Ectogram

Infobox musical artist
Name = Ectogram
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Bangor, Wales flagicon|WAL
Instruments = Guitars, Drums, Vocals
Genre = Experimental
Psychedelic rock
Post-rock
Space rock
Formed = 1993
Years_active = 1993–present
Label = Ankstmusik
Pure Pop For Now People
Klangbad
Ochre
Ankst
Atol
URL = [http://www.ectogram.co.uk www.ectogram.co.uk]
[http://www.myspace.com/ectogram www.myspace.com/ectogram]
Current_members = Ann Matthews
Maeyc Hewitt
Alan Holmes

Ectogram are a Welsh band from Bangor, United Kingdom.

Ann Matthews and Alan Holmes were previously members of Welsh language post-punk band Fflaps between 1987-1993, touring Europe, releasing three LPs and recording two John Peel sessions during that time. When the band's drummer Jonny Evans left, they recruited old friend Maeyc Hewitt and morphed into the quite different sounding Ectogram.

The band initially recorded two singles for the small Welsh independent label Atol, before being signed to the more well-known Ankst label, for who they recorded an album and two EPs. When that label dissolved in 1998, Ectogram stayed with Ankstmusik, the label set up by one of the former Ankst partners, for who they work with to this day.

Their music combines conventional rock elements such as repetitive rhythms and vocal melody with atonal discord and improvisation. Their style has been influenced by bands such as Sonic Youth, Faust, Pere Ubu, My Bloody Valentine and Acid Mothers Temple.

All three members of Ectogram were also members of the Experimental rock supergroup The Serpents, who released an album on the Ochre label in 1999.

During 2005 Ectogram played a series of gigs with legendary krautrock group Faust, at times joining them on stage for a collaborative performance.

Discography

Studio albums

*1996 "I Can't Believe it's not Reggae! - (Ankst)"
*2000 "All Behind the Witchtower - (Ankstmusik)"
*2002 "Tall Things Falling - (Ankstmusik)"
*2005 "Electric Deckchair - (Ankstmusik)"
*2006 "Concentric Neckwear - (Pure Pop For Now People)"
*2007 "Fluff on a Faraway Hill - (Klangbad)"

Singles & EPs

*1994 "Spio Trwy Tylla - (Atol)"
*1995 "Mary - (Atol)"
*1995 "Spoonicon EP - (Ankst)"
*1997 "Eliot's Violet Hour - (Ankst)"
*1998 "Spitsbergen - (Ochre)"
*1999 "Evanescence - (Ochre)"
*2006 "Y Lleill EP - (Ankstmusik)"

Split Releases

*1998 "Stolen Ecstasy - (with Flowchart) (100 Guitar Mania)"
*1998 "Spitsbergen Part 4 - (with The Land of Nod) (Ochre)"
*2001 "Füxa vs. Ectogram - (with Füxa) (Ochre)"

Compilation Appearances

*1995 "S4C Makes Me Want to Smoke Crack - (Atol)"
*1995 "Triskadekaphilia - (Ankst)"
*1996 "Plan Boom - (What’s That Noise)"
*1997 "Angels With Big Wings - (Ankst)"
*1999 "Floralia Vol 3 - (Wot 4)"
*1999 "Croeso 99 - (Ankstmusik)"
*1999 "Through the Square Window - (Blue Flea)"
*2000 "Yr Agog - (Oggum)"
*2001 "The Stooges - (Snowdonia)"
*2003 "Radio Crymi Playlist Vol. 1 (1988-1998) - (Ankstmusik)"

Film

* Ectogram recorded the soundtrack for Emyr Glyn Williams's feature film "Y Lleill", which won the Bafta for best film at the 2004 Bafta Wales awards. The film was also shown at the ICA. [" [http://www.ica.org.uk/Y%20Lleill%20(The%20Others)+12592.twl] "]

References

External links

* [http://www.ectogram.co.uk/ Ectogram's official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ectogram/ Ectogram's official myspace]
* [http://www.ankst.co.uk/ Ankstmusik's official website]
* [http://www.klangbad.de/ Klangbad's official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ppfnp/ Pure Pop For Now People's official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/anolog/ Ann Matthews' official myspace]