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High Dependency Unit (band)

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Also known as
  
HDU

Years active
  
1994-present (hiatus)

Active from
  
1994

Origin
  
Dunedin, New Zealand

Website
  
www.hdu.co.nz

Record label
  
Flying Nun Records

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Labels
  
Flying Nun, Furtherist, Shoot the Freak

Albums
  
Metamathics, Sum of the Few, Fire Works

Members
  
Tristan Dingemans, Constantine Karlis, Neil Phillips

Genres
  
Post-rock, Psychedelic rock

Similar
  
Peter Gutteridge, Ghost Club, Loves Ugly Children, Die! Die! Die!, The Clean

High Dependency Unit is a psychedelic rock band originating from Dunedin, New Zealand. Forming in 1994, the band was described by BBC DJ and presenter John Peel as "one of the 10 best bands in the world you've never heard of". The band consists of Tristan Dingemans (guitar, vocals), Neil Phillips (guitar, bass) and Constantine Karlis (drums, percussion, synth, samples).

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History

The band has opened for bands including Mogwai and Shellac.

Prominent audio engineer and longtime fan Steve Albini hosted HDU at his Chicago studio for their 2001 release Fire Works.

Albums

  • Sum of the Few (1996)
  • Crosschannel Multitap (1998)
  • Fire Works (2001)
  • Metamathics (2008)
  • EPs

  • Abstinence:Acrimony (1995)
  • Higher (1997)
  • Memento Mori (2000)
  • Songs

    SchallbluteFire Works · 2001
    Point That Thing Somewhere Else1997
    ConcentricityFire Works · 2001

    References

    High Dependency Unit (band) Wikipedia


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