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Six by Seven
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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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IOU Love
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Catch the Rain
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There's a Ghost
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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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underdogautopsy wrote:
Whoa. That caught me by surprise.
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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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carlos41186 wrote:
These guys are so damn cool!! why have they got so few scrobblings????
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lyricalsong wrote:
i gotta agree with everyone else, how these never went huge is beyond me, they are fantastic
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inphanta wrote:
One of the best bands to come out of the UK in years... and hardly anybody even knew who they were. There really is no justice in this world.
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Real_Bere wrote:
Chris Olley is going solo now. Here a promising first sign of after-band-life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGvweE423Oc
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PopplagiWest wrote:
They were one of the great ones. So sorry to see them go.
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lennylogknob wrote:
Hell of a band. Will be missed.
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Real_Bere wrote:
Yepp - RIP :(. Nothing more to say.
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Ihatemusic wrote:
RIP :(
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mikeydriven wrote:
bit worried about leaving a comment - seems there's a deletion curse.....!
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Real_Bere wrote:
Yeah the ignorance is unbelievable. I love them since I saw the "Candlelight" video on MTV - that's about 10 years ago now =D.
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SonicWarhol wrote:
Not sure how this band got over looked but they are absolutely amazing.
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Ihatemusic wrote:
well.... crap :(
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Ihatemusic wrote:
i have no idea how i found them but im in love
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inecstasy wrote:
i love you
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inphanta wrote:
Sooooo underrated...
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cogumeloblue, thanos1974, rannyakuza and 4 other people added Six by Seven to their libraries. yesterday evening
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SpookyMorto tagged Six by Seven with rock and indie. 8 days ago
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Love_Is_Easy, rublyov and hamxxx added Six by Seven to their libraries. 8 days ago
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amodelofcontrol wrote about Six by Seven in Friday Twenty: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.02b: 140 to 121. 17 days ago
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amodelofcontrol wrote about Six by Seven – The Things We Make in Friday Twenty: My top 200 tracks 1990-99 Pt.02b: 140 to 121. 17 days ago
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loveless_girl tagged Six by Seven with ‘indie’. 19 days ago
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Davh1980, abrunz, Batambuze and 3 other people added Six by Seven to their libraries. 27 days ago
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amodelofcontrol wrote about Six by Seven in Tuesday Twenty-Five: My top 50 albums 2000-09 Pt.02: 25 to 01. last month
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amodelofcontrol wrote about Six by Seven – The Closer You Get in Tuesday Twenty-Five: My top 50 albums 2000-09 Pt.02: 25 to 01. last month
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