Anthony Rochester.
other musical contributors have been: beck lumb, christer jensen (micromars), christoffer schou (remington super 60), andy tanner, d.a.bailey, polly banks, michelle yun/platten, beth lincolne (my sister!), david rochester (little brother), stuart rochester (dad), lisa rime, lisa haynes, matt ives, highly strung, matt jones
Influences
broadcast, burt bacharach, belle and sebastian, jens lekman, astor piazzolla, france gall, stereolab, testbild!, camera obscura, the helens, the high llamas, remington super 60, kings of convenience, david axelrod, the carpenters, the lucksmiths, the hepburns, three berry icecream
A shy fellow, Anthony ends up playing the majority of the instruments on his albums himself. This time out, in addition to vocals, he plays piano, bass, drums, guitars, violins, percussion, recorder, and a host of keyboards. Recording at home, he borrows the instruments he doesn't have (note the album liner note's thankyou to so-and-so's ex-girlfriend, et al).
When he can't make the sounds himself, he borrows a musician: a cellist here, a flautist there. Notable guest contributors on this album include Norwegian artist Christer Jensen aka Micromars (electronics on the album's closing track) and Welsh songwriter Matt Jones alias Norman de Plume of the Hepburns (lyrics on two songs). The Star Trek-esque backing vocals that grace the song "Metropolitain" are supplied by the mezzo-soprano next door. Anthony reportedly noticed her, evenings, as she would sing down the block to call her cat home.
In a private email intercepted by Radio Khartoum, Matt Jones compared Mr. Rochester's music to a stained-glass window, adding, "It is music for interiors, bored Tuesday afternoons with nothing much to do but with a smouldering-cigarette desire to do something, music to fill the void like particles of dust illuminated by coloured light."
thanks! i'll tell chris and neil! they said you did a really great show. hopefully i'll make it down to tassie and see you play some day as well. -alexis
Just to let you know
your single is inside one of our playlists, the one is gonna be broadcasted
today! 22h (GMT +1) via www.lacotorra.org It'll be again online thursday 12h
(GMT + 1) and from thursday you can download the whole programa via
http://elcuartelillo.lacotorra.org
Your music is fantastic.
thank you! it's funny that Friend request manager song, i bet some bands have myspace spam teams working around the clock, maYBE they hire some cheap labourers in india, rows of rows of computers, there they sit adding friends for a penny a day.
also i like that I love you baby video, been meaning to do something similar, very nice..
Please contact to 4bonjour's parties or lost in found or tailor made for a small room! They are wonderful japanese band! And they organized the live show of Billy and Sam. I think that if you want to go to Japan and have show in Japan, "Miwa Yahagi" will help you. She is my friend. And she is a member of "lost in found" and "tailor made for a small room". Her partner "Ayumu Haitani" is a reader of 4bonjour's parties. He is staying in Australia now!!
Hello!! How are you doing? Do you know that your friend "Billy Whims" and "Sam J Nicolson" will visit to Japan in November? And she will have some shows at Tokyo with lost in found!! Miwa Yahagi who is a member of lost in found is my friend!! I will go to watch the show!!
