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EUROPEAN DARK-WAVE, NEW AGE BAND DELEYAMAN COMES TO THE SOUTHLAND
By Sandra Zeitzew
Westside Today
http://www.westsidetoday.com/m4-7016/european-dark-wave-new.html
March 27 2012
CA
"One of the best kept secrets in alternative music today" Elegy
magazine, France.
Event dates: April 20-May 11, 2012
"One of the best kept secrets in alternative music today" Elegy
magazine, France. European dark-wave, new age band Deleyaman comes
to the Southland for a series of intimate concerts across LA County.
Based in France, the four members of Deleyaman are of
American-Armenian, French-Armenian, French and Swedish descent and use
lyrics and instruments from their respective countries. Their songs
are melodic and soulful, every note and word packed with deep emotion.
Their sound has been described as a dark, harmonious and sacred vibe
that combines smooth, choral-influenced vocals with the mourning
sounds of the Armenian duduk.
The band will be on tour playing in intimate venues across Los
Angeles starting Friday, April 20 - with opening act Finnish Singer,
Songwriter Irina Bjorklund and a post-concert reception hosted by the
Consulate General of Finland and Consul General Kirsti Westphalen
at Santa Monica Playhouse, and concluding there on Friday, May 11,
2012 with a post concert reception with the artists.
"As rare as the music once shaped in the hands of Dead Can Dance
and Cocteau Twins." Logo Magazine. Deleyaman is comprised of Aret
(Aret Madilian), Liz (Elizabeth Deage), Jirair M (Gerard Madilian),
and Mia (Mia Bjorlingsson). The band was formed in a rural coastal
village of Normandie, in 2000 by Aret Madilian, the Istanbul born
American-Armenian singer and multi-instrumentalist. The tour is also
a homecoming for Aret, as he is originally from the South Bay, where
he was part of the teen band "Vogue" aka "Wog" - winner of the 1985
KROQ Battle of the Bands.
Irina Bjorklund is a Finnish Actress, Singer, Songwriter, and Musical
Saw Player (http://sonicbids.com/irinabjorklundpeterfox). Bjorklund
and her composer partner Peter Fox will play a short set of soothing,
make-a-better-world material from their latest release, the all French
language album Chanson D'Automne that made the official charts in
Finland for six weeks. They will present a stripped down version
of their usual six-or seven-man band as a trio with accomplished LA
musician/producer Steve McCormick.
Additional Concert Dates and Venues: Sat. April 21 at 8pm, Two Roads
Theatre, Opening Set: Irina Bjorklund, Peter Fox, Steve McCormick,
Studio City; Fri., April 27 at 8:30pm, Sat. April 28 at 8:00pm,
and Sun. April 29 at 7:00pm, Luna Playhouse, Glendale; Thurs. May 3
at 8pm, Atwater Crossing, Los Angeles.
To hear Deleyaman's latest album, full tracks in streaming, visit
http://deleyaman.bandcamp.com/album/fourth-part-two or You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cFVP_eCns6k
Official Band site - http://www.deleyaman.com
Santa Monica Playhouse, The Other Space 1211 4th Street Santa Monica,
CA 90401 / 310-394-9779 x1 http://SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com
Tickets: at www.ItsMySeat.com/Deleyaman
By Sandra Zeitzew
Westside Today
http://www.westsidetoday.com/m4-7016/european-dark-wave-new.html
March 27 2012
CA
"One of the best kept secrets in alternative music today" Elegy
magazine, France.
Event dates: April 20-May 11, 2012
"One of the best kept secrets in alternative music today" Elegy
magazine, France. European dark-wave, new age band Deleyaman comes
to the Southland for a series of intimate concerts across LA County.
Based in France, the four members of Deleyaman are of
American-Armenian, French-Armenian, French and Swedish descent and use
lyrics and instruments from their respective countries. Their songs
are melodic and soulful, every note and word packed with deep emotion.
Their sound has been described as a dark, harmonious and sacred vibe
that combines smooth, choral-influenced vocals with the mourning
sounds of the Armenian duduk.
The band will be on tour playing in intimate venues across Los
Angeles starting Friday, April 20 - with opening act Finnish Singer,
Songwriter Irina Bjorklund and a post-concert reception hosted by the
Consulate General of Finland and Consul General Kirsti Westphalen
at Santa Monica Playhouse, and concluding there on Friday, May 11,
2012 with a post concert reception with the artists.
"As rare as the music once shaped in the hands of Dead Can Dance
and Cocteau Twins." Logo Magazine. Deleyaman is comprised of Aret
(Aret Madilian), Liz (Elizabeth Deage), Jirair M (Gerard Madilian),
and Mia (Mia Bjorlingsson). The band was formed in a rural coastal
village of Normandie, in 2000 by Aret Madilian, the Istanbul born
American-Armenian singer and multi-instrumentalist. The tour is also
a homecoming for Aret, as he is originally from the South Bay, where
he was part of the teen band "Vogue" aka "Wog" - winner of the 1985
KROQ Battle of the Bands.
Irina Bjorklund is a Finnish Actress, Singer, Songwriter, and Musical
Saw Player (http://sonicbids.com/irinabjorklundpeterfox). Bjorklund
and her composer partner Peter Fox will play a short set of soothing,
make-a-better-world material from their latest release, the all French
language album Chanson D'Automne that made the official charts in
Finland for six weeks. They will present a stripped down version
of their usual six-or seven-man band as a trio with accomplished LA
musician/producer Steve McCormick.
Additional Concert Dates and Venues: Sat. April 21 at 8pm, Two Roads
Theatre, Opening Set: Irina Bjorklund, Peter Fox, Steve McCormick,
Studio City; Fri., April 27 at 8:30pm, Sat. April 28 at 8:00pm,
and Sun. April 29 at 7:00pm, Luna Playhouse, Glendale; Thurs. May 3
at 8pm, Atwater Crossing, Los Angeles.
To hear Deleyaman's latest album, full tracks in streaming, visit
http://deleyaman.bandcamp.com/album/fourth-part-two or You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cFVP_eCns6k
Official Band site - http://www.deleyaman.com
Santa Monica Playhouse, The Other Space 1211 4th Street Santa Monica,
CA 90401 / 310-394-9779 x1 http://SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com
Tickets: at www.ItsMySeat.com/Deleyaman