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Podmoskovnye Vechera by Skooshny

Biografie van de kunstenaar Skooshny

SKOOSHNY Is A Unique LA Band Who Have Been Making Quality Music On And Off For A Considerable Period Of Time. They Have Never Played Live Except For A Couple Of Numbers Recently At An Arthur Lee Benefit Gig And They Re-Group Only Sporadically In Bursts Of Passion-Filled Creativity Sessions That Always Result In New Inspirational Songs. The Quality Of The Songs And Playing Hasn't Diminished With The Years And Their Uniqueness Rings True From First To Last. While They Have Been Likened To The Byrds REM Love Kinks Green Pajamas Left Banke And Other Notables - All Very Pleasing And In Some Cases Justifiable - It Must Be Repeated That SKOOSHNY Very Much Tread Their Own Path. For Sure There Are Resonances Of The 60s And Early 70s With A West Coast Atmosphere Pretty Much What You'd Expect From An LA Band With Influences Based On Songs Melody Folk-Psych And Pop! THE BEGINNING Mark And David Met In Chicago In 1970 And Began Working On A Band Called Brevity. Mark Wrote For The Band But Didn’t Perform. They Both Wound Up In L.A. And Formed Skooshny As A Duo With Revolving Guitarists. In 1975 David Met Bruce A Few Days Before A Session And Invited Him To Sit In. The Lineup Stuck. EARLY RELEASES David Inspired By The New Indie Records Market Of The Time Suggested To Mark That They Form Their Own Label Alien Records As A Vehicle For Skooshny. They Released A 4-Song EP In 1978 A Single Followed In 1979. Both Records Were Greeted With Stunning Reviews. Sales Were Lukewarm Due To The Fact That Skooshny Was A Recording-Only Band No Live Shows. Skooshny Continued Recording For A Few More Years And Then Broke Up. CLEANING THE CLOSET In 1991 Greg Shaw Of Bomp Brought It To The Band’s Attention That Their Old Records Were Collectors’ Items In Europe. He Put Them In Touch With Bill Forsyth At The Minus Zero Record Shop In London. Bill Asked If They Had Any More Copies. Yup. They Were Sent. They Started Selling And Getting More Great Reviews. Bill Asked If Any Unreleased Tapes Existed. Yup. They Were Sent. Bill Decided To Start A Label Minus Zero Records To Release A Compilation Of What Had Been Sitting In David’s Closet For Years. Great Reviews. Decent Sales. A Second Pressing. REFORMATION Skooshny Then Decided To Reform And To Go Back Into The Studio. This Was Also The Beginning Of Songwriting Collaborations Between Mark And Bruce. Next Was A Vinyl EP Then “Even My Eyes ” An Album Of Newly Recorded Material. More Great Reviews. More Recording Which Yielded The Follow-Up Album “Water.” ZOLOTO David Suggested Looking For A Domestic U.S. Label To Release A “best Of” Compilation Along With Four New Songs. The Search Was On And Vibro-Phonic Recordings Agreed To Put Out “Zoloto ” Russian For “Gold” . “Zoloto” Spans 1976 To 2003 And Covers The Wide Range Of Psych-Folk-Pop That Skooshny Is Known For.

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