As anticipated, Alan is
steadily progressing with a musical career
which is brimming with commercial promise. Consecutive shows and
energised, emotive performances at King
Tut's resulted in a recommendation that he perform at last
summer's Hydro Connect
Festival, which he did, to great response.
Over the past few months Alan has also had the privilege of working
with some extraordinarily talented songwriters in London, Leeds and
Derbyshire. These have included; Steve
Chrisanthou & John Beck (the guys
who co-wrote Corinne Bailey
Rae's
'Put Your Records On'), Tim Kellett (ex member of Simply
Red and James
Morrisson co-writer) and Dele Ladimeji
(London based songwriter signed
to Peer Music, the same people who manage Newton Faulkner).
They
have all contributed in developing him as a musician. For their
guidance, he is extremely grateful.
Already a well respected Scottish performer, Alan is now being taken as
seriously as befits his talent and has recently signed a publishing
deal with Nettwerk One Music Ltd.
To celebrate our first 27 releases on Section 27 Netlabel, we proudly present to you "Sectioned", a compilation of 27 tracks, amounting to 2 hours across two discs of twisted electronic beats, discordant melodies, haunting passages, broken ambience, bending senses of time and space, microscopic glitches, pounding bass frequencies, sounds between sounds, the human voice and the audible sensation of music dissolving in acid. This is the sound of your mind's eye. This is the sound of the Sectioned... Strap yourself in and enjoy the experience.
Also features a 75 minute bonus disc "Sectioned : Nonimxs", including 9 remixes of selected Section 27 artists by Nonima and 2 original tracks created by Silent Snow and Nina Kardec using existing Nonima tracks.
Almost Tomorrow is the third full length collaboration album from Section 27 Netlabel founders Tam Ferrans and Andrew Paterson, under their Nonima & theAudiologist guise. This time around the sound is more melodic, and has a definite feeling of a complete and more mature sound than heard on the previous LP's "Dystopian Battle Hymns" and "Ceremony After Amputation". If you are familiar with their individual projects you may even be in for a slight surprise, as the tracks are not as beat driven like before, but are more atmospheric and sound, well... "bigger". In its 75 minutes, Almost Tomorrow takes you on a trip from the digital rain-soaked cavernous scraping in "Thoughtograph", the ethereal beat jittering of "The Colour of Rain", intercepted transmissions from unknown places in "Com-Intercept", "Ganzfeld"s huge yet strangely insect-like beats until everything you knew comes crashing around you in "Almost Tomorrow". Burning pianos, glitched out soundscapes and intricately programmed beatplay, this may well be their best work to date. Consider it the soundtrack to a rainy overcast day, but with just that glimmer of sunshine peeking from the clouds. "Almost Tomorrow" wears its heart on its sleeve.
Hey guys Michael Jackoson would want you to know tickets are now on sale for the This Is It movie starring Michael Jackson himself!
This Is It will have a global premmiere in 25 cities across the world but it only runs for a limited 2 week run. The movie shows Michael Jackson preparing and rehearsing for the incredible This Is It concerts he never got to give London and the world. This Is It shows the magician, showman and extrodonary genius that was Michael Joe Jackson.
To get tickets go to the This Is It webist at http* :// www .thisisit-movie. com/ (without the spaces and *) or just ask at your local movie theatre See you there!
Episode 52 of Jim Gellatly's NEW MUSIC is now online, including tracks from Hip Parade, The Ray Summers, Lost In Audio, Annie Stevenson, Alan McKim, Epic26, The Meat Men, Exile Parade, Nevada Base, and Nixa.
(feel free to spread the word! MySpace banner available on Jim's MySpace Profile)
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