Theresa Standish (violin), Jeff Barnes (percussion), Stephen Grew (percussion)
Influences
Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Digital Mystikz, Captain Beefheart, Lee Perry, Faust, Black Sabbath, Otis Redding, Afel Boucoum, Bukka White, Miles Davies, Can, Ali Farka Toure, King Tubby, NEU!, Ralph Stanley, Tony Conrad, Fela Kuti, Master Musicians of Joujouka, Sonic Youth
Sounds Like
atmospheric, hypnotic electric drone-folk
live at the luminaire, london - supporting meg baird out of espers - jan 30th, 2008 (photo by adrian nettleship www.adriannettleship.com)
Dean McPhee at LAWM gig at The Yorkshire House, Lancaster
stig of the dump plays the yorkshire house in '07, supporting the (excellent) low lows. the tune is "salt plains".
Dean McPhee is a solo electric guitarist who lives in Lancaster, UK. He plays his trademark rosewood telecaster through a valve amp with a variety of effects pedals creating a warm, rich and slightly overdriven guitar tone. His solo pieces, which are part composed and part improvised, are hypnotic and atmospheric and have a dreamlike ambience that leaves audiences entranced. As a self taught musician with a unique playing style, Dean’s music is highly original, but it also brings together a wide range of influences that include Psych-Folk, Drone, Post Rock, Krautrock, Modal Jazz and traditional African and Indian music. He has a 7” split single “Water Burial” soon to be released on World in Winter Recordings, which he is sharing with the band Chapters, and he is currently working on his first album which he intends to release this year.
Moose Factory would like to support you and help promote your upcoming gigs. We can do this by reviewing a track/album and uploading an example on our site and possibly reviewing a live show (if we're invited;)). If you'd like this to happen, please send us something to moosefactoryuk@googlemail.com or 223 Ramsay Road, London, E7 9ES. In addition, we have upcoming gig nights in London on October 30, November 20, December 11, and January 16 with slots available if you'd like to perform. Cheers.
dean that is insane ! you need to make more tunes like dat,ive nearly finished a tune managed to nick a vocal off a 90ts digital dancehall tune proper clever the way ive edited out everythin else,whats you number ive lost mi phone but gettin a new one nxt couple of days
Fantastic Dean! The new tune is very arab-esque and captures many of the Mali type visions I hear in Afel Bocoum and Toumani Diabate etc! What about Boubacar Traore? Have you heard of his stuff!?
hey dean, hows things going with the move to Leeds and that ? Hope fully we will be able to catch you in Manchester or somewhere North Westy sometime soon. Bought an Ibanez DE7 delay pedal for my bass which is treating me very well, has a really nice sound to it and also makes some crazy noises which is an added bonus.
"Drapes of Black" is the new single from Aidan Smith's new album, Allotments. It was played on Radcliffe and Maconie's show on Radio 2 on Monday and is in this week's Pick and Mix!
Go here to vote for Aidan to get played on their show every day next week!
Hey man. My newest and second release - the five-track Calmer Than Karma EP - was released worldwide on Monday. It's only £2 to buy on CD, including delivery. If you're interested in grabbing a copy then please make your way to morgasmic. co. uk. Cheers!
loving yer tunes Dean. Evocative, thought provoking melodies of laid back beauty!!! Excellent stuff. Give me a shout when you've put the album together.
ps. got a new favoutite sh!t record, La Isla Bonita by the one and only David (the Hoff) Hasselhoff!!!!
Hey Dean! Finally got round to listenin to your Stoney ground...wanted to set aside enough time to give it the attention it deserves...Indescribably beautiful stuff. Lookin forward to seein thee tonight,supporting The Broughton...
THE FAMILY ELAN at the Art Of Tea, tuesday 10th june. dramatic, sensual, hypnotic & hauntingly beautiful devotional songs of autumn leaves and nights of fire and wine.
Elan derives much inspiration from devotional and folk music traditions. The tanbur playing of the Kurdish Sufi mystic Ostad Elahi and Âshyq songs of the Azerbaijani sâz master Edalat Nasibov spring immediately to mind, alongside the rawer, more percussive sounds of the Yayla musicians of the Eastern Black Sea region – who fashion reed instruments from young pine saplings - like Hasan Yïldïrïm (who plays the violin like a drum) and Hayri Dev. The music of the Rebetes of early twentieth century Greece is an obvious benchmark, alongside more recent European folk revivalists like the Hungarian band Muzsikás. Other signposts might include the bouzouki inventions of Anne Briggs and the musical tapestries of the Incredible String Band. There is also a ‘pop’ sensibility lurking in there somewhere, though it is nigh on impossible to pin down in the conventional sense.
The Family Elan is Chris Hladowski - bouzouki, vocals, guitar, baglamas, fiddle, gimbri, clarinet, thigh slapping, and an unknown Chinese Lute – and Hanna Tuulikki - metal flute, wooden flute, wooden recorder, plastic recorder, voice. Both players have been involved in critical groups such as A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Scatter, Nalle and One Ensemble, they release their debut album on Chicago’s Locust Records in late 2007.
live at the luminaire, london - supporting meg baird out of espers - jan 30th, 2008 (photo by adrian nettleship www.adriannettleship.com)
