B So Global
B So Global
Genres: ambient, trip-hop, british, avant garde, soundscape
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About B So Global
B So glObal is one of the aliases used by two British musicians and sound artists, Ian Staples & Jon Seagroatt. The pair also work under the names Omlo Vent and Miramar. B So glObal's musical origins can be traced back to Staples' long running interest in what he originally termed 'floating soundscapes' - music which later became more widely known as 'ambient'. From the early '70's onwards, Staples made numerous multi-track recordings, primarily of electric guitars, employing a wide variety of innovative playing techniques.These recordings tended to be non or even anti-narrative, textural pieces. In this approach, they were related more to then contemporary American practices than to those of European composers, for whom structural tension and release still played a key compositional role, however 'avant-garde' their music sounded. These experiments gave Staples the idea of writing for installations and exhibition spaces, and he approached Seagroatt, with whom he had worked in the pioneering avant-rock band Red Square, with the idea. Some of the pieces they wrote were eventually released as the first, eponymously titled, B So glObal album. The pair were subsequently signed by Chillum Records, who released the second B So glObal album, 'The World is Covered In Windows', in 1995. B So glObal play occasional live gigs using a mix of laptops and real instruments, and have supported Banco De Gaia, but, like Omlo Vent, the project is mostly been confined to the studio. This is their Myspace site.
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