Thomas and Alex White, joined live and on record by Matthew Twaites, Damo Waters, Math Priest, Stuart Flynn, Jake Rousham, Tom McKay, Matt Eaton, Phil Sumner, Joe Bennett and Ben Elliott.
Influences
Jimmy Somerville, Nick Park, Psychic TV/PTV3, Erno Goldfinger, RTX, Noel Coward, Silver Jews, Robert Wyatt, M.C. Escher, Chicago, Field Music, Jan Svankmajer, Dead Meadow, Bruce Parry, Wild Beasts, The Silence Of The Lambs, Robert Shaw, Elbow, Soul Coughing, Muddy Suzuki, Phillip Ridley, Warm Jets, Nina Simone, The Aisler's Set, Hood, Saint Etienne, Victor Romaniuk, Marine Research, Fritz Lang, Spiritualized, Mission Of Burma, Pulp, Cary Grant, Jay-Z, Sparks, Irving Berlin, Throbbing Gristle, Armando Iannucci, Fairport Convention, Warren Zevon, Carl Larsson, T.Rex, Biffy Clyro, Of Montreal, Lee Hazlewood, Peter Richardson, Supergrass, Queen, Desmond Morris, Stephen Malkmus, Leigh Bowery, Broadcast, Disillusion Dot Dot Dot, The Quay Brothers, Chris T-T, The Who, Hair (The Musical), Deerhoof, Jaws (1, 2, 3 and The Revenge), Francis Bacon, Ween, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The White Noise, The Delfonics, Roald Dahl, Stuart Flynn, Television, Royal Trux, Maurice Sendak, The Dandy Warhols, Richmal Crompton, Air, Steven Spielberg, Levellers, Frank Lloyd-Wright, Tommy (The Musical), Ray Mears, Keith Boadwee, Elvis Presley, Ivor Cutler, Phillip Powell, The Comic Strip Presents..., MF Doom, Brighter Lunch, The Band, Antoni Gaudi, Stuffy + The Fuses, Elliott Smith, Sam Raimi, Mr. Lif, Super Furry Animals, Marguerite Patten, Silver Sun, Janet and Allan Ahlberg, The Strokes, Stephen Sondheim, The Fall, Alfred Hitchcock, Nas, Pet Shop Boys, dEUS, Delia Derbyshire, Minutemen, Edan, The Magnetic Fields, Quasi, Salvador Dali, Ariel Pink, Six By Seven, Driven To Collision, The Mamas and Papas, Rex Whistler, Stephen King, Hope Sandoval and The Warm Inventions, John Updike, Actress Hands, Joni Mitchell, Bill Hicks, Joyce Grenfell, Erik Satie, Richard Hawley, John Cale, ee cummings, Kevin Ayers, HR Giger, Mike Patton, OOIOO, Clearlake, The Beatles, Sam Cooke, Akercocke, Dmitri Shostakovitch, Ken Stringfellow, Nick Broomfield, Sunn O))), KanYe West, Guided By Voices, Bill Viola, GG Allin, Teenage Fanclub, Phillip Larkin, Elton John, NEU!, Underworld, Richard Dawkins, Michaela Strachan, Bobby Womack, Wire, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Pete Rock, The Ex, Richard Wilson, Arcwelder, Scott Walker, Keith Floyd, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Residents, Steve Irwin, Charles Bukowski, Cornelius, Nicholson Baker, The Flaming Lips and most of all, ourselves........google it all!
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." Hunter S. Thompson
Q Mag August 2008: I Dream Of Black (Drift, **** Q Recommends) recalls the psychedelic-rock splendour of Spiritualized at their peak
The Independent, London *** This Brightonian (also of Electric Soft Parade) forges dream-scapes in a DIY spirit on his solo album, recorded at home on four-track. The result prizes mood over melody, suggesting languid evenings spent alone in his bedroom. But if you crave heady chin-scratchers ("Will The Moon Ever Rise Again?") in psych pastels, he makes sounds to swim in.
I Dream Of Black Tracklisting:
1. Is It Wrong To Lose Faith In The Person You Used To Love? 2. The Runaround 3. Starry Nite 2 4. The Silence Stops Tonight 5. I Dream Of Black 6. This Is Just A Little Interlude... 7. Starry Nite 3 8. Will The Moon Ever Rise Again? 9. White Wave 10. Wartime Love/Solar Collapse
"Full of regret, hard-won wisdom and DIY pop artistry, No Need To Be Downhearted transcends bog-standard indie to build a world of sophisticated melody and ingenious arrangements..." - Mojo Magazine 4/5
"They appear to have found their level: one of rock's best-kept secrets." - Q Magazine 4/5
"This eclipses all of their previous work and, indeed, much of this year's output generally. Their previous paymasters must be gutted - No Need To Be Downhearted is cause for serious joy." Rocksound Magazine 9/10
"Whirling organs, orchestrated soundscapes, spangly electro noises - understated anthemic indie rock of the highest order." The Sun 4/5
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THE ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE "If That's The Case, Then I Don't Know"
(UK release) out now. Ltd edition 7” / iTunes / emusic (b-side Happy Hunting Ground – a cover of the Sparks tune) Available from HMV and all good indies. Order online here
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THE ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE "Human Body EP" in stores now
I inivite you to listen to my version of "Greensleeves" included in my new CD and "touched" a bit by a spanish guitar. Bye! Amparo García-Otero. Singer and songwriter. Spain.
Le Lapin Rose vous informe qu'il ne reste plus que 5 jours pour envoyer votre musique et ainsi participer au PILC! Faites nous parvenir vos morceaux à: le.lapinrose@yahoo.fr
Le Lapin Rose informs you that there are only 5 days left to send your music and to enter the PILC! Please send us your track at: le.lapinrose@yahoo.fr
Voici le PILC Le PILC est un CLIP Peut être votre CLIP Cette vidéo n'a pas de son, pas de musique, nous vous proposons donc de nous envoyer votre musique afin que ce PILC devienne votre CLIP. Vous avez jusqu'au 30 novembre inlus pour participer au concour du PILC ennos envoyant votre morceau à l'adresse suivante: le.lapinrose@yahoo.fr. Plus de détails sur notre page myspace.com/le_lapinrose. Here comes th PILC The PILC is a VIDEO CLIP Maybe your CLIP The PILC has no sound, no music. We would like you to send us your m
If you could, please spare a moment to enjoy the newest work from Oakland-based musician Dave Smallen. His new album titled 'Everything Changes and Nothing Changes' will be available everywhere on December 1st.
Click on the flyer to take a listen:
Vous avez besoin d'un CLIP? Nous vous proposons le PILC... Le Lapin Rose vous donne rendez-vous sur son MySpace le lundi 9 Novembre pour découvrir le PILC Le PILC pourra devenir votre CLIP et ce sans contraintes et même sans argent
Rendez-vous lundi prochain pour découvrir votre nouveau CLIP
Do you need a video CLIP? We are introducing the PILC We, at Le Lapin Rose are inviting you to join us on our MySpace On Monday, the 9th of November to discover the PILC The PILC can become your CLIP With no involvement of your time or money
This is the « makinf off »
of our last recording session at theSound Suite Studio, with Treje
Refsnes.
Take a look on 20 minutes video of this
work in progress, growing step by step during 16 days . Soon will
come the mixing and the album « Love, birth and
disillusions »will release in January 2010. Thanks to
follow us in this project and broadcast it.
Hello! How's it going? "Decepcion" the new music video from Aquella Ilusión is available to watch on Aquella Ilusion's myspace Take a look and tell me your opinion! Thank you!!
The new True Margrit CD - The Juggler's Progress - is now available for pre-order, along with t-shirts and artwork, photo and drumheads, check it out here: http://bit.ly/7Cu8J
Next shows: October 27, The Swiss, Tacoma, WA October 28, Jazzbones in Tacoma, WA October 30, Mississippi Pizza in Portland, OR October 31, Nana's Irish Grill and Pub in Newport, OR November 1, Muddy's Hot Cup in Arcata, CA November 5, Molly Malone's in West Hollywood, CA
Our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
