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Rachel's
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Rachel's were an American chamber music group that

formed in Louisville, Kentucky in 1991. Former Rodan
guitarist Jason Noble played music individually and
referred to himself as Rachel's but then began
collaborating with core members, violist Christian
Frederickson, and pianist Rachel Grimes. The group's
work was strongly influenced by classical music,
particularly inspired by the minimalist music of the late
20th century, and its compositions reflect this. While
the trio formed the core part of the band, the group's
recordings and performances featured a varying
ensemble of musicians, who played a range of string
instruments (including viola and cello) in combination
with piano, guitars, electric bass guitar, and a drum set
that included a large orchestral bass drum. A key
influence on the music of Rachel's was the music of the
English composer Michael Nyman, whose music the
group's work resembles in both instrumentation and
compositional style.
A profile of the band is included in the book SecondHand Stories: 15 Portraits of Louisville by Michael
L. Jones.
On August 4, 2012 band member Jason Noble died of
cancer.[1]

Contents
1 Discography

Rachel's

Background information
Origin

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Genres

Instrumental, post-rock, minimalism,

chamber music

Years
active

19912012

Labels

Quarterstick

Associated Rodan
acts
Website

Official site
(http://www.rachelsband.com/tourdates.html)

Members Christian Frederickson

Edward Grimes
Rachel Grimes
Greg King
Eve Miller
Jason Noble (Deceased)
Past
members

2 Band members
3 Contemporary usage
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
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Discography
Handwriting (1995, Quarterstick Records)
Music for Egon Schiele (1996, Quarterstick)
The Sea and the Bells (1996, Quarterstick)
Selenography (1999, Quarterstick)
Full On Night Split disc with Matmos (2000, Quarterstick)
Significant Others (2002, Tour-only CD available at ATP)
Systems/Layers (2003, Quarterstick)
Technology Is Killing Music EP (2005, Three Lobed Recordings)

Band members
Christian Frederickson viola
Edward Grimes percussion
Rachel Grimes piano, organ
Greg King keyboards
Eve Miller cello
Jason Noble guitar, bass (Deceased)

Contemporary usage
Rachel's song "Water from the Same Source" was featured in the movie Hancock, although it did not appear on the
official soundtrack. Also it was used in the Italian film The Great Beauty. Furthermore, "Water from the Same
Source" was featured in Kirby Ferguson's 4th installment of his "Everything is a Remix" series. Their song
"Even/odd" was used in Reha Erdem's film Kosmos. "Lloyd's Register" from the album "The Sea and the Bells"
made it to the French movie Une liaison pornographique. Their song "An Evening Of Long Goodbyes" provided
the inspiration for the title of Paul Murray's novel of that name.

See also
List of post-rock bands

References
1. "Musician Jason Noble Dies | WFPL". Web.archive.org. 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2015-12-31.

External links
Rachel's official site (http://www.rachelsband.com/)
Rachel's entry (http://www.gepr.net/ra.html#RACHELS) at Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock
(http://www.gepr.net/)
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