Long Distance Calling (band)

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Live in Frankfurt (2010)
Background information
Origin	Münster, Germany
Genres	Post-rock, progressive rock, post-metal, avant-garde metal, progressive metal
Years active	2006 – present
Labels	Superball, Inside Out, SPV, Sony Music
Members	David Jordan Janosch Rathmer Florian Füntmann Jan Hoffmann
Website	www.longdistancecalling.de

Long Distance Calling is a post-rock band from Münster, Germany, formed in 2006. The majority of their tracks are extended instrumentals.

In 2008, Long Distance Calling played at the Rock am Ring^[1] and Roadburn festivals, and toured Germany in 2009.^[2] In 2010, Long Distance Calling and Finnish death/doom band Swallow the Sun supported Katatonia during the New Night Over Europe tour.^[3] They supported Protest the Hero on their 2012 European tour. Off the back of the release of Boundless the band performed live at a number of European summer festivals, including Wacken Open Air in 2018.^[4]

As of 2022, Long Distance Calling have released eight full-length albums, including: Satellite Bay (2007),^[5][6] Avoid the Light (2009),^[7][8][9] Long Distance Calling (2011),^[10][11][12] The Flood Inside (2013), Nighthawk (2014),^[13] Boundless (2018), How Do We Want to Live? (2020), ^[14][15][16] and Eraser (2022). The band have also released two demos and/or split EPs: DMNSTRTN (2006) and 090208 (2008).

The band has collaborated with guest vocalists including Peter Dolving from The Haunted ("Built Without Hands" from Satellite Bay), John Bush from Armored Saint (ex-Anthrax) ("Middleville" from Long Distance Calling) and Jonas Renkse from Swedish metal band Katatonia ("The Nearing Grave" from Avoid the Light).

• David Jordan – guitar
• Janosch Rathmer – drums
• Florian Füntmann – guitar
• Jan Hoffmann – bass

• Petter Carlsen – vocals
• Martin Fischer – vocals and sounds

• 2007: Satellite Bay (Viva Hate/Cargo Records)
• 2009: Avoid the Light (Superball Music/SPV)
• 2011: Long Distance Calling (Superball Music/SPV)
• 2013: The Flood Inside (Superball Music/SPV)
• 2016: Trips (InsideOut)
• 2018: Boundless (InsideOut)
• 2020: How Do We Want to Live? (InsideOut)
• 2022: Eraser (earMUSIC)

• 2006: DMNSTRTN (Limited demo album)
• 2008: 090208 (Viva Hate/Cargo Records, Split EP with Leech)
• 2014: Nighthawk (Avoid the Light Records)
• 2021: Ghost (Avoid the Light Records)

• "Jungfernflug" (2008)
• "Into the Black Wide Open" (2012)
• "Tell The End" (2013)
• "Getaway" (2016)
• "Trauma" (2016)
• "Out There" (2017)
• "Ascending" (2018)
• "Hazards" (2020)
• "Voices" (2020)
• "Immunity" (2020)
• "Kamilah" (2022)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Long Distance Calling (band).

• Official website
• Long Distance Calling at progarchives.com
• Long Distance Calling discography at Discogs
• Long Distance Calling at AllMusic
• Long Distance Calling at Last.fm
• Long Distance Calling at Sputnikmusic
• interview with Jan Hoffmann
• Long Distance Calling at Myspace
• Long Distance Calling official YouTube channel