For other uses, see Archive (disambiguation).
| Archive |
|
| Origin |
London,
England |
| Years active |
1994
– present |
| Genres |
Post-rock/Indie/Trip-hop |
| Labels |
Island Records |
| Members |
Danny Griffiths, Darius Keeler, Dave Penny, Pollard Berrier, Maria Q, Jonathan
Noyce |
| Past members |
Roya Arab
Rosko John
Suzanne Wooder
Craig Walker |
Archive are a London-based musical group, whose music spans
electronica,
trip
hop and progressive rock.
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Contents
- 1 History
- 2 Members
- 3 Discography
- 4 External
links
|
History
Archive were formed by Darius Keeler and Danny Griffiths
in 1994 from the ashes of UK breakbeat act Genaside II. Together with female singer
Roya
Arab and young rapper Rosko John, the band released their first album "Londinium"
on Island
Records in 1996, a mix of dark Trip-Hop (in the same vein as Massive
Attack), rap and alternative rock. The album received
moderate critical acclaim, but due to internal dispute the band split
up later that year.
However, in 1997 Keeler and Griffiths reformed Archive with
another female singer (Suzanne Wooder) and in 1999 released their
second album "Take My Head", a mix of pop and symphonic trip-hop far
more melodic than its predecessor. The band have described this album
as their least favourite of their albums.
Between 2002 and 2005 the band released three albums with Craig
Walker, formerly of Power of Dreams, as singer, to
growing popularity and critical acclaim, including a large following in
France
and Poland.
These albums have seen Archive gradually turn away from their roots in Electronica
and Trip-Hop
and towards more psychedelic and progressive style of bands such as Pink
Floyd, Mogwai and The
Secret Machines. The band also composed the soundtrack to the French
film Michel Vaillant,
released in November 2003.
Archive announced at short notice that Walker would not be
joining the band's tour in November 2004 "due to unforeseen circumstances". Another
statement from Darius Keeler hinted at personal problems keeping Walker
from touring [1]. In an interview with TV
station arte
in late 2005 [2],
Keeler and Griffiths confirmed that Walker is in fact no longer in
Archive but working on a solo album.
In autumn of 2004, Archive announced that Dave Pen (Birdpen) would be replacing
Walker on the Noise tour - due to the continuing
personal problems between Walker and the rest of the band. During this
same tour, Keeler and Griffiths met the singer Pollard Berrier at one of their
shows in Vienna, Austria. The three began writing and rehearsing
together, and were recording in Southside Studios, London by
September 2005.
In May 2006, Archive released "Lights", from which the first
single was "System". Dave Pen contributed on three tracks of the album
and Maria Q sang on four tracks.
Members
- Darius Keeler - Synthetizer, piano
- Danny Griffiths - Synthesizer,
samples
- Pollard Berrier - vocals, guitar
- Dave Penny - Guitar,
vocals
- Maria Q - vocals
- Steve Harris - Guitar
- Smiley - Drums
- Jonathan Noyce - bass
- Lee Pomeroy - bass
Discography
- Londinium (1996)
- Take My Head (1999)
- You All Look The Same To
Me (2002)
- Live at Paris/France Inter
(2002)
- Michel Vaillant
(Soundtrack - Michel
Vaillant on ImDb) (2003)
- Noise (2004)
- Unplugged (2005)
- Lights
(2006)
- Live at Zenith (2007)
External links
