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Battle:Also a Korean male band with dance beat genre.
Battle: formerly known as Morphic Fields and Killing Moon, Battle were together between 1999 and 2007. Bunking PE in South London to play guitar, Jason Bavanandan and Jamie Ellis were inspired in equal measure by The Beatles, Motown, Britpop and Nirvana. In 2000, the pair left school for Kent University in search of a band, finding Pixies enthusiast, Tim Scudder and, later garage-head, Oliver Davies. After two years of committed practice and sporadic gigging in both the cathedral city and metropolitan London, the group remained unheralded. Leaving Canterbury, Morphic Fields retreated to a disused bank vault under Luton High Street, to continue their work as the Donnie Darko inspired Killing Moon. After a brace of well received gigs in Lewisham, the band secured new management and studio time, leading to the demo, ‘Tendency’ and wider interest. They changed their name to Battle in an attempt to convey how they fought for their dreams. This ideal of struggle and aspiration pervades much of their work.
In 2005, Battle embarked upon a series of small tours, releasing the singles, ‘Isabelle/ Feel The Same’ and ‘Demons/ Damascus’, both of which sold out within days. Support slots with the likes of Bloc Party, The Rakes and British Sea Power followed.
In February, 2006, relocating to Jacobs Studio, Surrey (where the Smiths recorded much of ‘The Queen Is Dead’), the band under the watchful eye of Gareth Jones pushed themselves harder than ever before. In a ten-day heave of energy, as winter turned to spring, the band finally captured songs for the mini-album, ‘Back to Earth’ as well as several earmarked for next years full length LP.
Battle: formerly known as Morphic Fields and Killing Moon, Battle were together between 1999 and 2007. Bunking PE in South London to play guitar, Jason Bavanandan and Jamie Ellis were inspired in equal measure by The Beatles, Motown, Britpop and Nirvana. In 2000, the pair left school for Kent University in search of a band, finding Pixies enthusiast, Tim Scudder and, later garage-head, Oliver Davies. After two years of committed practice and sporadic gigging in both the cathedral city and metropolitan London, the group remained unheralded. Leaving Canterbury, Morphic Fields retreated to a disused bank vault under Luton High Street, to continue their work as the Donnie Darko inspired Killing Moon. After a brace of well received gigs in Lewisham, the band secured new management and studio time, leading to the demo, ‘Tendency’ and wider interest. They changed their name to Battle in an attempt to convey how they fought for their dreams. This ideal of struggle and aspiration pervades much of their work.
In 2005, Battle embarked upon a series of small tours, releasing the singles, ‘Isabelle/ Feel The Same’ and ‘Demons/ Damascus’, both of which sold out within days. Support slots with the likes of Bloc Party, The Rakes and British Sea Power followed.
In February, 2006, relocating to Jacobs Studio, Surrey (where the Smiths recorded much of ‘The Queen Is Dead’), the band under the watchful eye of Gareth Jones pushed themselves harder than ever before. In a ten-day heave of energy, as winter turned to spring, the band finally captured songs for the mini-album, ‘Back to Earth’ as well as several earmarked for next years full length LP.
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Back To Earth EP
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Break The Banks
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Paper Street Single
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Back To Earth
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One More Night
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Children
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aoitori- wrote:
Korean band --> 배틀 true, but then again the name battle on their records, so what's to do?
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Toki-Akane-Yuki wrote:
Korean band --> 배틀
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blondiesxlove wrote:
i hate that their insn't two separate pages for "battle", the pics are all messed up as well as some songs. the awesome korean group split up because two member joined the army and wont be back for 2+ years :/
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SweetMoogle wrote:
why isn't there two different ones one for Korean band and one for that other band?? [2]
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mila_chan wrote:
why isn't there two different ones one for Korean band and one for that other band??
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amy2790 wrote:
they split in october 2007, much to most people's surprise!
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lambeth_tom wrote:
did they split up?
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amy2790 wrote:
such an underated band, these guys deserve so much more!
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SteinVegard wrote:
Good band. Solid songs!
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pleff wrote:
i have all their singles on vinyl in mint condition.. any takers? plus back to earth e.p.
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milen88 wrote:
I think that some pics are not that Battle - korean
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whatwillburn wrote:
I think I only really liked this band because they were in NME. Couple of good songs but it's no loss that they left.
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ranmarumori wrote:
Battle (배틀)...i'm such a genious! *stupid*
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flowertree wrote:
Which Battle is this??The korea one or the other one??
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monochords wrote:
I want them back!
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Elsinor wrote:
их трек Looking For Bullets просто awesome ! Кому надо, могу поделиться!
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laser_laser wrote:
да да пиздатая банда
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hijodeodin wrote:
me agradaron los temas... buena banda...
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rocker_divad wrote:
any singles / back to earth EP download links? thanks
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mhardy10 wrote:
It looks as if the battle has been lost :(
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Firetrap Sessions Apologies
25 Sep 2007 | from blog.myspace.com/thisisbattle
Battle are sorry to announce that they are unable to participate in the forthcoming Firetrap Sessions with Hot Club De Paris, due to the ill-health of someone close to the band. …
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