In no particular order - Bloc Party, High Contrast, Pendulum, Coldplay, Athlete, Chemical Brothers, Idlewild, Imogen Heap, Delays, Mylo, Jenna G, Elbow, Zero 7, Shy FX, The Cure, Lemon Jelly, Arcade Fire, Counting Crows, Flaming Lips, Mr Scruff, Tom Vek, Prodigy, The Postal Service, Hot Chip, John Butler Trio, Guillemots, Chicane, Kid Beyond, Bonobo, Amon Tobin, London Elektricity, New Order, Eva Cassidy, Air, Human Traffic (film and soundtrack), Cypress Hill, KT Tunstall, Bob Marley, Asian Dub Foundation, Chemical Brothers, Dennis Rollins, The Fugees, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Doves, Roni Size, Goo Goo Dolls, Jack Johnson, Jamie Lidell, John Mayer, Dave Matthews Band, Barenaked Ladies, Krafty Kuts, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Tears for Fears, Sufjan Stevens, Underworld, The Herbaliser and more ....
Sounds Like
Bloc Party, Athlete and High Contrast all got in the same room and took something to expand the mind!
Flying With Penguins are an electronic duo based in Edinburgh. Backgrounds in guitar music and a heavy dose of electronic influence results in a combination of funky breaks, weaving synths, catchy guitar hooks, powerful vocals and realtime looping, creating experimental yet accessible songs, exciting when performed live.
Artist influences include The Postal Service, Bonobo, New Order, The Album Leaf, Interpol, The Cure, most Drum and Bass, Athlete, Mr Scruff, Imogen Heap, Hot Chip and more. Tunes you can groove to, cry to, sing along to and move to. Each is a journey.
We are currently working on some new material for an album. We've chosen to write the album in order and we're currently up to track 5. I suppose that means we're about half way there but there's no date set for finishing it. This means we're also taking a break from gigging (although we might play the odd one here or there so still send us booking requests). Soon we should be back with some cracking new tunes and a slight change in style. Our new stuff is quite ambient and atmospheric but still with a punchy groove. Watch this space for more details and tunes when they're ready.
"Flying With Penguins impressed us with their fusion of loops and riffs and kept the crowd entertained ... A blend of electronic and traditional instrumentation techniques wrapped up in a memorable performance." - review from our Limbo gig 17/04/08
Check out this new website, Alex is now self employed and his business (Fentek Audio) offers gig recording, music production and sound engineering services to Edinburgh and the local area. www.fentekaudio.co.uk
Hi there, we've uploaded a couple of tracks from our new EP. Check them out and spread the word if you like them!
Also
if you're local to us, we're launching the E.P. this Saturday at
Cabaret Voltaire in Edinburgh. If you buy a ticket for the show we'll
give you a free copy of the cd.
Hope all you gorgeous people are remembering Frantic Chant, Delta Mainline and White Heath this Saturday 6th June at The Granary in sunny Leith. Doors open 7.30pm, tickets available from www.leithfestival.com or take your chances and pay at the door.
North Atlantic Oscillation's "Hollywood Has Ended", from the forthcoming album Grappling Hooks, is featured in this month's Police Box compilation from TenTracks. It's here:
In case you haven't heard, TenTracks is a new music delivery service where you can buy exclusive 10-track compilations for £1, i.e. a mere 10p per track.
This month NAO are in the illustrious company of the excellent Found, Orkestra Del Sol, Fence Collective luminaries James Yorkston and King Creosote and exactly 5 others. Once again, that's £1 for ALL TEN TRACKS. Not bad, really.
Check out tracks from our fantastic recording session which produced the EP - 'Problems - Solve Youselves' and see what i could do for you over on my myspace
Buy the EP itself and find out more about the band on their myspace: Hey Vampires
Hey, there. Got a communal greeting for you. Dropping by new folks on our page to say hi. Hope you're digging the tracks and vids. Got some new stuff on the way!!! So, thanks for having us and take it easy! Any questions, ask away!
Hey why not check out Freeform Five @ The Caves EDINBURGH May 23rd (same day as Heineken Cup!) Tickets only £10/12 Support from Anarkid the winner of radio 1's tenminmix competition check out the winning video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md1Uq8lOahE Kenny Redstar of Leith fm Catch these two ripping up the airwaves on Friday 22nd May with a live back to back DJ set! Tickets Available at Ripping Records and Underground solushn or leave us you details on the myspace/facebook page and we will sort you out!
For the first Nerve release of 2009, we're very proud to present the debut EP from Copenhagen's Jean Doe.
It's drum n bass tinged with detroit techno and deep house, from the glitchy beats of the title track to deep rolling vibes on "Nuance" and "Fibre" before fellow Copenhagen based producer Pyro joins him for the epic and uplifting "Ambitions in A Minor".
FINALLY!!! The live video of Mr. Confuse & The Confusers playing at the Mephisto Club in Hannover Germany on 27th September 2008 is ready. It was the album release concert of the Mr. Confuse album “Feel The Fire” released on Légère Recordings as DLP, CD and digital in September 2008.
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