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Dreams of tall buildings formed at the end of 1999, they began recording sound textures from their environments and surroundings, drinking 13 coffees in an hour to short wave radio oscillations in brain storming sessions. more...

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They wish to remain anonymous and stress that they are not restricted to the red tape of the conformed and structured norms of being an x piece. Instead they state that by the end of the next year there could be 1000 people in DOTB or none. They have visions of collaborating with people in Spain and Australia simultaneously, unaware of each other’s existence.

Dreams of tall buildings fill rooms with lush distant telephone pianos hitting against screams and sub bass frequencies. Typewriters and cine-projectors give out unearthly rhythms instead of drums. Transfixing listeners with Morse code wrestling gongs and water. Here is organised sound for films without any visuals.

Initial explorations led to the release of a series of limited tapes and CD-Rs in hand made packaging involving branded wooden sleeves and hospital specimen bags. They avoid becoming slaves to genre by having a doctrine as evolving as their sound constructions themselves. Their sound ranges from minimal microwaves, breathing and non - notes («A Red Carpet For Autumn») to hideously distorted trumpets and string loops sounding like Miles Davis stabbing Stan Getz in a floatation tank (« 14 Months «). Other tracks are created using one source (“Remember The Words») is compiled from video samples and surface noise with a Chinese text and children singing in the chorus, and in («Museum») samples from room noises from the Birmingham Museum are looped with grating metal violins to create a twisted clock work piece which closes on it’s self as soon as it opens.

D0tb have also worked with film makers Mike Stubbs on “cultural quarter” shown at Baltic and with PirateHairWaves on “thends” – an audio visual installation performance made up of the credits from movies as a visual backdrop to d0tb improvisations. ( shown at The Mead Gallery, Warwick)

They are currently at work with Joseph Byrd and Norwegian noisettes SPUNK on a comminsion for the Sonic Arts Network Expo 06 called "White Elephant".

As for live events a performance at a secret location / tunnel is promised involving a sonic response to human frequency, heart beats and tuning folk resistance

Discography:

• Lorenzo’s Warm - limited to 10-blackboard c.d., 7 tracks, May 2000. • I am sensitive to objects - limited to 15, credit card c.d. single packaged in hospital sample bags, 1 track, August 2000. • Read Carefully - limited to 20, tape with typing sound of the sentence on the card also included housed in doTb liquor store bag, Jan 2001 • «Untitled» - limited to 500, 5 track debut release double 7 inch with individual hand stamped post cards, Bearos021, Bearos Records, July 2001 • Stephanie - Roomful Of Tuneful, Melodic Records compilation, Apr 2002. • Line 26, page? - 'Journeys Without Maps', Bearos Records Compilation. Mar 2002 • Artificial Memory and 14 months - video/sound collaboration with PirateHairWaves, first 50 videos come packaged in handmade material bags with document envelope containing maps and story, VAN44 Static Caravan Recordings, oct.2002. • Ltd edition 10 track release on 7" vinyl, hand cut by Geraldine lathe in New Zealand, with 2 different covers...an x-ray or a map both contain individual riddles...each one unique! VAN 49 Static Caravan Recordings. Nov.2002 • “ A dry mouth “ track on IS THIS MUSIC? Compilation Jan 2003 • «Concrete steps» - a 3-way collaboration with wotjk3k from Poland and digital etah from Cardiff based on a distressed vinyl workshop for pupils at swanshurst girls school u.k via School of Tall buildings! Feb 2003 • “Threehunderedandthirythree e.p” - Ltd edition white vinyl 10” with individual Polaroid of track listing in printed bag. Experimentalseafood records. March 2003 • “ Truth = Beauty live” – compilation of live pieces issued in a mummified wax cassette, victory garden records 2003 • “Black board” – 4 track e.p housed in a black board sleeve with unique art work held together by a bolt, limited to 111 copies on the great pop experiment records 2004 • “ nothing hurt and everything was beautiful” – 11 track CD on label pseudoarcana 2004 • “supersonic set live “ – credit card mp3 of dotb’s live set from ss04, bearos records 2005 • “ Songs of Opposites” – collaboration with USA sound artist Scott Smallwood, on Static caravan records , 2006 • “ e.p” – new 4 track e.p in wrapped round diagram silk screen to open out into a 21 inch sq piece of art on white vinyl, earworm gold series records, 2006 • “harbour’d in the sleepy west” = part of unlabels I CD per week release scheme, limited to 100 copies.

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