Swimming With Dolphins (band)

Swimming With Dolphins
Genres Electronica, synthpop, indietronica
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • synthesizer
  • guitar
Years active 2008-present
Labels Tooth & Nail
Associated acts Owl City, Breanne Düren, Lights
Members
Past members Adam Young

Swimming With Dolphins is an American electronica band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Austin Tofte and Owl City frontman Adam Young formed the band in 2008, later featuring vocals from Breanne Düren.[1][2][3][4] The name of the band was derived, according to Tofte, from "some old Jacques Cousteau documentaries from the 80s".[5] Though Young was never the front man or lead singer, he performed synths and programming for the act. He also served as the producer of the group.

For the act, Tofte and Young created trademark outfits. Tofte took on the appearance of a submariner wearing a classic scuba suit and Young donned a pilot's mask (which would later become Sky Sailing's trademark look).[6]

History

Ambient Blue EP (2008)

The band made its debut with the release of their 2008 EP, Ambient Blue.[7][8][9] In addition to the main release, the band also put out a cover version of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" as B-sides single to the EP.[10] The song "Silhouettes", off the release, featured Breanne Düren, who then proceeded to join Owl City's live band shortly after being introduced to Young through Tofte.[11] Later that same year, Tofte, along with Düren, provided Young with backing vocals for a few songs on his debut Owl City album, Maybe I'm Dreaming.

Young's departure and Water Colors (2008-2011)

Young departed the band in late 2008 as Owl City's popularity began to increase. Alone, Tofte signed Swimming With Dolphins on to Tooth & Nail Records in mid-2010.[6][12] About a year later, Tofte released Swimming With Dolphin's first full-length album Water Colours under Tooth & Nail in 2011.[13][14][15] On August 5, 2011, Swimming With Dolphins uploaded the official music video for the first single off the record, "Sleep To Dream", via YouTube.[16]

After Young's departure, Tofte was joined by Sarah Beintker and Torrie James as part of his live band.[17] Beinker contributed her vocals to the songs "Holiday" and "Sleep To Dream" off Water Colours. The release also featured the artists Sunsun and Mod Sun (Derek Smith, formerly of Four Letter Lie).

Single Releases and Catharsis (2012-present)

Since 2011, Austin Tofte has released a few singles independently under Swimming With Dolphins and had a successful Indiegogo campaign to fund the project's upcoming album, Catharsis.[18][19][20][21] In September 2013, Tofte did an interview with Chris Herlihy's weekly syndicated radio show and talked about the release.[22] Also in September, Swimming With Dolphins released a preview of the new album in the form of a single instrumental track, entitled "Tromsø", via SoundCloud.[23] Swimming With Dolphins also posted a video for "Tromsø" via Vimeo around the same time.[24]

Tofte has not set a release date of yet.[25] According to Tofte, the album is very near completion.[26] On August 21, Tofte stated that the track listing for the album would be revealed shortly.[27] On August 29, Tofte released the raw rough draft of the track listing for the album as well as the cover art for a single entitled "Summer Skin", which is to be on the album.[28][29][30] On September 23, "Summer Skin" was released to Swimming With Dolphins' SoundCloud.[31] On December 18, Tofte announced that a big update on Catharsis was to be released soon.[32] On May 1, 2015, Tofte revaled the album art for Catharsis as well as its release date of August 8, 2015.[33]

Besides Swimming With Dolphins, Tofte was also a member of Owl City's live touring band in 2008.

Swimming With Dolphins Releases

Studio albums
EPs
Singles
Unreleased

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming With Dolphins on MySpace". MySpace. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Swimming With Dolphins on PureVolume". PureVolume. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Swimming With Dolphins on SoundCloud". SoundCloud. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Swimming With Dolphins on Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  5. ↑ "An Evening with Austin Tofte - Swimming With Dolphins". Tumblr. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Tooth & Nail signs Swimming With Dolphins". Thechristianrock20.com. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Ambient Blue on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Ambient Blue on Amazon.com". Amazon.com. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Ambient Blue EP review on Jesusfreakhideout.com". Jesusfreakhideout.com. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Swimming With Dolphins' cover of "Fast Car" on SoundCloud". SoundCloud. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Interview: An Exclusive Indoor-Picnic Date With Breanne Düren". Coupdemainmagazine.com. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Swimming With Dolphins signs on to Tooth & Nail". Under The Gun Review. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Water Colours on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Water Colours on Amazon.com". Amazon.com. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Water Colours review on Jesusfreakhideout.com". Jesusfreakhideout.com. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  16. ↑ ""Sleep To Dream" Official Music Video". YouTube. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Swimming With Dolphins bio on Jesusfreakhideout.com". Jesusfreakhideout.com. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Swimming With Dolphins Launch IndieGoGo Campaign For Catharsis". Jesusfreakhideout.com. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Swimming With Dolphins: Catharsis kickstarter". Indiegogo.com. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Blue Freedom interview with Austin Tofte about Catharsis". Bluefreedomblog.org. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Austin Tofte announces the kickstarter was a success". Facebook. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Austin Tofte (Swimming With Dolphins) on Chris Herlihy". YouTube. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  23. ↑ ""Tromsø" on SoundCloud". SoundCloud. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  24. ↑ ""Tromsø" video on Vimeo". Vimeo. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  25. ↑ "Swimming With Dolphins To Release New Album". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Austin Tofte on Catharsis production". Facebook. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  27. ↑ "Austin Tofte on Catharsis track listing". Facebook. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  28. ↑ "Tentative track listing for Catharsis on Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  29. ↑ "New activity on Catharsis". Indiegogo.com. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  30. ↑ ""Summer Skin" cover art released". Twitter. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  31. ↑ ""Summer Skin" on SoundCloud". SoundCloud. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  32. ↑ "Hello everyone! A big Christmas update is in the works regarding #Catharsis but in the meantime...". Facebook. December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  33. ↑ "As promised: Catharsis, 8.4.15". Facebook. May 1, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2014.

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