me (guitar and vocals/piano/violin) John (electronics/vocals)
Influences
Myspace Backgrounds Joni Mitchell, the O brother where art thou soundtrack, robert johnson, bob marley, leftfield, tracy chapman, michael jackson, joy division, asian dub foundation, john coltrane, charlie parker, the knife,alison krauss,peaches, SHINY TOY GUNS, mogwai, john martyn, morcheeba (fragments of freedom and big calm), the smiths (prefer than just morrissey), the stone roses, ian brown, june tabor, blondie, patti smith, joanna newsom, marvin gaye, simon and garfunkel, belle and sebastian, sons and daughters, jeff buckley, june tabor, the pixies, the doors, davy spillane, the streets, benjamin zephaniah,Bob Dylan and Beth Orton, nick drake, NITIN SAWHNEY!, flook,nightmares on wax, odd nossdam, animal collective, pendulum, kate rusby, eliza carthy, tori amos, pink floyd, miss kittin, gorillaz, de la soul, roots manuva, the futureheads, Primal Scream, Massive Attack, cafe del mar, and music with mood and atmosphere. Martyn Bennett, Rage, The magic numbers,DJ yoda, the beatles, the white stripes, the yeah yeah yeahs, bjork, portishead,cinematic orchestra, imogen heap, frou frou, nitin sawhney, air, aim, ani difranco, the books, the cranberries, alanis morisette,pj harvey, bert jansch, colin steele, pat metheny, miles davis, faithless, gomez, lamb, robots in disguise, unkle, tears for fears, yann tierson, zero 7, leftfield, kid symphony, a perfect circle hybrid
Graduated from the degree of Folk and Traditional Music at Newcastle University..I'm now in the Unreal world. I write songs on guitar, my style usually incorporates fingerpicking, strumming and rhythmic elements....variety is GOOD, same is BORING. My influences are anything from nitin sawhney, MIA, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez to nick drake to battles to miss kittin. I have played at the sage, gateshead, the head of steam, the dog and parrot, raintons meadows arena, the green gathering, the green festival, the hexham gathering....amongst many bars, pubs and some HOLES in newcastle! I think originality and CHANGE are important for a musician....and if you are stale, it's time to fall in LOVE again.
YoU cAn CoNtAcT mE aT...........annalouisamusic@googlemail.com
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Hello all, this will be our final release of 2009, and a great way to end the year... Pinklogik asked 10 artists and friends to remix her entire "Learning To Trust Higher Frequencies" album and what an eclectic and stunningly produced work this is. Each track has its own feel, thanks to the diverse range of artists involved in the project. A shimmering journey through ambient colours, broken beats, sweet melodies, a little bit of quantum physics, and is one hell of a trip....
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Also from S27...
[S27-030] MIN-Y-LLAN : Dark Days (Downtempo, Ambient)
We are fast approaching the last days of 2009, so what better way to celebrate than this release from Welshman "Min-Y-Llan" who offers us this collection of atmospheric ambient pieces, the melodies within are dark and cavernous, being the perfect listening for the walk home on a frozen winters evening. Each track has a very melancholic feel as if looking towards a future that isn't as bright as we hope for, but nevertheless are powerless to escape. Free download!
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this folk-carol on myspace... Poem 230 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (see my blog for details): CHRISTMAS SUNG SIMPLY
As gospellers have said, Beneath signalling skies, On land dusty to tread, A trough in a stable Was the strawy first-bed Of a divine baby - The forgiving Godhead.
A season for new hope - There then and here now; The yuletide of goodwill - There then and here now.
In respect of this chance, Beneath bright or dark skies, Faith's the star that we glance Attending Christ's churches And trying to enhance, With singing and ritual, Our God-loving stance.
As you may or may not be aware SoundARC hold a charity gig every year at Club 85 in Hitchin in aid of the Garden House Hospice in Letchworth, and this year we are going to try something a little different from previous years.
This year we are going to take over the club and host 37 acts in one weekend putting full bands upstairs and acoustic acts downstairs in an event that we are calling ARCfest!
It all starts on Friday 4th December at 7pm and then continues on through Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th from 12pm-11pm
As well as raising money for the Garden House Hospice in Letchworth, ARCfest will showcase all the different genres of bands that we at SoundARC have come across over the last 4 and a half years. Over this weekend a lot of the acts that you will see don’t get a chance to play a great local venue like Club 85, So as well as hearing new music you will see all manors of genres and styles from acoustic - Metal - Indie - Rock - Punk - Electro - Ska - Funk - Hip Hop/Rap - Alternative - Rhythm & Blues - Reggae - Grunge and loads more that I cant remember!
Adviruz is the artist psedonym of Istanbul’s Pinar Gurcan, whose growing passion for sound is translated through her music. Since an early age, she has been listening and mimicking opera singers, writing melodies, songs and poems in which she spoke her mind and reflected her soul. All of which are evident on "Nightly Sounds", an 8 track album which is the equivilent of having a glimpse into a diary, learning of love lost, gained, a snapshot of the human condition from which we can all draw experience... All of these things are developed musically into minimalistic glitch, noise, idm, experimental music and microsounds, its influences reminiscent of work by artists like Tujiko Noriko, Mira Calix, Plaid and Björk.
Adviruz and Section 27 present "Nightly Sounds", an intricately woven and rewarding musical tapestry. Available now for free download.
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.
Hope all is well in the world of you. I wish you all the best to make good things happen. If you don't know already, The XY (Electro funk/pop) are releasing flight in sight on November the 16th. Slowly but surely the people are starting to take note of the X Why movement. Feel free to watch the video and comment.
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
Hi! Here's a live show I did with Eli a couple weeks ago that I wanted to share with you and your friends. We played a bunch of songs and djayed some old records. Here's a gift of music. There's download links on my page if you want a free copy. Here's a bonus track too!:
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