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RECENT Archive : October 05 Wow wasnt Bestival ace? one of our favourite festivals we reckon, maybe it was the fancy dress or something,or maff crashing the main stage in his white suit...we did the 24hr cafe too about 1 am on sunday, but had no way of telling anyone , apart fromthe radio and the cuban bros, who forgot to announce it , hey it might have been a bit too nutsif they had anyway.after closing the main stage in front of 10,000 people . ' like hey its not quite over theres another gig you can all go to, should hold about 300 people.'. . sorry about set times changing too, we had no warning either, and were still a bit tipsy....Anyway Fawsley was great too, and Lovebox.. and we made a fairly odd impromptu appearance at the glade festival with a few mates. Anyway weve had a ball. a big shiny beach ball and Were off to Paris this week to play at Le Baron club on 21st Sept, and were doing Edinburgh, and london too, check it out if you can Thanks for getting down at glasto. it was ace, and some nice emails about it from people. but dont forget FAWSLEY FAYRE in august and BESTIVAL in September...see gigs. 2 ace festivals.. a nice egg summer sandwich,has been opened and maybe a bit of egg in the middle too... very likely.. its great to be doing Bestival which was a great one last year (its first) and a bit cheaper, than some. and on the Isle of Wight. so...,and if thats too far,were also doing LOVEBOX Victoria Park Hackney,London. 23rd july with Groove Armada, Mylo etc....and fawsley fayre august .oops thats sold out. well come to fawsley then !! MAY Hi thanks for coming to' being in motion' last week . it was very very intereesting ! and a great gig. Matt Blacks Zen TV video cut ups was hilarious, and the light surgeons.. well always spot on.. its was a bit nuts. 50 acts in one night.. Talking of monochrome Matts, Matt White , our fabulous guitarist is doing a stint this week with the Bays , replacing David Bowie's David Torn, who dropped out...so try to see them , we have, and theyre cool and lovely guys - theyre a bit like us, only digital beats, fx basslines, house and drum and bass, Check the bays flyer or gigs . Were sorting out a few more gigs soon. Manchester (june) and Bristol (july). Nice also thanks for good times at the tardis the other week. and the Telegraph in Brixton, with DJs and TOOB (ex red snapper) it kicked off big time, and those who got downstairs, the after party funk jam was real keyboard bass funky (nice bit of the A team , Ben), yes.. till it got itself closed down.. Weve just been doing some music for a feature film ' The Other Half' starring Danny Dyer (Human Traffic) and Vinnie Jones. Lost at sea, Wall, and a bit of Forwards are on it, and a piano composition of Neds 'rich garden' (appeared as a different version on 'mellomania'), working on another tune for Backroom Beats 3 . yeah.Oh yes and Neds doing another film soundtrack. hes got the pianos and cellos out as we write this. We did a secret warm up thing the other day where we did a few new tunes , crazy stuff. A good thing although for the whole egg works, come to the 291 Gallery , 23rd April. Well do some gigs around the county soon. sorry there all in london. A
big thankyou to all who came to the Tsunami fundraiser gig we did
last month in Kensal rise, North London. We heared they raised £6500
(jan below) HI Happy new year! New years eve was a laugh, we got nicely amsterdamaged and at midnight our hosts burnt a chicken on the beach ("what, a live one? " -asked our fellow hotel guests) 20 ft high and made of wood. then freaked out in amsterdam (us, noit the chicken). (maff n ned lived there aged 10 you know) . so whats going on then? were doing stuff, got a few new tunes on the go,a kind of electro rock thing happening. nice. in the direction of 'wall', which alot of people are loving in germany.Walking away is getting ready for release, with a mix by Grand National just done . were just putting a tour together for march/april right now. so details soon. c ya there! lets say it again.w e played near Amsterdam on Blijberg Beach... see gigs page OK so wall is now in germany, and a few other countries, had some great responses, and theres a video about of our stuff to download free with a new super duper 3G phone at the end of november......oh and thanks forcoming to the ofxford and london gigs. The barfly was great finally the videos worked, or was it us...oh and...were talking about a short tour in Turkey in the next few weeks , and maybe new years eve on a beach outside Amsterdam called "blijberg"( we played in the summer at the festival and it was ace...) (ps were playing on the wolfman track out next weeknov 29th ' napoleon'- single of the week in the guardian. if you like punk rock, and lots of swearing)
ok enough hype! heres more news (8 weeks ago) Hi there thanks for all the mails along the lines of "wheres this album then ? eh? eh?" and right you are. we got delayed by record comp situations so it s been a bit delayed, and hopefully out aug 9th, with copies at the festies (glade & big chill) in the changing world stalls...................well put up the info if it changes... yey thanks for coming to make the glastonbury glade gig rather special. We all had a real good time, and as the all say; 'experimentation was always part of us' in some unpredictable way(thats when it all goes wrong and we have to make it up) . nice to try out a bit of singing, being a non projecting daytime gig. For those who couldnt come, a mate andy took some pics . here have a look ..................... http://homepage.mac.com/andy_eakins/PhotoAlbum30.html well theres a bunch of gigs coming up; glasto, glade, tureya festival, secret garden party, fawsley fayre, Amsterdam Blijberg , BigChill, Shoreditch Carnival, Burning Man and the album out August sometime, its all a bit exciting...check the gigs page the drum machine's on the album too, as a cd rom, and you can save and load your grooves, so maybe youll all be sharing them, well set up a forum perhaps. theres also gonna be an interactive thing you can download from www.noodleheaven.net where the'rll be anotherfunked up tune, (unlockable free if you buy the album), not finished yet... Ps yes that was us playing ' for lovers' with pete doherty on top of the pops the other day ..... We played on the single too ... it was no 7 you know!! If only they all knew it was the egg............theyre doing another, called 'Napoleon' full on darkness rock and probably get banned.. great. Ace, well see ya soon.... Thanks for your
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MARCH 04 Sorry its been a while, been very busy getting this album finished, its been nearly nine months now! Anyway its sounding really good, theres quite a variety of stuff on it, a really full on rocker, and some superfluff mellow, and an edgy funk thing or two, interviewing pissed people in guilford etc .. will say no more for now , but itll be out in july, and you can all run screaming to the hillls , if you like. The Venice Beach e.p. mellomania-a-like thing is out april 12th. its got surprisingly enough; venice beach, lost at sea, a vocal-ish thing ( and for the pure funksters the instrumental version of that tune ,on the CD ROM section of the cd, which also has games, a drum machine and videos). Greg Hunter (engineer and co collaborator of The Orb's first two albums) has done a great very abstract remix too. We played supporting SPARKS at the Ocean in Hackney, London on sun 21st March, which was short but good , previewed a few new tracks.... For a full set with projections etc why not come to Neighbourhood (old Subterrania) in Londons Notting Hill on May 27... Fragile State are doing it too...details of tickets to follow soon.... Oh Franz Ferdinand borrowed Maffs drum kit for their 'Matinee' video, that battered old thing, its a classic you know (1974!) AUGUST 03 thanks to all who made it to glastonbury ,(weve had lots of nice emails aout the lost stage - thanks , its allways great to hear), the green gathering (*big brown gathering actually) and Shambala festival , which was ace.. , sorry to all who thought we were at the liquid do , it was moved from somerset to kent and then cancelled, after police stopped it ( despite it apparently being a legal site etc etc
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