One eskimO 'All Balloons' album

‘Hometime’ is a moving account of innocence lost. Evoking haunting memories of Nick Drake, John Martyn & James Taylor, and coupled with a powerful production edge supplied by Rollo Armstrong (Dido & Faithless) and front man Kristian Leontiou, ‘Hometime’ is the debut single from One Eskimo. Taken from the forthcoming album “All Balloons” (scheduled for early 2008) ‘Hometime’ is to be released on Cyng Records, Monday 5th November.

Early July: West London’s Cobden Club saw the band’s debut outing, to a crowd of 100 spellbound fans. Late July: Second gig was at Hyde Parks 02 Festival. Early August, the band had all but sold out the Cobden Club with fans mesmerized by an astonishing performance. September: One Eskimo perform as special guests to Faithless London dates – 10th Brixton Academy & 11th at Shepherd Bush Empire, the band will continue their monthly residence at the Cobden Club on the 25th. Further dates will be announced shortly.

The accompanying animated video, painstakingly drawn by hand over a 4 months period, depicts a moving and unfortunately all too familiar scene of pollution taking its toll. However a magical twist casts an unexpected kind of salvation. The video currently in teaser form is doing its rounds on the Internet. The film can be found at MusicRemedy.

‘All Balloons’ a social commentary on the sense of being and the joyous wonder of being alive, is set to become one of the most magical and sweetest albums of 2008.

biography
the little eskimO wondered and wondered, in fact he spend most of the time wondering. when he wasn’t wondering he was playing with stories, and singing along to all the wonderful tunes that lived in his head. You see the eskimO loved nothing more than just to sing. now, every night shortly after the moon came out and gazed down he would collect his stories and songs and walk away from the village, pass the lake and towards the large snow hills. on arriving he would clamber onto his ark, and smile. home, the ark was the only place the little eskimO felt comfort and belonging. It was here sitting his beautiful ark that he would figure out how to join the stories with the songs that floated around in his head

through the still of the night the sounds would wander through across the lake, into the quite corners of the land. enchanted by the beautiful sound, three very curious animals decided to be brave and follow the noises. first to head towards where the sounds came from was a giraffe. the Giraffe, whose favourite thing in the whole world was to bang on stuff. so, not surprisingly that’s what he did, mostly from the moment he opened his eyes to the moment before he drifted away to sleep. the eskimO smiled at the giraffe as he joined in and added rhythm to the songs

next to join the party was a monkey. “I can play the bass and the horn,” shrieked the monkey. and, every note the monkey played was in perfect harmony with the little eskimO’s heart.

the eskimO, giraffe and monkey stopped paying as they listened to the most beautiful guitar sound that any of them had ever heard. looking out over the top of the ark they saw a penguin padding his way towards the art strumming his guitar.

the little eskimO was so excited, that he and three new friends all began to play music and sing along to his stories.

after much singing, banging, strumming the guitar and honking the horn, the four friends stopped, looked up at the sky, stared at the moon, and wondered what lay beyond the shimming stars that featured right on the tip of skyscape.

they decided that they would all head out and travel above the seas, pass the moon and the planets and venture out through the stars. they would travel together on the eskimO’s special ark. for this was no ordinary ark, this is a dream ark. and on this they could go anywhere they wished, all they needed to do was to play their music and follow their dreams.

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