Fredrick Stanley Star
Fredrick Stanley Star
Genres: welsh
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About Fredrick Stanley Star
Fredrick Stanley Star is a Cardiff based 5 piece group of avant-garde musicians; Alex Williams, Dan Messore, Jo MacGregor, Stephen Linehan and William Hughes. Despite all hailing from Loughborough the band for the most part met in the wilderness of the Pembrokeshire coast. The band describe its musical style as ‘progressive shanty’. Heaviside Layer, the debut album, is being released on fellow Cardiff band attack+defend’s imprint Shape Records. It was recorded with Frank Naughton at Ty Drwg studios in June 2008. On this debut album the band use field recordings ranging from a creaking gate to a typewriter to enhance their experimental folk sound. Live the band use free improvisation, 5 part harmonies and various percussive effects including foot stamps and large wooden spoons.
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