21-478: NSB may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media [ edit ] Natural Snow Buildings , a French experimental music duo Nihilist Spasm Band , Canadian free improvisation musical collective Nu skool breaks , a subgenre of breakbeat music originating during the period between 1998 and 2002 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology , an academic journal Nippon Shortwave Broadcasting (now Radio Nikkei ),
42-776: A Horse in 1999 and 2000, and in 2001 recorded Ghost Folks , released in 2003. Then, they self-released a double CD, The Winter Ray , in a limited edition, and, after moving from Paris to Vitré , Brittany in 2004, recorded The Dance of the Moon and the Sun (released in 2006). They then each issued solo material before producing more material as a duo. Most of their albums have only been released in small numbers, often in hand-crafted limited editions. However, since 2012 they have released several records on prominent independent labels such as Ba Da Bing Records , which has also reissued some of their earlier recordings, including Night Coercion Into
63-582: A Paris university. They met in their school library where a film was playing. Mehdi had been invited to a party that evening but declined and headed to the library instead. After their first meeting, the two saw more of each other. Although Mehdi could play a bit of guitar and Solange was a classically trained musician, the two had not yet begun making music. It was in May 1998 that the two officially started their band and began home recording their music. They self-released two cassettes, Witch-Season and Two Sides of
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105-533: A competition in the United States Schools [ edit ] Newcastle School for Boys , a British independent school North Sydney Boys High School , an Australian high school Northampton School for Boys , a British Secondary School Other uses [ edit ] NSB Niederelbe Schiffahrtsgesellschaft [ de ] National Savings Bank (Sri Lanka) Neusiedler Seebahn [ de ] Nevada State Bank ,
126-788: A domestic commercial shortwave radio station in Japan Politics and government [ edit ] FBI National Security Branch , the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation's branch responsible for investigating threats to national security National Seamen Board of the Philippines National Science Board , the governing body of the National Science Foundation National Security Bureau (Republic of China) ,
147-546: A former state-owned railway company that operated most of the railway network in Norway Vy , formerly Norwegian State Railways ( Norges Statsbaner ), a government-owned railway company which operates most passenger train services in Norway Education [ edit ] Competitions [ edit ] National Science Bowl , a middle and high school academic competition Scripps National Spelling Bee ,
168-937: Is often known for a peculiar, trance-like, and atmospheric sound, often drawing on musical improvisation and Asian influences. The first musical use of the term psychedelic is thought to have been by the New York–based folk group The Holy Modal Rounders on their version of Lead Belly 's " Hesitation Blues " in 1964. Folk/ avant-garde guitarist John Fahey recorded several songs in the early 1960s that experimented with unusual recording techniques, including backward tapes, and novel instrumental accompaniment. His nineteen-minute "The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party" "anticipated elements of psychedelia with its nervy improvisations and odd guitar tunings". Other songs from Fahey's The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party & Other Excursions (recorded between 1962 and 1966) also used "unsettling moods and dissonances" that took them beyond
189-710: The Incredible String Band , who from 1967 incorporated a range of influences into their acoustic-based music, including medieval and eastern instruments. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, solo acts such as Syd Barrett and Nick Drake began to incorporate psychedelic influences into folk music with albums such as Barrett's The Madcap Laughs and Drake's Five Leaves Left . In the mid-1970s psychedelia fell out of fashion and those folk groups that had not already moved into different areas had largely disbanded. In Britain folk groups also tended to electrify, as did acoustic duo Tyrannosaurus Rex, which became
210-535: The indie music scene following critical acclaim from review site Pitchfork Media and soon more artists began experimenting with the genre, including OCS , Quilt , Grizzly Bear , Devendra Banhart , Rodrigo Amarante , Ben Howard and Grouper . In 2022, Uncut magazine published a CD called Blackwaterside: Sounds of the New Weird Albion , featuring artists including Jim Ghedi, Henry Parker, Jon Wilks , Sam Lee , and Cath Tyler. This led to
231-528: The "lost treasure" reissue culture of the late 1990s. Vashti Bunyan has been labeled "the Godmother of Freak Folk" for her role in inspiring the new crop of folk experimentalists. David Crosby 's 1971 album If Only I Could Remember My Name has been described as an early progenitor of the genre. Other major influences on later freak folk artists include Linda Perhacs , Anne Briggs , Karen Dalton , Shirley & Dolly Collins , Animal Collective ,
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#1732772314152252-626: The Company of Witches and the Isengrind/Twinsistermoon/Natural Snow Buildings split The Snowbringer Cult . Their work has been compared with such bands as Popol Vuh , Flying Saucer Attack , and Tower Recordings. They make many references to the horror film genre in their song titles; for example Santa Sangre (with the track "Santa Sangre Part I & II" on Daughter of Darkness ), The Blair Witch Project (The track "Mary Brown" on Dance of
273-711: The Fish , Quicksilver Messenger Service , The Beau Brummels from San Francisco ; the Byrds , Love , Kaleidoscope , and the Peanut Butter Conspiracy from Los Angeles ; Pearls Before Swine from Florida; and Jake and the Family Jewels , and Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys from New York. The Serpent Power was a psychedelic rock group with a strong folk influence. The Byrds
294-718: The Moon and the Sun is a reference to a character from this film) and director John Carpenter (a track on Dance of the Moon and the Sun ). Psychedelic folk Psychedelic film Psychedelic folk (sometimes acid folk or freak folk ) is a loosely defined form of psychedelia that originated in the 1960s. It retains the largely acoustic instrumentation of folk , but adds musical elements common to psychedelic music . Psychedelic folk generally favors acoustic instrumentation although it often incorporates other instrumentation. Chanting , early music and various non-Western folk music influences are often found in psych folk. Much like its rock counterpart, psychedelic folk
315-645: The electric combo T. Rex . This was a continuation of a process by which progressive folk had considerable impact on mainstream rock. Independent and underground folk artists in the late 1990s led to a revival of psychedelic folk with the New Weird America movement. Also, Animal Collective 's early albums identify closely with freak folk as does their collaboration with veteran British folk artist Vashti Bunyan , and The Microphones / Mount Eerie , who combine naturalistic elements with lo-fi and psychedelia. Both artists received significant exposure in
336-648: The intelligence agency of the Republic of China (Taiwan) National Socialist Bloc , an historical political movement in Sweden National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands ( Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging ), a fascist political movement in the Netherlands (1931–1945) Naval Submarine Base (United States): Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base New London Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996) ,
357-913: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NSB&oldid=1253593290 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Natural Snow Buildings Natural Snow Buildings is a duo from France, consisting of artists Mehdi Ameziane and Solange Gularte. They play music which can be classified as experimental psychedelic folk with drone elements and ambient influences. Formed in 1998, they have released numerous albums, many of them in extremely limited quantities. Both members of Natural Snow Buildings release music also as solo artists: Mehdi Ameziane as TwinSisterMoon and Solange Gularte as Isengrind. The beginnings of Natural Snow Buildings can be traced back to 1997, at
378-501: The publication of an extensive exploration of Britain's new "weird folk" in Japanese music magazine Ele-King . The lead article looked at artists including Nick Hart, Burd Ellen, Elspeth Anne, Frankie Archer, Shovel Dance Collective and Angeline Morrison . Freak folk is a loosely defined synonym or subgenre of psychedelic folk that involves acoustic sounds, pastoral lyrics, and a neo- hippie aesthetic. The label originated from
399-807: The typical folk fare. In 1967, he performed with the psychedelic/avant-garde/noise rock band Red Krayola (then Red Crayola) at the Berkeley Folk Festival, which was recorded and later released as Live 1967 . Among other descriptions, their performance has been likened to early Velvet Underground bootlegs and "the very weirdest parts of late-'60s Pink Floyd pieces (like the shrieking guitar scrapes of ' Interstellar Overdrive ')". Similarly, folk guitarist Sandy Bull 's early work "incorporated elements of folk, jazz, and Indian and Arabic-influenced dronish modes". His 1963 album Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo explores various styles and instrumentation and "could also be accurately described as one of
420-487: The very first psychedelic records". Later albums, such as 1968's E Pluribus Unum and his live album Still Valentine's Day 1969 , which use experimental recording techniques and extended improvisation, also have psychedelic elements. Musicians with several groups that became identified with psychedelic rock began as folk musicians, such as those with the Grateful Dead , Jefferson Airplane , Country Joe and
441-509: Was the most important American folk-rock band to incorporate psychedelia in their sound and themes. In the UK, folk artists who were particularly significant included Marc Bolan , with his hippy duo Tyrannosaurus Rex , who used unusual instrumentation and tape effects, typified by the album Unicorn (1969), and Scottish performers such as Donovan , who combined influences of American artists like Bob Dylan with references to flower power , and
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