Lamb
Lamb in concert, January 2012
Background information
Origin	Manchester, England
Genres	Electronica, breakbeat, drum and bass, trip hop
Years active	1996–2004, 2009–
Labels	Strata Music, Mercury Records, Koch Records
Website	Official band website
Members
Andy Barlow Lou Rhodes

Lamb is an electronic music duo from Manchester, England, whose music is influenced by trip hop and drum and bass. The duo consists of producer Andy Barlow, who also produces under the pseudonym Hipoptimist, and singer-songwriter Lou Rhodes. They achieved commercial success with two hit singles "Górecki" and "Gabriel".

Biography[link]

Lamb's core members were Barlow and Rhodes, although the band subsequently expanded to include bassist Jon Thorne, Icelandic guitarist Oddur Mar Runnarson, and Danish drummer Nikolaj Bjerre. London-based string trio Chi 2 Strings and trumpet player Kevin Davy were frequent guest musicians.

They released their first album, the self-titled Lamb in September 1996, and followed this up with another three albums and a cache of singles over the next eight years, culminating in the release of a greatest hits album, Best Kept Secrets, in June 2004. While they seemed destined for stardom, it seemed to evade them and during the early 2000s they lost momentum and played live only sporadically. Still, a 2004 tour produced memorable shows, according to the British press.^[1] Lamb performed what was billed as their final live appearance at the Paradiso in Amsterdam in September 2004^[2] and after their 2003 album Between Darkness and Wonder both went solo. Rhodes left the music world briefly for a commune, and in 2006 released her first solo album.^[3]

Although getting their start in Manchester, Lamb are more commonly associated with the Bristol-based trip hop sound that was popular during the 1990s. Aside from trip hop, their musical style is a distinctive mixture of jazz, dub, breaks and drum and bass, with a strong vocal element and, in their later works especially, some acoustic influences. While they were a hit phenomenon in the UK, they found limited success in other parts of the world, despite securing distribution. Portugal was an exception, however; the band achieved crossover success there, including one major number one hit with "Gabriel," the lead single from 2001's What Sound.

The band produces experimental work with a distinctive production style, which includes passionate lyrical delivery. Their artistic videos draw on influences ranging from Cyberpunk through George Lucas' THX 1138 to Zen Buddhism.

By far their best-known track to date is "Górecki", from their eponymous debut album. The song is inspired by Henryk Górecki's Third Symphony, the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. Part of the lyrics to "Górecki" were used by Baz Luhrmann for some of Satine's lines in Moulin Rouge!. The song was used in an advertisement for Guinness and an advertisement for the Tomb Raider: Underworld video game. It was also featured on the soundtrack of the 1998 Hollywood film "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer". The 2004 DVD The Fall & Rise of the Fools Ark, a roadmovie by Dutch duo Dadara and Jesse for which Lamb provided the music, is an animated roadmovie in the style of Monty Python and Yellow Submarine.

Reunion[link]

During the band's hiatus, both were working on a variety of solo projects. Rhodes released her debut solo album Beloved One on her own label Infinite Bloom in 2006. This was followed by Bloom in 2008 and One Good Thing in 2010.

Barlow worked on a project called "Hoof" (together with Oddur Runasson, among others, who also appeared on Rhodes' solo debut), which has performed live a number of times but as of 2011 not released an album. Barlow also worked on a project called "Luna Seeds" with vocalist–songwriter Carrie Tree (also without releasing an album so far), and produced the Fink album Distance and Time. In 2011, Barlow released his first album Leap and the Net will Appear as solo project "Lowb".^[4]

In February 2009, the organisers of The Big Chill music festival announced that Lamb would be re-forming to perform at the August 2009 event.^[5] The band subsequently announced two further appearances, at Cactus Festival and Beautiful Days Festival, and also played the Glastonbury festival and made appearances at festivals in Porto, Portugal and Prague, Czech Republic, among others. At the time, no announcement was made as to whether the band would be releasing new material, or whether the festival tour was going to be a one-off.

Later in 2009, the band announced concert dates for 2010 as well. During one of those shows, on 3 January 2010 at The Tivoli in Brisbane Australia (the 32nd gig out of an initially planned 7), Andy Barlow stated that it would be their "last gig ever, but who knows". Barlow later followed up on Lambs Facebook fan page on 7 January, "I have a strong feeling that there will be more Lamb shows, It doesn't seem like it has reached its finale just yet".^[6]

In December 2010, the band sent another e-mail to fans, announcing the recording of their fifth album, to be titled 5. A selection of songs from the album were previewed at Playground Weekender music festival near Sydney, Australia on 20 February 2011. A special edition of the album, hand-numbered and limited to 2800 copies, could be pre-ordered through Lamb's website and was shipped to fans in May 2011, followed by the commercial release of the standard edition on 9 June in the UK. Other European countries saw slightly later release dates. '5' was released on label Strata Music.^[7]

In 2011, the band also released their first live album Live at Koko as well as the long-awaited DVD Lamb Live at the Paradiso recorded at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, in September 2004.

The band started a European tour to promote the new album on 19 May in Kiev, and played further concerts and festivals throughout 2011 including a performance at London's prestigious Somerset House. In January 2012 the band started a new European tour which concludes in Paris on 18 February.^[8]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• 1996 Lamb (Fontana Records)
  • UK #109 ^[9]
• 1999 Fear of Fours (Polygram Records)
  • UK #37; US Top Heatseekers #35; NOR #22; AUS #25; NLD #61 ^[10]
• 2001 What Sound (Koch Records)
  • UK #54; BEL (Flanders) #16; AUS #40; NLD #65; GER #87 ^[11][12]
• 2003 Between Darkness and Wonder (Koch Records)
  • UK #96; PT #13; BEL (Flanders) #20; SWI #82 ^[13]
• 2011 5 (Strata Music)

Compilation albums[link]

• 2004 Best Kept Secrets: The Best of Lamb 1996-2004 (Universal Records)
  • UK #111; BEL (Flanders) #24 ^[14]
• 2005 Lamb Remixed (Mercury/Universal Records)

Live albums[link]

• 2011 Live at Koko (Strata Music)

Singles[link]

[edit] from Lamb

• 1996 "Cotton Wool"
  • UK #76 ^[9]
• 1996 "Gold"
  • UK #132
• 1996 "God Bless"
  • UK #92
• 1997 "Górecki"
  • UK #30

[edit] from Fear of Fours

• 1999 "B Line"
  • UK #52
• 1999 "All in Your Hands"
  • UK #71
• 1999 "Softly"

[edit] from What Sound

• 2001 "Gabriel"

Portugal #1

• 2002 "Sweet"

[edit] from Between Darkness and Wonder

• 2004 "Wonder"
  • UK #81

[edit] from 5

• 2011 "Build a Fire"

DVDs[link]

• 2004 The Fall & Rise of the Fools Ark (with Dadara and Jesse)
• November 2011 "Live At The Paradiso"

See also[link]

• Back to Mine

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official band website
• Lamb on Myspace
• Lamb's channel on YouTube
• Gorecki : long-running fan website
• Lamb at Allmusic
• Andy Barlow's project Hoof on Myspace
• Andy Barlow's project Luna Seeds on Myspace

Look up lamb in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Lamb or The Lamb may refer to:

• A young sheep
• Lamb and mutton, the meat of domestic sheep

Film, television and theatre[link]

• The Lamb (1915 film), a silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. in his screen debut
• The Lamb (1918 film), a silent short comedy starring Harold Lloyd
• Lamb (film), a 1986 drama starring Liam Neeson
• LaMB, a 2009 animated telefilm
• The Lambs, an American theatrical organization
• The Lamb, an uncompleted film project by Garth Brooks about the fictional musician Chris Gaines

Literature[link]

• The Lamb, a 1789 poem by William Blake
• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, a 2002 novel by Christopher Moore

Music[link]

• Lamb (rock band), a 1969-1973 American rock band
• Lamb (band), a 1996-present UK electronic music duo
  • Lamb (album), a 1996 album by the duo
• The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway or just The Lamb, a 1974 album by Genesis
• Love. Angel. Music. Baby., a 2004 album by Gwen Stefani
• "The Lamb", a song by Aphrodite's Child from 666

Places and buildings[link]

• The Lamb (island), an island in the Firth of Forth, Scotland
• The Lamb (pub), a pub in Bloomsbury, London, England
• The Lamb Ground, a football stadium and home of Tamworth F.C., England
• Lamb, East Lothian, a place in East Lothian, Scotland

Products[link]

• L.A.M.B., a fashion line by Gwen Stefani
• Lamb's, a brand of rum

Religion[link]

• Lamb (liturgy), in the Orthodox Church, a cube of bread offered at the Divine Liturgy
• Lamb of God, a metaphorical reference to Jesus Christ

Science[link]

• Lamb (crater), a lunar crater
• Lamb., the botanical author abbreviation of Aylmer Bourke Lambert
• LamB porin or Maltoporin, a membrane protein of gram-negative bacteria
• LAMB syndrome or Carney complex, a medical condition

Other uses[link]

• Lamb (surname), a list of people with the last name
• Auto-Moto Society of Latvia (LAMB), an FIA member organization
• Light Armoured Motor Battery (LAMB), a unit of the British Army's Machine Gun Corps

See also[link]

• All pages beginning with "Lamb"
• Lam (disambiguation)
• Lamba (disambiguation)
• Lamm (disambiguation), a German surname

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

Look up band in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Band may refer to:

Clothing, jewelry, and accessories[link]

• Bands (neckwear), two pieces of cloth fitted around the neck as part of formal clothing for clergy, academics, and lawyers
• Bandolier or bandoleer, an ammunition belt
• Belt (clothing)
• Wedding ring or wedding band
• Strap, an elongated flap or ribbon, usually of fabric or leather

Science and technology[link]

• Band (radio), a range of frequencies or wavelengths used in radio transmission and radar
• Rubber band, a short length of rubber and latex formed in the shape of a loop
• Möbius strip or Möbius band, an artifact with interesting topological features
• Band (mathematics), an idempotent semigroup
• Spectral bands, part of the optical spectra of polyatomic systems
• Metals and semiconductors
  • Valence band
  • Conduction band
  • Band gap

Medicine and biology[link]

• Bird ringing, or bird banding, placing a numbered bands of metal on birds' legs for identification
• A group of animals, such as gorillas or coyotes
  • Herd
  • Flocking (behavior)
• Band cell, a type of white blood cell
• Protein band, see Coomassie
• Gastric band, a weight-control measure

Organizations[link]

• Bands (Italian Army irregulars), military units once in the service of the Italian Regio Esercito
• Brazilian broadcast television network Rede Bandeirantes, nicknamed Band or Band Network
• The Band (wrestling), the Total Nonstop Wrestling name for the professional wrestling stable New World Order

Society and government[link]

• Band society, a small group of humans in a simple form of society
• The primary unit of Native Americans in the United States
• Band (First Nations Canada), the primary unit of First Nations Government in Canada

People[link]

• Band (surname)

Places[link]

• Band, Mureş in Romania
• Bánd, a village in Hungary

Music[link]

• Band, a company of musicians—see Musical ensemble
  • Rock band
  • Concert band
  • School band, a group of student musicians who rehearse and perform instrumental music together
  • Marching band, a group of performers that consist of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching (and possibly other movements) with their musical performance
• The Band, a Canadian-American rock and roll group
  • The Band (album), its eponymous album released in 1969

See also[link]

• All pages beginning with "Band"
• All pages with titles containing "Band"
• Banding (disambiguation)
• Drum and bugle corps (disambiguation)
• Stripe (disambiguation)

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Joni Lamb is a Christian broadcaster and the co-founder, vice-president, and executive producer of the Daystar Television Network. Joni and her husband Marcus Lamb have been involved with Christian television since the mid 1980s and are most well known for their work with Daystar Television. Joni and Marcus have three children, Jonathon, Rachel, and Rebecca. The family lives in Dallas, Texas.

Early Life[link]

Joni was born as Joni Trammell on July 19, 1960. Her family lived in Greenville, South Carolina through her formative years. Her family were members of the Tremont Avenue Church of God, where Marcus Lamb came as a visiting preacher during a revival. The two met each other at her home church and were married two years later, in 1982. Marcus and Joni traveled for the next few years, visiting churches as evangelists. Then, in 1984, they settled in Montgomery, Alabama where they purchased a full power television station and began teaching the Bible on broadcast television. This continued until 1990, when the couple moved to Dallas and formed another station in the larger Texas market. By 1998, they had raised the funds necessary to start Daystar. ^[1][2]

”Daystar” Programming[link]

"Joni"[link]

Joni Lamb hosts her self-titled half hour program each weekday on the Daystar Network. The format of the show is typically a round table discussion with other ministers, singers and celebrities discussing a wide range of topics that combine contemporary cultural issues and the Christian faith. In 2004, the show was awarded as the Best Television Talk Show by the National Religious Broadcasters organization.^[3][4]

"Celebration"[link]

Joni Lamb also co-hosts the Daystar flagship program “Celebration” with her husband Marcus. This hour long program appears five days a week on their network. Marcus and Joni discuss news regarding their network and ministry, and issues affecting the Christian faith. Joni sings with the Daystar Singers during the airing of Celebration. Daystar programming reaches 100 million U.S. households and more than 200 countries. ^{[5] [6]}

==Other Notable Works==Joni Lamb is the author of "Surrender All: Your Answer to Living with Peace, Power and Purpose." Released in 2008, Joni Lamb shares stories about how the power of surrender changed her life and others.^[7] Joni Lamb also hosts the annual Refreshing Times conference, which is held each year in the United States. ^[8]

References[link]

External links and references[link]

• The Church Report's 50 Most Influential Christians in America
• Daystar Network - Joni Lamb Bio
• Daystar Network - "Joni" with Joni Lamb