It has taken eight years since the idea of Distophia was conceived by an eleven year old Pete Dixon, to settle on a line-up that could do justice to the sound that Pete could hear inside his head- a design ethic that incorporates perfect pop welded to cascading swathes of white noise and feedback; melody fused with vast, raging dissonance.

Pete's vision was brought a little further into existence by a fateful meeting with bass player Sebastian Lenton in late 2000, with gifted drummer Tom Whitfield and lo-fi singer-songwriter John Biggs falling into the group as time rolled on... The band proceeded to create a series of brutally powerful recordings inspired by the likes of Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr and Pavement, and began to make inroads into the heart of Birmingham live music, garnering many fans locally with their distortion-drenched sound.

It wasn't long until word spread out of Birmingham and soon Distophia were invited to support the likes of Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Alec Empire, Kaito and Miss Black America, among others. Distophia's debut album 'Soda Lake' is available now through Necessary Records.

Releases

• Children Know the Score - single, out 30/05/2005 on Necessary Records. (post review)
• Soda Lake - album, out 17/11/2003 on Necessary Records. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Thu 10 May at London The Fly. (post review)
• Club Fandango, Wed 21 Jun at London Monto Water Rats. (post review)
• World Domination League, Mon 13 Mar at London Nambucca. (post review)
• Wed 02 Nov at Cambridge Junction. (post review)
• Fri 21 Oct at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms. 1 review (read/post)
• Sat 18 Sep at London 93 Feet East. 1 review (read/post)
• Tue 20 Apr at Manchester Academy 3 (formerly Hop & Grape). 1 review (read/post)
• Tue 13 Jan at London Metro. 1 review (read/post)
• Thu 20 Nov at Wolverhampton Little Civic. 1 review (read/post)

News

• 02/08/2007: Distophia: no more for yer
• 08/09/2005: Distophia get Hard-Fi on yo' ass
• 02/03/2005: Brave New Ideas #13 - this thursday!
• 24/02/2005: Distophia and Fickle Public go head-to-head
• 16/02/2005: Distophia: New single and tour dates
• 21/07/2004: Smalltown America announce charity alldayer
• 16/03/2004: Span: Follow-up DiS Tour With Even Bigger Dates

Features

• 16/12/2003: Big In '04 - Part III

Links

• Distophia - official site

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