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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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| got back from the electric picnic damp, my nice trainers destroyed, with a pocket full of euro's and some blurry memories of irish cider, the orb live, sharing a stage with laura Marlin, Yoav, and a fantastic but harrassed Martina Topley Bird, whose set was stopped half way through (for security reasons....bizarre) - she was amazing actually - really loved it - the Body and Soul stage is like sunk into a natural amphitheatre of grass, and made of wood, so it's kinda lord of the rings meets glastonbury, all the hippies were very nice, and it freaked me out hearing the name Fin getting shouted all the time (according to one drunk new friend, at least half the crowd were probably called Fin) and i was grateful of an upgrade from a yurt (which was being used to give the staff free massages all day) to a caravan, admittedly with no power, and a happy hardcore tent literally shaking the earth about 40 feet away, but hey - it was raining VERY hard by this stage, and i ended up wearing, and sleeping in, every item of clothing i had packed - i had virtually hitched onto the site by catching a lift with Foals on their bus, and i virtually hitched out again, as hippies don't do mornings, with Rory and his glorious Audi....aaaaah - happy days.... we got some great gigs coming up in October - a few dates in South Africa, aaaaah !!- amazing - Distance And Time has just come out down there.... (like duo gigs - just Me and Guy), finally, after our Haldern festival gig, some decent gigs in Germany, i'm gonna do like a solo showcase in Hamburg, then do some sennheiser sponsored thing in Berlin - it's a pretty big place....- and apologies to the Germans for not coming sooner.....can't wait to see my Berlin mates again - i'm gonna hang after for a few days and live the dream....- it's been a while since i used to dj there and hang out.....damn them with their cheap rents and achingly hip t-shirts !! - talking of achingly hip - these new trainers i got are SICK - Hederuss K-swiss - all like modern art in trainer form....mmmmm....angular....... alright - after a week of a full house and studio i'm gonna chill.... and don't frget the Future Rock N Roll Show - our figures are great - really chuffed - and we're coming up to our 100th show for Juice Fm, and we still suck !!!! - amazing really, but the music's good !......there's a link on the myspace (it't got a big eagle on it - eagles are cool right? - i guess it should be a pigeon or something urban) or if you're not in Brighton, www.totallyradio has the archive.... |
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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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