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Nottingham, England (1996 – 2008)
Six by Seven are a Nottingham, England based rock band who formed in 1996, specialising in a brand of space-rock that fused the drones, propulsiveness and washes of noise of krautrock with the abrasiveness of punk. They have released six albums, along with several compilations of studio offcuts and live performances. Arriving at a time of stagnating but popular Britpop and Britrock, they were unique not only in sound but also in utilising a saxophonist for texture and in Sam Hempton choosing to attack his guitar strings with a drumstick instead of a plectrum.
The band take their name from the research connected with the Hubble telescope. Sam came up with the name, but he’s told the story so many times that he’s not quite sure if he still remembers the theory correctly! Anyway, it goes something like this… “There was a big debate as to whether the millions of other galaxies in the universe were accelerating away from each other or moving away at a constant rate, or whether they were actually coming back in on themselves. The scientists originally thought that everything would eventually come back in on itself and implode, but what’s actually happening is that they are accelerating away at a rate of Six By Seven.”
Six by Seven have a spontaneous approach to their songwriting - some of the songs for the new album weren’t written until the day that they were recorded; another was written briefly using an acoustic guitar and a drum machine.
The band take their name from the research connected with the Hubble telescope. Sam came up with the name, but he’s told the story so many times that he’s not quite sure if he still remembers the theory correctly! Anyway, it goes something like this… “There was a big debate as to whether the millions of other galaxies in the universe were accelerating away from each other or moving away at a constant rate, or whether they were actually coming back in on themselves. The scientists originally thought that everything would eventually come back in on itself and implode, but what’s actually happening is that they are accelerating away at a rate of Six By Seven.”
Six by Seven have a spontaneous approach to their songwriting - some of the songs for the new album weren’t written until the day that they were recorded; another was written briefly using an acoustic guitar and a drum machine.
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The Things We Make
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Real_Bere wrote:
New album by Chris Olley (now as (The Death of) Six.by Seven) available here: http://sixbyseven.bandcamp.com/album/the-death-of-six-by-seven
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Real_Bere wrote:
Check out the new band of ex-guitarist Sam Hempton: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Disasters/295821210439512 Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/the-disasters-uk
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Real_Bere wrote:
If you like Chris Olley you can now show it on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Olley.Chris
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graemebaty wrote:
1st band I ever saw live. my ears are still ringing, awesome, just awesome!
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leftblank wrote:
first heard six.by seven nearly 15 years ago, and they still sound fucking great
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carlos41186 wrote:
They should fire their manager - such good music, so few listeners!!! (X2)
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ll2k1985 wrote:
you spoil us guys. that Olley single is neat too
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ll2k1985 wrote:
woh
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Maschinensturm wrote:
You can download the fantastic album 'sixbyseven:04' for free on their website: http://sixbyseven.bandcamp.com/album/sixbyseven-04-free-album
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mendress99 wrote:
They should fire their manager - such good music, so few listeners!!!
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miyadookie wrote:
They have good stuff
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DepressAmI wrote:
Great Band
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SovietStudio1 wrote:
Wonderful!
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boo99 wrote:
I Adore Them
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Real_Bere wrote:
Chris Olley (former 6x7 mastermind) released the East Of Edale EP with 7 brand new tracks and also recordings from Dean Jackson's show The Beat on BBC radio Nottingham for which Chris recently played 3 live recordings. Get your copy here: http://chrisolley.bigcartel.com The first 100 CDs are numbered and signed.
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Mr_Blakk wrote:
The Closer You Get and The Things We Make were both in a league of their own at the time
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ostrich54321 wrote:
does anyone have any of the Peel sessions? I remember hearing 'Sometimes I Feel Like' back in 2004, it blew my mind, it was the closest I'd ever heard to putting sound to the romantic, fantastic ideals of human space travel in some dystopian future. booster rockets, marooned from extraterrestrial colonies kinda thing.
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Real_Bere wrote:
Please check out Chris Olley's myspace for 5 tracks of his upcoming solo album "A Streetcar Named Disaster". It will be released at the end of November 09. http://www.myspace.com/chrisolleymusic
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garydavidson83 wrote:
I bought 'the closer you get' when it came out but never appreciated it till now! wow.
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emile_nestle wrote:
six by seven is most amazing band ever happend to this world. I wish so much i could see them live. i just noticed the time
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Comment on Closer You Get ‘An’ Album of the Year… 11 years on? by Bere
8 Nov 2011 | from chrisolley.wordpress.com
You may not compare greatness of an album to it's sales
numbers. It IS a great album and still one of my all-time
favourites. It's always my first choice when I recommend 6x7 to
anyone.
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