achilles. are an instrumental outfit hailing from Shaftesbury in Dorset
best known to date for epic live performances of their own brand of rhythm fuelled post-rock.
in 2009 they won the Dorset Unsigned Music Awards and gained high praise from Rob Da Bank and Hugh Stevens,
With both DJs choosing to play them on Radio One, Tom Robinson was quick to introduce them on his BBC Radio 6 show.
They have recently collaborated with Florence and the Machine harpist Tom Monger and Alusha Chagrin, (Shlomo's Vocal Orchestra, the Boxettes) for the 'Yoga For Cats' release and are due to release a string of other original material and re-mixes in 2011.
"achilles are a unique and inspiring band, i feel very honored to have worked with them" - Tom Monger, Florence and the Machine
"Lovely melodies, tight arrangements and groovy as hell, more bands like achilles please" - Sneaky, Fingathing
"The band who opened the main stage at Camp Bestival, and they were very good indeed!" - Hugh Stevens, Radio One
"Honestly one of my highlights: Entrancing exciting consuming!? - Paul Bevan, Blissfields Festival 2011
Keep up to date with all things achilles. at http://www.achillessound.com/