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Music is a journey. Somewhere a single tone ends the silence. The tone grows into a melody, sometimes a theme. Maybe a voice joins in - to complete a song. But who knows what was before the silence? Maybe there was another song before? It could be that a flaming crescendo burned up the last sounds of what has been before the silence. But every song is a new beginning, maybe articulating hope for the future - maybe not. But it will end for sure in silence, before the journey starts again. The release of „Half Way Between“ is on...

Esthetic Education was founded in 2004 in Kyiv, Ukraine by Louis Franck, a Belgian filmmaker and photographer living in London, together with two former members of the successful Ukrainian band Океан Ельзи - keyboard player Dima Shurov and bassist Yura Khustochka. The band quickly recorded the basic tracks for their debut, but spent another six months refining what would become Face Reading. Successful concerts in the UK and Ukraine followed, and Franck moved to Kyiv, allowing him to concentrate more on the band. The Leave Us Alone/Machine EP came in 2005, followed by the live album Live at Ring in...

A Classic Education is a band that formed in 2007 in Bologna, Italy although singer Jonathan Clancy is from Ottawa, Canada. The rest of the band is formed by Paul Pieretto, Luca Mazzieri, photographer Giulia Mazza, Federico Oppi, Stefano Roveda. Their music is a mix of dreamy guitars, sixties melodies, psych-pop, garage and classic songwriting. The band has put out releases on Bailiwick, Holiday Records and now Lefse Records. www.aclassiceducation.com .