Mei Yau Kan
Vocals, instruments Tim Scullion
Vocals, instruments Chris Greenberg
Vocals, instruments
Influences
Teresa Teng, Rebecca Pan, Yao Su Rong, Feng Fei Fei, The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Ennio Morricone, Burt Bacharach, The Carpenters, The Beach Boys, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Raymond Scott, Harmonia, Kraftwerk, Serge Gainsbourg, Tom Verlaine, Nico, Chet Baker, Gato Barbieri, Astor Piazzolla, Edu Lobo, Carlos Lyra, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joyce, Blonde Redhead, Jim O'Rourke, 4AD, A&M/CTI, The Aluminum Group, The Style Council, Prefab Sprout, David Sylvian, Isabelle Antena, Beach House, Broadcast, The Fiery Furnaces, Deerhoof, Stereolab, The High Llamas, the films of Dario Argento and Mario Bava, "Last Tango in Paris" and "In the Mood for Love".
Sounds Like
Releases - 2009
"Willow Pattern Songs" 6-track EP (Available to download from Amazon, iTunes and other good mp3 stores.)
Indietracks Compilation (available from Make Do And Mend) Featured song: Disintegration
Releases - 2008
Queens of Sounds Vol 1 (Buy from Amazon Japan) Featured song: The Finishing Line
Botpop Vol 1 (download from iTunes, Amazon and elsewhere) Featured song: Meet At Vincent Sq.
We play live in London and around the UK, and we're always very happy to hear from promoters. We've played club nights including How Does It Feel Presents, Twee As Fuck, Fortuna Pop!, Lostmusic, Scaledown, Alan McGee's DeathDisco and Big Pink Cake. We also performed at the 2009 Indietracks Festival.
Check out the video for our song Footsteps, directed by Claudio Napoli:
Hello guys! how are you? we love the video and the song! Is one of our favourites, yes here is a very hot summer.. hope everything is going well for you we stay in touch kisses!! mariana & pablo
Hey thanks for the friendship and for your time! I really appreciate your opinion, because I like his music too ... thanks friends! are already in my favorites! peace and hugs!
Dear Friend, finally it is out! The LONG expected release of our EP "Interrupted (Triptych I)" !!!
"you wonder why get interrupted / was life too fast / the nights too long / you give a fuck / get interrupted / you want no break / keep speeding on..."
Watch the music video, created by the young & wild Japanese video artist Yukihiro Taguchi. Be Surprised! You will also find some wicked REMIXES on Youtube and iTunes ;-)
Learn more about our current project "Triptych I-III" on our MySpace site...
Hits of the Near Future's debut podcast is out now featuring the best
new and unsigned music from the UK. Episode 1 includes Black Poets,
Adventures of Loki, Hot Beds and more + an interview with the newly
reformed Rachel Stamp. Get in touch if you'd like to be on the next one!
Thursday 29th October @ 7.30pm - (Roshi feat. Pars Radio album launch) @ The Flea Pit, 49 Columbia Road, London, E2 7RG. Cost: £4 launch night for the ’The Sky And The Caspian Sea’, the debut album from Roshi feat. Pars Records, on GEO Records (myspace.com/roshisongs / myspace.com/georecordsuk). Support comes from Rothko man Mark Beazley’s Signals, Gideon Coe favourites Hong In The 60s, and Orchestra Pit/Scaledown impresario Mark Braby’s new project Damp Matchbox.
Friday 30th October @ 7pm SCALEDOWN co-presents a SARTORIAL RECORDS special, upstairs @ The King & Queen, 1 Foley Street, London, W1W 6DL. Cost: £0 (donations welcome(d)) okay, so it’s Scaledown Friday as we actually all dress up in our best whistles for a night of music featuring Terry Edwards alongwith artists from his Sartorial roster + our own guests. Full bill: Terry Edwards & Simon Charterton, Micko Westmoreland, Ian R. Watson, Pete Marsh & Pete May, Bob Constant & The Goodbye Horses, Iris Garrelfs and Damp Matchbox. Further details can be found @ http:www.theorchestrapit.com/scaledown.
We thank you for the add! We’re just a small band, but we’d be delighted if you listened to our Garage Rock songs and you sent us any kind of comment!! ☠
Hey! We've added a new demo here on our page. Its of a track we've been playing called Little Lost Lamb. Do please feel the noise and give it a show! x Thanks x
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