a completely homemade production, and collects a series of tracks that are also available as MP3 tracks from the MP3.com website. Odette composes and performs the music, while Kit does the mixing and production work. The music most often takes the form of gentle ambient-electronic music (often with strong old-school Eno-esque leanings), probably made exclusively with analogue synths. Textures range from smooth waves of sound to more rough patches, melodies are sometimes quirky and at others are mellow or meditative. The tracks do cross over a number of musical territories, yet still they never branch off far enough so as to make Soundician's compositional voice unrecognisable. Smooth waves of sound and a gentle percussive rhythm makes "Obsidian" one of my favourites here, along with the circular melody of "Sleepwalker". Soundician's debut is a charming record of inspired and inspirational music, clearly a labour of love and the result of a great admiration of retro-ambient music. [Richard di Santo, Incursion Review (2000)]. www.Incursion.org ***** "Soundician describe themselves as eclectic, which is true...This is an enjoyable album - the music is light and pleasing, and there are times in this world when you need that. It has a bit of a feel of a compilation because of the varied nature as Soundician find their voice ( some influences are clear ) but Odette is a skilled self taught musician with a clear ear and it is produced well...Well worth checking out if you want some relaxing melodic, with a suggestion of some more devious avenues that the pair could take in the future." ( Jeremy Keens, ampersand etcetera, September 2001 - www.ampersand etcetera.com ) ***** " Consistently enjoyable, holding up well to repeated listenings ( I gave the album at least ten spins prior to reviewing ), "The Beauty is Knowing ..." beckons a bright future for Soundician. Catchy without being poppish, ethereal without being cloying, and using electronic rhythms...in inventive and clever ways, the recording reveals that the genre of melodic electronic keyboard music has lots of mileage left in it - in the right hands, of course! Recommended! (Bill Binkleman Wind and Wire November,2001). To read the full review please visit www.windandwire.com )***** "This is a worthy adventure and a viable candidate for top newcomer" (Soundician 2000). (Jim Brenholts Ambient Visions Jan 2002) *****"This wonderful CD is a gem, worthy of inclusion - as a late entry - in many "Best of Year" lists". (The Beauty is Knowing...). (Jim Brenholts Ambient Visions Jan 2002)***** "... intruiging music that's indeed difficult to classify or to compare with something else. Soundician's eclectic music leads to shimmering horizons of ambient/space in one way, on the other hand , they dare to challenge and delve into more darker not so easy territories with a slight experimental angle but never too far off. Overall, the music shifts between lighter and darker shades, lingering all by its own, clinging together in very bright, outstanding sound and production-quality.( Bert Strolenberg - KLEM April 2002) *****"...these two display a knack for integrating melodic sensibility with more overt electronic music elements to yield short but sweet selections that alternately twinkle, shine, float, bounce and soar.To my ears no one else is making music that exhibits the same kind of cross-hybridization with such a high degree of quality and sincerity. Soundician are both unique and talented." Bill Binkleman /Wind and Wire June 2003.

Location Sunderland, Tyne and Wear - United Kingdom

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