Sans Arc Other Artists: Glider Shelflife Ether Aura Odelia The Sound Gallery The Longest Day |
Artist Information: sansarc.com Sans Arc is an ever-evolving New Jersey-based project that creates dense, emotional soundscapes that envelope listeners in waves of texture. With an emphasis on background atmospherics, layers of guitars (both electric and acoustic), programmed beats and electronic flourishes, Sans Arc forges a unique sound that is difficult to categorize. It has been called shoegaze, post-rock, emo, indie-rock and ambient in various reviews. Sans Arc formed in late 2001 when band founder CMC merged several different musical projects into one new project that combined the styles and elements of each previously separate entity. The name of the band was taken from the name of a sub-tribe of Sioux Native Americans. About a year after the band's founding, the first Sans Arc full-length album was completed - Selections for Spacefarers. The album contained 9 tracks of instrumental trip hop, and was recorded entirely in CMC's home studio. Following that album, Sans Arc changed directions somewhat, utilizing more guitars, adding vocals, making the beats less trip hop oriented, and enhancing background atmospherics on their second release, the A Remote View EP. The concept album Irradiate was based on a science fiction story that was to be told over the span of five albums. Following the self-release of Irradiate, Sans Arc was signed to The Gaia Project. The first release through that label was a compilation album called Ghostlike, which included the song 'Ghostlike' (a single from Irradiate), four unreleased Irradiate bb-sides, and five of the six tracks from the A Remote View EP. A month later, a remastered version of Irradiate was reissued by The Gaia Project. In December 2005, Sans Arc began recording a new set of songs for an album to be called when eye meets eye. Since this time CMC has been persuing other musical projects, including Magnetar. Discography: Selections for Spacefarers - LP - 2002 (out of print) A Remote View - EP - 2003 (out of print) Ghostlike - Double EP - 2003 Irradiate - LP - 2004 When Eye Meets Eye - LP - 2007 |
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