Circulus

Circulus are a psychedelic/progressive folk band from South London, England, founded by guitarist and singer Michael Tyack. The band uses a mix of modern and medieval instruments, such as the lute, cittern, crumhorn and rauschpfeife, along with the Moog synthesizer, bass and electric guitars. Circulus were featured in a two-page spread of an NME issue in 2005, also appearing that year in a Sveriges Television music documentary called This Is Our Music in 2005. They were interviewed on BBC2's The Culture Show on 3 February 2007, as part of an item on the 'new folk'. Mojo magazine chose Circulus to cover Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds for their 40th anniversary Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band tribute album, Sgt. Pepper... With a Little Help from His Friends, given away with their March 2007 issue. The band performed on the 'Meltdown on the Thames' stage, at Meltdown Festival on 17 June 2007, one week later playing on the Park Stage at Glastonbury Festival. They performed at Green Man Festival in 2006 and 2017. In 2013, they provivded an original music soundtrack for the short film Eilmer The Flying Monk, which is based on the story of Eilmer of Malmesbury. In 2014 their music was used in the soundtrack of the documentary The Truth Behind the Dash For Gas. EPs Giantism (1999, Instant Farma) Albums The Lick on the Tip of an Envelope Yet to Be Sent (2005, Rise Above Records) Clocks Are Like People (2006, Rise Above Records) Thought Becomes Reality (2009, Mythical Cake) Birth (2018, Mythical Cake) Gate 47 (2018, Mythical Cake) Live at Dingwalls 2005 (2019, Mythical Cake) Singles "Everyone" / "Ring o' Roses" / "Gently Johnny Pt 1" (1997, Instant Farma) "Little More Time" / "Happen Away" (1998, Instant Farma) "Wouldn't Dream of Sleeping Now" / "Same Way From the Sun" (2000, Instant Farma) "Swallow" / "My Body is Made of Sunlight" / "La Rotta°" (2005, Rise Above Records)) "Song of Our Despair" / "Honeycomb" / "Tapestry°" (2006, Rise Above Records) (° on CD version only) Other releases Music Plays in the Air (on Get Yer Pots Out with the fanzine Ptolemaic Terrascope, 2001) Split 7" – Miri It Is (Moog-up Mix) by Circulus / Chylde of Fire by Witchcraft (2005, Rise Above Records) La Rotta (2005) (on The Crow Club compilation, 2008 People Tree Records) Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (Mojo Presents Sgt. Pepper... With A Little Help From My Friends, 2007, Mojo Magazine) The Unquiet Grave (on Old Wine, New Skins compilation, 2007, Market Square Music) Till We Merry Meet Again (on A Psychedelic Guide to Monsterism Island compilation, 2009, Lo Recordings) Releases with Circulus members Lo Polidoro – Lo Polidoro (2005) Lo Polidoro – Le Carrousel Des Jours (2009, Marboz Records) Marianne Segal – The Gathering (2007, Snow Beach Records) produced by Michael Tyack and featuring Circulus Thistletown – Rosemarie (2008, Big Bertha Records) produced by Michael Tyack Michael Tyack – vocals, guitars, saz, cittern Jenny Bliss Bennett – violin, viola da gamba, flute, vocals George Parfitt – bass guitar, drums, percussion Oliver Parfitt – keyboards, synthesizers Lo Polidoro – vocals Will Summers – flute, recorder, crumhorn, shawm Sam Kelly – drums, vocals Victor Hugo Llamas – bongos, percussion Eric Anholm – guitar, vocals Jason Hobart – bass, vocals Emma Steele – vocals, flute Robin Cieslak – guitar, vocals, percussion Damien Cavanagh - drums In 2008, the band started its own record label, Mythical Cake, using donations solicited from fans and the public at large. A donation of 50 British pounds or more secured a photograph in the Thought Becomes Reality album liner notes. This alternative appeal is part of a growing trend of bands attempting to create a distribution infrastructure outside the traditional music industry. "Progressive Ears". www.progressiveears.org. "Michael Tyack Circulus". 31 October 2005 – via IMDb. "Culture Show "New Folk" - Circulus Tunng Bunyan Vetiver". 21 July 2007 – via YouTube. "PulpWiki - Jarvis: Meltdown 2007". pulpwiki.net. "A Few Disappointments: Glastonbury Sunday". 12 July 2007. "Circulus - 'Willow Tree' (Live at Green Man Festival 2006)". 3 February 2018 – via YouTube. "Circulus Green Man 2017". 13 November 2017 – via YouTube. "British Council UK Films Database: Eilmer the Flying Monk". filmsandfestivals.britishcouncil.org. "Circulus | Composer". IMDb. Circulus discography at Discogs Bandcamp Circulus Prog Archives CIRCULUS discography and reviews Petridis, Alexis (17 June 2005). "I like tights – and very pointy shoes". The Guardian. Cox, Tom (19 June 2005). "If you go down to the woods today". The Observer.