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School of Emotional Engineering
12+ albums
post-rockambientexperimentalatmosphericmelancholy
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The name draws inspiration from a single line in Aldous Huxley's prophetic social critique Brave New World. School of Emotional Engineering is a loosely defined 'band', more of a 'project' created by composer Ben Frost. Primarily Frost, alongside multi-instrumentalist and engineer Daniel Rejmer, bassist and guitarist Andy Hazel, violin player Russell Fawkus and drummer Jova Albers, School of Emotional Engineering (S.E.E) began originally in Melbourne, Australia as a live extension of Frost's solo work. S.E.E have performed live rarely, with as many as eight people on stage recreating the impenetrable wall of emotive sound found on the self-titled 2003 debut. All members of S.E.E have various side projects and either collectively or individually work in production roles (remixing, programming, etc.) for other artists including Björk. The Music: Reviews often describe School of Emotional Engineering as ambient or atmospheric, trip-hop, industrial and post-rock. Their debut album is often compared to the work of artists such as Icelandic band Sigur Rós or Canadian post-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor. There is mostly a foreboding and visceral undercurrent that threatens to devour the subtle textures and somnolent ambience in the music of S.E.E, which intermittently erupts in the form of tensely cut-up beats, abrasive snares and blasts of static interference. The cinematic identity of S.E.E is forged with sonorous nuances, droning basslines and live drums. Their debut a
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albums
School of Emotional Engineering
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Cyclic Defrost Presents: Interesting Music From Australia (CD2)
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Self-Titled
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Theory of Machines
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School of Emotional Engineerin
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violent (demos)
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Cyclic Defrost Presents: Interesting Music From Australia
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Ties Of Senses FM - Post-Rock Radio
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Soundtrack of my Life Vol.10
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2004 - School Of Emotional Engineering
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