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Circulus

 
Artist: Circulus
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Group Members:

Michael Tyack

Similar Artists:

Starling Electric, Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice, Nobody & Mystic Chords of Memory, Mystery Jets

Influenced By:

The Incredible String Band, Pentangle, Fairport Convention
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "The Lick on the Tip of an Envelope Yet to Be Sent", "Clocks Are Like People

Biography

A fanciful blend of traditional British folk, prog rock, psychedelia, and folk-rock, with a cultural mindset that is rarely seen outside of a revival screening of The Wicker Man, Circulus is the brainchild of Michael Tyack, a songwriter and musician who has set out to create music that exists in the 20th and 16th centuries at once. Based in South London, with Tyack the only constant member after dozens of personnel shifts, Circulus incorporate the drums, guitars, and Moog synthesizers you'd expect from a rock band with a retro early-'70s approach, but also features a variety of medieval instruments, including crumhorns, recorders, and a reed instrument called the rauch pfeifer, whose intense volume Tyack declares "isn't really acceptable to modern ears." Circulus are nearly as well-known for their collective fashion sense as for their music, with Tyack costuming himself and his accompanists in thrift-shop capes, caftans, hats, and masks that are equally influenced by the British hippie scene and Tyack's self-proclaimed model in style, Philip the Good, who was the Duke of Burgundy in the 13th century. Add to this the stated belief of Tyack and his bandmates in pixies, fairies, and "old gods" and you get a group whose reputation for eccentricity precedes it, but Circulus have also won a loyal audience for the strength of their music, with fans ranging from traditional music enthusiasts to death metal addicts. Circulus made their recorded debut in 1999 with an EP entitled Giantism, but it wasn't until 2005 that the band found a sympathetic record label interesting in financing an album-length recording -- Rise Above Records, an extreme metal label that issued Circulus' full-length debut, The Lick on the Tip of an Envelope Yet to Be Sent. A second album, Clocks Are Like People, followed a year later. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide
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Circulus
Origin London, England
Genres Psychedelic folk
Progressive rock
Years active 199? - present
Labels Rise Above Records
Website circulus.org
Members
Michael Tyack
Will Summers
Former members
Lo Polidoro
Sam Kelly
Victor Hugo
Nick Baxter
Nigel Hoyle
Felicity Greenland
Eric Anholm
Jason Hobart
Emma Steele
Robin Cieslak
Damien Cavanagh
Jason Read
Genevieve Appleby
Bec Newman
Bethia Beadman
Tom Goldsmith
Holly-Jane Shears
Anthony Elvin
Perceval
Gauvain
Kay
Alan French
This article is about the folk band. For the zoological behaviour, see Circulus (zoology).

Circulus are a psychedelic folk/progressive rock band from South London, England, founded by vocalist Michael Tyack.

The band uses a mix of modern and medieval instruments, such as the lute, cittern, crumhorn and rauschpfeife, along with the moog synthesizer, bass and electric guitars. Tyack claims to believe in fairies and pixies, and they have been known to play their live shows with the audience sitting on the floor.

Circulus were featured in a two-page spread of an NME issue in 2005 and a two page interview in Terrorizer in 2006. Their album Clocks are Like People was reviewed in Metal Hammer magazine in September 2006, receiving 8/10.

The band featured in an SVT (Swedish) music television documentary called 'This Is Our Music' in 2005, and were interviewed on BBC2's The Culture Show on 3 February 2007 as part of an item on the 'new folk'.

Mojo magazine chose Circulus to cover "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" for their 40th anniversary Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band tribute album, "Sgt. Pepper...With a Little Help from His Friends", given away with their March 2007 issue.

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Discography

Band Members

Current members

  • Michael Tyack - vocals, guitars, saz, cittern
  • Will Summers - flutes, recorders, crumhorns, shawm
  • Tom Goldsmith - bass
  • Holly-Jane Shears - vocals
  • Anthony Elvin - vocals, percussion
  • Cathy Harabaras - drums, vocals

Former Members

  • Lo Polidoro - vocals
  • Sam Kelly - drums, vocals
  • George Parfitt - bass
  • Victor Hugo Llamas - bongos, percussion
  • Nick Baxter - percussion
  • Will Carruthers -bass
  • Nigel Hoyle - bass, vocals
  • Felicity Greenland - vocals
  • Eric Anholm - guitar, vocals
  • Jason Hobart - bass, vocals
  • Emma Steele - vocals, flute
  • Robin Cieslak - guitar, vocals, percussion
  • Damien Cavanagh - drums
  • Jason Read - bass, percussion
  • Genevieve Appleby - vocals
  • Bec Newman - vocals
  • Bethia Beadman - vocals
  • Tom Goldsmith - Fender Bass
  • Holly-Jane Shears - vocals
  • Anthony Elvin - vocals, percussion
  • Perceval
  • Gauvain
  • Kay
  • Alan French - drums

Mythical Cake label

In 2008, the band started its own record label, Mythical Cake, using donations solicited from the fans and the public at large. A donation of 50 British pounds or more will secure a photograph in the album liner notes. This alternative appeal is part of a growing trend of bands attempting to create a distribution infrastructure outside the traditional music industry.

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