SNORKEL vs THE HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND - June 28th
The wonderful Hackney Colliery Band have invited Snorkel to perform at their bi-monthly curated evening at the Hackney Attic. They will each be playing a set and will also be playing a short set together.
SNORKEL - ONE LONG CONUNDRUM VIDEO
Snorkel have a new EP and a new video. The title track is an improvisation that was simultaneously recorded and filmed in their studio.
CREWDSON - SANDSTONE VIDEO
Crewdson has a new track and a fantastic video to go with it.
The video features Dimbleby and Capper dancers Jodie Cartman and Laura Bettinson [also of Nigel Godrich's new brand new Ultraista project] and was conceived, edited and directed by Callum Bain
The Video was premiered last week on Sonic Router and the track will be available to buy exclusively from bleep.com
Here it is -
The video features Dimbleby and Capper dancers Jodie Cartman and Laura Bettinson [also of Nigel Godrich's new brand new Ultraista project] and was conceived, edited and directed by Callum Bain
The Video was premiered last week on Sonic Router and the track will be available to buy exclusively from bleep.com
Here it is -
SNORKEL @ PAPER DRESS VINTAGE - 20th JAN - FREE!!
SNORKEL will be playing a couple of sets at Paper Dress Vintage bar in Shoreditch on 20th Jan.
Follow the link for more info...
http://paperdressvintage.co.uk/an-evening-with-snorkel-paper-dress-bar-boutique
and its free!!
Follow the link for more info...
http://paperdressvintage.co.uk/an-evening-with-snorkel-paper-dress-bar-boutique
and its free!!
Grace Jones - Hurricane Dub
Grace Jones amazing album Hurricane Dub is out now on Wall Of Sound!
The album is produced by Slowfoot's Ivor Guest and features contributions from Snorkel members Frank Byng and Ben Cowen, aswell as some sonics from Robert Logan.
Check it out!
The album is produced by Slowfoot's Ivor Guest and features contributions from Snorkel members Frank Byng and Ben Cowen, aswell as some sonics from Robert Logan.
Check it out!
CREWDSON + CRACKLE + SIGNALS - 27th AUG @ CAFE OTO
Slowfoot Records hosted night featuring south-east London producer Crewdson who's recent debut album 'Gravity' has been drawing huge praise, murky experimental electro-jazz trio Crackle and melodic drone unit Signals.
CREWDSON -
South East London’s acclaimed producer Crewdson who has recently released his debut album 'Gravity' on Slowfoot and has been hailed as one to watch amongst his ‘post dubstep’ peers, “…blowing Jazz and glitch into the vessels sails”. His live set incorporates live sampling of voice, saxophone and miscellaneous objects which he manipulates with his idiosyncratic electronic set up including midi motorcycle handlebars.
CRACKLE -
Murky experimental electro-jazz trio of Nick Doyne-Ditmas [Monkey Puzzle Trio, Pinski Zoo] on bass, cornet and electronics, Frank Byng [Snorkel, Robert Logan Trio] on drums and electronics, and Ben Cowen [Snorkel, 7-Hurtz] on keyboards and electronics.
SIGNALS -
Signals was formed by Chris Gowers (Karina ESP, Evelyn Records) and Phil Julian (Cheapmachines, Authorised Version) during summer 2004, initially to work on collaborative performance for the 2004 London Headphone Festival.
During November 2005, Mark Beazley of Rothko joined Signals to play live as part of the on-going Evelyn Records evenings in London, cementing the core line-up.
The trio’s live performance’s consist of 15 to 20 minute drone and melody explorations, utilizing bowed and effected guitar, live laptop manipulations and sampling, bowed ceremonial bowls and effected bass guitar.
CREWDSON -
South East London’s acclaimed producer Crewdson who has recently released his debut album 'Gravity' on Slowfoot and has been hailed as one to watch amongst his ‘post dubstep’ peers, “…blowing Jazz and glitch into the vessels sails”. His live set incorporates live sampling of voice, saxophone and miscellaneous objects which he manipulates with his idiosyncratic electronic set up including midi motorcycle handlebars.
CRACKLE -
Murky experimental electro-jazz trio of Nick Doyne-Ditmas [Monkey Puzzle Trio, Pinski Zoo] on bass, cornet and electronics, Frank Byng [Snorkel, Robert Logan Trio] on drums and electronics, and Ben Cowen [Snorkel, 7-Hurtz] on keyboards and electronics.
SIGNALS -
Signals was formed by Chris Gowers (Karina ESP, Evelyn Records) and Phil Julian (Cheapmachines, Authorised Version) during summer 2004, initially to work on collaborative performance for the 2004 London Headphone Festival.
During November 2005, Mark Beazley of Rothko joined Signals to play live as part of the on-going Evelyn Records evenings in London, cementing the core line-up.
The trio’s live performance’s consist of 15 to 20 minute drone and melody explorations, utilizing bowed and effected guitar, live laptop manipulations and sampling, bowed ceremonial bowls and effected bass guitar.
CREWDSON Album Launch - w/GRASSCUT + BASS CLEF + BAMBOOMAN
CREWDSON Album Launch - w/GRASSCUT + BASS CLEF [DJ] + BAMBOOMAN [DJ
11th JULY @ OLD BLUE LAST
11th JULY @ OLD BLUE LAST
SEBASTIAN ROCHFORD/PAMELIA KURSTIN ALBUM LAUNCH
SEBASTIAN ROCHFORD/PAMELIA KURSTIN + SNORKEL
THURSDAY 30th JUNE @ CAFE OTO
Slowfoot Records hosted night to mark the release of two new albums -
SEBASTIAN ROCHFORD/PAMELIA KURSTIN - 'OUCH EVIL SLOW HOP' -
A collaboration between drum alchemist Sebastian Rochford [Polar Bear, Acoustic Ladyland etc..] and Pamelia Kurstin, the woman described by Bob Moog as “one of the most important innovators of the Theremin living today”.
"...a dynamic, questing collection that’s brimming with ideas deployed with lean concision and efficiency... ...a tumult hinting at the inherent scope and long-term potential of this compelling alliance." [BBC]
SNORKEL ‘STOP MACHINE’ [LP]' -
New album from South London's "..missing link between Krautrock and Lee Scratch Perry" [Rock A Rolla]
"...a vital flow of angular energy and unpretentious swagger" [The Wire]
advance tickets here -
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/118336
THURSDAY 30th JUNE @ CAFE OTO
Slowfoot Records hosted night to mark the release of two new albums -
SEBASTIAN ROCHFORD/PAMELIA KURSTIN - 'OUCH EVIL SLOW HOP' -
A collaboration between drum alchemist Sebastian Rochford [Polar Bear, Acoustic Ladyland etc..] and Pamelia Kurstin, the woman described by Bob Moog as “one of the most important innovators of the Theremin living today”.
"...a dynamic, questing collection that’s brimming with ideas deployed with lean concision and efficiency... ...a tumult hinting at the inherent scope and long-term potential of this compelling alliance." [BBC]
SNORKEL ‘STOP MACHINE’ [LP]' -
New album from South London's "..missing link between Krautrock and Lee Scratch Perry" [Rock A Rolla]
"...a vital flow of angular energy and unpretentious swagger" [The Wire]
advance tickets here -
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/118336
Robert Logan remix of Doomed Bird Of Providence
**THE FEDICIA EXINE REMIXES - OUT 13TH JUNE**
Our friends at the Front and Follow Label have released a new set of remixes of Australian band DOOMED BIRD OF PROVIDENCE, featuring our very own ROBERT LOGAN.
The EP contains a series of remixes of the Doomed Bird track 'Fedicia Exine' and features mixes from -
I AM A VOWEL
MARK BEAZLEY
POSITION NORMAL
ZOON VAN SNOOK
ROBERT LOGAN
PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGY BOARD (a new collaboration between Jonny Mugwump and The Time Attendant).
More info at Front and Follow.
http://www.frontandfollow.com
Our friends at the Front and Follow Label have released a new set of remixes of Australian band DOOMED BIRD OF PROVIDENCE, featuring our very own ROBERT LOGAN.
The EP contains a series of remixes of the Doomed Bird track 'Fedicia Exine' and features mixes from -
I AM A VOWEL
MARK BEAZLEY
POSITION NORMAL
ZOON VAN SNOOK
ROBERT LOGAN
PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGY BOARD (a new collaboration between Jonny Mugwump and The Time Attendant).
More info at Front and Follow.
http://www.frontandfollow.com
SNORKEL FREE DOWNLOAD
SNORKEL have released a free download in anticipation of their album release in May. The title track 'STOP MACHINE' can be downloaded from our Soundcloud page....just follow the link.
http://www.ehttp://soundcloud.com/slowfoot/snorkel-stop-machine
The track has already been picked up by Gideon Coe on BBC6 and websites Subba-Culture, Fred Perry's Subculture and Music OMH.
http://www.ehttp://soundcloud.com/slowfoot/snorkel-stop-machine
The track has already been picked up by Gideon Coe on BBC6 and websites Subba-Culture, Fred Perry's Subculture and Music OMH.
SNORKEL REMIX ESBEN AND THE WITCH
SNORKEL have done a remix of 'Marching Song' by ESBEN AND THE WITCH which has been released as a free download to coincide with the release of their album 'Violet Cries' on Matador Records.
You can find it on the Matador blog Matablog or on The Esben website here -
http://www.esbenandthewitch.co.uk/sonics
SNORKEL will be releasing their second abum 'STOP MACHINE' on limited edition vinyl aswell as download.
Release date - 9th May
Pre-orders can be made exclusively at the Slowfoot shop. Order now and receive a free copy of their first album 'Glass Darkly'!
You can find it on the Matador blog Matablog or on The Esben website here -
http://www.esbenandthewitch.co.uk/sonics
SNORKEL will be releasing their second abum 'STOP MACHINE' on limited edition vinyl aswell as download.
Release date - 9th May
Pre-orders can be made exclusively at the Slowfoot shop. Order now and receive a free copy of their first album 'Glass Darkly'!
BLURT + SNORKEL - Thur 10th Feb
BLURT
Punk-Jazz trio Blurt have been fronted puppeteer-turned-eccentric-saxophonist Ted Milton since 1979. Since their debut on Factory Records the band have released numerous albums with several line-up changes, whilst maintaining the idiosyncrasy and originality that has marked the Blurt sound from the very beginning...Recently released the album 'Cut It!' on LTM.
Demonic sax, and shouty, Dadaist poetry in an Afro-punk, psycho-funk, instant pogo jazz way, from honking mad veteran sax man Ted Milton and his engagingly whacked-out crew' [Time-Out]
SNORKEL
Trombone led avant-groove collective - sub-aquatic observations of dub, jazz, afro-beat, krautrock and electronica. New album on Slowfoot scheduled for spring 2011.
"The missing link between krautrock and Lee Scratch Perry." [Rock A Rolla]
NECESSITY + SNORKEL + CREWDSON - CAFE OTO
NECESSITY
The initial line-up for this evening which was to feature MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO and CRACKLE has unfortunately had to be cancelled due to an injury to bassist Nick Doyne-Ditmas [we wish him a speedy recovery].....
Stepping in to the void is a new quartet, aptly called NECESSITY, featuring major players on the experimental scene, Charles Hayward, Viv Corringham, Pat Thomas and Ashleigh Marsh.
Charles Hayward – drums, keyboards, melodica
Known as the pioneering drummer with seminal experimental rock band This Heat and Camberwell Now, an ever growing list of solo concerts and cds, special collaborative performances, and is in Massacre with Bill Laswell and Fred Frith.
Recent releases include – Monkey Puzzle Trio with Viv Corringham and Nick Doyne-Ditmas. About with Pat Thomas, John Coxon and Alexis Taylor from Hot Chip [with whom he has also recently collaborated] and Clear Frame with Hugh Hopper, Lol Coxhill, Orphy Robinson and Robert Wyatt.
“Telepathic magic… … Hayward is one of the most life affirming who stalks this dark globe” [freq.co.uk]
Viv Corringham - electric voice, mini-disks
British vocalist, currently based in Minneapolis, USA, who makes performances, installations and soundwalks. Her work has been presented extensively worldwide, and she has collaborated with the likes of Didier Petit, Milo Fine, Peter Cusack, Lol Coxill, Pat Thomas, Eddie Provost, Gino Robair, Maggie Nicols, Ansuman Biswas and Paul Burwell.
www.vivcorringham.org
Pat Thomas - keyboards
Has been making his mark on the Oxford and London scenes [and elsewhere], both as a pianist and as a performer of electronic keyboards and other electronic gadgetry. Has collaborated with the likes of Derek Bailey, Lol Coxhill, London Improvisors Orchestra, Steve Beresford, Tony Oxley and John Edwards.
Ashleigh Marsh - synth
Musician, composer, engineer, sound sculptor. Recent projects include 'Shape Moreton' with Charles Hayward, Nick Doyne-Ditmas, Rob Mills and Chris Cornetto. Past collaborations include joining Faust on five of their 2007 UK tour dates, 'Anti-clockwise' with Charles Hayward and David Aylward, The Casual Labourers, WITS with Viv Dogan Corringham, Sophia Lycouris and Gina Southgate, and some startling events with the late great Paul Burwell.
SNORKEL
“…the missing link between Krautrock and Lee Scratch Perry” - Rock a Rolla
“…the spirit of Ege Bamyasi-era Can looms large” - The Wire
“ …this is deeply grooved and experimental stuff” – Clash magazine
"This debut from the South London sextet is bathed in the rhythmic propulsion of Can, spiky post-punk Moog/guitar interplay, and the dissonance of This Heat" - Uncut
CREWDSON
"Deeply inventive, forthcoming EP 'Dust' has already gained some fantastic reviews. Removing the flab from dubstep, Crewdson harks back to the skeletal post-garage of Burial - emotive, introspective and shrouded in mystery." [Clash Magazine]
"With yet another brilliant new style of electronic music comes yet another inspirational artist." [Rock Feedback]
"There’s a disembodied voice kicking around the sound of a hundred cassette decks unspooling at once. But he’s got a beat to counteract, tiny percussion and a broken snare, as though he’s throwing the literal kitchen sink full of instrument junk at our stupid American desire to box him in." [Fader]
CREWDSON @ PURE GROOVE - 17th DEC
CREWDSON will be playing a lunchtime gig [1.15pm] at Pure Groove's pop up shop on 17th Dec.
http://www.puregroove.co.uk/pages/Pure-Groove-Xmas-Shop.html
His debut release on Slowfoot, 'DUST EP' featuring remixes by GRASSCUT and BASS CLEF will be in the shops 13th Dec.....
Check it out!!
http://www.puregroove.co.uk/pages/Pure-Groove-Xmas-Shop.html
His debut release on Slowfoot, 'DUST EP' featuring remixes by GRASSCUT and BASS CLEF will be in the shops 13th Dec.....
Check it out!!
MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO + SCULPTURE @ LEWISHAM ARTHOUSE
MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO
SCULPTURE
Wednesday 15th December, 7.30pm
Lewisham Arthouse
140, Lewisham Way,
New Cross, SE14 6PD
£5
Rock-A-Rolla magazine's review of MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO's debut CD 'White World'
'Featuring ex-This Heat drummer extraordinaire Charles Hayward, Monkey Puzzle Trio is a new improvising three-piece that sees the enduringly fresh-thinking percussionist joining forces with double-bassist Nick Doyne-Ditmas and avante-garde vocalist Viv Corringham.....the group sounds incredibly, tight, natural and together...the interplay between Hayward's ever-propulsive drumming and Doyne-Ditmas driving, groove-focussed double bass is particularly wonderful, giving the majority of the album a real body-moving, rhythmically infectious feel, despite the tricky abstract potential of the Trio's modus operandi. The found sounds and often cut-up free-form vocal experimentation that Corringham mixes into the grooves, along with the passages of Hayward's melodica and keyboard work, add another layer of interest and brilliantly executed texture and atmosphere to the operation....
An utterly impressive debut, White World is the exciting sound of three musicians tuned perfectly to each others sonic free-thinking.'
(Alex Woodward - Rock A Rolla magazine - November 2010)
http://www.slowfoot.co.uk/monkeypuzzletrio.html
http://www.myspace.com/monkeypuzzletrio
Extract from an article about audio-visual duo SCULPTURE in The Wire magazine
'......Sculpture, an audio-visual duo of London based musician Dan Hayhurst and animator Reuben Sutherland, whose working methods demonstrate a startling synergy. Live, the duo suspend a camera above a Dansette-style turntable upon which Sutherland plays his picture discs. Their static images suddenly spring to life, spilling out surreal, luridly coloured, twisted Pop Art imagery. The music is produced using tape loops - spliced tape extracted from C-90s - wrapping one around the head of a tape deck and feeding the warping, oscillating audio through a matrix of guitar pedals, mixer and sampler.
''We met fairly randomly and realised we were both using very similar techniques and had a common aim: derangement of the senses to achieve a transcendental 'thing'....the process is important, the way its thrown together: style, rhythm, flair'.
It'd be a mistake to conclude from the vintage of their gear that Sculpture are pursuing a retro analogue aganda. Their purpose is to explore the brain's perceptual thresholds - 25 frames-per-second threshold for images and 44,100 samples-per-second for sound - beyond which sensation becomes smooth and continuous. Sculpture hover at these sensory junctures, invoking the cortical feedback mechanisms of the brain.'
(Matthew Ingram - The Wire - December 2010)
http://www.tapebox.co.uk
http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/5427
SCULPTURE
Wednesday 15th December, 7.30pm
Lewisham Arthouse
140, Lewisham Way,
New Cross, SE14 6PD
£5
Rock-A-Rolla magazine's review of MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO's debut CD 'White World'
'Featuring ex-This Heat drummer extraordinaire Charles Hayward, Monkey Puzzle Trio is a new improvising three-piece that sees the enduringly fresh-thinking percussionist joining forces with double-bassist Nick Doyne-Ditmas and avante-garde vocalist Viv Corringham.....the group sounds incredibly, tight, natural and together...the interplay between Hayward's ever-propulsive drumming and Doyne-Ditmas driving, groove-focussed double bass is particularly wonderful, giving the majority of the album a real body-moving, rhythmically infectious feel, despite the tricky abstract potential of the Trio's modus operandi. The found sounds and often cut-up free-form vocal experimentation that Corringham mixes into the grooves, along with the passages of Hayward's melodica and keyboard work, add another layer of interest and brilliantly executed texture and atmosphere to the operation....
An utterly impressive debut, White World is the exciting sound of three musicians tuned perfectly to each others sonic free-thinking.'
(Alex Woodward - Rock A Rolla magazine - November 2010)
http://www.slowfoot.co.uk/monkeypuzzletrio.html
http://www.myspace.com/monkeypuzzletrio
Extract from an article about audio-visual duo SCULPTURE in The Wire magazine
'......Sculpture, an audio-visual duo of London based musician Dan Hayhurst and animator Reuben Sutherland, whose working methods demonstrate a startling synergy. Live, the duo suspend a camera above a Dansette-style turntable upon which Sutherland plays his picture discs. Their static images suddenly spring to life, spilling out surreal, luridly coloured, twisted Pop Art imagery. The music is produced using tape loops - spliced tape extracted from C-90s - wrapping one around the head of a tape deck and feeding the warping, oscillating audio through a matrix of guitar pedals, mixer and sampler.
''We met fairly randomly and realised we were both using very similar techniques and had a common aim: derangement of the senses to achieve a transcendental 'thing'....the process is important, the way its thrown together: style, rhythm, flair'.
It'd be a mistake to conclude from the vintage of their gear that Sculpture are pursuing a retro analogue aganda. Their purpose is to explore the brain's perceptual thresholds - 25 frames-per-second threshold for images and 44,100 samples-per-second for sound - beyond which sensation becomes smooth and continuous. Sculpture hover at these sensory junctures, invoking the cortical feedback mechanisms of the brain.'
(Matthew Ingram - The Wire - December 2010)
http://www.tapebox.co.uk
http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/5427
Clang Sayne + The Envelope + Roshi feat Pars Radio
CLANG SAYNE
Songscapes and sound improvisation from vocalist Laura Hyland and her quartet featuring Paul May, Peter Marsh and James O'Sullivan.
"This is a set of live, organic, no-safety-net performances; there is
something exhilarating about this modest yet perverse album and its
refusal to conform.” [The Wire]
One off collaboration featuring Snorkel alumni, Barcelona based guitarist Lucas Suarez, drummer Frank Byng and keyboardist Ben Cowen.
ROSHI feat PARS RADIO
"Stunningly beautiful Welsh-Iranian torch song electronica" [Joe Muggs]
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