Take post rock soundscapes, add twisted folk tunes and elements of modern classical music played by a variety of traditional and electronic instruments and you may be some of the way towards describing Imagination School’s unique sound.
Imagination School began writing and recording music in the nineties and early noughties, releasing a string of tape E.P.s and albums that were publicised and sold via the thriving fanzine scene of the time.
Imagination School’s first “official” album (although still self-released) was To The Level Of Light. The album received glowing reviews from the underground and progressive rock press.
To The Level of Light was followed by Treasure, a collection of tracks from the old tape albums and self-released E.P.s of the nineties and early noughties.
In 2011, Imagination School released The Savage Coast, an album that further developed the musical ideas in To The Level Of Light. Like its predecessors, The Savage Coast garnered high praise from progressive and experimental rock publications in the UK, Europe and the United States.
Much of Imagination School’s music is instrumental, with an emphasis on melody and atmosphere. Melancholy folk tunes permeate dark electronic soundscapes, and unusual sound sources and instruments are often employed – a sample of Dungeness nuclear power station was used in ‘Winter Constellations’, a track on the To The Level Of Light album.
