Aquilo (band)

Aquilo
Origin Silverdale, Lancashire, England
Genres
Years active 2013?–present
Website aquilomusic.com
Members
  • Ben Fletcher
  • Tom Higham

Aquilo are a musical duo from Silverdale, Lancashire, England: Tom Higham and Ben Fletcher. They have received attention in two articles in The Guardian and on the American indie music blog Pigeons & Planes.[1][2][3] Their track "You There" was chosen for BBC Radio 1's playlist on 12 June 2014.[4]

They performed "Calling Me" and "You There" on the BBC Introducing stage at the 2014 Glastonbury Festival 2014 on 28 June 2014.[5] You there was included in the "Best Of BBC Introducing Stage" choices,[6] and DIY described them as "Another highlight from the Introducing stage" and said that they "cast a hypnotising spell of harmonies and crashing waves over their audience".[7] They are to play at the 2014 Kendal Calling festival.[8]

Their music has been described as "soft, calm electro-pop"[2] and "a ravishingly refined sort of dreamily sad electronica".[1] Their song "You There" features in the trailer for 2014 independent drama Camp X-Ray.[9]

On 8 December 2014, they released their second EP Human.

They appear on the BBC Radio 1 playlist for 2nd-8th February 2015, in the "In New Music We Trust List", as announced on Radio 1's official Facebook page on 28 January 2015.[10]

On 5 March 2015, their collaboration with popular disc jockey Vanic, "Losing You," was released onto YouTube and Soundcloud. It has so far accumulated over 169 thousand 'plays' as of 7 March 2015.[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lester, Paul (7 April 2014). "New Band of the Week: Aquilo (No 1,736)". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Brinnand, Emily (29 April 2013). "Aquilo – New Band Up North #24". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Aquilo - "You There"". Pigeons & Planes. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Radio 1 Playlist". BBC. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Aquilo". Glastonbury. BBC. 28 June 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Best of BBC Introducing". Glastonbury. BBC. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Glaston-busy? Saturday's acts you may have missed". DIY. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Lineup 2014". Kendal Calling. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  9. ↑ Reilly, Travis (8 August 2014). "Kristen Stewart Shakes Bella Swan Stigma in First ‘Camp X-Ray’ Trailer". The Wrap. Retrieved 13 August 2014. The trailer contains ... Aquilo's haunting song “You There” ...
  10. ↑ "New Playlist Alert". BBC Radio 1. Facebook. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Vanic x Aquilo - Losing You".

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