Leech (band)

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Leech
Leech at the Bergmal Festival October 22, 2016 in Zurich, CH
Leech at the Bergmal Festival October 22, 2016 in Zurich, CH
General information
origin Oftringen , Switzerland
Genre (s) Post-rock , instrumental , progressive rock
founding 1995
Website www.leech.ch
Founding members
Marcel Meyer
Guitar, piano, synthesizer
 Urs Meyer
Serge Olar
Current occupation
Guitar, piano, synthesizer
 Marcel Meyer
Guitar, piano, synthesizer
 Urs Meyer
Drums, percussion
 Serge Olar
Piano, synthesizer
 Tobias Schläfli
Guitar, bass
Dave Hofmann
Stefan Hell

Leech is a Swiss post-rock band that was founded in 1995 in Oftringen , Aargau .

history

The album Instarmental , which was recorded on two sound tracks, was released in 1996 just one year after it was founded. Both this album and the album Soundtrack to an Individual Emotion Picture Mindmovie that followed in 1998 were followed by numerous concerts in Switzerland and neighboring countries. After another two years, the third studio work Zerotonine Days appeared , on which for the first time and as an exception a piece with singing can be found.

In the following two years Leech found himself in an extensive phase of experimentation and several projects with guest musicians from different musical directions arose. These projects were presented live, but not recorded on sound carriers. From this phase the three founding members of the band developed in different directions and decided to put the project on hold for a while. In the summer of 2006, the Leech project was continued again. Leech picked up where they left off before the five-year break and devoted themselves entirely to experimental instrumental music. During this time Tobias Schläfli (synthesizer) also joined the band as a permanent member.

Discography

Albums

  • 1996: Instarmental
  • 1998: Soundtrack to an Individual Emotion Picture Mindmovie
  • 2000: Zerotonine Days
  • 2007: Leave It So
  • 2007: The Stolen View
  • 2012: If We Get There One Day, Would You Please Open the Gates?
  • 2018: Instarmental 1997 (Remaster)
  • 2018: For Better or For Worse

EPs

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leech's biography. last.fm , June 12, 2011, accessed February 11, 2017 .