Serena Maneesh
Woven Hand
Evangelicals

Serena Maneesh
August 29, 2005, Honey Milk Records – Norwegian Serena Maneesh present their self-titled, full-length debut “Serena Maneesh” with eleven songs that slide down a razor’s edge of distortion and pop whimsy, raucous guitar work and underwater static, angelic voices and primal screams. The strange melodies are strikingly original, yet they strike to the heart of something familiar: a classic rock guitar lick, a wound, a kiss.

Inspired by everything from Southern blues via Neu! to Gershwin, “Serena Maneesh” is as much about exploring sound as crafting song. Working in both horizontal and vertical layers, head musician Emil Nikolaisen creates tuneful paradoxes, infinite yet time-bound. His meticulous compositions balance whispery female vocals and underlying violin with driving guitar rock, distorted samples, and chant-like repetition. Tracks such as “Sapphire Eyes” begin and end in liquid noise; in between guitars shriek and shatter, angels sing, and a snare beats along in cinque-pace time. 
- Melissa Riches from the Serena Maneesh website. Visit the site to read the full article and check out some tracks!

Woven Hand
'Woven Hand' is a solo project of David Eugene Edwards, frontman of 16 Horsepower, which was started by Edwards in 2001 during 16 Horsepower's sabbatical year.

Woven Hand has released an eponymously titled album in 2002. February of 2003 saw the release of Woven Hand's second album, "Blush Music", a reworked version of the score of the dance production Blush, partially based on the debut album. In May 2003 the original score of the dance production was released: "Blush". "Consider The Birds", was released in September 2004. "Mosaic", the latest album, came out in June 2006. 

Evangelicals
Slant Magazine says, "Head Evangelical Josh Jones builds dizzying, complex pop songs that tease with sweetness and stun with serrated melodies that lingers long after the final notes fade.  It's music bordering on a religious experience and, given  chance, Evangelicals should win more than a few converts in the coming months."