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The Land of Nod are a space rock/post-rock duo from Cheltenham, England, comprising guitarist Ant Walker and bass guitarist Dave Battersby. ==History== The band formed in the mid 1990s, the members having previously been in the bands Elegant Chaos, Lucid Dream, and Reverb.〔Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 830〕 Walker and Battersby were augmented by a drum machine, and specialized in space rock/post-rock guitar instrumentals. At times the duo were joined by others including David Wrench (synthesizer/piano/cello).〔 The band's first release was the track "Floating around in the bubblebuzz", which was released on the ''Voyage to the Cosmic Underworld: Volume One'' EP in 1995 on Ochre Records.〔 The following year, they released two tracks on a split 12-inch EP with The Bass Cadets, and in January 1998 they released another split single with Ectogram.〔 The band's first dedicated release was a four-track 10-inch EP in July 1998, which was followed in February 1999 by the debut album, ''Translucent''. The band then released an album a year until 2003's ''Colli De Pedona''. Their 2001 mini-set ''Mont Ventoux'' was themed on the Tour de France; The title track is a reference to one of the highest summits in the race, "Anquetil" was named after five times Tour winner Jacques Anquetil, and "Sommet" featured the voice of Eddy Merckx. In March 2003, the band recorded a session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show. The band also recorded a session for the B-92 radio station in Yugoslavia, these tracks included on the US compilation ''Reality Channel''. In the same year they contributed four exclusive tracks to the ''Seasons'' compilation album on Ochre Recordson which featured interpretations of the seasons of the year, with other tracks by Longstone, Lakescene (Walker's side-project), 90° South, and Stylus. The Land of Nod headlined the Cheltenham 'John Peel Night' in October 2005, which is the last time the band performed together. Walker is also the leading figure in the band Pulsar. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Land of Nod (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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