Employee Chris (bass)
Employee Grant (keys)
Employee Sam (guitar/things, also plays in North Atlantic Oscillation)
Employee Slawek (drums)
Former Members
Employee Mike (keys)
Influences
E.S.T. Mogwai Cinematic Orchestra Caribou Stereolab Triosk De Kift Tortoise Can Need New Body The Octopus Project Fourtet John Scofield Sigur Ros Bang On A Can Architecture in Helsinki Peter Gabriel Genesis Wayne Krantz Mike Patton the "Minimalists" John Scofield Chick Corea ECM Penguin Cafe Orchestra Ryuichi Sakamoto
We are delighted to be Employee of the Month, an experimental rock/jazz group based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Brainwave E.P. review/online store
"Its always refreshing when a
band try to forge something
new, carefully sidestepping
Johnny Borrells studied
arrogance, or whatever might
be gracing the pages of the
NME this week. Edinburghers
Employee Of The Month
are just such a band,
creating sprawling rock/jazz
instrumentals that sound as if
theyre ripped straight from a
movie soundtrack. This is their
first official release, and while
it wont be setting the media
alight it does provide a slick
twenty minutes of intelligent
music. And you cant ask for
much more than that. [DC]" - from Is This Music? ..23 (in stores now!)
Employee of the Month's debut E.P. Brainwave has sold out. Stay tuned for album news.
We have high hopes for the future, as should you.
We make music that sounds similar to the music we make. You can download it if you want to. If you dont want to, you dont have to. In fact it would be best if you didnt, since it would confuse things to have people downloading music when they dont actually want to. Go with what you feel.
We play live. To find out where, when and with whom, see above.
We are not beautiful, but there are pictures of us.
We love when people leave us comments. You can leave one here.
You guys were annoyingly amazing last night. Thoroughly enjoyed every moment. Especially the Charlie Brown music at the end. Good luck with your relocation, Mike. Cheers, Bill.
have you called Eddie yet? any way if you're not busy on sunday you may consider coming to the liquid rooms for a bit of a jump up and down sorry, everyones got one of these things these days, i am but a sheep. BAA!
have fun at the teahouse (careful not to play too loud). you guys should hook me up with some recordings a) to listen to and b) to get you gigs on this side of the pond with
Hey. Great gig last night. Just as well my girlfriend wasn't there to spoil my enjoyment of such gloriously unfashionable music. Anyone prepared to own up to being influenced by genesis deserves respect in my view. I take it you guys are into brand x too. Yeah? Nice one. Graham.
You guys were excellent tonight. Doing all that stuff with guitars and keyboards and drums and saxamaphones and stuff. It kind of reminded me of the Charlie Brown music, as performed by members of Sigur Ros, Weather Report and Yes. In other words, very much my cup of Tetley. Cheers, Bill.
We have a last minute gig booked for this Thursday with Acoustic 2 :Acoustic Jazz Guitar Duo. 9pm onwards Free Entry
We're offering 2 Large Glasses of Wine get the bottle. Gin and Tonic for £2 and a Bucket of 5 Corona for £10. If you buy 2 Gin and Tonics, we'll throw in a bowl of marinated olives absolutely free.
And if alcohol is not your thing then there is of course our choice of over 80 teas to choose from. We are now making them all in iced form too.
This is the perfect way to unwind after a long day or to distract you from the stress of your exams.
Friday we are joined by the wonderful Jess Abrams at 8ish
We'll be giving away a free tequila shot between 9 and 9.30
and vodka and mixer is only £2 all night
Saturday, the talented Mike Kearney at 10ish, a regular at Chai who never dissapoints. Free tequila shot this night too between 9 and 9.30 and 5 coronas are £10 and 2 Daquiris will cost you £6
Hope to see you here.
Jon@Chai
Chai:Adventures in Tea
3A Merchant Street.
(Just opposite the Oz Bar)
¼ of Les Natrels is part of setting up this small label called Needle Soup. We'll be releasing off-kilter 'outsider' music & the debut release came out on Friday 20th. It’s by the infamous Sudden Infant & titled 'Three Puppets EP' - a collection of bristling tracks. The sleeves are handprinted on watercolour paper & as special as the music itself. A Les Natrels release is in the pipelines! More info here.... Help us get the label off the ground and support alt. arts - you dont have to be wealthy to be a philanthropist! xJenny
Needle Soup on myspace
hello employee of the month, i hope you're all doing very well. Just a wee reminder that Super Adventure Club are playing Henry's this thursday and will be onstage at 9pm! hope ye's can make it.
hey sam.. thx for the belated greetings! yep, being away was very nice, and I think you'd be pleasantly surprised by the ready availability of the many, sometimes completely UNCHARTED cave systems; especially in guatemala. However unfortunately, I cannot comment on the availability of said smokeholes... the weather's good though, so an outdoor fire shouldn't be a problem!
so all in all, spent a month in mexico, a month in guatemala and another month in nicaragua. all amazing in totally unique and different ways. guate was dangerous, nicaragua was surprisingly safe. mexico has a better and more affordable public transport infrastructure than ireland. then, that's not a difficult task really.
re: musik. don't mention the war. was playing with two groups before I left. now that number is precisely zero. one of them is a bit of a long story. kinda sucks cos they just got signed to out on a limb. gah. anywaaaaaaay... I'm playing for mark o'connor for a few launch gigs, so that should keep the wolf from the door!
so how's eotm? still waiting to see youze over this side of the water... nihl, shane & albert are starting a mickeyesque club/venue thang in cork. play there! :)
new battles rekkid coming out soon; heard it over the weekend. nice. new cornelius album is getting released over this side at the end of the month too. grrrreat....
hmm... bit of a long reply. maybe I should have sent an email instead. oh well, too late now! hasta pronto! dar
Hello people. My band are playing at the jazz bar on Chambers Street on thursday the fifteenth at ten o'clock - An evening of entirely original music with Slawek Justynski on drums, Kevin Glasgow on bass and myself playing keys. I promise you that the evening will be the most exciting night of jazz that you have heard for a long time, if not ever. Incidentally, if you do not live in the uk or are an official myspace of some band - apologies - I do not know how to divide my friends list up into groups, but please go on my site and check out my music anyway. Chris L.
