# Fieldhead > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fieldhead > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fieldhead.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fieldhead > Source revision: 1306253060 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Fieldhead | image = | caption = | image_size = | alias = | associated_acts = [The Declining Winter](/source/The_Declining_Winter) | origin = [Leeds](/source/Leeds), [England](/source/England) | genre = [Ambient](/source/Ambient_music), [IDM](/source/Intelligent_dance_music), [neo-classical](/source/Neoclassicism_(music)), [electronic](/source/Electronic_music) | years_active = 2008–present | label = Gizeh Records
Home Assembly Music
Static Caravan Recordings
CSAF Records | website = [http://www.fieldheadmusic.com/ www.fieldheadmusic.com] | current_members = Paul Elam
Elaine Reynolds
Sarah Kemp }} '''Fieldhead''' are a [British](/source/United_Kingdom) [band](/source/musical_ensemble) formed in [Leeds](/source/Leeds), England, in 2008 and led by Paul Elam, a member of [The Declining Winter](/source/The_Declining_Winter). Paul currently resides in London, whilst violinists Elaine Reynolds and Sarah Kemp (both also of [The Declining Winter](/source/The_Declining_Winter)) reside in [Manchester](/source/Manchester) and [Newcastle upon Tyne](/source/Newcastle_upon_Tyne) respectively.{{Cite web|url=http://www.indigits.net/music/fieldhead/|title=Interview with Fieldhead |website=Indigits.net|date=November 2, 2010|accessdate=2020-06-22}} Fieldhead's music is [ambient](/source/Ambient_music)/[electronica](/source/electronica) in style, and is created using a combination of electronics and acoustic instruments. Fieldhead have toured extensively in Europe and Canada, having performed with [Tim Hecker](/source/Tim_Hecker), [Machinefabriek](/source/Machinefabriek), [Grouper](/source/Grouper_(musician)), [Amiina](/source/Amiina) and [Jeniferever](/source/Jeniferever).{{Cite web|url=http://www.fieldheadmusic.com/|title=FIELDHEAD|website=Fieldheadmusic.com|accessdate=2020-06-22}} ==Releases== Fieldhead self-released their debut EP "Introductions"{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Fieldhead-Introductions/release/1568501|title=Fieldhead - Introductions|website=Discogs.com|accessdate=2020-06-22}} in December 2008, and this was followed by the release of their debut [album](/source/album) ''[They Shook Hands for Hours](/source/They_Shook_Hands_for_Hours)'' on Home Assembly Music in November 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.homeassemblymusic.com/releases%20-%20HAM003.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910100247/http://www.homeassemblymusic.com/releases%20-%20HAM003.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-09-10|title=Home Assembly Music :: Releases|accessdate=2020-06-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Fieldhead-They-Shook-Hands-For-Hours/master/204051|title=Fieldhead - They Shook Hands For Hours|website=Discogs.com|accessdate=2020-06-22}}{{Cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/fieldhead-they_shook_hands_for_hours|title=Fieldhead They Shook Hands for Hours|website=Exclaim.ca|accessdate=2020-06-22}} In 2010, the band produced four releases: a split [CD](/source/CD) EP "Crest" with the Danish act Iris to Hypnos released in February 2010 on [Static Caravan Recordings](/source/Static_Caravan_Recordings);{{Cite web|url=http://www.staticcaravan.org/item.asp?Ref=196|title=Static Caravan Recordings VAN 196 - Iris to Hypnos / Fieldhead -|website=Staticcaravan.org|accessdate=2020-06-22}} a 10" [vinyl record](/source/vinyl_record) EP "Riser" released in July 2010 on Gizeh Records (featuring vocal contributions from [Anna-Lynne Williams](/source/Anna-Lynne_Williams) of [Trespassers William](/source/Trespassers_William), Chantal Acda, Anneke Kampman of [Conquering Animal Sound](/source/Conquering_Animal_Sound), Elly May Irving of Glissando and Esker);{{Cite web|url=http://www.gizehrecords.com/Gizeh/GZH24.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220025431/http://www.gizehrecords.com/Gizeh/GZH24.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 20, 2010|title=GZH24|date=December 20, 2010|accessdate=2020-06-22}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2010/07/fieldhead-riser-review/ |title=Fieldhead - Riser | Fluid Radio |website=www.fluid-radio.co.uk |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202122004/http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2010/07/fieldhead-riser-review/ |archive-date=2 December 2010 |url-status=dead}} a [digital download](/source/music_download) [live album](/source/live_album) ''Long Train Journeys'' released on Gizeh Records in November 2010;{{cite web |url=http://www.gizehrecords.com/Gizeh/GZH29.html |title=GZH29 |website=www.gizehrecords.com |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218230820/http://www.gizehrecords.com/Gizeh/GZH29.html |archive-date=18 December 2010 |url-status=dead}} and a [digital download](/source/music_download) single, "reference line", released on CSAF records in November 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://csaf-records.com/2010/12/30/10-20-2010/|title=10-20 2010|website=Csaf-records.com|date=December 30, 2010|accessdate=2020-06-22}} Fieldhead's second studio [album](/source/album), ''[a correction](/source/a_correction)'', was released as an [LP record](/source/LP_record) by Gizeh Records on 22 October 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.gizehrecords.com/gzh39.html |title=Gzh39 - |website=www.gizehrecords.com |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825093856/http://www.gizehrecords.com/gzh39.html |archive-date=25 August 2012 |url-status=dead}} Fieldhead's latest studio album, ''We've All Been Swimming'', was released on Home Assembly Music on 30 June 2017.{{Cite web |url=http://homeassemblymusic.com/ham016.html |title=HAM016 |access-date=2017-09-26 |archive-date=2017-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926143347/http://homeassemblymusic.com/ham016.html |url-status=dead }} ==Discography== ===Studio albums=== *''[They Shook Hands for Hours](/source/They_Shook_Hands_for_Hours)'' (2009) *''[a correction](/source/a_correction)'' (2012) *''[We've All Been Swimming](/source/We've_All_Been_Swimming)'' (2017) ===Live albums=== *''Long Train Journeys'' (2010) ===EPs=== *''Introductions'' (2008) *''Crest'' (2010) *''Riser'' (2010) *'Fury and Hecla' - split EP w. [Loscil](/source/Loscil) (2014) ===Singles=== *''reference line'' (2010) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.fieldheadmusic.com Website] *[http://www.last.fm/music/fieldhead/ Last.FM page] *[http://www.discogs.com/artist/fieldhead Discography on discogs] ===Interviews=== *McMeeken, Euan. “[http://thesteinbergprinciple.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/interview-no-21-fieldhead/ Interview No. 21 – Fieldhead]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.” ''The Steinberg Principle'', 2010. *Causton, Deborah. “[http://www.indigits.net/2010/11/fieldhead/ Interview with Fieldhead | Indigits].” ''Indigits'', 2010. *Zezulka, Kate. “[http://www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14325/ Leeds Music Scene] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723180631/http://www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/14325/ |date=23 July 2011 }}.” ''Leeds Music Scene'', 2011. {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fieldhead}} Category:Musical groups from Leeds Category:Musical groups established in 2008 Category:English electronic music groups Category:British ambient music groups --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Fieldhead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fieldhead) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fieldhead?action=history)). 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