SKE
SKE
Genres: Avant-Prog, Progressive rock, icelandic, indie, italian
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About SKE
There are multiple artists using this name: 1. Ske is a pop band from from Reykjavik, Iceland The core members Eirikur, Frank and Gudmundur founded the band Skarren ekkert (Better Than Nothing) in 1992. They met each other in college and didn't find the music scene of the time very inspiring. They decided to start a band where the instrumentation would be in contrast with the conventional pop music, i.e. accordion, acoustic guitar and a double bass. They started playing instrumental music on venues like cafes, weddings, cocktail parties. The band members now refer to those times as "The Era of Cocktails and Fingerfoods". In 1994 the band had gained attention in the Reykjavik music scene, especially among people in the arts and theatre. As a result, the band was offered the opportunity to write music for The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov writing music for numerous productions in films and theatre, including two works for the Icelandic Dance Company and The National Theatre's 50th anniversary production of Midsummer's Night Dream. Around 1999, Hrannar joined the band and started using samplers and computers in their music combining it with acoustic, instrumental background, they created an offbeat mix of electronic and acoustic music. Finally in 2001, Ske was born. Thor Eldon of Bad Taste Inc. got his hands on the record by some means. He and the others at Bad Taste liked it and contacted the band wanting to release it. The result is Life, Death, Happiness & Stuff, it's a little bit experimental, a little bit cute, a bit dramatic and sometimes even a little bit square. Japanese lullabies, french romance, sleazy stomp and everything in between - It's Life, Death, Happiness & Stuff. 2. SKE is the name of Paolo Botta's solo Project as an avat-garde progressive musician and composer. In fact, "Ske" is Mr. Botta's surname. And... who is Paolo Botta? He is one of the masterful musicians who consistently takes part in YUGEN; in fact, his role as keyboardist in YUGEN's abundant line-up is one of the crucial elements in the aforesaid band's success at revitalizing and re-shaping the languages of RIO and chamber-rock in Italy's contemporary prog scene. His résumé also includes a momentary membership in USA's top avant-prog band FRENCH TV. A real cosmopolitan progger, indeed! Now, with Botta in charge of SKE's creation and direction, our musician sees himself in position of displaying his own personal vision of adventurous progressive music for the new millennium. The first result of this vision is SKE's debut album "1000 Autunni", an excellent sonic pallete of eclectic music where symphonic prog, experimental chamber, avant-jazz and fusion alternate with and/or melt into each other quite beautifully. For the accomplishment of this recording, Botta got some good help from his colleagues of YUGEN, as well as members of CAMEMBERT and CICCADA. Recorded throughout the year 2010, it eventually was mixed and released during the first half of 2011. Rave revues on the album came around promptly... and quite deservedly so! -taken from http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=6998.(05/05/18)
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