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Similar Artists:

Beach House, Joanna Newsom, Secret Square, Neutral Milk Hotel

Influenced By:

Nico, Fairport Convention

Formal Connection With:

Laura Carter, Chris Bishop
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Cast a Half Shadow," "Billions of Phonographs," "Dark Smaland"

Biography

Based in Athens, GA, the Instruments are not so much a group as an informal gathering of musicians assembled for performing and recording purposes by singer/guitarist/cellist Heather McIntosh, also a member of Japancakes and Circulatory System. To record the band's debut album, Billions of Phonographs, for Orange Twin Records, McIntosh recruited Katie Bierman (bassoon), Chris Bishop (bass guitar, vocals), Laura Carter (clarinet, accordion, vocals; from Elf Power), John Dazzo (vocals), Pete Erchick (keyboards, vocals; from the Olivia Tremor Control), John Fernandes (clarinet, vocals; from the Olivia Tremor Control), Andy Gonzales (guitar), Eric Harris (theremin, bells; from the Olivia Tremor Control), Will Cullen Hart (drums, vocals; from the Olivia Tremor Control and Circulatory System), Julian Koster (singing saw; from the Music Tapes), Jeff Mangum (vocals; from Neutral Milk Hotel), Susan McCarrell (flute), and Scott Spillane (mellophonium). The album was released on October 1, 2002. Derek Almstead (electric guitar), Erchick, Fernandes, Harris, Hart, Hannah Jones (percussion, vocals), Sallie Lupis (double bass), Mangum, Doug Owens (oboe), and Spillane appeared with McIntosh on the Instruments' second album, Cast a Half Shadow, released May 9, 2006. By the time of the third album, Dark Smaland, released May 13, 2008, McIntosh had organized two different lineups of the Instruments, one based in Athens, the other in Brooklyn, NY. Players on the album included Almstead, Erchick, Fernandes, Harris, Hart, and Mangum. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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Instruments
Origin Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Genres post rock, indie rock, electronic, math rock, musique concrete
Years active 2001–present
Labels Endemik Music
Associated acts North of America, The Motes, Recyclone
Website www.instrumentslab.com
Members
J. LaPointe
Jon Hutt
Daniel MacDonald

Instruments (always spelled with all capital letters by the band) is a three-piece music recording ensemble based in Halifax, NS, Canada.

J. LaPointe, Jon Hutt, and Daniel MacDonald began playing together in Truro, NS, Canada as early as 1991, formally establishing themselves as The Motes (along with Craig Thibault) in 1994. The foursome released six albums before disbanding in 1998. LaPointe spent 1998 - 2001 playing in North of America, touring extensively and releasing four albums, while Hutt spent that time developing his Recyclone project, releasing three albums and collaborating with Sixtoo, Graematter (Buck 65), and LaPointe once again on the "Numbers" full-length.

LaPointe, Hutt, and MacDonald reconvened as Instruments in 2001. They have since released two EPs, and collaborated with American rapper Bleubird and producer Skyrider on releases on Endemik Music and the Japanese label Granma Music.

Discography

  • 2009: Instruments - National Laboratory (12" vinyl w/CD, Endemik Music)
  • 2008: Instruments - Nominal (re-release 12" vinyl w/CD, instrumentslab.com)
  • 2005: Instruments - Nominal (CD, instrumentslab.com)

Also Appears On

  • 2007: Bleubird - RIP U$A (The Birdfleu), "rip u$a" and "Drunk on Movement" produced by Instruments (CD - Endemik Music/Granma Music Japan, LP - Hectic Records)
  • 2006: SkyRider - 47:34, Hello Loneliness Instruments remix (CD, Granma Music Japan)
  • 2006: Chimera - sound and music by Instruments (film)

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