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| hi there you lot....sorry for the lateness......to everyone who came out in germany - to hamburg and Berlin - cool gigs - that really WAS a pleasure - to end the gigging year with a set in Berlin that we all really loved - and on the last note of the last chord of the last encore my guitar packed in - with stuff literally falling into it....the pick up just fell out - as if to say - dude - seriously - i quit !! - it is fixed now and recouping upstairs - i think the loving Brady 1 will now be set out to graze, the new Brady will be ready for March - for tour-time !!!.....great times - thanks to sennheiser for hooking that up....Berlin is so cool in the autumn - it really makes you want to move to kreuzberg and become and web designer or something - ....... since then we just launched full on into the new album - lots of late late nights and difficult chorus's, and the whole ego rollercoaster of new stuff...but we reckon we've nailed most of it....it's sounding like a cross between Biscuits and Distance - which i guess is kinda perfect really....as soon as we have usable demos (well permission from ninja really) i'll post em up....some more uptempo stuff - it's just great to stay in all the time - but am kinda studioo jetlagged - late nights and late mornings mean i see about as much sun as a scandinavian winter...but all definitely good.....we'll be roadtesting it next year as soon as possible for sure .... in other news, Sideshow album is out febuary - our kinda side dub project....keep an eye out for it - i'm supposed to be dealing with the myspace for ir over christmas so on the other side of the spcial day i'll knuckle down to it - then you can hear it !! aaaah christmas - a time of reflection - what a year we've had - thanks for everyone who came to every gig.....it really was a pleasure, and everyone who bought, downloaded ripped ansd recomended the Distance And Time Album....big thanks....we hope you like the new one as much....and thanks to eveyone at nija tune bog time for maing it happen..... festive love fin.... |
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| yeah - a crazy couple of weeks - before me and Guy trundled off o the other side of the world we gathered in Poland for the Off Centre Festival....playing in a railway station with our good friend Bonobo dj'ing in another part of it...again - the lovely Anna was an exceptional host, and the crowd were excellent - the Train announcers though - well - let's just say the ambience of the moody opening acoustic version of Biscuits was "enhanced" by sporadic bursts of Polish train announcements ....it was a great gig though, and the vodka flowed - and some even made it back in the kit bag too....gotta love the Polish Rider....then - a breakneck set of rehearsals before 12hours to Jo-burg flight, a gig in a theatre, a pimped out apartment.....south africa....its very far away, and Africa is a big place - after all the trans atlantic flights over the sea to spend basically 10 hours flying over africa was immense - i spent most of the flight checking the map and looking out of the window....awesome....the hospitality - was incredible.....admittedly i'm on the lucky side when i'm down there, and the escape from the politics is almost total when you're behind big locked gates....so jo-burg kinda freaked me out a little....but the gig was a delight - a light installation kinda happened on the stage - loads of lampshades by this girl Anthea - really cool - the stage kinda looked like a bizarre TV from the theatre, and Capetown was just beautiful - definitely one of the most beautiful places i'v hung out....it definitely contributed that we had a jacuzzi and a sun deck and were basically forbidden to spend any money - an avalanche of great weed, pizza, free beer, sun, great people and lovely gigs - and the best burgers are to be had at Royale - it was the ~daddy - thanks sasha.....my grandfather said before he died that it was one of the most beautiful places he'd ever been....so right....come join us in Germany this weekend for the last few gigs for a while.....hamburg solo on friday, berlin full monty on saturday... last blog i promised to post that nina simone remix - totally forgot - i'll post it now - don't hate us for going disco balearic at the end....balearic is the new, erm, errrr, thing.....thanks to Verve - it's a real honour to have our name in the same sentence as Nina Simone - we are truly not worthy.... don't forget the radio show, so much amazing stuff out there right now....check the myspace for the link.... nicely..... |
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| aaaah - Switzerland in the autumn.....the radio station couleur3 invited us down to christen their new studio - so we christened it....baptised it in Fink....such a great crew of peeps - had a lovely time - afterwards in the hotel bar we were chilling, drinking beers and smoking indoors - just like the old days - the smoking bit i mean - the drinking beers thing is a kinda daily occurence right now whether i like it or not - y'know, sometimes you just can't avoid it...apart from that, i ducked out for a little beach time for a week which was ace, read some books, listened to a lot of albums i hadn't got round to (new Kings album is a bit dissapointing - maybe it will grow on me) and generally got a tiny bit less pasty - however - now back working on the studio tan big time as we put the new set together - loving it..... a few months ago we did a remix for the legendary Verve Records in the USA - a remix of Nina Simone's classic "Chilly Winds" - there were no parts for it, so we just had to grab what we could from the original - but then we went kinda all disco, even, as skev the a&r from ninja pointed out, Balearic Disco (be afraid) - but yeah - it's out on Verve now on their new Remix album - i'll post it on the space later on today.... and yeah - if you're in Krakow on thursday - come and say hi - we're playing the "Off Camera" film festival there thanks to our lovely friend Anna - which will be great this week we played all 17 minutes of Justice's Dior soundtrack on the radio show - hit the button on the myspace to check it.....! right - i'v been doing interviews all morning - just finished - so i'm gonna watch The Daily Show and chill for a second.... fin |
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Little Blue Mailbox Released: 05.11.2007 Available on: 7" (ZEN7199) - BUY Digital (ZENDLS199) - BUY |
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Distance and Time Released: 01.10.2007 Available on: LP (ZEN136) - BUY CD (ZENCD136) - BUY Digital (ZENDL136) - BUY |
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This Is The Thing Released: 13.08.2007 Available on: Digital (ZENDLS198) - BUY |
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