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Louisville, United States (1991 – present)
Rachel’s is an American band formed in Louisville, Kentucky in 1991 by ex-Rodan guitarist Jason Noble. While Rachel’s began as primarily a solo project for Noble he quickly began collaborating with now core members violist Christian Frederickson, and pianist Rachel Grimes. The group’s work is strongly influenced by classical music, particularly inspired by the minimalist music of the late 20th century, and its composition reflects this.
While the trio forms the core part of the band, the group’s recordings and performances feature a varying ensemble of musicians, who play a range of string instruments (including viola and cello) in combination with piano, guitars, electric bass guitar, and a drum set that includes a large orchestral bass drum. A key influence on the music of Rachel’s is the music of the English composer Michael Nyman, whose music the group’s work resembles in both instrumentation and compositional style.
They named the group Rachel’s after Noble’s Toyota Corolla, which has nothing to do with third new member, pianist Rachel Grimes. They debuted in 1995 with Handwriting, an album which mixed both dark classical sounds with film influenced experimental music. Rachel’s released four albums after that, with 2003 Systems/Layers being the most recent one. In 2005 they released an EP consisting of a single track, titled Technology is Killing Music.
They named the group Rachel’s after Noble’s Toyota Corolla, which has nothing to do with third new member, pianist Rachel Grimes. They debuted in 1995 with Handwriting, an album which mixed both dark classical sounds with film influenced experimental music. Rachel’s released four albums after that, with 2003 Systems/Layers being the most recent one. In 2005 they released an EP consisting of a single track, titled Technology is Killing Music.
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bigcityblinkin wrote:
beautiful
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adrianoesteves wrote:
new.album.please
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camille304 wrote:
What the f
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huelsi2 wrote:
Perfect sleeping music
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PollysParadise wrote:
Seratonin!
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blebbio wrote:
sounds like how i imagine his paintings would
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birthmarker wrote:
It's a pointless thought I know, but I sometimes wonder what would Schiele think of "music for Egon Schiele" were he still alive.
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antonyharding wrote:
beautiful
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nuageman wrote:
Water From the Same source.
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uhhlampshade wrote:
so brilliant
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adrianoesteves wrote:
A class of it's own really.
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FallingUpwards7 wrote:
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hollabackitsobi wrote:
Family Portrait is so goddamned beautiful it's just...
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abeilles wrote:
any updates on jason noble? get better and make more beautiful music with this band! i'm still kicking myself for missing the rachel's/clogs show back in 2005.
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SallyBlooms wrote:
Ok I love "Water From the Same Source" and "Last Things Last" what album and more bands to listen to? Please storm me :)
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orchestrale wrote:
oh oh !!
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Bibi737 wrote:
new release por favor!
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One_Enemy wrote:
Oh my fuckin' god D: I just had my first Sirens listen
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casualty wrote:
I don't understand your bitterness towards Balmorhea. They are a talented band and they deserve all the praise they get. Yes, I prefer Rachel's too but no need to hate on another band because they are successful.
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spareanygp wrote:
isn't it wonderful that balmorhea are doing basically an uninteresting, watered down, bastardized third wave post rock version of what rachel's were doing a thousand times better 16 years ago and getting mountains of praise and listeners from people who don't know any better while rachel's sit here pretty much unnoticed? man i love the music industry.
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PorridgeGun wrote about Rachel's – Music for Egon Schiele in Albums I listened to from beginning to end (December 2011). December 2011
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