The Big Hello Band...

The first outing of The Big Hello Band was successfully pulled off at the Ferry Station in Bristol on 30th May 2009. It was a good laugh.

The plan is for the whole affair to be worked on and whittled down a little more before taking the performance to other venues.

There may be some image and video available in the soon time.

Adieu.

Strap The Button...

... had a wonderful time this weekend playing in the Town Hall in Welshpool. Thank you to everyone who came to see them, it was much appreciated.

In other news...

The Gig2000 Big Band (an epic amalgamation of Cat Green Bike, Cousin Bear & Sweet Potato) will be performing live in Bristol at the Ferry Station on 30th May 2009. It's going to be lovely.

Ciao for now.

Pratje Para...

Good Morning,

Here's a lovely improvisation for you to listen to. It was brought into being by Pratje Para, a group of four "formed through the desire for change in the musical process". Wonderful stuff:

"Bolsjevik Values on Mars" by Pratje Para

More music coming your way presently.



Until then, adieu.

The Empty Chair...

Call it a Clunes...

Good Evening,

I just stumbled across these wonderful videos from the golden age. They're a bit noisey, but bloody marvelous. Such a lovely day:










Lovely.

Sweet Potato - "MASH" - It's here...

A joint release with Records on Ribs, "MASH" is the first full-length album from Sweet Potato:


"Having released three albums of improvised recordings, Bristolian twenty-somethings Sweet Potato release Mash- a perverted rock album of note.

Lolloping, strangely propulsive rhythms underpin impressively enormous riffs and the operatic vocals of Stephen Baker, creating a record that has its fair share of headbanging moments, but retains a jazz sensibility throughout. Although decidely less pastoral, Mash brings to mind the Canterbury Scene in the way it toys effortlessly with generic conventions, yet manages to produce something considerably greater than the sum of its already impressive parts.

It’s available now for download or to buy (as a carbon neutral jewel cased CD with 8 page colour artwork) for a mere £5. It’s a co-release with the good people at Foetal Orange and an album we’re extremely proud to be putting out."

(Records on Ribs)

Check it out now. CLICK HERE

"FOETAL ORANGE COMPILATION VOL. 1",,,

Good Evening,

At long last, here is the much anticipated first FOETAL ORANGE compilation (in actuality the sequel to MY FORMICA TABLE COMPILATION No. 1.

This wonderful collection clocks in at just over an hours worth of the most gloriously blamming tunes from the likes of:

Kronikel, Psychenaturadatura, SeeBeeOne, In the Studio, Slovakia, murmurists, E(ric) L. Heath, Soul Disturbance, Judy The Musical Dog, Taiga Blues, Honey Ride Me a Goat, What The Moon is Like, dummythrust & The Oresund Space Collective...

And a wonderful and eclectic mix of music it is too.:

FOETAL ORANGE COMPILATION No. 1

I am certain that you will love it...


And if that fat lob of muzak wasn't enough for you, here's a fresh collection from The Failed Nasa Experiment:



"Alegria en directo" consists of a single 35 minute live improvisation. Nice:

"Alegria en directo" by The Failed Nasa Experiment

More music to come in the not-so-far-off future.

Adieu.