Cloudland Canyon (band)
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Origin | New York, United States |
Genres | Light In The Attic |
Cloudland Canyon is an experimental rock/psychedelic rock band originally from New York, USA.
Cloudland Canyon was formed in 2002 by Kip Uhlhorn and Simon Wojan (a German citizen). After several years of long distance collaboration (and recording sessions held in the US and Germany, the first Cloudland Canyon release, Requiems Der Natur, 2002-2004 was released by Tee Pee in 2006 and was largely a collection of older works and experiments. Cloudland Canyon quickly set about releasing a number of other releases and touring that same year, most notably a single track collaboration 12"/LP entitled Exterminating Angel with Chicago musician Lichens in 2007 on Holy Mountain.[1]
In 2007, the band was signed to
Uhlhorn has also played in several other successful groups and bands during this time, including King Khan & the Shrines, Panthers (Dim Mak, Vice/Atlantic Records), Pharaohs (100% Silk, Stone's Throw, Intercoastal Artists), Eden Express (Holy Mountain), and Tav Falco's Panther Burns. He has also played guitar live and on albums by Rhys Chatham and Glenn Branca, including Chatham's Crimson Grail, which was staged at Lincoln Center. Cloudland Canyon's ranks have included close friend Jerry Fuchs (also drummer for !!!, LCD Soundsystem, Maserati, Turing Machine, Moby) who died in 2009. Most recently, Memphis drummer Ross Johnson (Tav Falco's Panther Burns, Alex Chilton) has joined the band.
Cloudland Canyon continues to release records with musical reference points in
Recently, Uhlhorn and Cloudland Canyon have begun working with Sonic Boom (
References
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- ^ Gabriele, Timothy (April 28, 2008). "Cloudland Canyon: Lie in Light". PopMatters. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
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