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''Gareth Schott'' is the main songwriter and guitarist in Hamilton-based recording band [[sink \ sink]] and served as songwriter and guitarist for [[Ancient Tapes]] active between 2014-15.  
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''Gareth Schott'' is the main songwriter and guitarist in Hamilton-based recording band [[sink \ sink]] and served as songwriter and guitarist for [[Ancient Tapes]] active between 2014-17.  
  
 
sink \ sink released their debut EP [[Center Folds]] (via childrenplay records, UK) in July 2011. Their debut album [[The Darkest Dark Goes]] was released by Feedback Loop Label (Portugal) in 2012. The follow up, 'a lone cloudburst' was released by Already Dead Records in 2013. The second album was produced, mixed and mastered by [[Sean Erin Lynch]] of [[Conway]].
 
sink \ sink released their debut EP [[Center Folds]] (via childrenplay records, UK) in July 2011. Their debut album [[The Darkest Dark Goes]] was released by Feedback Loop Label (Portugal) in 2012. The follow up, 'a lone cloudburst' was released by Already Dead Records in 2013. The second album was produced, mixed and mastered by [[Sean Erin Lynch]] of [[Conway]].
  
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''sink \ sink'' emerged from Hamilton band [[Laughter in the Mainsail]], its first line up comprised of [[Jamie Dryden]] (vocals) and [[Alan Deare]] (bass), Gareth Schott on guitar and Greg Thomas on drums. They disbanded in November 2010, with Dryden and Deare forming [[Blood Pops]] in 2011. Schott began recording under the name ''sink \ sink''.  
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In 2013 Schott and [[Jamie Dryden]] of [[Laughter in the Mainsail]] and [[Blood Pops]] released a spoken-word EP as Cautionary Tales for Children[https://cautionarytalesforchildren.bandcamp.com/releases] on [[Rob Shirlow]]'s Gravel Streak Records.
  
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In 2013 Schott and Dryden released a spoken-word EP as Cautionary Tales for Children[https://cautionarytalesforchildren.bandcamp.com/releases] on [[Rob Shirlow]]'s Gravel Streak Records.
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Schott put sink \ sink on indefinite hiatus when Hamilton band Ancient Tapes began in March 2014. The band released an EP in Feb 2015 ([[Hummingbird EP]])[https://ancienttapes.bandcamp.com/album/hummingbird-ep] and [[Promo Tape]] in 2017. The band have disbanded twice. First in May 2015 when singer [[Sam Brockelsby]] relocated to Germany and the second time in July 2017 due to a band illness.  
  
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Prior to ''sink \ sink'', Schott played guitar live with Auckland-based singer songwriter ''Charlotte Johansen'', together with [[Jon Postlethwaite]] and [[Mark McGeady]] of Hamilton band [[The Postlethwaites]].  
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Prior to their eventual split [[Ancient Tapes]] supported The Bats and The Wedding Present. The band achieved the support slot for UK Indie band The Wedding Present for the North Island leg of their 2017 NZ tour, but were only able to play the one gig due to illness.
  
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Schott put sink \ sink on indefinite hiatus when Ancient Tapes began in March 2014. The band released an EP in Feb 2015 ([[Hummingbird EP]])[https://ancienttapes.bandcamp.com/album/hummingbird-ep]. The band disbanded in May 2015 when singer Sam Brockelsby relocated to Germany. During their time they played gigs with Hamilton bands, [[Conway]], [[The Goth and the Pixie]], [[The Hollow Grinders]] and the [[New Millennium Beatnicks]], in addition to Auckland’s Invisible Threads, Carb on Carb, I.E. Crazy and Palmerston North’s Man In Rug.  
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Schott began an electro-punk outfit [[Celebrity Death Hoax]] with [[Wairehu Grant]] and [[Pip Six]] during Ancient Tape's first hiatus. The band played HUM's 1st Birthday gig and the first Future City Festival.  
  
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Post-Ancient Tapes, Schott has played live for birds of passage and Conway.  
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Schott is also a live guitarist for [[birds of passage]] and on occasion for [[Conway]].  
  
  

Revision as of 14:49, 23 April 2018

Gareth Schott is the main songwriter and guitarist in Hamilton-based recording band sink \ sink and served as songwriter and guitarist for Ancient Tapes active between 2014-17.

sink \ sink released their debut EP Center Folds (via childrenplay records, UK) in July 2011. Their debut album The Darkest Dark Goes was released by Feedback Loop Label (Portugal) in 2012. The follow up, 'a lone cloudburst' was released by Already Dead Records in 2013. The second album was produced, mixed and mastered by Sean Erin Lynch of Conway.

In 2013 Schott and Jamie Dryden of Laughter in the Mainsail and Blood Pops released a spoken-word EP as Cautionary Tales for Children[1] on Rob Shirlow's Gravel Streak Records.

Schott put sink \ sink on indefinite hiatus when Hamilton band Ancient Tapes began in March 2014. The band released an EP in Feb 2015 (Hummingbird EP)[2] and Promo Tape in 2017. The band have disbanded twice. First in May 2015 when singer Sam Brockelsby relocated to Germany and the second time in July 2017 due to a band illness.

Prior to their eventual split Ancient Tapes supported The Bats and The Wedding Present. The band achieved the support slot for UK Indie band The Wedding Present for the North Island leg of their 2017 NZ tour, but were only able to play the one gig due to illness.

Schott began an electro-punk outfit Celebrity Death Hoax with Wairehu Grant and Pip Six during Ancient Tape's first hiatus. The band played HUM's 1st Birthday gig and the first Future City Festival.

Schott is also a live guitarist for birds of passage and on occasion for Conway.


External Links

Ancient Tapes' final performance @ Nivara Lounge 2016 performing with Conway @ Zeitgeist: Bowie

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