Filed under: art, news | Tags: ash mann, cameron steward, luke drozd, sarah abbott, stuart fear, tapes volume 2, twoducksdisco, zine
The zine is now available, click here to download it
it features work from;
luke drozd
sarah abbott
cameron steward
stuart fear
ash mann
lovely.
fifth music type=CIELOVERO (ace in space)
fifth art type=ash mann and his photobox
v2 has lots more of Cam talking, less of Ash talking (the public spoke, we listened).
all systems are go!
p.s. this also seems to start to balance out the silly gender bias that was going on. woo! equality! woo!
i don’t think i can quite compete with Cam this month, it’s been a bit barren for me new music-wise, although i have been revisiting Jose Gonzalez’s excellent debut album ‘veneer’, i saw him live last autumn and i think that confirmed, for me, that this album, more than anything else he’s done, captures his voice and guitar playing at its best, in my view its far more delicate, beautiful and immediate than ‘in our nature’ (which is still excellent).
Filed under: music, news | Tags: ash mann, cameron steward, diy, josie vanders, KFOO, Killing Fields of Ontario, music, ORKB, podcast, sam isaac, tapes, tapes #1, the old romantic killer band
A brief recap of what we got up to whilst recording tapes 1
Day 1 – Sam Isaac & Jose Vanders
Sam and band, including Jose, arrived in their big, red van with oodles of gear (the joys of being on tour), which included Jose’s incredibly heavy electric piano. This was our first ‘proper’ session so we duly faffed around for probably longer than was necessary setting up, and tripping over, too many microphones and ensuring everyone was suitably fed (pie and sausage rolls) and watered (bucketloads of tea).
Sam’s session went swimmingly, he rattled through both of his tracks in a couple of takes and he and the band even treated us to a quick blast of a Ronan Keating cover which was ace.
Jose didn’t have any preferred songs to record so we made requests and she very kindly went along with them, again speeding through things in a couple of takes.
Day 2 – Ash Mann & Killing Fields of Ontario
The second day started with optimism all over the bloody shop after the successes of the debut session and true to form day 2 went just as well.
Ash put down his tracks in record time (the benefits of being a solo artist) and then KFOO (affectionate acronym) turned up complete with mandolin, tambourine and shaker. There were a few delays as they tried to give Ash a crash course in shaker-skills but he seemed to pick things up pretty quickly and soon enough their tracks were recorded and we were finishing off the last of the pie.
Day 3 – The Old Romantic Killer Band
Last but not least we welcomed Harry from the Old Romantic Killer Band into our bijou studio, similarly to Ash he put down his 3 (count ’em!) tracks in no time at all leaving plenty of room for him and Cam to bond over their shared appreciation of all things Bruce Springsteen.
Filed under: art, music, news | Tags: alex curtis, art, ash mann, cameron steward, diy, elle teague, josie vanders, KFOO, Killing Fields of Ontario, kriskicorp, Kristyna Baczynski, music, ORKB, podcast, sam isaac, tapes, tapes #1, the old romantic killer band, zine
listen to the podcast here http://tapes.jellycast.com/node/2/m3u
zine is downloadable via this link ZINE
Filed under: art, news | Tags: alex curtis, art, ash mann, cameron steward, elle teague, Kristyna Baczynski, tapes #1
it feels that the music may have taken over slightly lately, but we won’t forget that tapes is equal parts art and music so it’s about bloody time we told you who the lovely artists are that we’re showcasing in tapes 1, we’re lucky enough to have…
kristyna baczynski (http://kriskicorp.blogspot.com/)
alex curtis (http://www.thr33designs.blogspot.com/)
cameron steward (http://www.twoducksdisco.co.uk/)
elle teague (http://elleteague.blogspot.com/)
and shuffling in at the back, filling a gap, ash mann (http://ashmannblogs.wordpress.com)
and they are doing a piece in relation/inspired by/etc the following music bods:
kristyna : ash mann
alex : jose vanders
cameron : the old romantic killer band
elle : killing fields of ontario
ash : sam isaac
it’ll be awesome, the stuff that has started to be produce is of a brilliant standard, sign up (www.tapes-online.co.uk) to receive the zine first!
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Filed under: music, news | Tags: ash mann, cameron steward, josie vanders, KFOO, Killing Fields of Ontario, music, ORKB, sam isaac, tapes #1, the old romantic killer band
we spent most of the weekend eating pie and sausage rolls, drinking tea and recording lovely people for tapes 1. it should be available for April 1 (no joke).
for those of you that haven’t yet, go and sign up to be kept uptodate with everything and anything here http://www.tapes-online.co.uk
many, many, many thanks to everyone who gave their time over the weekend, it was awesome!
Filed under: music, news | Tags: ash mann, jason steel, KFOO, Killing Fields of Ontario, music, ORKB, podcast, sam isaac, tapes, tapes #1, the old romantic killer band
The last artist to add to the list for tapes 1 is our very own Ash Mann. (http://www.myspace.com/ashmannmusic).
This brings the tally for tapes 1’s musicalness to include the following:
Sam Isaac – www.myspace.com/samisaac
Jason Steel – www.myspace.com/jasonsteelmusic
The Killing Fields of Ontario – http://www.myspace.com/killingfieldsofontario
The Old Romantic Killer Band – http://www.myspace.com/theoldromantickillerband
Ash Mann – http://www.myspace.com/ashmannmusic
Which is, frankly, bloody ace.
Filed under: music | Tags: ash mann, blur, bon iver, cameron steward, for emma forever ago, think tank
To try and flesh things out a bit and make Cam and I seem less like the Wizard of Oz (fun though that is) I had an ego-attack that made me believe people would care what music we’d been listening to on a monthly basis.
These are not ‘top picks’, merely picks.
Ash:
Bon Iver – For Emma forever ago
Yep. Finally. I’m aware everyone else jumped on this bearded, cabin-bound bandwagon months ago. But I finally took the chance that mass adoration isn’t necessarily a bad thing, and was happily proven right. Much has been made of how and where this album was recorded. Never one for lyrics, mythology etc I will just say that it is a pretty collection of songs. It does something interesting with the ‘indie-folk’ genre that seems to be growing at a pace. I’ve seen it described as ‘lo-fi’ and lonely, which it is a little – although in a basic, subtle way. Probably a couple of songs too long, well-worth a listen nonetheless.
Blur – Think Tank
The announcement in late-2008 that Blur would be reforming in July 2009 for a couple of gigs in Hyde Park got me more excited than I should probably admit (like a giggling school-girl would be about right). Since then I’ve been revisiting their back catalogue. Think Tank is ace, yes it suffers from the inclusion of the Norman Cook-inspired ‘Crazy Beat’, which is more embarrassing than middle-aged uncles stripping and doing the maccarana at a wedding but it also features gems such as ‘Out of Time’, ‘Ambulance’ and ‘Battery in your leg’ some of which sees Blur breaking entirely new ground (for them). Time will tell how successful the upcoming reunion is but their back catalogue still speaks for itself.
Cam is still trying to have an opinion for January…
tapes 