Biography
Dandelion Wine are an ethereal post-dreampop band that while based in Melbourne Australia, inhabit a very different world. A world where the centuries bleed into one another to create a seamless whole. A world where medieval instruments collide headlong with electronic beats. A world where angelic vocals soar over waves of distorted guitars. A world where gentle acoustic whispers sit alongside impassioned blasts of inner turmoil.
The new album ‘Selected Anachronisms’ (April 2008, Ars Musica Diffundére/Black Rain) shows quite a marked difference to the previous album ~An Inexact Science~, with a greater emphasis on the big beats and intense energy of the Dandelion Wine live show. The album still displays the ethereal vocals and haunting atmospheres of the band's previous releases but raises the energy to a level not heard on a Dandelion Wine record before. ‘Selected Anachronisms’ also features the widest array of instruments used by the band on record to date and has received widespread praise in the underground and alternative media, especially in Europe.
Don't let the textured ambience found on the band's recordings fool you: a Dandelion Wine live show has been honed in thirteen countries and is not a stand and mumble into the microphone affair. On the contrary, it is an energetic, passionate and visually arresting delivery of the band's unique music : strings are broken, sweat is expelled and feathers are ruffled.
Dandelion Wine are:
Naomi Henderson - vocals, flute, recorder, percussion, electronics, guitar
Nicholas Albanis - guitars, Appalachian dulcimer, hammered dulcimer, lute, bowed psaltery, bell cittern, mandolin, bass, percussion, vocals, electronics
Dandelion Wine's 2008 ‘Selected Anachronisms’ Europe/Japan Tour (April, May, June 2008) saw the band's first ever concerts in France and Lithuania, as well as Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Japan and their first UK shows in 6 years. Also included were several festival appearances, including two performances at WGT (Leipzig, Germany), a Hexennacht festival at Schloss Burg Castle (Solingen, Germany), Kunigunda Lunaria (Vilnius, Lithuania) and the 3 Wishes Faery Festival in Cornwall (UK).
Following the European release of their previous album ~An Inexact Science~ (Sept 2006, Ars Musica Diffundére/Black Rain) Dandelion Wine undertook their third tour of Europe. The tour included shows in Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Belgium, Netherlands and Portugal and featured an extremely successful performance at Wave Gothic Treffen in Leipzig DE, which earned the band two standing ovations when they headlined the Schauspeilahus on the final day of WGT. This tour also included the band's first ever shows in Japan.
Similarly, since the Australian release of ~An Inexact Science~ (Aug 2006, Crustacean Creations/Reverberation) Dandelion Wine have undertaken four tours of Australia (Vic, NSW, QLD, SA, WA) in late 2006, 2007 & 2008. On the back of their earlier CD Light Streaming Down, Dandelion Wine had already toured Europe twice, playing in the UK, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Netherlands and Romania. On top of this, they have built a following in their native Australia through extensive live performance as well as TV, alternative radio and press coverage. The range of venues that have played host to Dandelion Wine live shows is a testament to the diversity of the bands music and audience from indie pubs, goth clubs, folk festivals, arts centers and even the occasional metal club.
Prior to the release of ‘Light Streaming Down’ Dandelion Wine's local Australian releases consist of ‘Tunguska Butterfly’ (album, 2000), ‘Cat’ (single, 2001) and ‘ReJiggered’ (remixes, 2002).
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Festivals and Tours
Dandelion Wine have toured extensively over recent years.
Festival Appearances
2008 Wave Gotik Treffen (Leipzig, DE)
2008 Kunigunda Lunaria (Vilnius, LT)
2008 3 Wishes Faery Festival (Cornwall, UK)
2008 Hexennacht Festival (Solingen, DE)
2008 Adelaide Fringe Festival
2007 Wave Gotik Treffen (Leipzig, DE)
2007 Dark Easter (Utrecht, NL)
2007 Les Brumes Des Mai (Liège, BE)
2007 Under The Blue Moon (Sydney, AU)
2003 Int. Festival of Music (Bucharest, RO)
2000 Melbourne Fringe Festival
1999 Melbourne Fringe Festival
Countries and cities
Australia: Adelaide, Ballarat, Bendigo, Brisbane, Canberra, Gawler, Melbourne, Newcastle, Nimbin, Perth, Sydney
Belgium: Liège
Czech: Prague, Tábor
France: Bordeaux, Paris, Toulouse
Germany: Berlin, Bochum, Chemnitz, Frankfurt, Konstanz, Landsberg am Lech, Leipzig, Reichenau, Solingen
Japan: Tokyo
Lithuania: Vilnius
Netherlands: Lisse, Utrecht
Poland: Bydgoszcz, Gdansk, Krakow, Warszawa
Portugal: Lisboa, Porto
Romania: Bucharest
Switzerland: Salmsach, Sommeri, St. Gallen, Uster, Zurich
UK: Burton on Trent, Cornwall, London