Parking Non-Stop
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| Origin | Anglesey, Wales |
| Genres | Experimental rock, post-rock, pop |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Klangbad, Pure Pop For Now People and Ochre Records |
| Website | web |
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Parking Non-Stop (sometimes abbreviated to PN-S) is a north Wales based psychogeographical musical/artistic collective who experiment in combining soundscape and field recordings with spoken word and music. The group consist of the poet Zoë Skoulding and musicians Alan Holmes and Dewi Evans, often in collaboration with additional musicians and artists.
Since 1999 Zoë Skoulding, Alan Holmes and Dewi Evans have built up a body of work that explores the sonic geography of a wider Europe within the context of north Wales, where they live. The main focus of this work is a series of musical pieces that integrate field recordings they have made in various European locations with recordings made in their own home studios. These pieces generally combine an experimental soundscape approach with an aesthetic that encompasses both Europop and industrial minimalism.
Their stated aim is "to achieve a distinctive north Wales sound that is based in discovering new spatial and temporal resonances: this is not a musical identity built from a mythical past, but an engagement with the sonic possibilities of the mines, quarries and rusting machinery in the landscape as it is today - a decaying rural-industrial environment rich with unexpected noise."
Although conceived primarily as a recording project, Parking Non-Stop have played live several times during their lifetime, often in collaboration with like-minded musicians, poets and artists. Performances to date have taken place in several European countries, including Wales, England, Ireland, Slovakia, Bosnia, Germany, Czech Republic, Norway, Romania and France.
In addition to producing music and sound collage, Parking Non-Stop also make films, which are used as projections during their live performances. These films tend to be very slow moving and uneventful in order to enhance, rather than detract from the sound. Some examples can be viewed on the group's YouTube channel (see external link below).
In 2004, Parking Non-Stop were personally invited to support German Post-industrial group Einstürzende Neubauten at their first Dublin concert. Soon afterwards, the group came to the attention of Faust's Hans Joachim Irmler, who invited them to perform at his Klangbad Festival in Scheer, southern Germany in 2007. The following year, Irmler released the group's debut album "Species Corridor" on his Klangbad label. The album was well received and drew positive reviews from the music press.
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