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Artist Biography For Clogs
Clogs Is A Mostly Instrumental Project Led By Bryce Dessner And Australia's Padma Newsome Both Members Of Rock Band The National . Clogs Pre-Dates The National And Débuted With The Highly Melodic "Thom's Night Out" Jul 2001 Brassland . Their Latest Album Is "The Creatures In The Garden Of Lady Walton" Mar 2010 Brassland Which Features Contributions From The National's Lead Vocalist Matt Berninger Shara Worden My Brightest Diamond And Sufjan Stevens. The Other Three Of Their Five Widely Acclaimed Albums Are The Experimentally Polyphonic "Lullaby For Sue" 2003 Brassland Minimalist "Stick Music" Aug 2004 Brassland And The Harmonic "Lantern" Feb 2006 Brassland . When Clogs Formed They Were An Oddball Classical Ensemble In Indie Rock Clothing. Today However They're At The Forefront Of A Scene Including Friends In Groups The Books Rachel's And Bell Orchestre. Clogs Are Newsome Viola/violin/melocica/voice/piano Bryce Dessner Guitar/ukelele Rachael Elliott Bassoon/melodica And Thomas Kozumplik Percussion . They Met In The Late-90s While Studying At The Yale School Of Music. Newsome Started His Career As A Concert Violinist In The Sydney Symphony Orchestra Before A Six-Year Detour Took Him To An Ashram In The Remote Region Of New South Wales. He Began Composing In The '90s At The University Of Adelaide When He Was Awarded A Fulbright Scholarship That Brought Him To America. Dessner Is An Established Soloist And Veteran Of Groups Including Bang On A Can All-Stars Which Has Given Him In Contact With Major Figures Like Philip Glass And Terry Riley. Elliott Is A Proud Vermonter And Active Freelance Musician. Kozumplik Is A Master Percussionist Familiar With Most Any Style. Clogs' 'classical' Music Is The Result Of A Peculiar Writing Process More Akin To A Rock Band Or A Jazz Quartet. The Members Come To Rehearsals With Basic Ideas That The Group Riffs On And Develops In Jam Sessions And Live Performance. Newsome Later Arranges These Ideas Into Elegant And Complex Musical Narratives That Meld And Extend The Ideas Of Minimalist Modernist And Romantic Composers Adding Sounds And Melodies Drawn From The Folk Music Of India The Jewish Diaspora And Everywhere Else. Sites BandCamp.
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Biography - Clogs
Clogs Is A Mostly Instrumental Project Led By Bryce Dessner And Australia's Padma Newsome Both Members Of Rock Band The National . Clogs Pre-Dates The National And Débuted With The Highly Melodic "Thom's Night Out" Jul 2001 Brassland . Their Latest Album Is "The Creatures In The Garden Of Lady Walton" Mar 2010 Brassland Which Features Contributions From The National's Lead Vocalist Matt Berninger Shara Worden My Brightest Diamond And Sufjan Stevens. The Other Three Of Their Five Widely Acclaimed Albums Are The Experimentally Polyphonic "Lullaby For Sue" 2003 Brassland Minimalist "Stick Music" Aug 2004 Brassland And The Harmonic "Lantern" Feb 2006 Brassland . When Clogs Formed They Were An Oddball Classical Ensemble In Indie Rock Clothing. Today However They're At The Forefront Of A Scene Including Friends In Groups The Books Rachel's And Bell Orchestre. Clogs Are Newsome Viola/violin/melocica/voice/piano Bryce Dessner Guitar/ukelele Rachael Elliott Bassoon/melodica And Thomas Kozumplik Percussion . They Met In The Late-90s While Studying At The Yale School Of Music. Newsome Started His Career As A Concert Violinist In The Sydney Symphony Orchestra Before A Six-Year Detour Took Him To An Ashram In The Remote Region Of New South Wales. He Began Composing In The '90s At The University Of Adelaide When He Was Awarded A Fulbright Scholarship That Brought Him To America. Dessner Is An Established Soloist And Veteran Of Groups Including Bang On A Can All-Stars Which Has Given Him In Contact With Major Figures Like Philip Glass And Terry Riley. Elliott Is A Proud Vermonter And Active Freelance Musician. Kozumplik Is A Master Percussionist Familiar With Most Any Style. Clogs' 'classical' Music Is The Result Of A Peculiar Writing Process More Akin To A Rock Band Or A Jazz Quartet. The Members Come To Rehearsals With Basic Ideas That The Group Riffs On And Develops In Jam Sessions And Live Performance. Newsome Later Arranges These Ideas Into Elegant And Complex Musical Narratives That Meld And Extend The Ideas Of Minimalist Modernist And Romantic Composers Adding Sounds And Melodies Drawn From The Folk Music Of India The Jewish Diaspora And Everywhere Else. Sites BandCamp.
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