The Grand

608 1st Street SW

Calgary

April 16, 2008, Wednesday Door Time 7:30 PM

Tickets: CA $25.00

CARIBOU

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Caribou is Dan Snaith (b. 1979), who formerly recorded under the moniker Manitoba. Known for altering his sound with each subsequent release, he incorporates electronic psychedelia, krautrock rhythms, and breakbeat drums and creates a swirling, lush panorama.

He has recorded three full lengths, Start Breaking my Heart, a jazzy, "folktronica" idm album, Up in Flames, the critically acclaimed shoegazer with analog synths and sometimes live, sometimes sampled drums, and the Milk of Human Kindness, his krautrock-inspired album that bleeds 70's prog and 70's drugscapes. His eclectic live performances are renowned, in part for their use of simultaneous drummers and synchronised visuals.

The result of a year buried in this compulsive and obsessive musical hibernation is 2007s Andorra released by Merge Records in North America and City Slang in the rest of the world. The hard worked paid off: Andorra is Snaiths finest and most emotive album, where his trademark wide-screen production is married to a torrent of pop melodies which fall over one another as they leap out of the speakers. Each of the myriad precisely placed notes on the album were played by Dan himself with the exception of Shes the One – featuring the vocals of long time friend Jeremy Greenspan of Junior Boys.

Once again Caribous live incarnation, now a four piece band consisting of Ryan Smith (guitars, keyboards, melodica, percussion), Andy Lloyd (bass, vocals), Brad Weber (drums, glockenspiel) and Dan (vocals, drums, guitars, keyboards, percussion, omnipresent flutophone), will take to the road in euphoric support of this benchmark in Caribous development. More about Caribou...