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{{Infobox musical artist
[[File:Wftd live.jpg|thumbnail|Windsor for the Derby, Paris, FR 2008. From L to R: Dan Matz, Jason McNeely, Charlie Hall, Alan Schaefer]]
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| origin = [[Tampa, Florida]]
| genre = [[Indie rock]], [[post-rock]], [[Folk music|folk]], [[Ambient music|ambient]], [[experimental rock]]
| years_active = {{start date|1995}}–present
| label = [[Secretly Canadian]], Aesthetics, [[Young God Records]], [[Trance Syndicate]]
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| current_members =
* Jason McNeely
* Dan Matz
* Greg Anderson
* [[Adam Wiltzie]]
* Karl Bauer
* Charlie Hall
| past_members =
* Christian Goyer
* Tim White
* Ben Cissner
* Alan Schaefer
* Gianmarco Cilli
* [[Adam Granduciel]]
* Cliff White
* Erik O'Brian
}}


'''Windsor for the Derby''' are an American [[post-rock]] band formed in [[Tampa, Florida]], in 1995 and currently based in [[Austin, Texas]]. Since their formation, the group has released many albums through labels such as [[Trance Syndicate]], [[Young God Records]], and most recently on [[Secretly Canadian]],<ref name="allmusic bio">{{cite web|last1=Ankeny|first1=Jason|title=Windsor for the Derby - Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/windsor-for-the-derby-mn0000573539/biography|website=Allmusic|accessdate=19 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Wire - Southern Death Cult">{{cite news|last1=Shapiro|first1=Peter|title=Southern Death Cult|url=http://www.exacteditions.com/browsePages.do?issue=35234&size=3&pageLabel=48|accessdate=19 August 2015|work=The Wire {{Subscription required}}|issue=165|date=November 1997|page=48}}</ref> and has maintained a revolving door line-up, with founding members Dan Matz and Jason McNeely acting as the band's core.<ref name="Siber">{{cite web|last1=n/a|title=Windsor for the Derby interview by e-mail January 2001|url=http://www.silbermedia.com/qrd/archives/20wftd.html|website=sibermedia.com|publisher=Siber Media}}</ref>
'''Windsor for the Derby''' originally formed in [[Tampa, Florida]], in 1995. Shortly thereafter, the band moved to [[Austin, Texas]], where they would soon find a home on [[King Coffey]]'s (of the [[Butthole Surfers]]) [[Trance Syndicate]]. Its founding members were Dan Matz, Jason McNeely, and Greg Anderson. Their original live performances were conducted under various names and sometimes under no name at all. Those shows were often instrumental with a mix of blistering guitars and synths accompanied by Anderson's krautrock-inspired drumming. Interestingly, the band had no bass player until much later in their career. WFTD was an odd mix to the Trance lineup which, up to that point, included more raucous psychedelic bands such as Crust and Ed Hall. They did play frequently with like-minded label mates [[Bedhead]] and [[The American Analog Set]] and help spark a [[post-rock]] scene in Austin.


==Discography==
<br />
==The Trance Years==


===Albums===
[[File:Windsor for the Derby 1997.jpg|thumbnail|WFTD, 1997. Clockwise: Greg Anderson, Dan Matz, Adam Wiltzie, Jason McNeely]]
* ''Calm Hades Float'' (1996, [[Trance Syndicate]]) <ref name="Allmusic - Calm Hades Float">{{cite web|last1=Wilmoth|first1=Charlie|title=Windsor for the Derby - Calm Hades Float|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/calm-hades-float-mw0000648527|website=Allmusic|accessdate=19 August 2015}}</ref>
* ''Minnie Greutzfeldt'' (1997, Trance Syndicate) <ref name="The Wire - Minnie Greutzfeldt">{{cite news|last1=Ridge|first1=Tom|title=Windsor for the Derby - Minnie Greutzfeldt|url=http://www.exacteditions.com/browse/435/493/35786/3/57/0/%22Windsor%20for%20the%20Derby%22|accessdate=19 August 2015|work=The Wire {{Subscription required}}|date=February 1998|page=57}}</ref>
* ''Difference and Repetition'' (1999, [[Young God Records]]) <ref name="Allmusic - Difference and Repetition">{{cite web|last1=Jurek|first1=Thom|title=Windsor for the Derby - Difference and Repetition|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/difference-and-repetition-mw0000050050|website=Allmusic|accessdate=19 August 2015}}</ref>
* ''The Emotional Rescue'' (2002, Aesthetic Records)
* ''Earnest Powers'' (2002, Emperor Jones Records)
* ''We Fight Til Death'' (2004, [[Secretly Canadian]]) <ref name="pitchfork - We Fight Til Death">{{cite web|last1=Miller|first1=Derek|title=Windsor for the Derby - We Fight Til Death|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8783-we-fight-til-death/|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=19 August 2015|date=14 Oct 2004}}</ref>
* ''Giving Up the Ghost'' (2005, Secretly Canadian) <ref name="pitchfork - Giving Up the Ghost">{{cite web|last1=Byrom|first1=Cory D.|title=Windsor for the Derby - Giving Up the Ghost|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8784-giving-up-the-ghost/|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=19 August 2015|date=14 Aug 2005}}</ref>
* ''How We Lost'' (2007, Secretly Canadian) <ref name="spin - How We Lost">{{cite news|last1=Promisloff|first1=Samantha|title=Windsor for the Derby|work=Spin|url=https://www.spin.com/2008/05/windsor-for-the-derby/|accessdate=19 August 2015|date=23 May 2008}}</ref><ref name="pitchfork - How We Lost">{{cite web|last1=Tangari|first1=Joe|title=Windsor for the Derby - How We Lost|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11579-how-we-lost/|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=19 August 2015|date=16 Jun 2008}}</ref>
* ''Against Love'' (2010, Secretly Canadian) <ref name="Pitchfork - Against Love">{{cite web|last1=Tangari|first1=Joe|title=Windsor for the Derby - Against Love|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14360-against-love/|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=19 August 2015|date=23 Jun 2010}}</ref>


===Soundtrack Appearances===
WFTD's first release on Trance, 1996's ''Calm Hades Float'' was much different than their early live performances. With [[Adam Wiltzie]] ([[Stars of the Lid]], [[A Winged Victory for the Sullen]]) as recording engineer and assistance from Mat Mitchell ([[Nine Inch Nails]], [[Tool]], [[Puscifer]]) the lp took on a much more ambient tone. [[Michael Gira]] ([[Swans]]) tapped WFTD to be the opening act on the Swans final tour in early 1997. Adam Wiltzie joined the band for that tour and would stay with WFTD for the next few years. It is on that five-week tour that Dan Matz and Gira formed a friendship that would later lead to their collaborative ''[[What We Did]]'' album for Gira's [[Young God Records]]. In fact, WFTD would later become Gira's first non-Swans release for the label with 1999's ''Difference and Repetition''.<br />
* "The Melody Of A Fallen Tree" ([[Marie Antoinette (soundtrack)]])
* "Forgotten" ([[I Am Zozo]])


===Singles and EPs===
With new recordings from Grant Barger ([[Palace Brothers]]) and some electronic experiments left over from the ''Calm Hades Float'' sessions, WFTD released the ''Metropolitan Then Poland'' ep in 1996. The title was reference to the band's move to New York City that year and the train stop where they resided.
* ''Live at the Blue Flamingo'' (1995, Golden Hour Records)
The New York City move proved short-lived for half of the band, with Dan Matz and Greg Anderson staying in New York and Jason McNeely and guitarist Chris Goyer, who joined the band in 1996, returning to Texas. The ''Minnie Greutzfeldt'' lp followed this move and became the first of many recordings that the band would make many miles apart. The core of ''Minnie Greutzfeldt'' was recorded in Austin by Adam Wiltzie with Matz contributing tracks recorded in Brooklyn.
* ''Windsor for the Derby/Desafinado'' split single (1995, Trance Syndicate)
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* ''Metropolitan Then Poland EP'' (1997, Trance Syndicate)
In 2002, [[Emperor Jones]] released a rarities compilation entitled ''Earnest Powers''. It included early live recordings and outtakes from their years with Trance. [[Secretly Canadian]] re-released much of WFTD's Trance catalog in 2006.
* ''The Kahanek Incident - Volume 1'' Windsor for the Derby/Drain split 12-inch (1997, Trance Syndicate)
* ''Stars of the Lid/Windsor for the Derby'' split 7-inch (1998, 33 Degrees)
* ''Fangface'' split 7-inch (1998, Pehr)
* ''Now I Know the Sea'' 7-inch (1999, [[Western Vinyl]]) <ref name="CMJ - Now I Know the Sea Is Always There for Me">{{cite news|last1=Jacks|first1=Kelso|title=Windsor for the Derby - Now I Know the Sea Is Always There for Me (7-inch EP)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BTxZgkIwStQC&dq=%22Windsor+for+the+Derby%22&pg=PA25|accessdate=19 August 2015|work=CMJ New Music Report|date=11 Oct 1999|page=25}}</ref>
* ''Melt Close'' 7-inch (2000, Speakerphone Recordings)
* ''The Emotional Rescue EP'' (2001, Holophonor) <ref name="The Wire - The Emotional Rescue EP">{{cite news|last1=Ridge|first1=Tom|title=Windsor for the Derby - The Emotional Rescue EP|url=http://www.exacteditions.com/browse/435/493/35275/3/66/0/%22Windsor%20for%20the%20Derby%22|accessdate=19 August 2015|work=The Wire {{Subscription required}}|issue=221|date=July 2002}}</ref>
* ''The Awkwardness EP'' (2001, Aesthetics)
* ''Empathy for People Unknown'' 12-inch (2005, Secretly Canadian)
* ''Highway Kind'' compilation (2006, Emoragei Magazine Je T'Aime)
* ''Speaker Special'' 7-inch (2012, Geographic North)


== See also ==
<br />
==Redefined==


* ''[[What We Did]]''


==References==
With a friendship developed on their 1997 tour, WFTD were asked to work with Michael Gira's Young God Records for their next release. ''Difference and Repetition'' was recorded in stages over a two-year period with Matz in New York and the rest of the band in Texas. It is during these recordings that Matz began to record and engineer himself, sending tapes back and forth to Texas where Wiltzie was recording the rest of the band. Released in 1999, ''Difference and Repetition'' also marked a sonic shift with its detailed guitar work influenced by late sixties folk revivalists and krautfolk of the same era. This release also marked the departure of Goyer and Anderson after tours of the United States and Ireland.
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Matz and McNeely collected in Austin, Texas, for the recording of ''The Emotional Rescue LP''. There they again tapped Mat Mitchell, with Kyle Ellison ([[Meat Puppets]]) engineering. The band saw a dramatic lineup change with Karl Bauer ([[Axolotl]]) taking over on drums and Ben Cissner ([[Tiny Vipers]]) as a multi-instrumentalist, among others. Released on Aesthetics Records in 2002, this release would see the band complete a six-week tour of the United States and Canada with Bauer and Charles Eyo-Ita joining Matz and McNeely. Following this, WFTD completed their first of many tours of Europe with Cissner and Tim White ([[I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness]]) replacing Bauer and Eyo-Ita.
''The Emotional Rescue EP'', a series of outtakes and alternate mixes, was released in Czech Republic on the Holophonor label. A cover of [[Section 25]]'s "Melt Close" was included on the EP. Also, as a complement to lp, a series of remixes called the ''Awkwardness'' EP was released.
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During this time Matz and McNeely also began working on other projects with Matz starting The Birdwatcher and McNeely forming [[I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness]] with WFTD contributors Chris Goyer and Tim White.


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==The Secretly Canadian Years==


[[File:Windsor for the Derby 2008.jpg|thumbnail|WFTD, 2008. Clockwise: Dan Matz, Jason McNeely, Anna Neighbor, Charlie Hall]]
Matz and McNeely began working with Dan Burton ([[Ativin]], [[Early Day Miners]]) in Bloomington, Indiana in 2002. They recorded for the next year and a half with Burton, Ben Cissner and Tim White contributing to the effort. Bloomington's Secretly Canadian subsequently released ''We Fight Til Death'' in 2004. With its much more direct and honed songs ''We Fight Til Death'' would prove the group’s most ambitious and successful work to date. It is also WFTD's longest release and its vinyl format is a three-sided double lp. Successful tours of the United States, Canada, and Europe followed. The epic "Melody of a Fallen Tree" from that recording was later used in [[Sofia Coppola]]'s 2006 film, ''[[Marie Antoinette (2006 film)|Marie Antoinette]]''. <br />
That same year Matz moved to Philadelphia where McNeely would later join him as they recorded ''Giving Up The Ghost''. This record would be the first where Matz took over engineering duties in his home studio. Two new members, Gianmarco Cilli on drums and Anna Neighbor on bass and keyboards, added to the recording and the live shows that followed. ''Giving Up the Ghost'' proved to be much more experimental, with the group utilizing odd instrumentation and rhythms throughout the recording. With limited live dates following the recording, McNeely returned again to Texas and the band again became a long distance project.<br />

In 2007 WFTD also released the ''Confianza / Visiones'' EP on Spain's Acuarela Records as well as the ''Empathy for People Unknown'' 12" which featured a remix by Odd Nosdam and a cover of Swell Maps' "Gunboats" which would become a staple in WFTD's live set.
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After a brief hiatus, Matz and McNeely began work on ''How We Lost'', most of which Matz recorded in his home studio with Dan Burton providing assistance on a few of the tracks from Bloomington. Charlie Hall ([[The War on Drugs (band)|The War on Drugs]]) played drums on a number of the tracks and played many of the live dates on the American and European tours that followed. Alan Schaefer joined the band as guitarist and McNeely focused his efforts on playing bass. Justin Luke (Black Branches) contributed vocal arrangements for "Hold On" and a number of others contributed overall. Those contributions resulted in ''How We Lost'' again redefining WFTD's sound as the songs proved to align with more traditional pop music structures. "Indeed, after years of indecision as to what kind of band they wanted to be," stated Joe Tangari in a Pitchfork review for the record, "Windsor for the Derby seem to have finally opted against ever deciding. And that's really not a bad thing."<br />

WFTD's final album for Secretly Canadian, 2010's ''Against Love'' proves to be their stylistically darkest release both musically and lyrically. With longtime friend and Tampa native Cliff White assisting McNeely in Austin and Matz manning his Philadelphia home studio, the band crafted an lp that mixes McNeely's sometimes caustic soundscapes to Matz's most direct and confessional vocal songs to date. In a review lauding the release, critic Bill Meyer suggested "if there's any autobiography in these songs, then at least one of them is paying a shrink or an attorney."



==Members==
*Jason McNeely
*Dan Matz
*Christian Goyer
*Tim White
*Ben Cissner
*Greg Anderson
*Karl Bauer
*[[Adam Wiltzie]]
*Alan Schaefer
*Gianmarco Cilli
*Charlie Hall
*[[Adam Granduciel]]
*Cliff White
*Johnny One More

==Discography==

# ''[[Calm Hades Float]]'' - 1996, [[Trance Syndicate]]
# ''Metropolitan Then Poland EP'' - 1997, Trance Syndicate
# ''[[Minnie Greutzfeldt]]'' - 1997, Trance Syndicate
# ''[[Difference and Repetition (album)|Difference and Repetition]]'' - 1999, [[Young God Records]]
# ''[[The Emotional Rescue LP]]'' - 2002, [[Aesthetic Records]]
# ''[[Earnest Powers]]'' - 2002, Emperor Jones Records
# ''[[We Fight Til Death]]'' - 2004, [[Secretly Canadian]]
# ''[[Giving Up the Ghost (album)|Giving Up the Ghost]]'' - 2005, [[Secretly Canadian]]
# ''[[How We Lost LP]]'' - 2007, [[Secretly Canadian]]
# ''[[Against Love LP]]'' - 2010, [[Secretly Canadian]]

==External links==

*[http://www.epitonic.com/artists/windsorforthederby.html Epitonic Page]
*[http://www.secretlycanadian.com/windsorforthederby/ Secretly Canadian: Windsor for the Derby] Record label page

*{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p202699|label=Windsor for the Derby}}
*[http://www.silbermedia.com/qrd/archives/20wftd.html Windsor for the Derby interview (january 2001) for QRD]

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Windsor for the Derby
OriginTampa, Florida
GenresIndie rock, post-rock, folk, ambient, experimental rock
Years active1995 (1995)–present
LabelsSecretly Canadian, Aesthetics, Young God Records, Trance Syndicate
Members
  • Jason McNeely
  • Dan Matz
  • Greg Anderson
  • Adam Wiltzie
  • Karl Bauer
  • Charlie Hall
Past members
  • Christian Goyer
  • Tim White
  • Ben Cissner
  • Alan Schaefer
  • Gianmarco Cilli
  • Adam Granduciel
  • Cliff White
  • Erik O'Brian

Windsor for the Derby are an American post-rock band formed in Tampa, Florida, in 1995 and currently based in Austin, Texas. Since their formation, the group has released many albums through labels such as Trance Syndicate, Young God Records, and most recently on Secretly Canadian,[1][2] and has maintained a revolving door line-up, with founding members Dan Matz and Jason McNeely acting as the band's core.[3]

Discography

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Albums

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  • Calm Hades Float (1996, Trance Syndicate) [4]
  • Minnie Greutzfeldt (1997, Trance Syndicate) [5]
  • Difference and Repetition (1999, Young God Records) [6]
  • The Emotional Rescue (2002, Aesthetic Records)
  • Earnest Powers (2002, Emperor Jones Records)
  • We Fight Til Death (2004, Secretly Canadian) [7]
  • Giving Up the Ghost (2005, Secretly Canadian) [8]
  • How We Lost (2007, Secretly Canadian) [9][10]
  • Against Love (2010, Secretly Canadian) [11]

Soundtrack Appearances

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Singles and EPs

[edit]
  • Live at the Blue Flamingo (1995, Golden Hour Records)
  • Windsor for the Derby/Desafinado split single (1995, Trance Syndicate)
  • Metropolitan Then Poland EP (1997, Trance Syndicate)
  • The Kahanek Incident - Volume 1 Windsor for the Derby/Drain split 12-inch (1997, Trance Syndicate)
  • Stars of the Lid/Windsor for the Derby split 7-inch (1998, 33 Degrees)
  • Fangface split 7-inch (1998, Pehr)
  • Now I Know the Sea 7-inch (1999, Western Vinyl) [12]
  • Melt Close 7-inch (2000, Speakerphone Recordings)
  • The Emotional Rescue EP (2001, Holophonor) [13]
  • The Awkwardness EP (2001, Aesthetics)
  • Empathy for People Unknown 12-inch (2005, Secretly Canadian)
  • Highway Kind compilation (2006, Emoragei Magazine Je T'Aime)
  • Speaker Special 7-inch (2012, Geographic North)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Windsor for the Derby - Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  2. ^ Shapiro, Peter (November 1997). "Southern Death Cult". The Wire (subscription required). No. 165. p. 48. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. ^ n/a. "Windsor for the Derby interview by e-mail January 2001". sibermedia.com. Siber Media.
  4. ^ Wilmoth, Charlie. "Windsor for the Derby - Calm Hades Float". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  5. ^ Ridge, Tom (February 1998). "Windsor for the Derby - Minnie Greutzfeldt". The Wire (subscription required). p. 57. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  6. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Windsor for the Derby - Difference and Repetition". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  7. ^ Miller, Derek (14 Oct 2004). "Windsor for the Derby - We Fight Til Death". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  8. ^ Byrom, Cory D. (14 Aug 2005). "Windsor for the Derby - Giving Up the Ghost". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  9. ^ Promisloff, Samantha (23 May 2008). "Windsor for the Derby". Spin. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  10. ^ Tangari, Joe (16 Jun 2008). "Windsor for the Derby - How We Lost". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  11. ^ Tangari, Joe (23 Jun 2010). "Windsor for the Derby - Against Love". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  12. ^ Jacks, Kelso (11 Oct 1999). "Windsor for the Derby - Now I Know the Sea Is Always There for Me (7-inch EP)". CMJ New Music Report. p. 25. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  13. ^ Ridge, Tom (July 2002). "Windsor for the Derby - The Emotional Rescue EP". The Wire (subscription required). No. 221. Retrieved 19 August 2015.


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