Viki (words, vocals and music) & Owen (music, sounds and production).
...and their allies:
Alec Snook - Piano on 'eleven eleven', 'home' & 'nothing set in stone';
Edward Shirley - Drums/Percussion on 'home', 'another sorry tale', 'vilnius [version]' & 'lock out';
Dan W Coggins - Guitars on 'vilnius [version]', 'home', 'eleven eleven';
Kit McKenzie - Guitars on 'another sorry tale' & melodica on 'time's table';
Kelly-Ann Roberts - Flute on 'home' & 'on the cusp';
Beard of Meats - Cuts on 'home';
Joanna Harrington & Liam Page - Backing vocals on 'another sorry tale';
B-Leaf - Spoken words wrriten and performed on 'home';
Craig Cheney - Spoken words written for 'eleven eleven';
John Williams - Spoken words performed on 'eleven eleven';
Lisa Whiting - Sleeve design for 'Winning is for Losers' & other designs.
Etkilendikleri
for example.....patti smith, aphex twin, the doors, sly and the family stone, boards of canada, babel, johnny cash, four tet, pj harvey, william orbit, aretha franklin, caribou, stevie wonder, the velvet underground, joy division, the stone roses, madonna, our parents, willy mason, holst, nina simone, dusty springfield, orbital, joni mitchell, bob dylan, bob marley, super furry animals, adem, massive attack, lee perry, food, the meters, electrelane, augustus pablo, G & G, led zeppelin, brian eno, john cale, nick cave and the badseeds, cinematic orchestra, jon kennedy, ruby, the beatles, gilles peterson, neil young, the big chill, sylvia plath, aldous huxley, scientist, susumu yokota, ullrich schnauss, smith & mighty, tunng, gorillaz, mark stewart & maffia, two lone swordsmen, red snapper, marvin gaye, culture, ilya, soul II soul, tidy kid, a.m. architect, quannum collective, david holmes, the mighty ging, michael jackson, janis joplin, the rolling stones, david bowie, parlour talk, robert wyatt, danger mouse, tosca, ian brown, primal scream, bjork, death in vegas, happy mondays, san francisco...........BRISTOL
books - therese raquin, a prayer for own meany, middlesex, one flew over the cuckoos nest, in cold blood, when we were orphans, the bell jar, last exit to brooklyn, the wasp factory, wind up bird chronicle, the bird artist, life of pi, a brave new world, fear & loathing in las vegas & many more
fillums - dean man's shoes, bright young things, the chorus, the wind that shakes the barley, old boy, lady vengeance, proposition, pan's labyrinth, platoon, city of god, kill bill, the shining, life of brian, twin town, the departed, buffalo 66, any hitchcock film....yadda, yadda
Canola Tenderfoot began life after the joining of two people, musically and in matrimony. Having both spent several years recording and gigging around the UK with other Bristol bands, the Tenderfeet retreated to their Bristol home studio in 2004 and began working alone on a project given the name of Canola (the Celtic goddess of music) Tenderfoot (a novice).
With no agenda, other than to make the best music they can, Canola Tenderfoot utilise electronics, ambience and real-life instruments to make beats, grooves and tunes. Sat atop this musical mountain you will find songs about love, loss, hope, frustration, friendship and getting wasted.
The debut album 'Winning is for Losers' was released by Malicious Damage on 11 November 2007
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You can buy a copy from the label buy clicking HERE, as well as from the usual shops and online stores, including...
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1. Root & Branch
2. Summum Bonum
3. Eleven Eleven
4. Pili Pala
5. On The Cusp
6. We Could All Be Happy
7. Time's Table
8. Another Sorry Tale
9. What Is Good
10. Home
11. Spark It Up
12. No Gold
13. First Come First Served
'a true gem of a debut album...........it rages with a political outlook at points courtesy of some incredibly poignant and memorable vocals and samples. When man and machine work in such perfect harmony, nature and technology, hand in hand, then moments of awe-struck beauty can emerge.' - Reverb Magazine
'...a deliciously balanced cocktail of dub drilled lunatic electronics that prickle and purr with the definable tug of sparsely toned sultry soul.' -
Singled Out
'Fans of good, old trip-hop should be very satisfied. Today's hiers of
Bristol tradition are doing well or even better and better.' - 80bpm.net (translated)
Most of the tracks fit common understandingof trip hop. We got some dub background sounds (“Another sorry tale”), synthesizer parts close to classic ambient music (“Pili pala”) and some massive bass parts (“What is good”).
On the other hand we hear some rich guitar, piano, violin and vocals merging into the beat. Viki sings in a dreamy way, transforming her voice with electronics from time to time, what makes her sound a little like Beth Gibbons from Portishead. When rapper B-Leaf joins her, Canola Tenderfoot feels like early Massive Attack.
But it’s not so plain along the way. Mr and Mrs Shirley like to move into some other genres, like acoustic psytrance (?) (“Root and branch”), indie-pop (“Time’s Table”) or rich ambient music (“Summum Bonum”, “First Come First Served”). These ambient tracks sound especially well due to duets ability to combine dub beats, electronics and vocals. You will enjoy listening of “Winning is for losers”' - GAZ-ETA, Poland (translated)
'This rather fine debut album is a refined collection of soulful cleansing melodic grooves, words and uplifting blissed-out very mellow tunes' - The Organ
The album was launched at Soho Bar in Bristol on Saturday 10 November. The party was fuelled by DJ sets from Jon Kennedy, DJ Annon Lee, The Basic and Viki & Owen themselves. Also showcased were a total of 6 videos to tracks from the album specially made for the launch night. These have been made by (in no particular order) Mikes Coles (Malicious Damage label boss), Zyga, Silly Goose animations, Chris Suddaby, David Wright & B.L.C.
In July 2009 CT release four new tracks on an EP titled 'the light still flickers' as a free download. Tracks can be downloaded below or from the Canola Tenderfoot website
(To download file - click on track title, open link and right-click "Save As...". EP artwork and information contained in each mp3 file).
"A welcome return for one of B365's personal favourites, Canola Tenderfoot follow up their debut album Winning Is For Losers with a free EP available from their website. The ethereal sound they honed on that release is surprisingly toughened up here; it's evident there's been some serious work undertaken in galvanising the beats of producer Owen Canola. On Lock Out this works very well, with the sensual vocals of Viki Canola snaking around frenetic drumwork and buzzing keys, yet still reflecting the sparse, candlelit warmth prevalent on their debut.
Nothing Set In Stone harks back to the Canlola Tenderfoot of old, with breathless shards of vocal and melody intertwined in a looping groove that more acerbic critics might label indicative of the genre that dare not speak its name, t**p h*p. But if you strip away the accumulated baggage that comes with a name like that, what are we left with? Simply put, Canola Tenderfoot reference the finer elements of downtempo electronica and twist it into their own strange shapes, and it sounds all the better for it.
Whilst Nothing Set In Stone and Play On might sit with the more orthodox material from their debut, Lock Out and Vilnius speak of a fresh direction which is maybe thanks in part to Owen's growing confidence as a producer through other remix projects. With a sharper, darker approach to beats and vocals, both these tracks are definitely the stronger of the four presented here. If you haven't picked up their debut album it comes highly recommended, and in the meantime download this EP to get to know the Canola Tenderfoot way." - Byte blog B365
gaNNets featuring FYFE DANGERFIELD are out and about this December with a bunch of intimate gigs in The Smoke - on a boat! (7th Dec), Bristol (14th Dec), 'Nham (15th Dec) & Brum (16th Dec)
Pending the new release "Melotonine" (release date coming soon), i decided to offer you a part of my best recent works in a free EP, "Cupboard Replacement", downloadable in all numeric formats with special graphic art works by Flint on Music AutOmatiK's Website :
We can stay in contact on facebook now... Thanks for your support !
We're setting off into the sunset on a mini tour of the south west in December and we'd love to see you at one of our shows.
The Bell, Bath, Wednesday 2nd December Dartington College, Totnes, Thursday 3rd December Eden Project, Nr St Austell, Fri 4th December
It'll be the last chance to catch us play before we go into hibernation to record our new album at the beginning of the new year...we may even give you a sneaky taster of what's in store. So please come down and experience us lifting the roof in a proper stomping party style.
We are finally ready to start promoting my 'I Surrender' single with my album, 'Ella Trip' coming right after -yey!! What d'ya think to the video teaser?
Hi, I've been spending a bit of time checking out the pages of anybody
who has posted positive comments about the Mouse Outfit, and linking
them to 5 of the earliest tracks we wrote, which are FREE to download
on soundcloud.
We are an 8 piece hip hop funk band, based in Manchester UK, and we
have recently supported Akil (Jurassic 5), Speech Debelle, Fabio (Radio
1). Feel free to pass them on to friends. Thanks for the support and
don't forget to keep checking back for new tunes! Keepin real hip hop
alive!
TOYKULT plays British Music Week 2009 and we invite you to download our latest EP featuring tracks from our new album FREE @ 192kbps: http://www.toykult.com
Fresh from our 23 date UK festival tour, we're hitting the Autumn hard this weekend with a couple of wicked gigs. The first is with UK ska legends BIG HAND at HOOTANANNYS, Brixton this Fri 2nd Oct and it's completely FREE to get in! We're on at 9.30. Then we're off to Bristol playing sat 3rd at THE FIDDLERS with our festi companions and probably the fattest sounding band you'll ever witness, THE GENTLEMENS DUB CLUB.
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