United Kingdom
Typically, when you hear about the history of bands, it goes something like this: get together, maybe it's a lark, kind of don't know how to play instruments, learn as you go, perhaps have some success, one member takes the limelight, stagnate, grow apart, start fighting, someone decides to work with "better" musicians, split up. Hailing from the UK, One eskimO is diligently proving one rule certainly doesn't fit all. By today's standards, they are nothing if not unique, both musically and as an entity, "a proper band."
With Leontiou doing most of the writing initially, and programming with Craigie Dodds, the band were very meticulous in all the sounds created for their album. They had the luxury of not being rushed, footing the expense for their recording and gigging, developing their distinctive sound and being able to present the music in the way they felt it should be.
All of the band members, Kristian Leontiou, Adam Falkner on drums, Jamie Sefton on bass & horns and Peter Rinaldi on guitar - are aware it's their strength as a unit rather than as individuals that makes them an exceptional entity. That edict is never more evident then when seeing the band perform live. Drummer Falkner, experimental to a tee, triggers samples with his hands and feet, even adding a "stomperine" to his gear. Sefton, remarkably playing bass and horns (at the same time!), adds an element to One eskimO that really does have to be seen to be believed.
Their self-titled debut on Shangri-La Music, brings together a real sensibility with deep roots in ambient, acoustic, electro and rock music to create a unique sound all their own, One eskimO the sound of a band that is only just getting started.
