Lowground

Lowground is a five-piece band based in York, UK.Their main genre is chill-pop, although their music contains elements of electronica and folk music. They mainly play their own material but have been known to perform covers of songs by Zero 7, Morcheeba, Frou Frou, KT Tunstall, Massive Attack, Jamiroquai and Sneaker Pimps.

History

The band was founded in December 2004 by Emi Jarvi and J Carmichael, who had already released an album on J's own Take 1 label. One of the reasons the band was formed was so that Emi and J could have a band to back up their entry to the forthcoming [http://www.fibbers.co.uk Fibbers] Battle of the Bands in early 2005.

Members

The current line-up is:
* Emi Jarvi: vocals "(from December 2004)"
* J Carmichael: guitar "(from December 2004)"
* Dave Rogers: drums "(from December 2004)"
* Ben Weaver: keyboards "(from December 2004)"
* Tom Wise: bass "(from June 2006)"

Previous members have included:
* Andrew Davies: bass "(December 2004 - August 2006)"
* Tom Weil: keyboards "(December 2004 - July 2005)"

Discography

* Lowground EP (2005)
** "I'm Home"
** "Escape"
** "Under"
** "Modern Times"

* Long Way From Home (2006)
** "Long Way From Home"
** "She Is"
** "All I Need"

Trivia

* Emi married J in the summer of 2005. Lowground played at their wedding.
* Emi has been known to play the mandolin at gigs.
* J normally plays an acoustic guitar. This sometimes causes problems at gigs when the stage monitors are too loud. The monitor sound resonates in the guitar and causes a strange audio feedback.
* Ben has a steadily rotating collection of keyboards in the quest to find the perfect keyboard, but so far he has stuck to a 1996 Korg X5 for gigs.
* Ben married his fiancee Jill in August 2006. Lowground also performed at their wedding, with the groom taking time off from socialising to join the band on stage.
* Andrew played a djembe drum at their first gig.
* J Carmichael, Ben Weaver, Tom Wise and Andrew Davies have all studied electronics at the University of York.
* Andrew left the band mid-2006 to spend a year teaching in Senegal.
* Emi and J still produce music on their own and sometimes perform solo material at gigs.
* New bass player Tom Wise is a fluent Welsh speaker, having had all of his schooling in Welsh until the age of 16.
* Tom Wise is a professional sound engineer and used to engineer for the band, before being asked to join as bass player when Andrew left.

External links

* [http://www.lowground.co.uk http://www.lowground.co.uk] - The official lowground website.
* [http://www.myspace.com/lowground http://www.myspace.com/lowground]
* [http://www.emijarvi.com http://www.emijarvi.com] - Lowground's vocalist.
* [http://www.take1records.co.uk http://www.take1records.co.uk] - Take 1 Records website.