Byla is an American

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duo, formed in

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in 2003 by

Colin Marston Colin Marston (born September 13, 1982) is an American record producer and musician residing in New York City. He graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music technology in 2004, and owns Menegroth The Thousand Cav ...

( Behold... The Arctopus, Dysrhythmia, et al.) and

Kevin Hufnagel Kevin Hufnagel is an American musician, based in NYC. He is known for his solo guitar works, for forming the progressive instrumental rock/metal band Dysrhythmia, and for being a member of Gorguts, Vaura, Sabbath Assembly, Veldune, and Byla. ...

(Dysrhythmia). They released their eponymous debut album in 2005. Byla creates predominantly

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music, although in 2007, they released an album as a collaboration with diverse vocalist

Jarboe Jarboe Devereaux, (born January 30) known mononymously as Jarboe (), is an American singer and musician who came to prominence as a member of the New York City experimental rock band Swans in 1985. Jarboe and Michael Gira, the founder of Swans ...

(

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). They also recorded an instrumental

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track—over 18 minutes in length—based on source material composed by

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musician

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, which was released on a 5-disc

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along with other remixes by artists such as

Bass Communion Bass Communion is a solo project of English musician Steven Wilson, best known for his lead role in the rock band Porcupine Tree. Records released under the name Bass Communion are in an ambient or electronic vein—lengthy, drone-heavy compo ...

and

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Studio albums

*'' Byla'' (2005) *''

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'' (2007) (collaboration with Jarboe)

Appears on

- ''Once We All Walk Through Solid Objects'' (2007) *

- ''The Cut Of The Warrior'' (2018)

External links

Official MySpace pageByla at the Encyclopaedia Metallum.
American experimental musical groups American ambient music groups Musical groups established in 2004 Musical groups from Brooklyn {{US-experimental-band-stub