Sundae Club

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Sundae Club is an English down-tempo band formed in 2001 by members Hamstall Ridware and Dr. C.D.Mille, both audio historians and musical instrument technicians, assisted by producer George Shilling. Initially conceived as a vehicle simply to prevent an existing historic collection of ancient synthesizers and Hammond organs from decaying through lack of use, the duo found interest from UK television company GMTV who used some of their early work as promo film soundtracks. This led to a publishing contract with Taste Music, famously the erstwhile label of West Country progressive rock band, Muse.

Sundae Club's music invariably features the sound of the Mellotron as well as other old electronic instruments such as Theremin and Fairlight and manages to sound simultaneously contemporary and nostalgic. Their debut album 'Technostalgia' appeared in 2004, and they have also contributed music for the platinum selling Histoires Naturelles album by Nolwenn Leroy, released in France by Mercury Records in December 2005. A piece of their work was chosen as a soundtrack by animation director Mario Cavalli for a short film to commemorate 60 years of the Care charity in Germany.

They collaborated with Bollywood diva Najma Akhtar on a remix track and an original work in 2003.

Their second album British Summer Time was released as a free mp3 download in May 2006 with an invitation for the 'purchaser' to make an optional donation.