Lymbyc Systym
{{Short description|American instrumental band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| image = LymbycSystym.jpg
| name = Lymbyc Systym
| background = group_or_band
| origin = Tempe, Arizona, United States
| genre = Instrumental rock, electronic, ambient, post-rock, synthwave
| years_active = 2001–present
| current_members = Jared Bell
| past_members = Mike Bell (deceased)
| label = Western Vinyl, Magic Bullet, Mush, Hobbledehoy, & (Japan)
}}
Lymbyc Systym is an American instrumental band from Tempe, Arizona, which formed in 2001, consisting of the brothers Jared and Michael Bell.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lymbyc-systym-p862195 |title=Lymbyc Systym Biography |last=Hopkin |first=Kenyon |website=AllMusic|accessdate=May 10, 2011}} The band's sound combines elements of instrumental rock and electronic music. Lymbyc Systym has toured with Broken Social Scene, the Books, Crystal Castles, the Album Leaf, Her Space Holiday, Buckethead, This Will Destroy You, Foxing and the One AM Radio. The duo have released records with Mush Records, Magic Bullet Records, Hobbledehoy Record Co, Western Vinyl and & Records (Japan). Michael Bell died on November 10, 2016, under undisclosed circumstances, leaving the future of Lymbyc Systym uncertain.{{Cite web |url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/mike-bell-co-founder-of-lymbyc-systym-has-died-8837457 |title=Mike Bell, Co-Founder of Lymbyc Systym, Has Died |first=Mandi |last=Kimes |date=November 18, 2016 |newspaper=Phoenix New Times |accessdate=2022-12-06}}
Background
Jared Bell says the intentional misspelling of the Limbic System was to own it, lamenting comparisons to Lynyrd Skynyrd. For much of the recording of the 2012 album, Symbolyst, the brothers were not in the same state. "Our first full length when we lived in the same house in south Scottsdale, we were treating it like a job and we literally worked on it every day until it was done," Michael Bell explained. "After that, it morphed into a process of exchanging ideas online... Even when we lived in New York, we never met up until the end. We worked on stuff separately and exchanged ideas [online]."{{Cite news |url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/lymbyc-systym-post-rockers-return-to-phoenix-with-new-album-6591864 |title=Lymbyc Systym: Post-Rockers Return to Phoenix with New Album |first=Troy |last=Farah |date=September 18, 2012 |newspaper=Phoenix New Times|accessdate=2020-03-19}}
Discography
Albums
- Love Your Abuser (2007)
- Shutter Release (2009)
- Symbolyst (2012)
- Split Stones (2015)
EPs
- Live Kin (2003)
- Carved by Glaciers (2005)
- Field Studies (2009) - split EP with This Will Destroy You
- New Varieties (2016)
Compilations and remixes
- "Bubonic Tonic" (Lotus remix) on Copy/Paste/Repeat (2007)
- "Truth Skull" (live radio performance) on WUAG Presents: Wooden Anniversary (2008)
- Love Your Abuser Remixed (2008)
- "What Time Is It Now" (The Consulate General remix) on What Time Is It Now EP (2010)
- "The Architekt" (Arms and Sleepers remix) on Matador Remixed (2010)
- Remixes & Miscellaneous (2013)
- XPLAYMIX 21 | 2015 (2015)
- "Paraboloid" (Evenings remix) (2016)
References
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External links
- [http://westernvinyl.com/artists/lymbycsystym.html Western Vinyl Artist Page]
- [http://www.mushrecords.com/artist/LymbycSystym.php Mush Records Artist Page]
- Touring History - [https://web.archive.org/web/20080406075736/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/38834-the-album-leaf-tours-with-dirty-on-purpose Pitchfork], [https://web.archive.org/web/20080621201925/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/43644-montag-tours-iplacesi-with-yacht-au-revoir-simone Pitchfork], [http://prod1.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=63047557 CMJ], [https://www.spin.com/2007/08/one-am-radio-rises-higher-mercury/ Spin.com]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080517045036/http://rcrdlbl.com/2008/04/11/exclusive_download_lymbyc_systym_love_your_abuser_remixed_and_spring_tour SEEN: Download Lymbyc Systym]
- [http://www.tokafi.com/15questions/interview-lymbyc-systym/ Interview with Lymbyc Systym]
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Category:American post-rock groups
Category:American electronic music duos
Category:Musical groups from Tempe, Arizona
Category:Musical groups established in 2001