Distance - Music

There Are 2 Artists With This Name A Swiss Electronica/art Group And A Northern Irish Alternative/punk Band. 1 Switzerland-Based Group During The Private Viewing Of Fernando Landovitch's Retrospective Three Amateurs Weary Of The Endless Aphasia Surrounding Them Discovered A Common Ground For Their Individual Researches In Musical Art. Sharing A Similar Interpretation Of The Great Vladislav Bauer's Masterworks They Decided To Emerge Together From The Current Cacophony Under A Promising Name Velma Best Regards - Http //www.Myspace.Com/velmavisualmusic A Self Produced Album Rythmique Was Quickly Followed By Appearances On Various Compilations See Discography . These First Foundations Gave Velma The Opportunity To Give Several Gigs In Switzerland And In Europe. In Summer 1999 The Band Signed On The Californian Label Emperor Norton Records For The Release Of Cyclique Which Came Out In October 1999. Cyclique Was Released In Europe Through The Labels Noise Product And Namskeio Records. In March 2000 Parole A 12-Inch Record Presenting The Latest Recordings Of The Band Was Released On Stetic Records. Parole Was Reissued In CD Format On M Narsitik Records Under The Name Panoramique. This Release Features Remixes From Ma Chérie For Painting Germany Köhn Belgium Alog Norway Bruce Gilbert UK Pluramon Germany Jan Jelinek Germany Terre Thaemlitz Japan And Liryc Switzerland . Recorded In The South Of France In June 2002 And Produced By London-Based Mark Van Hoen Locust Seefeel Mojave 3 Scala Annie Williams Sing-Sing Ludwig Velma's Third Album Is The Long-Awaited Follow-Up To Cyclique. This Collaboration Allowed The Band To Tune Its Sound Towards A More "pop" Feeling. Ludwig Was Released In Switzerland In October 2002 M Narsitik In Italy In June 2003 White And Black And Finally Throughout The Rest Of Europe During The Fall Of 2003 With A License Deal With Belgian Label Zealrecords. Ludwig's Announcement Was Closely Followed By The Release Of A Split Single With New York's Hip Hop Band Dälek. This Vinyl 12-Inch Is Published By M Narsitik Records And Hit The Stands In The End Of 2002. "Ludwig" Is Scheduled For Release In The Benelux October 13 2003. In October 2005 The Fourth Album Of The Trio La Pointe Farinet 2'949m. Was Released On Two Different Labels On French Monopsone And On Swiss Gentlemen. Also Produced By Mark Van Hoe This One Is Haunted By Heavy And Dirty And Hip Hop Loops. La Pointe Farinet 2'949 M. Contains Some Intense Moments Such As Metropolis A Cover Of Mötorhead And Voices Of The Ether Another Collaboration With Dälek. Apart Of Its Purely Musical Activity Velma Produces Theatrical Performances And Composes Music For Other Stage
artists. Some Of These Works Have Been Published And Released On CD Using The Velma B. Landovitch Name In
order To Differentiate Them From The Regular Velma Records Http //www.Last.Fm/music/Velma B. Landovitch Full Bio Http //www.Velma.Ch/pdf/BIO_Engl_NOV_05.Pdf 2 Belfast Based Band Velma Convey Influences Ranging From Energetic Alternative Rock To Edgy New York Post-Punk. The Band's Full-On Rock N Roll Attitude And Hi-Octane Vocal Delivery Have Drawn Comparisons With PJ Harvey And Other Performers Of That Ilk With Their No-Nonsense 'in-Yer-Face' Guitar Sound Quirky Melodies Which Lodge Themselves Firmly In Your Brain Dynamic Rock-Solid Rhythms And Delightfully Skewed Lyrics.
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