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Circulus | |
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 Circulus at Green Man Festival, 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels |
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| Members | Michael Tyack [1] Jennifer Bennett [2] Oliver Parfitt [1] George Parfitt [1] |
| Past members | Will Summers [3] Lo Polidoro [4] Sam Kelly [5] Victor Hugo [6] Eric Anholm [7] Jason Hobart [8] Emma Steele [9] Robin Cieslak [10] Tom Goldsmith [11] Holly-Jane Shears [12] Anthony Elvin [13] Alan French [14] |
Circulus are a psychedelic/progressive folk band from South London, England, founded by guitarist and singer Michael Tyack. [15]
Contents
- Discography
- Band members
- Current members
- Former members
- Mythical Cake label
- References
- External links
The band uses a mix of modern and medieval instruments, such as the lute, cittern, crumhorn and rauschpfeife, along with the Moog synthesizer, bass and electric guitars.
Circulus were featured in a two-page spread of an NME issue in 2005, [16] also appearing that year in a Sveriges Television music documentary called This Is Our Music in 2005 [17] . They were interviewed on BBC2's The Culture Show on 3 February 2007, as part of an item on the 'new folk'. [18]
Mojo magazine chose Circulus to cover Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds for their 40th anniversary Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band tribute album, Sgt. Pepper... With a Little Help from His Friends, given away with their March 2007 issue [19] .
The band performed on the 'Meltdown on the Thames' stage, at Meltdown Festival on 17th June, 2007, [20] one week later playing on the Park Stage at Glastonbury Festival. [21] They performed at Green Man Festival in 2006 [22] and 2017 [23] .
In 2013, they provivded an original music soundtrack for the short film Eilmer The Flying Monk [24] , which is based on the story of Eilmer of Malmesbury. In 2014 their music was used in the soundtrack of the documentary The Truth Behind the Dash For Gas. [25]
