Paradise Found (band)

Paradise Found is an acoustic/electronic band from Reading, UK. They record under the label Dancing Turtle Records. Their first self-titled album was a combination of warm repetitive guitar loops with occasional vocals. Their music is a BLEND that borrows from the likes of Boards of Canada and Steve Reich to create a minimalist hypnotic sound.

Paradise Found are currently recording their second album with Tears for Fears producer and Adam and the Ants drummer Chris Hughes, set to be released in 2009.

History

Paradise Found started out as a band formed by J. Ellis and T. Smith to play ambient music for friends at the "Pans Garden parties" held around Wiltshire, UK. Their philosophy was that people could have a good time while listening to calm music. They performed looped guitar and vocal-based songs with repeating simple melodies, the effect being a type of hypnosis similar to that of trance music.

From 2007 bassist/guitarist T. Ferreira brought some more depth to the sound of Paradise Found with simple bass loops and additional rhythm guitar.