Peter Cooke. Dudley Moore. Woody Allen.Rubin Kerry. David Sylvian . Arvo Part. Mark Wallinger. Philippe Sarde. Jake Sollo.Steve Coogan. Talk Talk, David Lynch. An American Werewolf in London. Gavin Bryers. John Shuttleworth. Minder. Isao Tomita. Severed Heads. Ringu. From Hell. The watchmen. Scritti Politti. Bartok. Johnny Ball. Dave Randall. Dug Wolfsohn. Peep Show. Argeiphontes Lyre. Pro 53 and Prophet 5.
Add 'N' To (X) .Bonzo Dog doo dah band. Buddy Holly. Canteen.James Burke. Colin Newman.Ingrid Bergman. Eleanor Bron.Gerry Rafferty. Franka Potente. Holger Czukay .Japan. Jega. John Carpenter. John Foxx. Osibisa. King Crimson.Laurel and Hardy. Leftfield. Mississippi John Hurt. John Barry. Napoleon XIV. Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Pink Floyd. Syd Barret. Ralph Vaughan Williams. Ryuichi Sakamoto. Stereo Lab. Jethro Tull. The Byrds. The Smiths. XTC. Yellow Magic Orchestra. Tortoise. The Beach Boys. Mussorgsky. Bartok. H.G.Wells. George.A. Romero. Charlie Spaeke.
since 1994 jay Fisher's music out-put has been prolific, independent. and often
obscure.His influences have always been slightly at odds with his work, and this
has always made him uncomfortable with being identified as a singer/songwriter - even
though he is one. Now with the forming of his own label, Kilburn State Records, he's
finally achieving autonomy; his current projects apple rabbits,Rainettes, and
Furry Kitten, could be viewed as a merging of everything he's done since the release
of his first album The Velvetine Ear 16 years ago:
Considering it was released at a time in a Britain where pop music was dominated by
Brit-pop, trip-hop, and Grunge, when Oasis were a new band just down from
Manchester, Nirvana were just about to release In Utero, and Radiohead were a year
or so away from releasing The Bends, jay Fisher's debut album The Velvetine Ear
received a surprising amount of critical acclaim. Maybe it was because there was no
attempt to emulate, or acknowledge, popular trends in music at the time; which won
over the albums reviewers. What ever it was it worked; and Jay Fisher, and his not
quite folk, and not quite 80's retro album, made an unlikely ripple. What followed was
a stream of support slots and festival appearances in 94/95; supports included: Vic
Chestnutt, Jools Holland, Mark Burgess, Freedy Johnson, Madder Rose, Roy Harper,
and finally a four month tour with John Martyn.
In the autumn of 1994 Jay was approached by Paul Castle, who was looking for a
vocalist to do "something" on a single called Shark Dance for N-tone. What Paul was
looking for was a high energy, feel good vocal; and what jay delivered was a strange
four part harmony drone, using made up words; nothing like what Paul had been
expecting, or had wanted. Paul passed on jay's contribution at first, but came back to
it when sessions with other vocalists didn't work out.
In the Autumn of 95 jay and Paul met up again, at Crosstrax studio Kings cross, and
started working on ideas. What eventually came out of those sessions was Canteen's
Satsuma album, in 1999. Canteen's sound was a mixture of Jay's songs, four track
recordings vocals, and instrumentation, Paul's Dance, ambient,and big beat
arrangements; and later Dug Wolfsohn's Sonic experiments.
And It is here that all the elements which make up apple rabbits', genre hopping,
sound came together; and where jay learned an approach to recording;which allowed
him to develop his ideas,for apple rabbits' King Of Anglia and Kilburn State albums,
in his own way, without the threat of compromise.
jay is Currently recording an EP of new apple rabbits material, producing remixes for
Tim Gilvin, and is collaborating with Full English Breakfast on his next album; as well
as finishing off a film, and score, for the charity: Aisling.
Text written by Bill Rubin
SOMEONE SAID:
Banda britanica que recien figura entre mis gustos, conocida gracias a una amiga mia. Con un estilo peculiar y la Melodiosa voz de Jay Fisher. Un deleite de banda. Con 2 albumes apenas en su haber. Siguen siendo desconocidos en una gran parte del mundo. Pero tienen lo suficiente para convertirse en una gran banda mas de lo que ya son.
Source: a quote from a very kind person.
Mark Whitby from Dandelion Radio. said:
and there’s a track from possibly the most enthralling and beguiling album so far this year, Kilburn State by Apple Rabbits.
Just a reminder that I'm playing your excellent King Kong Vs King Canute in my December show, where I'm featuring you as one of my Listen To Me ten artists of the year. The show streams from Tuesday at www.dandelionradio.com, and you can find out exactly when it goes out by checking the schedule on the website.
Thanks for all the great music this year, and good luck for 2010.
oh la la that's cool. Work, but not enough to be tired; I hope everything goes well, have a new year full of creativity.
Me? just with school I think I need more work, again I get problems with that.
I made this little... bunny-plant or something, just wanted to show yo...
Hey rabbits, please check out our song. inspired by angry teenagers not playing the tradition punk or rock. we wanna hear your opinion on one of the few teen blues bands! peace.
I must apologies fur long absence from Ma Space Thunk you vury much for patients (ha ha Theese vury funny joke i make ha ha )
serious talk :
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NOW,,, theeese ease where ma trouble begin... i huv became lazy rabbit .. seet on couch weeth rabbit snacky ...ALL DAY,,..........ALL NIGHT .............ALL DAY.......
you see? only one show i watch.... Dexter!! hahah...no no no not theese show .... i do not watch teese show no i watch RGHTV eet known as RABBIT GARDEN HOME MAKE BETTER TV
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NO!----- theese rabbit grateful fur all patience prompt payment of Psychiatrist bill... Thank you all vury much....Sincerely.. THE ONE ...THE ONLY....
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The Listen To Me top ten is where I look back on all the bands and artists who’ve contacted me over the last year, and pick out the best ten. I play a track by all ten in my December Dandelion Radio show, and attempt some sort of countdown from ten to one. This year’s list:
Apple Rabbits - Autorotation - The Chasms - Downtown Cuckoo - Eureka Brown - Golau Glau - My Odd Gong - The Owls Are Not What They Seem - Skeleteen -So Shush
Thanks again for all the magnificent music you’ve put my way this year.
You’ve made the fourth annual Listen To Me top ten!
Now in its fourth year, the Listen To Me top ten is where I look back on all the bands and artists who’ve contacted me over the last year, and pick out the best ten. I play a track by all ten in my December Dandelion Radio show, and attempt some sort of countdown from ten to one.
This amounts to narrowing down a list of a hundreds of bands and artists. I then got this down to a final 28 a few weeks ago and now, despite leaving many fine names out of the list, the ten have been named. And you’re one of them.
Thanks for the add, jay! And the kind review. We dig your sound as well. Fairground is terrific! And it's not often we see Talk Talk, XTC and David Lynch all mentioned in one place. We're in good company here! KTS
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