Everyone Lives Everyone Wins | |
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Everyone Lives Everyone Wins | |
Background information | |
Origin | Lexington, Kentucky, USA |
Genres | Drone, Drone Doom, Ambient, Minimalist, Neo-Folk, Avant-Garde, Electronic |
Years active | 2007 - Present |
Labels | Concentric Dronecult |
Website | |
Current members | MSL MHG JTH |
Everyone Lives Everyone Wins are a drone band from Lexington, Kentucky. Active since 2006, their music is inspired by drone, ambient and minimalism with a ritualistic mindset with heavy emphasis on nature and the existential. Often frequently referencing the void and the infinite while often being adorned in hooded cloaks similar to Sunn O))) the drone trio has attained a reputation as one of Lexington's key bands.
The band is also notable for their DIY approach, having released several studio and live albums as "Concentric Artifacts" with handmade artwork.
History[]
While Everyone Lives Everyone Wins has recordings dating back to 2006 by MHG,[1] ELEW would officially form in 2007 with MHG and MSL the founding core duo. Eventually around 2008, JTH would join, composing the core trio of the band with frequent collaborators in live performances. Their first known set was at The Frowny Bear, booked by Ma Turner and Warmer Milks. From that point the band would begin to perform regular shows in the Lexington area, quickly attaining a reputation as one of their essential local acts. The band would release their debut In This Moment We Are Infinite in 2010. In 2011 ELEW would tour for the first (and to date, only) time with Below.
The band has also been known to perform in collaborative alter-egos such as LAVA and Doc Feldman & The Infernal Method. At least one of the LAVA performances shared the stage with Karma To Burn. The band would release their third album Persistence Hunting Dream Death in 2013, a CD/DVD set. In the latter half of the 2010s the band would perform less frequently but also begin a yearly tradition in the Winter Solstice sets, performing every year on the night of the solstice, often in collaboration with other acts. In 2019 the band has confirmed work on new material.
On 30 September 2020 ELEW would announce a physical release of their first studio recordings in years: The Crystal Womb. Set for a 2 October release, it is a proper recording of the band's earliest drones re-imagined and given a definitive recording. Recorded by Chris Smith (Eolith), The Crystal Womb features guests the likes of Adam Nicholson (Hawkbill), Doc Feldman, Warren Byrom and Brittany Peel Harrison.[2]
During the band's 2021 Winter Solstice Ceremony, the band would announce their fifth album, Apex Pollinator, would be set for a 1 January 2022 release.[3]
On 23 June 2022 a bandcamp page would be created for the Concentric Dronecult, featuring numerous rare and unreleased recordings by ELEW along with several other side projects such as Ghost Affirmation, Angelmaker and more.[4]
Members[]
- MHG (2007 - Present)
- MSL (2007 - Present)
- JTH (2008 - Present)
Discography[]
Studio Albums[]
- In This Moment We Are Infinite (2010, Concentric Dronecult)
- Lay Not Your Treasures Where Moth and Rust Doth Corrupt (3CD) (2011, Concentric Dronecult)
- Persistence Hunting Dream Death (CD/DVD) (2013, Concentric Dronecult)
- The Crystal Womb (2020, Concentric Dronecult)
- Apex Pollinator (2022, Concentric Dronecult)
Other Releases[]
- Everyone Lives, Everyone Wins (EP) (2006, Concentric Dronecult)
- The Third Man (EP) (2006, Concentric Dronecult)
- Birthed From The Abyss (EP) (2007, Concentric Dronecult)
- The Light is Taking Me to Pieces (EP) (2008, Concentric Dronecult)
- The Nth Degree (Live Album) (2008, Concentric Dronecult)
- The Flat Earth at the Center of the Universe (Split with (ohlm)) (2011, Concentric Dronecult)
- I Just Stand: WRFL Live (Live Album) (2011, Concentric Dronecult)
- Cosmic Caverns: Live at Cosmic Charlies (Live Album) (2011, Concentric Dronecult)
- Erase Reality (Compilation) (2011, Concentric Dronecult)
- Lesson Learned (EP) (2022, Concentric Dronecult)
List of Known Shows and Tours[]
- June 21, 2007 - The Frowny Bear, Lexington, KY (With Caves, Walter Carson, Warmer Milks)
- October 19, 2007 - The Frowny Bear, Lexington, KY (with Air Conditioning, Hive Mind)
- January 1, 2008 - CD Central, Lexington, KY (performing "Kid D")
- February 24, 2008 - The Red Planet, Lexington, KY (With Manchester Black, Iron Mike & The Diet Brown, The Dark & Bloody Ground)[5]
- April 26, 2008 - WRFL's FreeKY Fest (parking garage set), Lexington, KY
- May 17, 2008 - The Shrieking Shack (House Show), Lexington, KY (With Alegionnaire, Insurrect)[6]
- June 21, 2008 - The Honeytown Solstice Festival, Berea, KY (with Zavala, Caboladies, Offthesky, Infected)
- November 13, 2008 - WRFL 88.1, Lexington, KY - Live on the Nth Degree (With Neko Nexus) [7][8]
- April 2, 2009 - Lower 48, Lexington, KY (with Wretched Worst)
- April 18, 2009 - The Worm Hole, Lexington, KY
- April 19, 2009 - Park Daze - Woodland Park, Lexington, KY (with Tiny Fights, ATTEMPT, Caboladies, Warmer Milks)
- April 24, 2009 - CPR, Lexington, KY (with Sonorous Gale, Alegionnaire, Old One)
- June 7, 2009 - The Boiler Room, Lexington, KY (with Alegionnaire, Ghost Affirmation)
- July 1, 2009 - The Void, Lexington, KY (with Tiny Fights, Kraken Fury, M.A. Turner & R.C. Colburn)
- July 10, 2009 - Contemporary Space 13, Cincinnati, OH (With Stripe Light)
- July 13, 2009 - Chaosome, Lexington, KY (With Abstract Radios, Vampire Squid, Altamira, Hulk Smash)
- July 31, 2009 - The Dame (A1A Building), Lexington, KY (With Zoroaster, Bongripper, Alegionnaire)[9]
- October 10, 2009 - "Many Hands, One Wave" The Drone Temple, Lexington, KY (WRFL's Boomslang Festival) [10]
- October 26, 2009 - The Drone Temple, Lexington, KY (with Dark Castle, Holy Mountains)
- February 6, 2010 - KingBee Ground Sound, Science Hill, KY (With Holy Mountains, Audible Burst, Messes of Men, Eyelid Conspiracy)[11]
- February 28, 2010 - The Void, Lexington, KY (With Holy Mountains, Ohlm, Mouth of The Architect)
- May 6, 2010 - John Jacob Niles Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (With Baby Dee and Silverware)
- September 11, 2010 - "Seven Steps to Everywhere" Lexington Downtown Arts Center, Lexington, KY (WRFL's Boomslang Festival; Collaboration with Ghost Affirmation; With Burning Star Core)
- December 18, 2010 - Winter Solstice Musical Ceremony, Lexington, KY (w/ Merkaba, Sonic Altar)
- February 2011 - WRFL 88.1FM, Lexington, KY[12]
- April 9, 2011 - Tuska Gallery, Lexington, KY (With Casino Versus Japan)
- May 14, 2011 - J. Allen Studio, Lexington, KY (with Ghost Affirmation & Keith Spears, Casino Versus Japan)
- August 10 - 16, 2011 - (((The Temple Comes To You))) (With Below)
- July 20, 2011 - Cosmic Charlie's, Lexington, KY (With Stampede, The Midnight Ghost Train, Jucifer)
- April 20, 2012 - Embrace Church, Lexington, KY (With Xelas, Hallwa)[13]
- June 16, 2012 - Land of Tomorrow Gallery, Lexington, KY ("Black on Black" opening; with Wretched Worst, Xelas)
- September 1, 2012 - The Green Lantern, Lexington, KY (With Ghost Affirmation, The Midnight Ghost Train)[14]
- April 1, 2013 - Al's Sidecar, Lexington, KY (With Motherplant, Merkaba)[15]
- July 13, 2013 - Berea Center For the Arts, Berea, KY [16]
- July 26, 2013 - Land of Tomorrow, Lexington, KY - "Persistence Hunting Dream Death" release show (With Merkaba, Xelas)[17]
- August 31, 2013 - WRFL's "Know Your Own" Festival, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (Canceled)
- September 10, 2013 - Natasha's, Lexington, KY (With Tom Carter, Clan Nugent)[18]
- December 20, 2013 - Winter Solstice Celebration, Lexington, KY (With Xelas)[19]
- February 15, 2014 - Al's Sidecar, Lexington, KY (With NerdRage, Death Star Lovebeam)[20]
- May 2, 2014 - Village Trough, Berea, KY (With Chemical Marraige)[21]
- June 14, 2014 - PlayThink Festival, Berea, KY (With Chemical Marraige)[22]
- September 6, 2014 - Private Venue, Lexington, KY (With Jovontaes)[23]
- December 6, 2014 - The Green Lantern, Lexington, KY (With Jovontaes, Nest Egg, The NEC)[24]
- March 20, 2015 - Old Dixieland Gardens, Lexington, KY[25]
- July 17, 2015 - The Source on High, Lexington, KY [26]
- August 16, 2015 - The Source on High, Lexington, KY [27]
- October 18, 2015 - The Source on High, Lexington, KY (With Joseph Allred)[28]
- December 21, 2015 - The Source on High, Lexington, KY (Winter Solstice Celebration; With Xelas)[29]
- April 10, 2016 - The Source on High, Lexington, KY (With Bear Medicine, Glenn Jones)[30]
- May 4, 2016 - HOMETRON, Lexington, KY (With Romannis Motte, Futurebum, Graceless)[31]
- September 17, 2016 - HomeGrown Hideaways, Berea, KY (With Bastard Sons of a Judas Goat, The Chemical Marraige) (Cancelled)[32]
- April 9, 2017 - The Source on High, Lexington, KY (With Frigidkitty, Sarah Louise)[33]
- April 29, 2017 - WRFL 88.1FM, Lexington, KY ("Drone Cult Radio")
- December 21, 2017 - The Source on High, Lexington, KY (Winter Solstice Celebration; With Eolith)[34]
- March 20, 2018 - The Green Lantern, Lexington, KY (Spring Solstice Celebration; Collaboration set with Bastard Sons of a Judas Goat, with Vile Creature)
- August 7, 2018 - The Green Lantern, Lexington, KY (With Blind Scryer, Witch Mountain, Helicoid; ELEW dropped off)
- September 8, 2018 - Oleika Temple Great Lawn, Lexington, KY (Tahlsound Music Festival)[35]
- October 30, 2018 - The Green Lantern, Lexington, KY (With Street Sects)
- December 21, 2018 - Source on High, Lexington, KY (Winter Solstice Ceremony; With Xelas, Bear Medicine)[36]
- March 2019 - The Kentucky School, Lexington, KY (With Tatsuya Nakatani)
- June 27, 2019 - The Burl, Lexington, KY (Canceled)
- December 21, 2019 - Source on High, Lexington, KY (Winter Solstice Ceremony; With Eolith, Doc Feldman)[37]
- December 18, 2020 - Secret Location, KY (Winter Solstice Ceremony)
- August 18, 2021 - 21c Museum Hotel, Lexington, KY (With Tatsuya Nakatani)
- December 21, 2021 - Secret Location, KY (Winter Solstice Ceremony)[38]
- June 3, 2022 - Appalshop Theater, Whitesburg, KY (Seedtime on The Cumberland)
- June 26, 2022 - 21c Museum Hotel, Lexington, KY (Lexington Pride Festival)
- December 21, 2022 - Private Venue, Lexington, KY (Winter Solstice Ceremony; With Eolith, Ghost Affirmation)[39]
- July 23, 2023 - Private Venue, Lexington, KY (Summer Solstice Ceremony; With Eolith, Ghost Affirmation)
- August 24, 2023 - Planet of the Tapes, Louisville, KY (Doodlehound XV; With Doodlehound, Tender Mercy, Black Kaspar)
- December 21, 2023 - Private Venue, Lexington, KY (Winter Solstice Ceremony; With Eolith, Ghost Affirmation)
Links[]
References[]
- ↑ Concentric Dronecult Bandcamp
- ↑ Everyone Lives Everyone Wins Facebook
- ↑ Concentric Dronecult YouTube
- ↑ ELEW Facebook
- ↑ MyspaceAccessed 7th August 2016
- ↑ MyspaceAccessed 7th August 2016
- ↑ MyspaceAccessed 7th August 2016
- ↑ Concentric Dronecult Bandcamp
- ↑ YouTube
- ↑ ReverbNation
- ↑ Concentric Dronecult Bandcamp
- ↑ Omphalos Design Accessed 7 August 2016
- ↑ AceWeekly Accessed 7th August 2016
- ↑ FacebookAccessed 12 September 2017
- ↑ FacebookAccessed 9 April 2017
- ↑ Tahlsound Music Festival Facebook
- ↑ Facebook Event
- ↑ Facebook Event
- ↑ Concentric Dronecult YouTube
- ↑ ELEW Facebook Event
V·T·E Everyone Lives Everyone Wins | |
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Members | MSL • MHG • JTH |
Releases | In This Moment We Are Infinite • Birthed From The Abyss • Lay Not Your Treasures Where Moth and Rust Doth Corrupt • Persistence Hunting Dream Death • The Crystal Womb • Apex Pollinator |
Associated Bands and Artists | Hawkbill • Seidr • Bastard Sons of a Judas Goat |