A Dead Forest Index Explained

Origin:	Melbourne, Australia
Years Active:	2008 - current
Current Members:	Adam Sherry, Sam Sherry
Associated Acts:	Unmoor Kiva, Savages
Label:	Denovali, Pop Noire, Sargent House

A Dead Forest Index is a musical project formed by brothers Adam Sherry and Sam Sherry in 2008 in Melbourne, Australia.^[1]

History

Adam and Sam Sherry are originally from New Zealand, writing and performing as a minimalist two-piece, based between Melbourne and London.

In 2012, A Dead Forest Index released an EP entitled Antique with Denovali Records^[2] and in 2013 the duo were invited to support the band Savages on a UK tour.^[3] Following on from supporting Savages, having caught the attention of Savages’ singer and Pop Noire label co- founder Jehnny Beth, the duo released the EP Cast of Lines with the label Pop Noire in 2014.^[4]

The duo released their debut album In All That Drifts from Summit Down with US label Sargent House in 2016 and were invited to support Chelsea Wolfe on a tour of North America.^{[5] [6]}

In 2016, Gemma Thompson, guitarist of the band Savages married Sam Sherry and features on the single Myth Retraced.^[7]

In 2017, A Dead Forest Index were invited to collaborate with the Italian dance company Dewey Dell to compose a choral composition inspired by the Sardinian Cantu a tenores.^[8] The composition Deriva Traversa was premiered at festivals Danza Urbana in Bologna and Città delle 100 Scale Festival in Matera.^[9]

Other projects

In 2015, A Dead Forest Index collaborated with the band Savages when they were invited to write and perform together as an ensemble alongside choreographer/dance artist Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome for Doug Aitken’s Station to Station Festival at the Barbican.^[10] The performance of the piece In What I’m Seeing: The Sun was recorded live onto vinyl.^[11]

In 2018, Adam and Sam Sherry formed the trio Unmoor Kiva with Savages’ guitarist Gemma Thompson.^[3]

Members

Adam Sherry - vocals, guitar

Sam Sherry - vocals, percussion

Discography

Year	Title	Format	Label
2012	Antique	EP	Denovali
2014	Cast of Lines	EP	Pop Noire
2016	No Paths	Single	Sargent House
2016	Myth Retraced	Single	Sargent House
2016	In All That Drifts from Summit Down	Album	Sargent House

Collaborative albums

In What I'm Seeing; The Sun (2015) (with Savages)

References

1. Web site: 2016-03-23. New music to listen to this week: A Dead Forest Index team up with Savages' Gemma Thompson. https://web.archive.org/web/20160323152351/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/savages-guitarist-gemma-thompson-new-music-to-listen-to-this-week-a-dead-forest-index-a6946881.html . 2016-03-23 . limited . live. 2020-06-07. The Independent. en.
2. Web site: A DEAD FOREST INDEX - ANTIQUE [CD{{!}}10'{{!}}DIGITAL]]. 2020-06-07. www.denovali.com.
3. Web site: eat your own ears and cool brother present: unmoor kiva. 2020-06-07. coolbrother. en.
4. Web site: Subscribe. A Dead Forest Index stream 'Cast Of Lines' EP in full. 2020-06-07. diymag.com. 2 June 2014 . en.
5. Web site: Ruiz. Matthew Ismael. Flavorwire Premiere: A Dead Forest Index's "In All That Drifts From Summit Down". 2020-06-07. Flavorwire. en.
6. Web site: Andrew Sacher. Chelsea Wolfe announces new 7" & tour with A Dead Forest Index (dates, stream). 2020-06-07. BrooklynVegan. en.
7. Web site: Terich. Jeff. 2016-04-29. A Dead Forest Index : In All That Drifts From Summit Down. 2020-06-07. Treble. en-US.
8. Web site: Deriva Traversa. 2020-06-07. it-IT.
9. Web site: A Matera la sperimentazione di Dewey Dell & A Dead Forest Index - Città delle 100 scale festival. 2020-06-07. archivio.cittacentoscale.it.
10. Web site: Subscribe. "It's very experimental" - Savages detail plans for live performances at London's Barbican. 2020-06-07. diymag.com. 22 July 2015 . en.
11. Web site: Savages - In What I'm Seeing;The Sun. 2020-06-07. The Vinyl Factory. en-US.