Sianspheric
SIANspheric | |
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Also known as | SIANspheric4 |
Origin | |
Years active | 1994–2000, 2005–present |
Labels | Sonic Unyon |
Members | Sean Ramsay[1] Jay Patterson Ryan Ferguson Matthew Durrant |
Past members | Locksley Taylor Paul Sinclair Steve Peruzzi |
Website | sianspheric |
Sianspheric (styled as SIANspheric, and previously as SIANspheric4) is a Canadian
History
The band formed in 1994, calling themselves "
The band has also worked with Toshack Highway on a split album titled Magnetic Morning/Aspirin Age. A CD with ten tracks, Toshack Highway contributed the first five tracks, and SIANspheric did the remaining five. In 2000, the band broke up.
Sianspheric reformed in
As of 2006, SIANspheric band members were Ramsay, Jay Patterson (bass), Durrant and Locksley Taylor (additional guitars, backing vocals). All four members contribute to the band's ambient programming/sampling.
In 2011, SIANspheric regrouped with members Ramsay, Patterson and Durrant and with Ryan Ferguson (a.k.a. Electroluminescent) returning to provide additional guitars and synthesizers. They began recording new material.
Three songs from the album Somnium were used in the TV series La Femme Nikita. By 2014 the lineup was once again Ramsey, Patterson, Locksley and Durrant.[6] The group continued performing, including participation in Canadian Music Week in Toronto in 2015.[7]
After a preview track, "I Have It" was released the month before,[8] their fourth full-length album, Writing the Future in Letters of Fire was released on October 28, 2016, by Sonic Unyon.
Discography
Studio albums
- Somnium (1995, Sonic Unyon)
- There's Always Someplace You'd Rather Be (1998, Sonic Unyon)
- The Sound of the Colour of the Sun (2001, Sonic Unyon)
- Writing the Future in Letters of Fire (2016, Sonic Unyon)
EPs and singles
- Planets EP (1999, Sound Records)
- Magnetic Morning/Aspirin Age (2003, Sonic Unyon, double CD split EP with Toshack Highway)
- I Wouldn't Expect You to Understand (2006, Black Mountain Records, 7" white vinyl; limited to 300 copies)
- The Owl and Smokin' Richie (2014, Noyes Records, 7" vinyl and digital)
- So We Swim (2020, 7" vinyl and digital)
Compilations
- Else (1999, Sonic Unyon)
- RGB (2006, Sonic Unyon/Inchroma Multimedia, DVD+CD)
- Others (2014, Digital Streaming & Download)
- Others Vol. 2 (2020, Digital Streaming & Download)
References
- ^ "SIANspheric making sonic waves". Waterloo Region Record, Feb 17, 2017 by Coral Andrews
- ^ "Sianspheric4: Steeltown Ambient Space Rockers"[usurped]. Chart Attack, October 1995. by Sean Plummer
- ^ "How Hamilton's SIANSpheric Conquered an Unsure Future".Noisey, by Cam Lindsay, Oct 26 2016
- ^ "Sianspheric — Somnium (Sonic Unyon SUNCD021, 1995, CD)". Exposé, by Peter Thelen, 1997-02-01
- ^ "Sianspheric RGB". AllMusic, Review by Ned Raggett
- ^ "The History of SIANspheric And Their LSD Stories". Noisey, by Cam Lindsay, May 20, 2014.
- ^ "Canadian Music Week fosters a sense of community. National Music Centre, May 15, 2015
- ^ "SIANspheric spin around again with eureka moment, 'I Have It'". Slow City, Will McGuirk September 28, 2016
External links
- SIANspheric Official site
- MySpace profile
- Sonic Unyon subsite
- Discogs.com