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| Band
name: The Unit Ama |
| Hometown:
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK |
| Active
from: 2002-present |
| Members:
Christian (drums), Jason (bass), Steven (guitar/vocals) |
| Discography:
(click picture for info) |
Title: "Oh Yeah!"
Track: "How The Mind Works"
Format: CD compilation
Label: Gringo
Catalog no.: waat030
Released: 2006 |
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Title:
"Oh
Yeah!"
Track: "How The Mind Works"
Format: mp3
Label: Gringo
Catalog no.: waat030
Released: 2006 | |
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Title:
"The Unit Ama"
Format: LP album
Label: Gringo
Catalog no.: WAAT027
Released: 2006 |  |
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Title: "The Unit Ama"
Format: CD album
Label: Gringo
Catalog no.: WAAT027
Released: 2005 |
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Title:
"The Unit Ama"
Format: mp3
Label: Gringo
Catalog no.: WAAT027
Released: 2005 | |
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Title:
"Variations Series # 3"
Format: 3" CD
Label: self
released
Catalog no.: -
Released:
2005 |
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Title:
"Variations Series # 2"
Format: 3" CD
Label: self
released
Catalog no.: -
Released:
2004 |
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Title:
"The Unit Ama"
Format: CD album
Label: self
released
Catalog no.: -
Released:
2005 | | |
Title:
"Twice The Town You'll Ever Be"
Track: "Conversion Tables"
Format: CD compilation
Label: Twice
The Town
Catalog no.: TTT01
Released:
2004 |
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Title:
"Old Baby Sex Scene"
Track: "The Hair of Hal"
Format:
12" compilation
Label: Obscene
Baby Auction
Catalog no.: LOT006
Released:
2004 |
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Title:
"Variations Series # 1"
Format: 3" CD
Label: self
released
Catalog no.: -
Released:
2004 |
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| Related
bands: Crane, Kodiak, Month of Birthdays, The Long
Lonesome Go, The Horse Loom |
| Website:
The Unit Ama website |
| mp3:
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from The Unit Ama [2.2Mb] |
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Press:
"The
Unit Ama" album review at Delusions of Adequacy
"The Unit Ama" album review at Organ
"The Unit Ama" album review at Collective Zine
"The Unit Ama" album review at Sodapop (Italian)
"The
Unit Ama" album review at Gigwise
"The
Unit Ama" album review at New Noise
"The
Unit Ama" album review at Subba-Cultcha
"The
Unit Ama" album review at Tasty Fanzine
Album of the Year at Diskant |
Bio:
Beyond their first names - Christian (drums), Jason (bass guitar), Steven (guitar and vocals) - and that they originate from Newcastle, very little is known about The Unit Ama. They came to the attention of Gringo Records via a reputation for jaw droppingly beautiful and intense live performances. They delivered their self-titled album with no fuss or fanfare and slipped back to the North East.
The Unit Ama make music that explodes outward: dense but soothing metronomic pulses morph into a wild fracturing of the traditional rock trio, taking the possibilities of what can be done with guitar, bass, drums and vocals into the stratosphere. Whereas others have saught to push the limits of rock music by intense complication and trickery, The Unit Ama's approach is natural, human, shamanic even.
In addition to appearances on a number of compilations, The Unit Ama’s songs have found a life of their own through the band’s self-released Variations series. Now in its third instalment, Variations allows other artists free range to reinterpret a band’s output as they see fit, further reinforcing the idea that The Unit Ama's music is not their own property, but that it somehow exists without a need for a definitive article and is much yours as it is theirs This free-wheeling approach to music making characterises The Unit Ama’s first album. This is not anthemic, easy listening, but something far more challenging and ultimately, rewarding. |
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