Artist description 'EXCELLENT' - SOUND ON SOUND MAGAZINE 'UNIQUE AND GREAT SOUNDING' - FUTURE MUSIC MAGAZINE ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW AT: actualitymusic.co.uk FOR ALL NEW FREE TRACKS AND NEWS ABOUT ACTUALITY. ALSO FREE SOFTWARE, MUSIC PRODUCTION GUIDES, AND LINKS

Music Style Future Pop

Musical Influences Lee Perry, Brian Wilson, Aphex Twin, Disco, Reqqae, Brian Eno, The Orb

Similar Artists Lee Perry, Air, Brian Eno, St Etienne, The Orb, Aphex Twin, Abba, Brian Wilson, Cocteau Twins

Artist History Actuality formed in 1996 and comprise a 31 year-old english man, and a 28 year-old german woman: lee boyd and michaela placzek. michaela adds vocals and much needed arrangements to my nebulous and piscean twinklings, boomings, and noodlings.im sure we would have had some real success by now, had i not been the lazy, arty (currently in the middle of a ba in graphic design at falmouth college of arts) waster that i am. we really let some opportunities slip by. our serious attempts to nobble the career we should have by now notwithstanding, we have, nevertheless:1. been given an ëalbum of the monthí review in a german music magazine (ëszeneí) 2. received serious amounts of radio play on radio libertaire in paris; further airplay regularly gets broadcasted in holland.3. thanks to said french radio station, we have a track coming out on a compilation album soon. we are even getting royalties and that, which is quite posh and glamorous. It also gives you a little confidence, I hope.4. we regularly get emails from around the world from downloaders who found a lot of different tracks on (perhaps your readers might like to have a gander) iuma, getoutthere, and traxinspace. we have also just been solicited by peoplesound so we will be up on there soon.5. we have remixed a lot of unknown but good acts, including alpha and omega in britain, baxter in sweden, and the sound navigator crew in germany.6. we have a lot of work on in the bits-and-pieces-for-websites-and-multimedia-and-that department.the music was recorded last year when we were based in germany, near hamburg. and, wait for it, we did not use a computer. yes, thatís right, we have a real old skool setup. we only recently set up a pc system with a cd burner, platinum live! drive, and cubase: so our next wave of tunes hopefully will be even more crispy and full of flavour.its not what youíve got, itís how you use it that counts. we work at it. we sweat. we cry. we care. music is very serious, we think. it is spiritual, magical, animal mineral. Were the ones you need. we try to give every track its own identity and reasons for existing. we are not afraid that since the rise of the pc everyone is suddenly a musician. quality will always rise to the top.we are influenced by lee perry, abba, brian eno, brian wilson, the aphex twin, and any music that doesnít care what genre it is: it just knows itís good, and real.hope you enjoy. if our music follows any kind of format at all it is this: it is equally good for both bopping and toking to. we like funky beats sprinkled with ghosts. if your not interested, donít worry: we wont cry. we will simply go on doing what we do. after all, music made for anybody but yourself is generally cack.

Group Members Lee Boyd and Michaela Placzek

Instruments battered keyboards, tea, badly wired plugs.

Albums Actuality1999; Actuality2001

Press Reviews ACTUALITY. ALBUM REVIEW, ULTIMO MAGAZINE, GERMANY, 2 / 99.What does an Englishman do in Luebeck, apart from teach in a language school? Music, perhaps? Here comes something very fine. He sat down for three years and puzzled, discarded, tweaked and polished his work. The brief was to bring a myriad of musical styles together under one roof - or album - and that is not easy, as any artist knows; especially when considering that they are often far more self-critical than critical of the works of others. You can tell by the finished product how high the standards were. Actuality blends Dub, Drum n Bass, House and even Jungle elements in your CD player, resulting in a seriously laid back, almost esoteric calmness; spiced with classic English breakbeats - and it´s funky! I particularly want to mention the sound itself. The high frequencies are sweet and clear with no dissonance. The basslines are absorbing, delicate and often virtually subliminal.I´m sure we´ll be hearing a lot more about Lee Boyd, alias Actuality in the near future; and yes, he´s still looking for a record contract! Keep on Truckin´. ACTUALITY. ALBUM REVIEW, PISTE MAGAZINE (CD OF THE MONTH), GERMANY, 2 / 99.The Cornwall/Holstein duo Actuality employ a relaxed and relaxing computer sound including snatches of Drum `n´ Bass and dancefloor-friendly trance elements. Whilst there is nothing new under the sun, here, nevertheless, the fast lane of everyday life is rendered a little more beautiful. The cosiness of a good glass of wine, the warmth of a burning candle, softly settling snowflakes. This is music as emotion where words fail and technical details become irrelevant. Listening, feeling good, and slipping into spring. Then, when the snow has melted, take out your T-shirt and play air guitar. CD of the month.

Location Truro, Cornwall - United Kingdom

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