1 Mile North

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1 Mile North
Origin New York
Genres Post-rock
Ambient
Electronic
Experimental
Instruments Synthesizer
Piano
Guitar
Bass
LabelsOld Colony Recording
Ba Da Bing! Records
Music Fellowship
MembersJon Hills
Mark Bajuk
Website Official Facebook

1 Mile North is an ambient / post-rock duo, consisting of guitarist Jon Hills and keyboardist Mark Bajuk. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Albums

The band has released four full-length albums, a split LP with Colophon and The Wind-Up Bird, and a collection of home and live recordings.

Their fourth album "Tombs and Cocoons" was released on February 20, 2020. [4]

Use of Music

The band's music has been featured in Steven Okazaki's Oscar Nominated documentary The Conscience of Nhem En , as well as Okazaki's White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki .[ citation needed ]

Music was also featured within the score of 2013's Facing Fear, [5] a documentary from Jason Cohen nominated for an Oscar in 2014.

Discography

Studio albums

Other releases

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  2. "Pitchfork Media - Minor Shadows album review". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
  3. "Glass Wars - One Mile North | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  4. "1 Mile North". www.facebook.com.
  5. "Facing Fear - a documentary short film". www.facingfearmovie.com.