Gareth S Brown grew up in rural West Yorkshire but moved to inner city Leeds in the mid-nineties. To cut a long story short he now composes and performs under his own name. His debut album 'Iron Henry' was released on Misplaced Music in 2007 and his second album(s) 'The Gallows/Royal College O' Surgeons' has just been released on the same label. Gareth is a former/current member of Hood, Canvas, Rauschen, The Unpleasants, and the Declining Winter.
Hey up we're putting out a series of very regular FREE to be on, and FREE to download compilations over the coming months, first one is nearly ready to go, and already collecting for the second one. I would personally love for you to submit a track for these compilations, should be promoted really well by us and all the bands involved. I need an MP3 (preferably 192 kbps), your logo, weblink, song title, and any info you want to include, sending to lovelytimepromotions@gmail.com as soon as possible. Hopefully you're interested... Paul / Lovely Time / Reth / 'No More Apathy' compilations
Thank's for add dear! I like your work which seems to be an exploration of terra incognita. Your music seems to get in my childhood memories, the sweeter and softer. I remember in love, the deepest and hottest! Thank you very much! U'r magical! Jeylina
Charlie Parr is from the same Duluth music scene that spawned the likes of Low and Haley Bonar, and his music delves deep into the back roads of American folk music, there’s hints of Robert Johnson, Nick Drake and Will Oldham in his playing, and a true from the heart power and clarity that is simply stunning. This guy is the real thing, and you can hear it in every note he plays, which would also explain why the people at the superb End of the Road festival ask him back every single year!
Neil McSweeney plays beautifully considered and perfectly restrained music that will delight fans of Low, Adrian Crowley, Nina Nastasia, Mark Kozelek, and Jason Molina.
Deftly fingerpicked folk loveliness from a local favourite - Michael Rossiter perfectly executes traditional folk as well as his own material, sings from his heart and gets the perfect sound from his guitar.
"The Ridings draws together strands of guitar and delicate electronics....by embedding lightly sculpted six string textures in a tapestry of field recordings and plugin tweaks".
Includes full length bonus CD of remixes courtesy of Bracken, The Declining Winter, Part Timer, aus, Epic45, Portal, Gareth S Brown, Fieldhead, Glen Shipley, Winter North Atlantic and Yuri Lugovskoy.
Just to let you know that you are in the CITB year end list!!!
Top 20 songs 2008: Kartta - Henri Got Cancer (Demo) Model Morning - This Town Epic45 - England Fallen Over (England Fallen Over ep) Stroszek - The Saltire Grouper - Invisible The Cure - Underneath the Stars The Declining Winter - We Used To Read Books Before I Explode - Water Flute 93 Million Miles from the Sun - Gone For Today Asbestoscape - Like Shit Attracting Flies Debuntant - Solitude Glissade - Fields Of Snow Writ On Water - Ancestor My Kappa Roots - Man of The Islands Port Royal - Zobione pt.2 Yellow 6 - Moderna Big Trouble Fun - Chance for Freedom Eric Crusher - Sifun 2007 Stroszek - Sound the Last Post Obfusc - Morning Walk to the Pier
Top 10 Albums 2008: Asbestoscape - Asbestoscape Gareth S Brown - The Gallows The Declining Winter - Goodbye Minnesota The Cure - 4.13 Dream My Kappa Roots - The House of St. Colme Burnt Down Time Space Repeat - Lost Transmissions Obfusc - Cities of Cedar Lightsway - Summer Interlude Yellow6 - When the Leaves Fall Like Snow Kontakte - Soundtracks for Lost Road Movies
If any of you, by sheer misfortune does not own a copy of 'Gallows', you face missing out on one of the most startlingly brilliant albums of the year. Buy it now. Do it. Go on then. Now. Happy Christmas too.
Hauschka Having studied classical piano for ten years, Dusseldorf-based pianist/composer Volker Bertelmann's work as Hauschka is based upon a playful exploration of the possibilities of the 'prepared' piano. His resulting tracks are vivid, unconventional pieces made in a spirit of playful research-enthusiasm, which he's taken around the world - in the USA with Múm, in Japan with Colleen, and a debut, sold-out London show with Max Richter. Hauschka's music is a thing of beauty - intertwined melodies and rythyms that flit between gorgeously lush and complex and stunning minimalism.
Gareth S. Brown With influences as diverse as Eastern European folk music, funeral marches and jewellery boxes, Gareth creates gorgeous work of layered beauty with nods towards Philip Glass, Terry Riley and Michael Nyman as well as latter day travellers such as Max Richter, Yann Tiersen and Aphex Twin.
Saturday: 8/11/2008 @ The Holy Trinity Church, Leeds. Doors 8.30pm.
THIS SATURDAY - TALL FIRS + THE DECLINING WINTER @ THE LUMINAIRE
TALL FIRS - Beautiful and complex indie rock songs from the Ecstatic Peace Trio. "Intertwining guitar drifts to more gnarled, backwood riffage that nods to Crazy Horse" - THE WIRE.
The idea is simple: eight bands play across two stages in the same venue - four chosen by renowned local DIY promoters Forest of Sound, four chosen by fantastic local independent label Gizeh Records. All bands play consecutively so the audience gets to see everything.