A Dead Forest Index

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A Dead Forest Index
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Background information
Origin Melbourne, Australia
Genres
Years active2008 - current
LabelsDenovali, Pop Noire, Sargent House
MembersAdam Sherry, Sam Sherry

A Dead Forest Index is a musical project formed by brothers Adam Sherry and Sam Sherry in 2008 in Melbourne, Australia. [1]

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History

Adam and Sam Sherry are originally from New Zealand, writing and performing as a minimalist two-piece, based between Melbourne and London.

In 2012, A Dead Forest Index released an EP entitled Antique with Denovali Records [2] and in 2013 the duo were invited to support the band Savages on a UK tour. [3] Following on from supporting Savages, having caught the attention of Savages’ singer and Pop Noire label co- founder Jehnny Beth, the duo released the EP Cast of Lines with the label Pop Noire in 2014. [4]

The duo released their debut album In All That Drifts from Summit Down with US label Sargent House in 2016 and were invited to support Chelsea Wolfe on a tour of North America. [5] [6]

In 2017, A Dead Forest Index were invited to collaborate with the Italian dance company Dewey Dell to compose a choral composition inspired by the Sardinian Cantu a tenores. [7] The composition Deriva Traversa was premiered at festivals Danza Urbana in Bologna [7] and Città delle 100 Scale Festival in Matera. [8]

Other projects

In 2015, A Dead Forest Index collaborated with the band Savages when they were invited to write and perform together as an ensemble alongside choreographer/dance artist Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome for Doug Aitken’s Station to Station Festival at the Barbican. [9] The performance of the piece In What I’m Seeing: The Sun was recorded live onto vinyl. [10]

In 2018, Adam and Sam Sherry formed the trio Unmoor Kiva with Savages’ guitarist Gemma Thompson. [3]

Members

Adam Sherry - vocals, guitar

Sam Sherry - vocals, percussion

Discography

YearTitleFormatLabel
2012AntiqueEPDenovali
2014Cast of LinesEPPop Noire
2016No PathsSingleSargent House
2016Myth RetracedSingleSargent House
2016In All That Drifts from Summit DownAlbumSargent House

Collaborative albums

In What I'm Seeing; The Sun (2015) (with Savages)

References

  1. ↑ "New music to listen to this week: A Dead Forest Index team up with Savages' Gemma Thompson" . The Independent. 2016-03-23. Archived from the original on 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  2. ↑ "A DEAD FOREST INDEX - ANTIQUE [CD|10'|DIGITAL]". www.denovali.com. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  3. 1 2 "eat your own ears and cool brother present: unmoor kiva". coolbrother. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  4. ↑ Subscribe (2 June 2014). "A Dead Forest Index stream 'Cast Of Lines' EP in full". diymag.com. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  5. ↑ Ruiz, Matthew Ismael. "Flavorwire Premiere: A Dead Forest Index's "In All That Drifts From Summit Down"". Flavorwire. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  6. ↑ Andrew Sacher. "Chelsea Wolfe announces new 7" & tour with A Dead Forest Index (dates, stream)". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  7. 1 2 "Deriva Traversa" (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  8. ↑ "A Matera la sperimentazione di Dewey Dell & A Dead Forest Index - Città delle 100 scale festival". archivio.cittacentoscale.it. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  9. ↑ Subscribe (22 July 2015). ""It's very experimental" - Savages detail plans for live performances at London's Barbican". diymag.com. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  10. ↑ "Savages - In What I'm Seeing;The Sun". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
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