Teargas & Plateglass

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Name = Teargas & Plateglass


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Genre = electronica
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Label = Waxploitation
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History

Choosing its company carefully, through criteria often misunderstood, the band have produced songs and remix collaborations with an array of disparate artists including David Sylvian, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Zap Mama, the Roots’ poetess Ursula Rucker, pioneer of modern harmonic music David Hykes, the Côte D'Ivoirean songstress Lil Gong, Tweaker, cha'abi moderne singer Natacha Atlas, and Elysian Fields’ Jennifer Charles

The band's eponymous debut album was a noteworthy underground release, referenced mostly by other artists: Danger Mouse (“heavy visual stuff…sounds like the end of the world”), King Britt (“restores my faith that deep, dark music still moves the masses”), Chris Vrenna (“a soundtrack to the darkest places in my mind”), along with a few publications: XLR8R (“darkness mixed thick like a pool of blood… take with a stiff glass of Absinthe”). The album's cover photo was taken by the illustrious Brazilian photojournalist Sebastiao Salgado.

The band retreated until 2004, reappearing to perform unannounced eastern European shows guised under the names Septagon, Undecagon, Duodecagon, Enneacontagon, and Hecatommyriagon. No confirmable shows have taken place since then.

Black Triage

The Black Triage album resonates with the backdrop of genocide, combining stark breaks and haunting vocals, poignant strings and melancholy synths. Provocative and intense, where moments of silence evoke not peace, but claustrophobia. To compliment the visceral quality of the music, the text inside the CD booklet was penned by the renowned filmmaker Godfrey Reggio of "Koyaanisqatsi" fame.

Three music videos were produced for the album and debuted at the 2007 American Film Institute Festival, which called the band 'a bold experimental vision'

Notable Songs

Two Teargas & Plateglass songs were used for trailers for the movie X-Men 3. The song 'Plague Burial' was used for the theatrical trailer, and the song 'Book of Black Valentines' was used for the non-theatrical trailer.

Discography

*"Teargas & Plateglass" (album). Self-titled album released in 2004. Now out of print.
*"Black Triage" (album). Released 2007.

External links

* [http://www.teargasandplateglass.com/ Official homepage]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=Oa7OHSnwRAY Video for Plague Burial]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOIpl2stis4 Video for One Day Across the Valley]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImUCgfvEvAs Video for Simplify this Landscape with Darkness]

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