Venus Hum
Nashville, TN, might not be the first place for a dream pop band to come together, but the birthplace of American music was a nice fit for Venus Hum. Comprised of vocalist Annette Strean and multi-instrumentalists Kip Kubin and Tony Miracle, the trio formed in 1999. Strean, who grew up with a logger father in Whitefish, MT, found Nashville to be her cultural calling. She grew up singing show tunes for fun, but her fondness for the Cure and Kate Bush pushed her creatively. Strean fell for kitschy films from the 50s, too. Later, she designed her own clothing from vintage apparel. Miracle had a similar upbringing. He was locked into typical family suburbia in Cincinnati, OH, and sought comfort in England's new wave reign. Depeche Mode and the Cure allowed him to explore various electronic dance acts of the '80s. Kubin was a Jersey kid. A friend of his had a dad who made his own keyboards, so Kubin naturally picked up the instrument. From there, Strean, Miracle, and Kubin connected. Miracle set up Chessington Synth Labs Studio in his basement, and Venus Hum created a lush, dynamic pop sound. Their self-titled debut appeared on Mono-Fi in spring 2001.
Shows in and around Nashville were successful for Venus Hum. Lucky for them, electroclash producer/scenester Larry Tee took Venus Hum under his wing. The band appeared at Tee's Electroclash Festival in New York City during summer 2002, and Stereolab asked Venus Hum to open for them in Nashville. The Hummingbirds EP coincided with a joint U.S. tour with Sing-Sing that October. Six months later, their proper full-length album Big Beautiful Sky was released. After a series of problems that included issues with their label and nodes on Strean's vocal chords, Venus Hum went on a two-year hiatus. During that time, Strean underwent physical and vocal therapy, Kubin became a filmmaker, and Miracle recorded an album under the name Satellite City. In 2005, the trio reconvened and began recording together and individually; the results were the acoustic/electronic manipulations of their second album, The Colors in the Wheel, which arrived in summer 2006.
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Songs for Superheroes
Électronique - Paru chez Nettwerk Music Group le 1 mars 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Mechanics & Mathematics
Électronique - Paru chez Mono Fi Records le 3 févr. 2023
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Colors In The Wheel
Électronique - Paru chez Nettwerk Music Group le 27 juin 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Busy Is the New Fine
Électronique - Paru chez Mono-fi Records le 1 janv. 2023
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sing Like a Bird
Électronique - Paru chez Mono-fi Records le 14 oct. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pink Champagne
Électronique - Paru chez Nettwerk Music Group le 6 juin 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Carol of the Bells
Musiques de Noël - Paru chez Mono-fi Records le 24 nov. 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Yes and No
Électronique - Paru chez Nettwerk Music Group le 11 avr. 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Surgery in the Sky
Électronique - Paru chez Nettwerk Music Group le 7 mai 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo