PIP PIP, 2011

What ho!

Our last show of the year is at The Old Bell in Derby this Friday. Generally spiffing chaps Buttonpusher shall be our gracious hosts, and we shall be sharing a stage with Southern Records' Action Beat and Derby's finest, Cheap Jazz:

Come along and say hello!

This'll be our last show for a little while, as we're planning on taking the first quarter of 2012 off from playing live shows. We'll be spending three months working alongside Brian Eno on hot new reality TV show "I'm A Celebrity - Get Some Kraut In Here!". The series follows Olly Murs as he attempts to audaciously rebrand his image using electronic ambient pioneers Cluster as his musical template. We're providing arrangements and style advice.

Actually, we'll be writing new songs and recording old ones for an EP to be released in the Spring. Exciting stuff! Watch this space'n'all that.

MENTAL GIG

Ho!

Yesterday we played in the West End Shopping Arcade, Nottingham as part of Hello Thor's takeover of the excellent enterprise The Music Exchange. Our good friend Rich Dundas of obtuse cinema renegades Kneel Before Zod filmed the first two songs of our three song set:



It was a bonkers experience, but a very worthwhile one. We thoroughly enjoyed collectively confusing so many ordinary members of the public, and watching the reactions of baffled shoppers slinking past our amplifiers provided a constant source of mirth. Highlights from the above video include Aaron dropping his sticks twice in the space of about ten seconds; an angry old woman; and two Community Support Officers whose appearance momentarily convinced us that we were going to be shut down by THE LAW, but who instead walked on by as if nothing was happening.

A complaint from a neighbouring business meant we could only play for 15 minutes, but they had attempted to impose a 10 minute curfew and we played 5 minutes longer than that, so GUESS WHAT, WE STILL STUCK IT TO THE MAN, HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES.

Thank you to Anders and Nick from Hello Thor, Joey and everybody at The Music Exchange, and to Rich for capturing evidence of this bizarre event on film!

SLACK BASTARDS

We have dismally failed to maintain this blog in recent weeks. Rest assured, dear reader, that this does not betray a contempt for our comrades in cyberspace; rather, it is merely indicative of the fact that we've been busy as buggery (not least with learning 16 covers for a wedding band we're playing in, but that's a whole other story.)

Despite the pressures and obligations of quotidian life, we've still found time to play a few shows and are playing a few more. And most immanently, this Saturday in a shop! Where you might easily be fooled in to thinking we were celebrating the annual capitalist festival Christmas Sales Drive© .

However! This isn't any old shop. This is The Music Exchange, a charity music shop that not only sells splendid records by splendid people, but also funds Framework, a homelessness charity doing vital work with young and vulnerable people. It's a frankly excellent venture, so please, in the spirit of the original Pagan festival that Christmas Sales Drive© usurped, come along and lend your support.

We're on stage at 3pm!

We have one other show lined up before Christmas, on the 16th December in Derby (see Shows and shiny new blog post next week). Then we'll be taking the first quarter of 2012 off from playing live to work on some new material and finish recording our first EP. No future? Pah!

 

GIGS AND GIGS AND GIGS

Ho!

We had an absolutely splendid time playing at A Carefully Planned Festival, and would like to extend our eternal gratitude towards Matthew, Mike and everyone else involved in organising a great event. A last minute cancellation from our good (or evil?) twin Souvaris due to illness meant we ended up playing twice - cripes! Thanks to everyone who came along and especially to those who danced.

We've got a few shows coming up before Christmas, and will be playing with some splendid bands. Do come along if you can!

SUNDAY 6th NOVEMBER 2011
w/ Acid Mothers Temple (listen here)
At The Bodega Social Club, Nottingham
(buy tickets here) (map here)

THURSDAY 24th NOVEMBER 2011 - FREE SHOW!
w/ Beaty Heart (listen here)

At Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
(map here)

FRIDAY 16th DECEMBER 2011
w/ Action Beat (listen here)
(map here)

A CAREFULLY PLANNED FESTIVAL

Crikey! Exciting stuff. We have been asked to play A Carefully Planned Festival in Manchester on Saturday 15th October.

We'll be on some time in the afternoon at Centro. More details to follow soon! 

ANIMATION

Ho!

We have another show confirmed! We'll be playing a rather special show for Nottingham-based cinema club Kneel Before Zod on Friday 30th September at Chameleon. We shall be doing our best to make not only your ears but also your eyes happy via the magic of "visuals". Expect plenty of early computer game console-orientated footage.

KBZ have not only prepared this fine poster, featuring three demonic Nick Cages:

But also this splendid video trailer (!)



Cor lummie, it really is the future. Whatever will they think of next?

Finally, on the theme of all things visually wonderful, here's a splendid animation from 1979 made to accompany "Autobahn" by Kraftwerk. Enjoy!

NEW SONG ONLINE

Here:

Cantaloupe - Hubbub DEMO by hellocantaloupe

A little gruntier, this one, towards the end at least. Hope you enjoy it!

SHOWS CONFIRMED

Ooh! We've confirmed our first two shows. We are both excited and slightly nervous about how we're going to make this work live. Details below:


FRIDAY 16th SEPTEMBER | CHAMELEON, NOTTINGHAM
w/ PICORE + WANDER PHANTOM


MONDAY 26th SEPTEMBER | RYAN'S BAR, DERBY
w/ RHODES + more to be confirmed


We hope to see you there!

FINALLY, IT'S HAPPENED TO ME

Right in front of my face
My feelin's can't describe it.

So we finally finished some demos! We have uploaded two songs, entitled "Teapot" and "Horse", to the world wide webs. We are very happy. Listen to them here:

http://cantaloupe.bandcamp.com/

Or here:

http://soundcloud.com/hellocantaloupe

We hope very much you enjoy them! Please feel free to comment here.

FIRST SHOW

Ooh! We have our first show. It will take place on Saturday 10th September, and will be with one of Spain's finest bands - the hypnotic, shamanic and transcendental PICORE from Zaragoza.

Details of the venue will follow - in the mean time, enjoy a little Picore in the morning:

MEANWHILE...

Guess what? We're still working on our first demo. We're hopefuly we'll have something finished in time for the summer. Meanwhile, here's a small slice of live afro-rock joy from the magnificent GOLDEN to entertain your ears:



Enjoy!

ADRIANO CELENTANO WELCOMES YOU TO OUR BLOG.

Best song in the world.