Formed in 2006, Distel is a musical outlet of Æter, one of the monikers of Dutch composer Peter Johan Nÿland - and Scramasax, a percussionist who has been involved in several other Dutch bands. They play '
angst pop', which is sometimes reminiscent of the output of German label Galakthorrö, that was the first to actually coin the term as a genre. Other references that often pop up are British avant-gardists
Coil, owing to a seemingly similar experimental approach in their work; the Dutch ULTRA art movement; and genre-wise: minimal electronics,
cold wave and industrial. Due…
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