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Dandelion Wine
Dandelion Wine are an ethereal post-dreampop band who inhabit a world where the centuries bleed into one another, where medieval instruments collide headlong with electronic beats, angelic vocals soar over waves of distorted guitars and gentle acoustic whispers sit alongside impassioned blasts of inner turmoil. Their live show 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 Diffundere/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).