Exquisite Russian Brides

While being active in the Copenhagen based underground scene since forever in a series of bands and projects ranging from the psychedelic noise rock of Distortion Girls to to the queer/punk electro-pop duo Boy On Boy, Marc Kellaway has since 2003 quietly released a string of experimental albums under the name of Exquisite Russian Brides, sometimes working alone, sometimes drawing on a pool of likeminded collaborators.

While the focus on drones - whether electric or acoustic, noise based or harmonic - has been central to the project from the outset, a shift has gradually occurred over time toward a more reflective, even meditative approach, drawing on Marc's more ambient work in sound design for various stage and dance performances. As both a logical conclusion and a new beginning for the project, this shift reached it apex on the 2xLP "Overflow Variations" released in 2018 with its series of gently hypnotic long-form pieces somewhere between ambient krautrock, soft noise drones and minimal dub techno built from old tapes, field recordings and analog synthesizers and drum machines. A new LP "Revisions" will be out in the autumn 2019.