Seefeel

Seefeel
Members of Seefeel in 2010. From left to right: Sarah Peacock, Mark Clifford and Iida Kazuhisa.
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	Post-rock, ambient techno, electronic, drone, dream pop
Years active	1992–1996, 2008–present
Labels	Too Pure, Astralwerks, Warp, Rephlex
Associated acts	Scala, Disjecta, Clifforandcalix
Website	Seefeel at Warp Records
Members	Mark Clifford Sarah Peacock Shigeru Ishihara Iida Kazuhisa
Past members	Daren Seymour Justin Fletcher Mark Van Hoen

Seefeel are a British electronic/post-rock band. They are currently signed to Warp Records.

Seefeel was formed in the early 1990s by Mark Clifford (guitar, sequencing), Daren Seymour (bass), Justin Fletcher (drums) and Sarah Peacock (vocals and guitar). Stylistically situated at the intersection of dream pop/shoegaze and ambient techno/IDM, their first album Quique was released in 1993 on the British independent label Too Pure. The band signed with electronic label Warp Records in 1994, becoming the first act on the label to use guitars. They released a further album, (CH-VOX), in 1996 on Rephlex. Following (CH-VOX) Seefeel went on an extended hiatus from releasing new material. They performed their last live concert with the original line-up in October 1997 supported by Boards of Canada.

Following the reissue of their first album, Quique, in 2007, Clifford and Peacock relaunched Seefeel and were joined by Shigeru Ishihara (DJ Scotch Egg) on bass, and former Boredoms drummer Iida Kazuhisa (E-Da). In 2010 they released the Faults EP (their first new recording in 14 years) followed shortly after by an eponymous LP in 2011, both on Warp.

Clifford originally began writing tracks for what would become Seefeel in late 1991. He placed an advert at Goldsmiths College, London where he was a student, and it was answered by Fletcher who joined him on drums. Later Peacock would become part of the group after Clifford answered an advert she had placed in the NME. Soon Daren Seymour joined them on bass. Early recordings were made at home, and other London studios. A demo tape was sent to three record companies and to John Peel at BBC Radio One. John Peel rang Peacock to say how much he liked the tracks and the band would later perform a session for his Radio One show. Soon after, one of the labels that had been sent a demo, Too Pure, approached the band.