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Acacia (band)

Name	Acacia
Background	group_or_band
Origin	London, England
Genre	Pop Synthpop
Years active	1994 – 1997
Label	Radar Records (1995-1996) Warner Music UK (1996-1997)
Associated acts	Imogen Heap, Frou Frou, Hexdragon, The Blackmoth
Past members	Alexander NilereGuy Sigsworth Talvin SinghAnsuman BiswasMaurizio AnzaloneLuca RamelliEshan Khadaroo Imogen Heap
Notable instruments	voice, keyboards, sampler, electric guitar, tabla, percussion, drums, santoor

Acacia was a multi-cultural British experimental pop band active during the 1990s. The band is most notable for helping to launch the subsequent musical careers of several of its members. These were:

Alexander Nilere (who subsequently worked as Blackmoth)

Guy Sigsworth (previously Bjork's keyboard player, subsequently with Frou Frou and a producer/instrumentalist working with Madonna, Alanis Morissette and others)

Imogen Heap (later a solo artist, half of Frou Frou and a collaborator with Urban Species and Jeff Beck)

Luca Ramelli

Maurizio Anzalone

Other musicians who played with Acacia (but who were less indebted to it as a starting point) were:

Eshan Khadaroo (Cirque Du Soleil, Blue Man Group, Psapp, Bow Wow Wow).

Talvin Singh

Ansuman Biswas

Though never commercially successful, Acacia attracted a good deal of underground attention during their existence and were notable for their eclectic musical approach and for Nilere's unorthodox, polysexual image.

Sound and influences

Acacia's music combined elements of synth pop, electronica, sampling, nu-soul, thrash metal, indie rock, R'n'B and club music. Core Acacia members Sigsworth and Nilere had originally bonded over a mutual interest in John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen, but retained their parallel (and more commercial) interest in "pop melodies with very strange arrangements." Nilere had first learned to play the guitar to Chinese and Balinese scales (before being introduced to R'n'B forms) and the band's songs were strongly influenced by this factor.

The band were known to describe their sound as "liquid music", due to the distinctive "underwater tabla" sound. Nilere once described Acacia as "a fourth world band, because the music's alien to everyone."

During this period, he was introduced to Guy Sigsworth, a former harpsichord student obsessed by Stravinsky and electronic music.

Signing a new deal with Warner Music UK, the new Acacia lineup re-recorded their first single, "Maddening Shroud". This gained the band the most interest they'd received so far and was promoted by a striking video. The band also played a UK tour and also played two concerts in Los Angeles at the Viper Room and Whiskey (as part of a possible deal with Interscope Records).

Both Talvin Singh and Ansuman Biswas resumed their own solo careers after leaving Acacia.

Luca Ramelli left London to return to Italy in 1999. He now mostly creates music for commercials and fashion events, but remains very enthusiastic about Acacia and has expressed interest in participating in a reunion should it ever happen.

Members

(final lineup)

Alexander Nilere - vocals, acoustic guitar

Guy Sigsworth - keyboards ,sampler, programming, "guitar facsimile"

Luca Ramelli - guitar and guitar treatments

Eshan Khadaroo - drums, percussion

(former members)

Maurizio Anzalone - guitar and guitar treatments

Ansuman Biswas - percussion, tabla, santoor, noise

Talvin Singh - tabla, percussion

(associated members)

Imogen Heap - vocals

Discography

(singles)

"Maddening Shroud" (1994)

"The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get" (1994)

"Hate" (Radar Records, 1995)

"Sway" (Radar Records, 1995)

"Maddening Shroud" (Warner Music, 1996)

"Wired" (Warner Music, 1996)

(albums)

Cradle (Warner Music, 1997)

References

External links

Acacia @ MySpace

Guy Sigsworth homepage

Eshan Khadaroo homepage

Luca Ramelli @ MySpace

"Maddening Shroud" video (on YouTube)

Category:British rock music groups

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