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Joe Volk is an English musician and songwriter from
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now based in
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, Switzerland. He was lyricist and singer with the bands Gonga and
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, and is a solo recording artist.


Solo

As a solo artist, Volk was first signed to Invada Records and released his debut album ''Derwent Waters Saint'' in 2006. The album was recorded, engineered and produced by
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, guitarist with the band Portishead. In December 2012, Volk released a split 12" EP on Invada Records with the experimental Japanese band Boris. In 2015, Volk signed to
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and released his second solo album ''Happenings and Killings'' in February 2016. The album was produced by Volk, with additional production and orchestration by
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-nominated composer Ben Salisbury along with
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. To support ''Happenings and Killings'', Volk toured Germany in early 2017 with a new live band he formed with drummer Thys Bucher and bassist Jürg Schmidhauser. Together the three musicians wrote new material for his third album ''Primitive Energetics'', released in April 2020 under the name Joe Volk + Naiare.


Bands

He was first signed to Invada Records in 2003 as the singer with extreme hard rock band Gonga. Volk left the band in 2007 after writing and releasing two albums. Volk was the original singer and lyricist in Crippled Black Phoenix, a band founded by Justin Greaves in 2004. He left the band in 2012 after releasing five studio albums, one live album and one EP with the band.


Discography


Albums


Extended plays


Official videos

* "Call to Sun" (2012) * "Soliloquy" (2015) * "These Feathers Count" (2016) * "Whitesheet" (2020)


With Gonga

* ''Gonga'' (2003) * ''II: Transmigration'' (2008)


With Crippled Black Phoenix

* ''Sharks & Storms / Blizzard of Horned Cats'' (2006) * ''A Love of Shared Disasters'' (2007) * ''The Resurrectionists'' (2009) * ''Night Raider'' (2009) * ''I, Vigilante'' (2010) * ''(Mankind) The Crafty Ape'' (2012) * ''Poznan 2011 A.D.'' (2012)


Other

Volk is the great-grandson of electrical engineer and inventor Magnus Volk.


See also

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List of bands from Bristol This is a list of notable music groups, musicians and singers from, and associated with, the English city of Bristol and its surrounding areas (including North Somerset, Bath & North East Somerset, Western Wiltshire, and South Gloucestershire) ...
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References


External links


Official Joe Volk website

Official Glitterhouse Records website
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Volk, Joe English folk musicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Glitterhouse Records artists Musicians from Bristol Invada Records artists