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Black Spirituals

Experimental & noise band from Oakland · formed 2009

Black Spirituals is a duo formed in 2009 by percussionist Marshall Trammell and electronic musician Zachary James Watkins. The group blends acoustic percussion with electronic technology to create improvisational performances.

Automated summary by BandSlate from the band's website, Bandcamp and Last.fm.

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Black Spirituals photo
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Shows on record
30
Rooms played
30
Cities
30
Releases
9
Last show
Feb 23, 2016Club 66

About

Black Spirituals is a band from Oakland, formed in 2009, tagged Blackwave, drone, experimental by its sources. Shows on record run from 2014 to 2016, across 30 rooms in 30 cities.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

30 on record · Songkick
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Shows per year

  1. 20142 shows
  2. 201526 shows
  3. 20162 shows
Show history
DateVenue
Feb 23, 2016Club 66 · AshlandSupportwith Sumac, Endon
Feb 19, 2016Biltmore Cabaret · VancouverSupportwith Sumac, Endon, Molten Lava
Feb 25, 2015Wilde Westen · KortrijkSupportwith Earth
Feb 23, 2015The Cluny · Newcastle Upon TyneSupportwith Earth
Feb 22, 2015Brudenell Social Club · LeedsSupportwith Earth
Feb 20, 2015Islington Assembly Hall · LondonSupportwith Earth, Don McGreevy & Rogier Small Duo
Feb 18, 2015VERA · GroningenSupportwith Earth, Don McGreevy & Rogier Smal Duo
Feb 17, 2015FZW · DortmundSupportwith Earth
Feb 15, 2015Copenhagen Jazzhouse · CopenhagenSupportwith Earth
Feb 14, 2015VoxHall · AarhusSupportwith Earth, Don McGreevy & Rogier Smal Duo
Feb 13, 2015Truckstop Alaska · GothenburgSupportwith Earth
Feb 12, 2015Vulkan Arena · OsloSupportwith Earth
Feb 11, 2015Debaser Strand · StockholmSupportwith Earth
Feb 8, 2015Volksbühne · BerlinSupportwith Earth
Feb 7, 2015Club Manufaktur · SchorndorfSupportwith Earth
Feb 6, 2015Künstlerhaus im KunstkulturQuartier (K4) · NurembergSupportwith Earth
Feb 4, 2015A38 Ship / A38 Hajó · BudapestSupportwith Earth
Feb 3, 2015Klub Močvara · ZagrebSupportwith Earth
Feb 2, 2015Arena Wien · ViennaSupportwith Earth
Feb 1, 2015Kino Šiška (Centre for Urban Culture) · LjubljanaSupportwith Earth
Jan 31, 2015Orpheum Extra · GrazSupportwith Earth
Jan 30, 2015Freakout Club · BolognaSupportwith Earth
Jan 29, 2015Init Roma · RomeSupportwith Earth
Jan 28, 2015Lo-Fi · MilanSupportwith Earth
Jan 25, 2015Dachstock, Reitschule · BernSupportwith Earth
Jan 24, 2015L'Épicerie Moderne · LyonSupportwith Earth
Jan 23, 2015La Maroquinerie · ParisSupportwith Earth, Don McGreevy & Rogier Smal Duo
Jan 22, 2015OCCII · AmsterdamSupportwith Earth
Aug 30, 2014Disjecta · PortlandHeadlinerwith Mamiffer, Jessika Kenney
Aug 28, 2014Chapel Performance Space, Good Shepherd Center · SeattleHeadlinerwith Mamiffer, Jessika Kenney

Where they play

30 rooms in 30 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • Aarhus1 show
  • Amsterdam1 show
  • Ashland1 show
  • Berlin1 show
  • Bern1 show

and 25 other cities

Live history

30 shows on record
Shows counted
30
First on record
Aug 2014
Latest on record
Feb 2016

Shows per year

  1. 20142
  2. 201526
  3. 20162

Top rooms

  • Club 66, Ashland · 1
  • Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver · 1
  • Wilde Westen, Kortrijk · 1
  • The Cluny, Newcastle Upon Tyne · 1
  • Brudenell Social Club, Leeds · 1

Top cities

  • Nuremberg · 1
  • Vienna · 1
  • Zagreb · 1
  • Milan · 1
  • Paris · 1

Often on the bill with: Earth, Endon, Mamiffer, SUMAC

Counted from the shows BandSlate holds; missing shows are not counted.

Releases

9 releases, 2013–2018

  • Black Access / Black Axes

    2018

  • Rogue Pulse / Gravity Collapse

    2017

  • Black Tape

    2016 · Album

  • Black Treatment

    2016

  • Below The Radar 24

    2016

  • Black Interiors

    2015 · Album

  • High Vibration Resonance Vol.1 - Live At Disjecta

    2015

  • Of Deconstruction

    2014 · Album

  • Black Listening

    2013

Lineup

  • Marshall Trammell
  • Zachary James Watkins

Airplay

No airplay on record.

Lineup history

2 members on record
  • Marshall Trammelltenure unknown
  • Zachary James Watkinstenure unknown

Years come from public music databases. Where none says a member left, the end is shown as unknown; it does not mean they are still in the band.

Members also play in: Watkins & Peacock (via Zachary James Watkins)

Shares members with: Forward Energy (via Marshall Trammell), Group Three (via Zachary James Watkins), Marshall Trammell / Rob Magill Duo (via Marshall Trammell), Pink Canoes (via Zachary James Watkins)

Photos, art and posters

Black Spirituals — Club 66, 2016-02-23
Poster · Club 66, 2016-02-23 — Songkick
Black Spirituals — Wilde Westen, 2015-02-25
Poster · Wilde Westen, 2015-02-25 — Songkick
Black Spirituals — Disjecta, 2014-08-30
Poster · Disjecta, 2014-08-30 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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What each source supplied
SourceUsed for
MusicBrainzArtist facts
Black Spirituals on Last.fmArtist facts
Black Spirituals on DiscogsArtist facts
SongkickShow history, Show posters
DiscogsCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fmCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.