Lamb
An electronic duo formed in 1996 in Manchester, England, by Lou Rhodes (sin… Read Full Bio ↴An electronic duo formed in 1996 in Manchester, England, by Lou Rhodes (singer-songwriter) and Andy Barlow (music/production). They incorporated into their musical style a distinctive mixture of downbeat, trip-hop, jazz, dub, breaks, and drum and bass with a strong vocal element and, in their later works especially, some acoustic influences. Lamb are notable for their highly experimental work, a distinctive production style, Lou's often passionate lyrical style, and their artistic videos.
Their signature song is Gorecki, from their eponymous debut album and it was inspired by Henryk Górecki's Third Symphony, the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. Other essential songs are Cotton Wool, God Bless, B Line, Gabriel, Sweet, and Wonder.
To date, the band has released six studio albums: Lamb (1996), Fear of Fours (1999), What Sound (2001), Between Darkness And Wonder (2003), 5 (2011) and Backspace Unwind (2014). In 2003 they also issued a compilation entitled Best Kept Secrets.
In February 2005, Lamb announced that they would pursue their own solo projects, ending their collaboration for now. Their last concerts were in Paradiso, Amsterdam, and these shows appear in the DVD 'Lamb Live at the Paradiso' which was released in 2011.
Lou Rhodes released her first solo album Beloved One (2006) which received a Mercury nomination. This was followed by Bloom (2007), and One Good Thing (2010). Lou also branched out and became an author, with children's books The Phlunk (2013) and The Phlunk's Worldwide Symphony (2014 Strata Books).
Producer Andy Barlow focused on his band Hoof and a project called Luna Seeds with vocalist–songwriter Carrie Tree, and produced the Fink album Distance and Time. In 2013 Barlow's debut solo album as LOWB, Leap and the Net Will Appear was re-released on a new label, Distiller Records. Andy continued to work as a producer, working with Bristol band The Ramona Flowers on their album Dismantle and Rebuild (2014) which he also co-wrote. Most recently, he produced and mixed David Gray's new album Mutineers (2014).
The hiatus ended in 2009 when Lamb reunited and started performing again. Lamb returned to the studio the following year to record their fifth studio album 5 which was released in 2011. They also released their first live album in 2011 Live at Koko and the long-awaited DVD Lamb Lamb Live at the Paradiso.
In October 2014, the band released a new album Backspace Unwind, followed by a single 'We Fall in Love' (subsequently voted "Best Chillout/Lounge Track" at the International Dance Music Awards 2015). They began a tour in 2014 which included the UK and Europe. The tour continued into 2015 with shows and festivals in Australia, New Zealand and Europe.
There are other artists with the same name:
(2) A group formed by Barbara Mauritz and Bob Swanson in San Francisco in the late 1960s. This group disbanded in 1972. The minor San Francisco group Lamb tend to be remembered only for their appearance on the Fillmore: The Last Days concert album, where they were one of several non-star artists on a set dominated by bigger names like the Grateful Dead, Santana, and Boz Scaggs. The band did actually put out three albums in the early '70s, however, and were quite an interesting group. Not only were they not readily comparable to other acts on the San Francisco rock circuit, but it's debatable whether they could be fairly categorized as a rock band at all. Their music blended jazz, folk, singer/songwriter pop, gospel, and even some classical and avant-garde influences. Certainly the dominant figure was singer Barbara Mauritz, whose bluesy and earthy vocals had considerable resonance, but which could also traverse the band's frequently mystical, poetic lyrics with much delicacy and nuance. Reminiscent in spots of such varied artists as Tim Buckley, Judy Collins (in her art-song phase), David Ackles, and Savage Rose (in that band's most gospel-soaked period), their records were ultimately idiosyncratic enough to defy ready comparison to anyone. And they were, too, ultimately too inaccessible to make much commercial impact, despite plenty of tracks of considerable power, beauty, and enigma.
Lamb were formed by the duo of Texan singer Mauritz and multi-instrumentalist (though primarily guitarist) Bob Swanson. The two (writing both separately and together) was responsible for the band's material. They attracted attention in San Francisco when they opened for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young for a few nights at Winterland in November 1969. Impresario Bill Graham became their manager, and producer David Rubinson, who had worked with notable groups such as Santana and Moby Grape, acted in that capacity for their first record. Their debut album on the Fillmore label, A Sign of Change, was perhaps their most uncompromising and experimental, relying largely on jazz-folk acoustic arrangements and spotlighting Mauritz's impressive voice on impressionistic, dream-like lyrics. They moved over to Warner Bros (while retaining Rubinson as executive producer) for the follow-up, Cross Between, which moved toward slightly more mainstream rock arrangements and a more pronounced gospel feel on several tracks. Yet others were throwbacks to the first album in their obscure but enchanting poesy, sometimes owing more to a classical-influenced art song tradition than conventional pop music.
Lamb went yet further toward gospel-rockish material on their third and final album, Bring Out the Sun, which was their most mainstream outing, though hardly mainstream overall, with a couple of tracks again giving vent to their more experimental jazz-folk-classical side. The LP was co-billed to Lamb and Barbara Mauritz, though Swanson was still involved as a composer and instrumentalist on much of the material. Whether or not this co-billing was intended as a transition from Lamb to a solo career, Mauritz was soon recording as a solo, putting out Music Box for Columbia. Her solo career didn't take off, however, although she continued to perform and write (composing the music for many commercials). In the mid-'80s, Bob Swanson returned full-time to photography. The Lamb founded by Swanson and Mauritz, incidentally, had no relation to either the Christian rock band Lamb that began to record later in the '70s, or the drum'n'bass duo Lamb that began recording in the late '90s.
(3) A demoscene musician, active from early 1990s till early 2000s, known for composing many chiptunes, as well as themed collection-album called Autumn Leaf.
(4) A messianic Jewish pop music group formed in 1972 by Joel Chernoff and Rick "Levi" Coghill. This group has recorded as recently as 2005 (with Ted Pearce replacing Rick Coghill).
(5) A Japanese duo from Tokyo, formed in 1999. Kudo sings, Nakamura does everything else. They make pretty, light-hearted, chilled-out pop.
(6) A Japanese rockband who regularly do shows in Tokyo, Japan. They're known for their melodic, emotional, and exciting sound with twin guitars, and bass and drums. Lamb's music has taken on elements from post-rock, math-rock, and pop.
Their first EP, MEME, was released in April of 2020.
Their signature song is Gorecki, from their eponymous debut album and it was inspired by Henryk Górecki's Third Symphony, the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. Other essential songs are Cotton Wool, God Bless, B Line, Gabriel, Sweet, and Wonder.
To date, the band has released six studio albums: Lamb (1996), Fear of Fours (1999), What Sound (2001), Between Darkness And Wonder (2003), 5 (2011) and Backspace Unwind (2014). In 2003 they also issued a compilation entitled Best Kept Secrets.
In February 2005, Lamb announced that they would pursue their own solo projects, ending their collaboration for now. Their last concerts were in Paradiso, Amsterdam, and these shows appear in the DVD 'Lamb Live at the Paradiso' which was released in 2011.
Lou Rhodes released her first solo album Beloved One (2006) which received a Mercury nomination. This was followed by Bloom (2007), and One Good Thing (2010). Lou also branched out and became an author, with children's books The Phlunk (2013) and The Phlunk's Worldwide Symphony (2014 Strata Books).
Producer Andy Barlow focused on his band Hoof and a project called Luna Seeds with vocalist–songwriter Carrie Tree, and produced the Fink album Distance and Time. In 2013 Barlow's debut solo album as LOWB, Leap and the Net Will Appear was re-released on a new label, Distiller Records. Andy continued to work as a producer, working with Bristol band The Ramona Flowers on their album Dismantle and Rebuild (2014) which he also co-wrote. Most recently, he produced and mixed David Gray's new album Mutineers (2014).
The hiatus ended in 2009 when Lamb reunited and started performing again. Lamb returned to the studio the following year to record their fifth studio album 5 which was released in 2011. They also released their first live album in 2011 Live at Koko and the long-awaited DVD Lamb Lamb Live at the Paradiso.
In October 2014, the band released a new album Backspace Unwind, followed by a single 'We Fall in Love' (subsequently voted "Best Chillout/Lounge Track" at the International Dance Music Awards 2015). They began a tour in 2014 which included the UK and Europe. The tour continued into 2015 with shows and festivals in Australia, New Zealand and Europe.
There are other artists with the same name:
(2) A group formed by Barbara Mauritz and Bob Swanson in San Francisco in the late 1960s. This group disbanded in 1972. The minor San Francisco group Lamb tend to be remembered only for their appearance on the Fillmore: The Last Days concert album, where they were one of several non-star artists on a set dominated by bigger names like the Grateful Dead, Santana, and Boz Scaggs. The band did actually put out three albums in the early '70s, however, and were quite an interesting group. Not only were they not readily comparable to other acts on the San Francisco rock circuit, but it's debatable whether they could be fairly categorized as a rock band at all. Their music blended jazz, folk, singer/songwriter pop, gospel, and even some classical and avant-garde influences. Certainly the dominant figure was singer Barbara Mauritz, whose bluesy and earthy vocals had considerable resonance, but which could also traverse the band's frequently mystical, poetic lyrics with much delicacy and nuance. Reminiscent in spots of such varied artists as Tim Buckley, Judy Collins (in her art-song phase), David Ackles, and Savage Rose (in that band's most gospel-soaked period), their records were ultimately idiosyncratic enough to defy ready comparison to anyone. And they were, too, ultimately too inaccessible to make much commercial impact, despite plenty of tracks of considerable power, beauty, and enigma.
Lamb were formed by the duo of Texan singer Mauritz and multi-instrumentalist (though primarily guitarist) Bob Swanson. The two (writing both separately and together) was responsible for the band's material. They attracted attention in San Francisco when they opened for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young for a few nights at Winterland in November 1969. Impresario Bill Graham became their manager, and producer David Rubinson, who had worked with notable groups such as Santana and Moby Grape, acted in that capacity for their first record. Their debut album on the Fillmore label, A Sign of Change, was perhaps their most uncompromising and experimental, relying largely on jazz-folk acoustic arrangements and spotlighting Mauritz's impressive voice on impressionistic, dream-like lyrics. They moved over to Warner Bros (while retaining Rubinson as executive producer) for the follow-up, Cross Between, which moved toward slightly more mainstream rock arrangements and a more pronounced gospel feel on several tracks. Yet others were throwbacks to the first album in their obscure but enchanting poesy, sometimes owing more to a classical-influenced art song tradition than conventional pop music.
Lamb went yet further toward gospel-rockish material on their third and final album, Bring Out the Sun, which was their most mainstream outing, though hardly mainstream overall, with a couple of tracks again giving vent to their more experimental jazz-folk-classical side. The LP was co-billed to Lamb and Barbara Mauritz, though Swanson was still involved as a composer and instrumentalist on much of the material. Whether or not this co-billing was intended as a transition from Lamb to a solo career, Mauritz was soon recording as a solo, putting out Music Box for Columbia. Her solo career didn't take off, however, although she continued to perform and write (composing the music for many commercials). In the mid-'80s, Bob Swanson returned full-time to photography. The Lamb founded by Swanson and Mauritz, incidentally, had no relation to either the Christian rock band Lamb that began to record later in the '70s, or the drum'n'bass duo Lamb that began recording in the late '90s.
(3) A demoscene musician, active from early 1990s till early 2000s, known for composing many chiptunes, as well as themed collection-album called Autumn Leaf.
(4) A messianic Jewish pop music group formed in 1972 by Joel Chernoff and Rick "Levi" Coghill. This group has recorded as recently as 2005 (with Ted Pearce replacing Rick Coghill).
(5) A Japanese duo from Tokyo, formed in 1999. Kudo sings, Nakamura does everything else. They make pretty, light-hearted, chilled-out pop.
(6) A Japanese rockband who regularly do shows in Tokyo, Japan. They're known for their melodic, emotional, and exciting sound with twin guitars, and bass and drums. Lamb's music has taken on elements from post-rock, math-rock, and pop.
Their first EP, MEME, was released in April of 2020.
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"Trans Fatty Acid" No one said it would be easy Did anyone tell you…
05 Little Things There's so many things that we miss in our everyday…
18. I Cry One day I met a precious soul Who's words would touch…
Adonai El Shaddai We will lift you up, and praise Your Name Adonai El…
Alien This was a body Now it's a home For you, my little…
All I've Got We gotta be there for each other Cuz at the end…
All In Their Hands I've been so excited since I knew I was gonna…
Another Language Where are the words To speak this thing in me To tell…
As Satellites Go By Every soul a brightness And the darkest night Every life a…
B Line It's in your eyes And the way you move You've got music…
B-line It's in your eyes And the way you move You've got music…
Back to Beginning Grow up, child, come and face me We've held on like…
Backspace Unwind Future present past Could this be the last Time I ever see…
Baruch HaShem  Download - purchase Baruch Hashem Album: Lamb I The …
Bitchu B'Adonai Bitchu B'Adonai, Bitchu Bitchu B'Adonai, Trust in the Lord B…
BLine It's in your eyes And the way you move You've got music…
Bonfire Have you ever wondered why those days exist When life just…
Build a Fire Where is my heart What took it away from me Right from…
Butterfly Effect Come and shine your light upon me honey bee And we'll…
Butterfly Effect (Demure Remix) Come and shine your light upon me honey bee And we'll…
Clap Your Hands All in your hands You can hold it Or let it go…
Closer Things change, yet so much stays the same Life's just a…
Clouds Clear What's left to say With all that's come and gone? Words ge…
Come to Me I don't think you want me like I want you I…
Cotton Wool Here's my love Step inside let me warm you up By the…
Cotton Wool (Fila Brazillia mix) Here's my love Step inside Let me warm you up By the fire…
Dancing in Jerusalem God will fulfill your heart's desire Take you to the place…
Darkness I couldn't see darkness until now Only light (Though somet…
Dischord Sing a song of all that love can do And I'll…
Doves & Ravens He said He'd never face the cold Without her hand There t…
Dra-Chei-Chah Dra-chei-chah Ye-ho-vah Dra-chei-chah Ye-ho-vah Ho-dee-ai-ne…
Enter His Gates Enter his gates with thanksgiving Enter his courts with prai…
Ephraim When Israel was young I loved him From Egypt I did…
Existential Itch I'm longing for something, I don't know what Can't figure o…
Feela You saw me crying But you didn't want to look You heard…
Feela ) You saw me crying But you didn't want to look You heard…
Fly Take me away So far away I'm tired of looking over my…
Gabriel I can fly But I want his wings I can shine even…
God Bless You're gonna feel the wind at your heels, you know You're…
Gold Stay with me forever and a day If I could be…
Gold (Hipoptimist Alchemy mix) Stay with me forever and a day if I could…
gold_ Stay with me forever and a day If I could be…
Good News O Zion, who brings good news Get up into the high…
Gorechi If I should die this very moment I wouldn't fear For I've…
Gorecki If I should die this very moment I wouldn't fear For I've…
Górecki If I should die this very moment I wouldn't fear For I've…
Górecki (edit) If I should die this very moment I wouldn't fear For I've…
Gorecki (Global Commu If I should die this very moment I wouldn't fear For I've…
Ha ha ha ha I once had a girl Or should I say she…
Hard Time Killing Floor Blues Hard time here and everywhere you go Times is harder than…
Hearts & Flowers A picture of what a love should be But when it…
Hearts And Flowers A picture of what a love should be But when it…
Heaven Soon, come soon Sweet, so sweet Fall inside Between the shee…
Hello Friends Hello, my friends, How are you today? Nice to see you ct sch…
Here Mister sunshine looks over his shoulder for rain All ours jo…
Héré Mister sunshine looks over his shoulder for rain All our joy…
I Cry One day I met a precious soul Who's words would touch…
I Love the Lord Please Please I can't breathe Please man Please My god I can…
Illumina He said, Life's the roughest ocean She said, then it's calm…
In Binary Hearing sounds In open doors Brings a heart-shaped smile …
In Your Arms A sacred cash cow with sickly tits Dripping temptation for h…
Intro I'm gonna make the whole world do it I'm hustlin' and…
It Is He I look up to the hills from whence comes my…
Just Is What kind of fool am i Reaching into a world I thought…
Lamb We've been dispatched by God, sent to warn these wolves…
LAMB i cry One day I met a precious soul Who's words would touch…
Last Night The Sky Last night the sky was greyer than the grave Clouds so…
Learn Are you feeling lost and lonely? You needn't be Like you've …
Less Than Two Wanting you Loving you Holding You Needing you (Wanting …
Little Things There's so many things that we miss in our everyday…
Lullaby Always and forever We'll be free Always and forever Be with …
Lusty All alone In this heat my thoughts Start to wander…
Myself and I When I walk alone On these streets that I roam I think…
Night Has a Thousand Eyes They say that you're a run-around lover You tell me it's…
Nobody Else When you came along Your face was the song I'd forgotten t…
One The sins of deliverance The eyes of the patriot fixed throu…
Only Our Skin Hold me gently Hold me strong And make it last forever We…
Open Up The thing that makes Us all the same And melts the coldest…
Phosphorous So much to say, I'm lost for words So much to…
Please It's two in the morning And I'm calling your name Your voice…
Random Strange as it seems Just the sound of your name Makes my…
Rend Your Hearts I still wanna Be the beating of your heart So please don't T…
Rounds Learning for the first time When it might be the last How'…
Seven Sails Ever had a month high? Seven sails across the sky In a…
SH09 Is Back Eyes on the road Heart in my mouth Silver and gold My nor…
She Walks Boy you had a dream that one day she would…
Shines Like This Calling me now Early in the winter Like a daughter Singin…
Small Sometimes I climb high above the city To see all the…
Softly (So happy with you) (Happy with) Softly kissing you as you l…
Song of Ruth Wherever you go I shall go Wherever you live So shall I live…
Strong the Root Comes a time when all is lost And you'd give it…
Stronger I'm so afraid Something is broken now Too much has been said…
Sugar Skipping time and life is all aglow Everything much brighter…
Sun Here you come again With the wind at your heels The brightes…
Sün Here you come again with the wind at your heels The…
Sweet Sunshine, takes me to a place where I'm living free Somethin…
Sweetheart The devil makes work For idle hand to do He can…
That thing It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing (doo…
The Caged Bird Sings A man caught a tiny bird Pretty as can be Brought her…
The Judge Na, na, na, na Oh oh Na, na, na, na Oh oh Na, na,…
The Other Shore Light years away A Proverbial Needle in the hay An elusive F…
The Sacrifice Lamb Have you ever heard, Messiah has come, It says in His…
The Silence in Between Can you hear the silence in-between? Can you feel the love…
The Spectacle One day something so magical fell from the sky And all…
This Could Be Heaven Soon, come soon Sweet so sweet Falling soft Between the s…
Til the Clouds Clear What's left to say With all that's come and gone? Words ge…
Trans Fatty Acid No one said it would be easy Did anyone tell you…
Trans Fatty Acid ( Kruder No one said it would be easy Did anyone tell you…
Trans Fatty Acid (Kruder No one said it would be easy Did anyone tell you…
Transfatty Acid No one said it would be easy Did anyone tell you…
Transfatty Acid (Kruder & Dorfmeister Session mix) No one said it would be easy Did anyone tell you…
Transfattyacid No one said it would be easy Did anyone tell you…
Walk in the Light Pray for blood Pray for the cleansing Pray for the flood Pra…
Walls Your walls are always before me Before me, before Your walls…
We Fall in Love Face to face One to one Two hearts race All is lost and…
What Makes Us Human Throw me a line so I Can feel the way More than…
What Sound What is that sound Ringing in my ears? The strangest sound I…
Wise Enough I had a dream that all of time was running…
Wonder Lately I find myself Amazed At all around me Everything I se…
Written The wind stands still around you And suddenly i`m trembling …
You Are My Salvation You are the mighty King Master of everything All of creation…
You Are There The day is long, these feet are tired From the window…
Zero There's no one here today Cause someone took the light away …
[Untitled] Oh, creator, won't you soothe my tired soul? It's so afraid,…