People of the North

The story

Started by Kid Millions and Bobby Matador of Oneida, People of the North is an ongoing but sporadic outgrowth of that restlessly experimental Brooklyn assemblage. While there are no clearly defined boundaries separating POTn from Oneida, it might be fair to say that the music tends to be more staunchly devoted to minimalism, repetition, improvisation, and sternness than the wide-ranging efforts of the big brother band. They packaged and unleashed a noisy krautrock behemoth of a jam session in the form of Deep Tissue.

From Last.fm, written by its listeners.

Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

Watch

Tap the heart on the board while a song plays and it lands here. Listeners who keep their listening private are counted, never named.

Records

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Members

• John Colpitts
• Bobby Matador

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with People of the North in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with People of the North in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like People of the North

• Eternal TapestryLast.fm listeners
• Carlton MeltonLast.fm listeners
• Daughters of the SunLast.fm listeners
• RangdaLast.fm listeners
• SungodLast.fm listeners
• VermaLast.fm listeners
• RhytonLast.fm listeners
• MugstarLast.fm listeners
• Current 93same scene: drone
• Coilsame scene: drone
• Brian Enosame scene: drone
• Merzbowsame scene: drone

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of People of the North’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.