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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Detachment Kit is an American post-rock band. Detachment Kit, hailing from Brooklyn, New York, was born of the bandmembers' desire to express their musical disassociation with everything around them. While they embrace and support the current independent sonic palette, they see themselves as an inherently conceptual band that is separate from the readymade confines of scenes, labels and genre-specific musical movements. As singer Ian Menard says: "I think we are relative to the current indie scene, but we're not card carrying members of any particular genre. Actually, my card is all maxed out. What we...

Detachments are a London based troupe (led by creative force Bastien Marshal) that have caused waves of excitement on the more discerning dancefloors and clubs over the past two years with singles such as “Circles” “H.A.L.” and "Holiday Romance" not least thanks to collaborations with PItchfork favourites Salem, Tim Goldsworthy (DFA), Andrew Weatherall and Trevor Jackson (Playgroup / Output). The intriguingly noirish take on synth pop and post punk that was shown on the early singles has been fully developed into an 11 track debut album thanks to the involvement of vintage synth geek James Ford (Simian Mobile Disco). Spanning...

Formed in Cedar Rapids, IA, in 1996 by members Russell Binder (drums), Les Ohlhauser (guitar/vocals), Jarl Pierson (guitar), and Wade Wilson (bass). This line-up recorded one demo, "Permutation", at Schoolhouse studios in Cedar Rapids. Shortly after, they were joined by Michael Titman (keyboards). This line-up recorded one self-released effort, "Severance", in 1998 at Free Reelin' studios in Denver, CO by Ben Tanler. For a while the band played live shows, with Jarl Pierson leaving in 2000. Jarl left on very amicable terms, and is still considered a great friend of all concerned. In his place for about a year was...

Hard rocking new wave band formed around the Armstrong brothers in Linden, Johannesburg in 1980 that played a subversive, fanatically independent, high pressure brand of rock that they themselves referred to as "Stormtrooper Pop". Three album were released between 1983 and 1989. Brian Armstrong (aka Brian Wylde): vocals, guitar Terry Armstrong (aka Terry Tornado, Terry Blitzkrieg, Terry Apocalypse): bass, vocals Blister: drums (left in 1980) Alan Armstrong: drums (replaced Blister) Mike Adams (aka Animal): rhythm guitar, keyboards (joined 1981, left 1988) .