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The music of BEE AND FLOWER (Berlin/NYC) envelops the listener into an intimate, luxurious and orchestrated world, filled with moody strings, piano, percussion, ghostly slide guitars, and lush female vocals. BEE AND FLOWER brings together elements of classically-arranged film-score soundtracks with well-crafted rock songwriting, creating a bold, unique and fluid style. Lyrically, the songs weave tales of the universal human experience: of hope and heartbreak, of love and living, and of isolation and oblivion.

Founded in 1999 in New York City by singer-songwriter, bassist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, Dana Schechter and keyboardist Roderick Miller, the core band relocated to Berlin, Germany, in 2004. Producer Toby Dammit also moved from NY>Berlin, and the three began work on BEE AND FLOWER's second album.

Made in Berlin, BEE AND FLOWER's second album, "Last Sight of Land", features a 25-piece string section, a whirlwind of grand pianos, vintage electronics, delicate melodic percussion, a mammoth ‘bass section’, keyboards, guitars, lap steels, and sweeping vocal choirs. Toby Dammit, the album’s Producer, who relocated to Berlin along with Dana and Rod, constructed the vision for the new album; Toby is an internationally-acclaimed drummer and classically trained symphonic percussionist. Many special guests joined the band for the recordings, and musicians and collaborators featured on BEE AND FLOWER's albums and in the live group include members of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Calexico, Keren Ann, Iggy Pop, Angels of Light, Stephan Eicher, Swans, and Bertrand Burgalat.

BEE AND FLOWER's debut CD “What’s Mine is Yours” (Neurot Recordings, 2003) brought lavish critical acclaim and press reviews (including the New Yorker, the Village Voice, and Time Out New York). The band composed two Original Feature Film Scores, toured in the US, and contributed to several compilation CD's. Their outrageous deluxe music video for the song “I Know Your Name” was filmed on 35mm film in Los Angeles, and features 3-D and 2-D computer animation by director Josh Graham.

Now re-located to Berlin, BEE AND FLOWER have begun touring regularly.
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"Last Sight of Land" RELEASE - MARCH 2007, tuition music: www.tuition-music.com

Discography/Releases:
• “Dust and Sparks/Wounded Walking” 7"
Morningrise Records, 2008
• “Last Sight of Land” CD
(tuition music ,TIN 01102), 2007
• “Various Artists Neurot Recordings I” Music Video / DVD
(Neurot Recordings,NR 032), 2004
• “What’s Mine Is Yours” full-length CD
(Neurot Recordings, NR 024) 2003
• ”This is Next Year—a Brooklyn-Based Compilation”
Compilation Track (Arena Rock Records, NY) 2001
• ”A Good Night To Die” Original Film Score
(2003, Starring Michael Rappaport, Deborah Harry)
• ”Dead Dogs Lie “ Original Film Score (2002)
• “D.I.Y. Or Die” Independent Film / Interview / Live Video Clip (2003)
• “Stretching the Song Form" Radio Feature,
WNYC FM 93.9 in NYC (NPR) (2003)

Band Members:

Dana Schechter: Vocals, Bass (Keren Ann, Bertrand Burgalat, Tarnation, Stephan Eicher, Angels of Light)
Roderick Miller: Keyboards (April March, Pulver, Richard Ruin)
Toby Dammit: Percussion (Iggy Pop, Stephan Eicher, Keren Ann, Swans)
Joni Heine: Bass, Guitar (Martin Gallop, Undersink Organizer)
Udo Masshoff: Drums (Ready Made)
Sibylle Zeh: Cello (Sinfonietta 92)
Martin Wenk: Percussion, Guitar, Trumpet (Calexico)
Alina Gropper, Rebecca Goh, Moritz Colitti, Johnathan Weigle: Additional Strings

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