The Amber Light

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The Amber Light
The amber light live.jpg
General information
origin Wiesbaden , Germany
Genre (s) skirt
founding 2001
Website www.theamberlight.de
Founding members
Jan Sydow
Rabin Dasgupta
Timo Hintz (until 2001)
Louis Gabbiani
Current occupation
Louis Gabbiani
guitar
Jan Sydow
Rabin Dasgupta
Peter Ederer (since 2002)
Rob Fisher (since 2006)

The Amber Light is a band from Wiesbaden .

history

The Amber Light was founded in 2001 by Jan Sydow, Rabin Dasgupta, Louis Gabbiani and Timo Hintz. At the beginning of 2002 the drummer Timo Hintz left The Amber Light again to devote himself entirely to the profession of sound engineer. As a replacement, Peter Ederer joined the band, with whom Jan Sydow had already worked on previous projects. With this line-up they recorded their debut album Goodbye to Dusk Farewell to Dawn , which was released in the spring of 2004. The overall mood of the album, which was rather gloomy and almost melancholy, was praised by critics and brought the young band a lot of attention in the scene. Despite positive sales figures in Germany, but also in France, the USA, Poland and Japan, the commercial breakthrough did not materialize.

After several concerts in clubs, from which a steadily growing fan base developed, the EP Stranger & Strangers was released a year later. Apart from the 15-minute title track, the songs are more straightforward than the solemn compositions of the debut. The Amber Light went on an extensive tour through Germany, France, Poland, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg and played as opening act and. a. for Wir sind Helden , Archive , New Model Army , The Posies and Marillion .

After four years, Peter Ederer left The Amber Light in August 2006. Since then, the band has been supported by Robert Fischer on drums during performances and studio work.

Through appearances in the opening act for Wir sind Helden, they also got to know their guitarist Jean-Michel Tourette , who was so taken with the band that he has been their producer together with Jens Nickel since 2006. The second album Play was released on April 25, 2008 .

style

The style of the band is difficult to classify, as the newer songs are very different from the more complex compositions of the debut. Critics often assign the music to the genre post rock . According to interviews, the band itself rejects this categorization and describes their music as more experimental pop music .

Discography

EPs

  • 2002: As They Came They Slightly Disappeared (Demo)
  • 2005: Stranger & Strangers

Albums

  • 2004: Goodbye to Dusk Farewell to Dawn
  • 2008: Play

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