SERENA MANEESH

Bio:

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SM 12" SERIES

Starting with a three track remix EP for 4AD, each release in this series will be artworked in collaboration with three of our favourite Norwegian visual artists; Andreas Tellefsen, Sverre Wilhelm Malling and Christer Karlstad. This first release will be available on 12" and as a download in October.

A1. D.I.W.S.W.T.T.D. (STEREOLAB MIX)
A2. Dressed In White She Walks Through The Door (MELCHIOR MIX)
AA. Ayisha Abyss (LINDSTRØM MIX)

Formats: 12" (BAD 3X46), Download (EAD 3X46S)




SERENA MANEESH / FUCKED UP 12" SPLIT out Aug 11th
Previously unreleased track from Abyss- sessions, 7 minute rock n roll sausage of a journey "Opium Priest". Featuring legend Harry Georgeson on Cello. Splitting with Toronto hard rockers Fucked Up "Here Lies Are". Out on Best Of Both Records at Oya Festival, which both bands play, Aug 11th.

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ROUGH TRADE
OSLO- tilgjengelig på Tiger og Big Dipper

Best of Both Records

March 22nd (23rd in the US) will see Serena-Maneesh release their new album, S-M 2: Abyss In B Minor, on 4AD.

S-M 2: Abyss In B Minor is the second album following the release of their self-titled LP in 2006 which received much praise upon it’s release, establishing the Norwegian band as an act that could merge the lilting, ethereal melodies with crushingly loud, shimmering distortion. This new album is also their first release for 4AD, with them having recently been signed up to the label.

They started recording for the new album in 2008 when they went back underground to record in to a cave on the outskirts of Oslo; “Studio environments often get on my nerves,” Emile Nikolaisen explains, “and I love the underworld, you can silently head down there and do as you please, leave the world behind. So we found this huge cave with stone walls, it looked like a refugee hideout from World War II, with a huge, undiscovered treasure of sound.

Once recorded, they then worked on it further with Nick Terry (who has worked with Klaxons and Primal Scream), and Can associate René Tinner, who set about mixing the results – spending an incredible eight days on each song. It was even mastered at Air Studios by Ray Staff, who did the same for, among many others, Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti, but this is no distended double-album, the end result is a concise eight tracks spread over just 38 minutes and 45 seconds. There is more on the making of the record here.

4AD Press Release

January 2010

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Members:

TOMMY..
ÅDNE..
HILMA..
ØYSTEIN..
EMIL..

Extended Galactic Dreaming:..
LINA (recording)..
MARCUS..
JENNIFER..
FRANCES MOON..
EINAR..
EIVIND..
MØLLEREN..
SUN DRA..
KÅRE JOAO

CONTACT US

The Band
serenamaneesh@gmail.com

Booking
W/W exc North America and Norway
Paul Bolton
X-Ray
Paul@xraytouring.com

Christian Bernhardt-North America
The Agency Group
christianbernhardt@theagencygroup.com

Mark Vaughan-Norway
Up Front Artists
mark@ufa.no

Press UK
Rich Walker
richwalker@4ad.com

Press US
Sonya Kolowrat
sonyakolowrat@beggars.com

Presse Norge
Joakim Haugland
joakim@smalltownsupersound.com

Management
Mark Vaughan-Up Front Artists
mark@ufa.no

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SHIRTS!




Exclusive, limited hand- silkscreened. Colours: Black or Red print on white shirt, White or Copper print on Black or Navy Blue shirt. Most standard sizes available.
While Supplies last. Please list alternate options.
Write us for price, shipping rates and payment method.

Buy through myspace or email SM at serenamaneesh@gmail.com and support the band

More designs on International mailorder:
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Sounds Like:

SØRVESTLANDVESTLAND WILDERNESS

STUDIO ALBUMS


"S/t" CD/ LP/ Digital


"SM2: Abyss In B Minor" CD/ LP/ Digital

EPs


"Fixxations" EP CD/LP (LP version with bonus track. Gatefold, clear vinyl)


"Backwards" 2XCD: ("Fixxations"/"Zurück"/Additional early material for international release)


"Zurück" EP CD

SINGLES


"Drain Cosmetics" CDS/ 7"


"Sapphire Eyes" " CDS/ 7"


"Montrose Cadaveric" 7"/ Download


"Ayisha Abyss/ Call- Back From A Dream" 12" vinyl

SPLIT SINGLES

Serena Maneesh / The Parkas: Singles Club 4 7" (2004) –
Australia, Low Transit Industries LTID012
"Drive Me Home the Lonely Nights"
Serena Maneesh / Blood on the Wall 7" (February 2006) –
United States, Insound "Sapphire Eyes" (Serena-Maneesh Refix)