Dead Horse One are a neo-psychedelic/shoegaze band based in Valence, France. The band was founded in 2011 by Olivier Debard, Ludovik Naud, Antoine Pinet (a former member of French band H-Burns H-Burns profile on Vicious Circle records Vicious Circle records) and Jérôme Simonian. Simonian later departed, and Maxime Garcia and Ivan Tziboulsky joined.Interview with Le Champ Sonore Le Champ Sonore
History Following an eponymous, self-released 2012 EP, the band issued the Heavenly Choir of Jet Engines EP on Cranes Records later that year,EP review in Magic! #168 Cranes records artists Cranes Records as well as a split 10" EP with the Dead Mantra.
In 2012, Dead Horse One joined the Dead Bees Records roster and was featured on the label's 11th and 12th sampler compilations.Dead Bees: Dead Bees records label sampler #11 Free Music ArchiveDead Bees records label sampler 11 Dead Bees RecordsDead Bees records label sampler 12 Dead Bees Records They also appeared on two compilations from Nothing Collective.Nothing Collective band profile Nothing Collective
Dead Horse One's first full-length effort, Without Love We Perish, was produced by Mark Gardener of Ride.Album review from Sounds Better With Reverb Sounds Better With Reverb It was first issued in March 2014 in CD format by Hands and Moment (Japan)Album review in New Noise #25 and on vinyl by A Quick One Records (France).Album review in Magic! #181 On January 22, 2015, it was reissued on vinyl by Les Disques De La Face Cachée/Dead Bees Records."Without Love We Perish" listing on La Face Cachée La Face Cachée
The band's second album, Season of Mist, was released in 2017.
Discography
Studio albums Without Love We Perish (2014, Hands and Moment/A Quick One Records; 2015 Les Disques De La Face Cachée/Dead Bees Records) Season of Mist (2017, Requiem Pour Un Twister) The West Is the Best (2019, Requiem Pour Un Twister) Seas of Static (2024)
EPs Dead Horse One EP (2012, self-released) Dead Mantra / Dead Horse One split 10" EP with the Dead Mantra (2012, Cranes Records) Heavenly Choir of Jet Engines EP (2012, Cranes Records) When Love Runs Dry (2022)
Compilation appearances "Alone" on Dead Bees Records Label Sampler 11 (2012, Dead Bees Records) "Gaze" on Songs from Nøthing #2 (2014, Nøthing Collective) "I Love My Man" on Dead Bees Records Label Sampler 12 (2014, Dead Bees Records) "Hopper" on Songs from Nøthing #03 (2015, Nøthing Collective)
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