Velma

electronic experimental swiss hypnotic trip-hop

There are 2 artists with this name: a Swiss electronica/art group; and a Northern Irish alternative/punk band. 1) Switzerland-based group: During the private viewing of Fernando Landovitch's retrospective, three amateurs, weary of the endless aphasia surrounding them, discovered a common ground for their individual researches in musical art. Sharing a similar interpretation of the great Vladislav Bauer's masterworks, they decided to emerge together from the current cacophony under a promising name : Velma [best regards - http://www.myspace.com/velmavisualmusic] A self produced album (Rythmique) was quickly followed by appearances on various compilations (see discography). These first foundations gave Velma the opportunity to give several gigs in Switzerland and in Europe. In summer 1999, the band signed on the Californian label Emperor Norton Records for the release of Cyclique, which came out in October 1999. Cyclique was released in Europe through the labels Noise Product and Namskeio Records. In March 2000, Parole, a 12-inch record presenting the latest recordings of the band was released on Stetic Records. Parole was reissued in CD format on M Narsitik Records under the name Panoramique. This release features remixes from Ma chérie for painting (Germany), Köhn (Belgium), Alog (Norway) Bruce Gilbert (UK), Pluramon (Germany), Jan Jelinek (Germany) Terre Thaemlitz (Japan) and Liryc (Switzerland). Recorded in the South of France in June 2002 and produced by London-based...