Artist description Shakespace is a mixture of vintage synth and heavy guitar with male and female glam/goth vocals ,and some sax thrown in..

Music Style art rock

Musical Influences Brian Eno,David Bowie,Kraftwerk,Velvet Underground,My Bloody Valentine

Similar Artists Stereolab , Roxy Music ,Brian Eno, Nico, Blur,David Bowie.My Bloody Valentine.

Artist History The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia may seem an unlikely place to find a band like Shakespace. Their sound is a mixture of heavy melodic guitars and ambient synths, with both male and female vocals.Experimentalism blends with rock sensibilities, to create a sound located somewhere between the two. Shakespace began forming in early '96, with Jeremy Kolosine, Martin Bensinger and Ian Lloyd recording 6 songs with Chuck Crush in Roanoke,VA. A few months later Michelle Ferguson would join, and the live Shakespace sound was now possibile. Many shows later,they recorded their 1st CD. Released In 1998, the self titled debut album was a space rock, lo-fi collection recorded in Chapel Hill,NC and Roanoke. Throughout the late 90's, Shakespace would also play host to the 'No Phase' shows, multi media art and music events in which artists and groups from across the US performed and contributed work. Their 2nd CD 'Air Sign Orange' (released in late 2000), was recorded in DC, and mixed in NC by Mitch Easter at Fidelitorium. The songs on the 2nd disc had a more edgy, art rock feel.This album introduced Josh Strawn on vocals/guitar. 'This Sleeping Heart' is their latest full length offering.This time around the drumming was in the hands of Brookes Beistel, and Ksine produced on his 8 track (and lots of synth hardware.)Though more limited track-wise, a paced approach allowed Shakespace more time to experiment.

Instruments Voice,synth,samplers,guitars,guitars,guitars and strings and sax.

Albums Shakespace(1998 No Phase Records) ,,Air Sign Orange(2000Happy Couples),This Sleeping Heart(2001No Phase).

Additional Info photo: Kent Moore.

Location Roanoke, Virginia - USA

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