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Heligoland (band)

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Years active
  
1999–present

Genres
  
Slowcore, Dream pop

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Website
  
http://www.heligoland.org/

Members
  
Karen Vogt vocals Steve Wheeler bass Dave Olliffe guitar Antti Mäkinen drums Ash Brideson keyboards

Past members
  
Cameron Gellatly Pete McKeown Chris Wright Bek Varcoe

Origin
  
Melbourne, Australia (1999)

Albums
  
Shift These Thoughts, Bethmale, Sainte Anne, All Your Ships Are White, A Street Between Us, Heligoland - EP

Record labels
  
Alone Again Records, Soleil Après Minuit

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Heligoland are a five-piece band from Melbourne, Australia. Heligoland's songs and sound have been compared to the atmospheric textures and soaring female vocals of Cocteau Twins, the spartan soulfulness of Low and the wistful melancholy of Mojave 3.

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Other projects

Several past and present members of Heligoland have been (and are still) involved in other musical projects:

  • Steve has played guitar in Tugboat and has played bass guitar in Dandelion Wine
  • Dave plays guitar in Tides
  • Pete plays guitar in Marionettes
  • Bek plays drums in Tugboat
  • Steve Wheeler & Antti Mäkinen have, on occasion, toured with Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins) as The Robin Guthrie Trio, most notably performing a small UK tour in February 2013

    • Songs

    Nearly Everything Is NewA Street Between Us · 2006
    All Your Ships Are WhiteAll Your Ships Are White · 2010
    Mapping Your DesiresAll Your Ships Are White · 2010

    References

    Heligoland (band) Wikipedia
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