Blueshift Signal

The foundation for Blueshift Signal was set in 1989, when Kip Savoie and Ron Kuba formed a band named Grace Mansion in their eastern Long Island home. In the summer of 1990, the band moved to Providence, RI and met David Carpenter, who joined the band as their new drummer. Grace Mansion kept playing shows until Kip decided to leave - a decision that led to Jason Bouchard joining on bass, Ron’s brother Mike playing guitar and percussion, and the band changing their name to Blueshift Signal. With their new full band, the four Rhode Island-ers began to play clubs throughout the eastern New England area while honing their sound into something both representative of their tastes (Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, The Jesus and Mary Chain), but still totally their own.

The band had a major breakthrough in 1991 when they were introduced to the Newport-based audio engineer and studio owner Frank Gardner, who would go on to be a member of the 4AD band Lakuna (alongside Davide Marcizo of The Throwing Muses). A powerful dynamic was immediately recognized, and Frank was able to not only bring the band’s live shows to new heights, but also capture the intensely dynamic sounds of Blueshift Signal in his Dream Edit studio. The outcome of all this hard work was 1993’s remarkable Seven Natural Scenes, which the band self-released on their own Ethereal Records imprint.