The Stalactites

Acoustic / Experimental / Ambient

East Boldon (United Kingdom), Condé sur Escaut, (France), Beauvais (France)

Who? What?

Since 2007, Ephemeral Hope (guitars, drums) and hR (guitars, keyboard and drums) have recorded improvised sessions in different places such as a house near the northeast coast of England during the winter of 2007 or a studio in Paris in the summer of 2008. They are sometimes joined by Sophie Hebbelynck who plays the violin. Every single track is complete improvisation. Ex-nihilo.

Musical Influences

hR : mogwai, radiohead, m83, arab strap, lucky pierre, malcolm middleton, unkle, placebo, air, john murphy, john carpenter, david bowie, the cure, joy division, joseph arthur, brian eno, the smashing pumpkins, sigur ros, talk talk, the doors, july skies, saez, robert fripp, eels, sonic youth, kent, pulp, Neu!, tubeway army, gary numan, moby, suede, josh rouse, sebastien tellier, kings of convenience, newlands, depeche mode, neworder, buffseeds, bloc party, agora fidelio, porcelain, cyann&ben, 3 guys never in, nick drake, slowdive, godspeed you black emperor, neurosis, my vitriol, siouxsie and the banshees, thom yorke, jonny greenwood, deftones, vangelis, starsailor, keane, dave gahan, whipping boy, straw, newradicals, blur, team sleep, grandaddy, sparklehorse, all angels gone, chemical brothers, the smiths..........////.......... Ephemeral Hope : Placebo, Deftones, Metallica, Nirvana, System of a Down, Trivium, Serj Tankian, Gérald de Palmas, Muse, Feeder, Andy Scisco, Chevelle, Rammstein, Moby, Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet, Cliff Martinez, "Lost in Translation" OST...