Guy Mankowski (vocals, electric guitar) Hollie Martorella (vocals, violin, tambourine) Daniel Hoyes (ebow, electric & acoustic guitar, piano) Rylan Holey (cello and more)
Influences
Maria Callas, Federico Fellini, Mazzy Star, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Vettriano, Suede, Pulp, Anita Ekburg, Interpol, Edward Hopper, Marlene Dietrich, kitsch, The Cinematic Underground, Dark Star, Fionn Regan, faded glamour, PJ Harvey, Depeche Mode, the elegantly wasted, any people who dress up and pretend to live somewhere more glamorous than they actually do
Sounds Like
'Alba Nova are like the enchanting lovechild of an unfaithful relationship between Interpol and Mazzy Star, an intoxicating dose of heady glamour combining seductive vocals, decadent lyrics, intricate violins and dizzying
rhythms.'
Playlouder
Alba Nova are the only band living in a unique lost England full of chandeliers, fake fur
coats, masquerades and mistresses. They formed amongst the
cobbled streets of Durham when singer Guy Mankowski wrote a list of people he wanted to form
a band with. Late at night the small-town show-off started to songwrite with the more
perfectionistic Daniel Hoyes, and this unlikely partnership was soon enriched with the
addition of ex-jazz chanteuse Hollie Martorella, along with various mandolin players,
bassists, drummers and celloists. The band soon found the tracks of their first demo filtering
into the review pages of magazines around the country, and their debut London gig in
November attracted some of the British music industry's biggest names. Their first EP titled
The Beautiful Way To Fall is to be the first to be released on the new London label Comfort Records.
In Alba Nova's world the mundane is transformed into something endlessly romantic, decadent
and intricate, where epic stories of glamour and betrayal are played out in dialogues
between flirting co-vocalists and smothered in layers of reverberating guitars and violin.
Check them out before the imminent glorious collapse.
"Beautiful and spellbinding" THE CRACK MAGAZINE
"Luscious, evocative and shiver-inducing. Weaved with mythical and evocative lyrics, it is
in the transcendent melding of Guy Mankowskis breathy vocals and Hollie Martorellas soaring
tones that the band captivate. The chemistry is palpable" GIGWISE
"Intricate and deeply enchanting- the lyrics that scroll across the myriad of soundcapes are
as compelling as the music itself" AUDIOJUNKIES
"Stunning, passionate and elegant, with beautiful and poetic lyrics. Undeniably gorgeous"
MUSOS GUIDE
The Beautiful Way To Fall EP
01) The Stranger and The Streetcar
02) Damouettes
03) Lights, Camera, Heartbreak 04) She Drew The Blinds
Hey, just to let you know we have uploaded tracks from Ali's new solo album Flying High to his myspace, come by and let us know what you think or if you want to pre order you can get it on his myspace page.
Ali will be on tour in the UK from June 19th – July 4th come and see him and his new band live – they are tearing it up, round the country with a great party vibe!
Big Love Ali's Team x
Activities begin at 1pm at The Place, in Athenaeum St, Sunniside, with Maximo Park’s Duncan Lloyd's 'Songwriting Masterclass'.
Jim Mawdsley, CEO of Generator and Director of The Evolution Festival leads a 'Live Music Promoter Workshop' from 3pm.
Then, from 6pm, an A&R panel session will take place featuring reps from 1965 Records, EMI, Universal and XL Records.
The SMF AGM will directly precede the A&R session.
If your music requires attention, bring along a CD to receive individual feedback on a first come-first served basis!!!!
Following the day’s events at The Place, The White Room in Holmeside will host the evening’s live show, featuring Frankie & The Heartstrings, U-U, The Wooden Spoons and Widows. Doors open at 8pm.
Admission for all events is free but limited and subject to advance booking. For more information contact joe@generator.org.uk or call 0191 2450099 ext 4 or The Sunderland Music Forum on 01915671777.
Videocrash 3! with Hexstatic (live AV) vs The Nextmen (live AV) plus The Anomolies + DJ Cheeba (AV) + more tbc 8 - 3 Sat 6th June '09 £15 adv www.ticketweb.co.uk
For the third installment of the now legendary Videocrash, London's biggest and best dedicated Audio-Visual event, we have lined up a truly ground-breaking affair, with the undeniable kings Hexstatic and new challengers The Nextmen as well as some of the finest up-and coming talent in this, the coolest up-and-coming night-club experience. Having absolutley killed it at the previous 2 Videocrash nights Hexstatic was an obvious choice to invite back to Koko, and in looking for an act to match up to them The Nextmen were a clear option, with their live showcase and excellent turntable skills. To make it all that bit more special, and to fit in with the theme of the occasion, Hexstatic will be providing a visual accompaniment to The Nextmen's set! Awesome. Throw into the mix the fruits of our quest into the world of AV to find some of the hottest new talent in the field, and the result is an evening that will blow Koko's bass-bins and your minds with a kaleidescopic mix of sounds and sights.
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Hola The FISH here, hope all is well in your world :) we have added a couple of New B-Sides and a load of old recordings to the site, some random joy in there somewhere :) hopefully we'll cross over soon peace love and oddness JFF, oh and we have a new website www. japanesefightingfish. co. uk xxxx
this Saturday at the Star & Shadow Cinema on the edge of Byker, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
the night stars:
BRONNT INDUSTRIES KAPITAL (Static Caravan / Silent Age Records)
Victorian clockwork electronica which isn't afraid to tip its pince-nez to the dancefloor and erupt into italo fueled disco beauty. Somewhere between Goblin, Moroder and the sound of the abyss... check out his soundtrack to Haxan: Witchcraft through the Ages, a superb silent film from 1922, or investigate his presence on Myspace,
JAMIE ALLEN
This man is the future of pop. A new resident to Newcastle, formerly of the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra and electronics man in the Age of Wire and String. Hot stuff! SDF
Disco Cyber Funk with basslines to tell your grandchildren about... MIKE PLUS
from the Fratelli di Rimini taking the audience on a musical journey from Chicago to Salford, by way of an Italian disco and the moors on the Yorkshire borders.
Franco Soviet DJ collective SUGARPUFF playing Muscled Bangers & DJ CHOV, experimentalist Turntable champion of both sides of the Pennines.
& also featuring two beastly movies in the cinema, THE BLIND BEAST, and FLAVIA (an example of the short lived nunsploitation genre)
Not at moment, big man. To tell you the truth Adam & myself are holed up in an old cold war bunker in East Anglia writing the new REM album & throwing money at each other. Come next week.. love BULL ps - any thoughts on DAncefloor Baby. I won't ask you again, although adam might.
how's it fucking going, big man? you alright are you, guy? been awhile.. Have you any thoughts on SDF's new pop animal "Dancefloor Baby", pal? Bit of gyrating melancholia.
we must tour together soon - rearrange furniture together, apologise a bit
THIS SATURDAY 19TH JULY: THE CUCKOO'S NEST STAGE AT NARC FEST 2008
full details on our page and on our facebook event for the gig. Five amazing bands, stalls, caster sugar soundsystem, tombolas, and cakes. ALL FREE FROM 6PM, don't be late!
Then: SUNDAY 27TH JULY Jose Vanders plus Rebecca Jones
full details on our myspace and on facebook - Jose's first tour with a full band. Previous collaborations include Adem and Johnny Flynn. Live performances & interviews on Radio 1's Rob da Bank show; features on Perez Hilton's blog & appearing on BBC3 every night at 7pm.
£4 only; 14+. The Cumberland Arms (near the Cluny), 8pm.
This is us at a costume party gig. Please comment if it touches you lol
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