Dakota Suite
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Biography
[Edit]The loosely configured lineup of Leeds-based Dakota Suite is centered around the group's talented frontman, singer/guitarist Chris Hooson; the only other firm member of the group is producer Richard Formby — formerly a collaborator with Spaceman 3, the Telescopes, and Jazz Butcher — who handles occasional guitar chores and various other instrumentation, including harmonium, Fender Rhodes, lap steel, bowed double bass, and tape effects. Various other members have included David Buxton on bass guitar and pedal steel; John Sheppard on drums; Peter Haslam on piano; and Colin Dunkley, who also plays the piano, provides the strings, and co-writes much of the group's instrumentals. Hooson — whose vocal style is often compared to Red House Painters' Mark Kozelek, Spain's Josh Haden, and Mark Eitzel — often bases his songs on haunting personal experiences; he attempted suicide in late 1995 (taking to his bed, he tried to will himself to stop living). Hooson has also worked at in a hospice for terminal alcoholics, witnessing first-hand the despair and psychic pain that infuses his languid and somewhat sad country-flecked songs, which are highlighted by simply-strummed acoustic guitars, brushed drums, brittle horns, keening lap steel, soulful electric piano, and the occasional cellos and violins. The group also perform chamber orchestra music.
In late 1996, Hooson and Formby first met, when Hooson was recording his first demos. Later, Formby and the owner of a Leeds-based record shop set up the Amos label to release these recordings as three Dakota Suite EPs, in late 1996 and early 1997; they've since been compiled as Alone With Everybody, a CD released in 1998 with additional unreleased material. Mostly positive press and word-of-mouth raves about subsequent 7" and split-7" singles on various labels led to a more formal arrangement with the Glitterhouse label, who issued Dakota Suite's Songs for a Barbed Wire Fence in 1998 (Hooson's original choice for the CD's title was "Bereavement and Loss"). When it came time to play live, Formby volunteered his services, and the band continued touring for nearly a year while Hooson held down his hospice job. Hooson and a variety of additional musicians continued recording at Formby's house or used old churches for the grand acoustics. Hooson ultimately forfeited his sole opportunity to sign to a major label (stating he enjoys his job too much), choosing instead to release Dakota Suite's albums via the German-based Glitterhouse independent label; in turn, they have been licensed by Hooson for release in the U.K. via Loose Recordings, the U.S. via Badman, and Japan via the Tokyo-based Painted Sky Records.
Hooson's wife Johanna's photographs — bleak, starkly black-and-white compositions used as cover art — perfectly reflect the music to be found inside. Navigator's Yard — instrumental pieces for piano and assorted instruments — was released in 1999, followed by Signal Hill (2000) and Morning Lake Forever (2001). The Way I Am Sick, instrumental pieces for a chamber orchestra, was released in 2002; Painted Sky Records has also issued this CD with the non-Navigator's Yard instrumental pieces from the other albums as an extra bonus disc. A two-CD/LP compilation of the first two Dakota Suite albums was also issued as Blown About a Moon. This River Only Brings Poison was recorded in San Francisco with Bruce Kaphan and Tim Mooney (ex-American Music Club), and in Nashville with Derri Daugherty (the Choir).
Title: Songs For A Barbed Wire Fence
Artist: Dakota Suite
Genre: Folk Rock, Indie Rock, Acoustic, Classical
Title: The Side of Her Inexhaustible Heart (with Quentin Sirjacq)
Artist: Dakota Suite
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Alternative
Title: An Almost Silent Life
Artist: Dakota Suite
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: The Hearts of Empty
Artist: Dakota Suite
Genre: Electronica, Jazz, Rock, Alternative, Instrumental
Title: The North Green Down
Artist: Emanuele Errante, Dakota Suite
Genre: Rock, Alternative, Instrumental
Title: Waiting for the Dawn to Crawl Through and Take Away Your Life
Artist: Dakota Suite
Genre: Electronica, Alternative
Title: The Night Just Keeps Coming In
Artist: Dakota Suite
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop, Alternative
Title: The Indestructibility Of The Already Felled
Artist: Dakota Suite, Quentin Sirjacq
Genre: Ambient, World Music, Acoustic, Indie, Classical, Folk
Title: The Side Of Her Inexhaustible Heart
Artist: Dakota Suite, Quentin Sirjacq
Genre: Folk Rock, Indie Rock, Acoustic, Classical
Title: And Darkness Came
Artist: Dakota Suite
Genre: Ambient, World Music, Acoustic, Indie, Classical, Folk
Title: The Sea Is Never Full
Artist: Vampillia, Dakota Suite
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: There Is Calm to Be Done
Artist: Dakota Suite, Quentin Sirjacq
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Dancefloor, Dance Pop, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: What Matters Most
Artist: Emanuele Errante, Dakota Suite, Dag Rosenqvist
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Collections
Title: Dreaming Up the Perfect Pop
Genre: Alternative
Title: Kalk Seeds - Karaoke Kalk Compilation No. 2
Genre: Electronica, Alternative
Title: The Politics of Disappearance
Genre: Alternative, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Acuarela Songs 1
Genre: Alternative
Title: The Wire Tapper 35
Genre: Alternative, Experimental
Title: OpenLab Sunset, Vol. 1 (Selected By Robert Miles)
Genre: Ambient, Chill Out, Electronica, Acoustic, Indie
Title: Calm Relaxing Piano: Collection 2020 (CD1)
Genre: Classical