Electric Sound of Joy were an English post-rock group formed in Chesterfield in 1994.
[1] After two limited-edition singles on the Earworm label and a November 1997 session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show,[2] Kurcewicz left the band in 1998, and they shifted to a more electronic instrumental sound that has been compared to Cluster and Stereolab.
[1][3] The band were described by the NME: "Like Air, they manage to be chic and cheerful, allowing a potentially icy groove to melt into a fantastic fanfare of sizzling synths",[4] and by The Independent as "dark, broody instrumentals with a distinctive hook; spiritually morose, yet full of zeal and strangely uplifting".
[1] The band also remixed Hefner's "The Greedy Ugly People", which was released on a 7-inch single and on the expanded edition of We Love the City.
Scott Nicholas produces moody lo-fi psychedelic folk-rock under the Venus Willendorf moniker.