alaskatheband

alaska The new lightness – That's what one might be tempted to say with a sigh of relief, bearing in mind all the bigheads' and bigbeats' so called pop music. However, one swallow doesn't make a summer, and the "new" can only exist as a conceptual counterpart to the dominant patterns. The name of the game rather is variation than innovation – the aim is to develop new arrangements of forms in a given artistic frame. ALASKA have dedicated themselves to the fine popsong as a sensitive carrier ...

alaska The new lightness – That's what one might be tempted to say with a sigh of relief, bearing in mind all the bigheads' and bigbeats' so called pop music. However, one swallow doesn't make a summer, and the "new" can only exist as a conceptual counterpart to the dominant patterns. The name of the game rather is variation than innovation – the aim is to develop new arrangements of forms in a given artistic frame. ALASKA have dedicated themselves to the fine popsong as a sensitive carrier of beauty and memories. Similar to their brothers and sisters in mind, BELLE & SEBASTIAN, they develop a subliminal groove in their music which adds an elegantly swinging tension, dynamic, and energy to their fragile songs. The band seems to make more use of eighties resources (FELT, GO-BETWEENS, SARAH) than to dive deeply into sixties nostalgia. releases so far: out soon "These Sacred Floors" 2005 „She Was A Rockstar“(Video, appeared on SPEX-DVD may 2005) 2005 „Nouveau Liberty“ (13 Tracks, Marsh Marigold Records) 2004 „Kings Of Of The class“, „Manège Fou“ (on Marsh-Marigold-Review Vol.3) 2000 „Alaska“ (on Fieberkurve-Sampler Vol.6) 1999 „Kings Of The Class (3 Tracks, 7“-Vinyl on Marsh Marigold Records) alaska are: torben schmieder: singing and guitars christoph martens: bass, organs, background vocals, guitars patrick meenck: drums bjoern steffens: keys, guitars carsten lienke: guitars