From Emanuel and the Fear's 2011 EP "Hands".
www.emanuelandthefear.com

Vampires

It comes with good reason that New York City based orchestral-rock band, Emanuel and the Fear, bestowed the name upon themselves. After all, the definition of courage is standing up to fear itself, and stand up the 11 of them do, despite the obvious obstacles of playing small stages and the logistics of touring. Through intelligent and complex composition and a penchant for melodic pop, Emanuel and the Fear creates extravagant and climatic electro/orchestral arrangements which ebb and flow around honest and poetic lyrics, delivering a grandeur audible experience relatable to anyone who not only appreciates music, but has ever listened. 

With influences that swing as far off as Beethoven, Rachmanicoff and Glass and all the way back to their peers such as Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, Daft Punk, and Sufjan Stevens, Emanuel and the Fear exploits its relentless talent and eclectic adaptability in a culmination of epic and theatrical proportions with its new album. Emanuel and the Fear has sequestered themselves for the better part of 2009 to record and build into its first full length master-piece titled 'Listen' at Ishlab Music Studios (Jet, Kudu and Dead Perez), due for release with Paper Garden Records on March 9, 2010. The album was mixed by Patrick Dillett (David Byrne, They Might Be Giants, Mary J Blige) and Mastered by Doug Van Sloun at Focus Mastering (Bright Eyes, Cursive, The Faint, Tokyo Police Club). 

Selling out some of NYC's most well-known venues, headlining several shows at North America's best music festivals, and gearing up for a full European tour in April, Emanuel and the Fear has gained critical acclaim from the likes of Flavorpill, NME, Fearless Music, RCRD LBL, The L Magazine, and Deli Magazine to name a few. Emanuel and the Fear is one band that will be hard to keep your eyes and ears away from... Listen

The Introduction

Dear Friend

Emanuel and the Fear - 'Dear Friend'

The Spell was written as a part of my Songs Written In A Day Study.  I wrote and recorded it together with Dave Nelson at his studio in The Hudson Valley.  The entire process including writing, tracking, mixing, and mastering took about two days total! 

All Words and Music written by Emanuel Ayvas and Dave Nelson
Guitar, Bass, Singing, Piano, Synth played by Emanuel Ayvas
Trombone, Drums, Synth played by Dave Nelson
Tracked by Dave Nelson 
Mixed and Mastered by Dave Nelson

The Spell

The Brooklyn based 11 piece 'indie-orchestra' Emanuel And The Fear, blazing from their fantastic SxSW performance are priming their instruments again right now to play debut UK shows next week. In support of their first album 'Listen' out here through Paper Garden Records on April 5th. As described by the Guardian.co.uk "Imagine (take a deep breath) Godspeed You! Black Emperor playing the jaunty piano pop of Ben Folds Five, or Arcade Fire letting loose on a set of They Might Be Giants songs." and you're almost there... "enough orchestral synthesis to make ELO blush' helps too.. 'brilliant stuff'! from Jon Hillcock on NME Radio. But the live experience is the only real way forward in grasping this sound of epic proportions. 

Come, hear them play and marvel at how 11 people plus instruments fit on these, their first small stages in Britain (before they move onto slightly more roomy ones).

Tuesday March 30 - London, Camden Barfly
Wednesday March 31 - Hull, New Adelphi
Thursday April 1 - Middlesborough, Westgarth
Friday April 2 - Bradford, Playhouse
Saturday April 3 - Guildford, The Boileroom
Sunday April 4 - Manchester, Dulcimer

With influences from Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Glass, to their peers such as Arcade Fire, Daft Punk, and Sufjan Stevens, the orchestral indie-rock band, Emanuel And The Fear, create extravagant and climactic, intelligent and complex arrangements, all grounded with their strong penchant for melodic pop.The self-titled EP released last Spring, triggered much acclaim, so now, armed with their debut 19-song album of epic proportions, Emanuel And The Fear is raising the bar again with 'Listen'.
 
From New York City, the eleven classically trained musicians led by Emanuel Ayvas have sold out venues, attracting fans such as David Byrne along the way and performed at several North American festivals since their inception just a year ago. 'Listen' was recorded for a large part of 2009 at Ishlab Music Studios (Jet, Kudu, Dead Perez). The album was mixed by Patrick Dillett (David Byrne, They Might Be Giants, Mary J Blige) and mastered by Doug Van Sloun at Focus Mastering (Bright Eyes, Cursive, The Faint, Tokyo Police Club).


'Dear Friend' - Emanuel And The Fear

The Janus Mirror

Samuel

It comes with good reason that New York City based orchestral-rock band, Emanuel and the Fear, bestowed the name upon themselves. After all, the definition of courage is standing up to fear itself, and stand up the 11 of them do, despite the obvious obstacles of playing small stages and the logistics of touring. Through intelligent and complex composition and a penchant for melodic pop, Emanuel and the Fear creates extravagant and climatic electro/orchestral arrangements which ebb and flow around honest and poetic lyrics, delivering a grandeur audible experience relatable to anyone who not only appreciates music, but has ever listened.

With influences that swing as far off as Beethoven, Rachmanicoff and Glass and all the way back to their peers such as Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, Daft Punk, and Sufjan Stevens, Emanuel and the Fear exploits its relentless talent and eclectic adaptability in a culmination of epic and theatrical proportions with its new album. Emanuel and the Fear has sequestered themselves for the better part of 2009 to record and build into its first full length master-piece titled 'Listen' at Ishlab Music Studios (Jet, Kudu and Dead Perez), due for release with Paper Garden Records on March 9, 2010. The album was mixed by Patrick Dillett (David Byrne, They Might Be Giants, Mary J Blige) and Mastered by Doug Van Sloun at Focus Mastering (Bright Eyes, Cursive, The Faint, Tokyo Police Club).

Selling out some of NYC's most well-known venues, headlining several shows at North America's best music festivals, and gearing up for a full European tour in April, Emanuel and the Fear has gained critical acclaim from the likes of Flavorpill, NME, Fearless Music, RCRD LBL, The L Magazine, and Deli Magazine to name a few. Emanuel and the Fear is one band that will be hard to keep your eyes and ears away from... Listen

The Finale

Emanuel and the Fear - The Finale

produced and written by me <3
(not mastered)

the creek and the stream

Fly Away

The Rain Becomes The Clouds

Emanuel and the Fear - The Rain Becomes The Clouds

Emanuel Ayvas is the frontman and principle songwriter for the Brooklyn group Emanuel and the Fear.  He also co-leads the band Pale Ramon, and the group Ayvas and Baller.
Ayvas also composes music for Film/TV/Theater and founded/runs The Listener School of Music in NYC.

The Spell

Emanuel Ayvas

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