Mainly Kyle and Andrew, but stacks of other people have helped us out along the way (we love you all)
Influences
Beat Happening, Moldy Peaches, Jacques Lacan, The Shaggs, Japanese noise, anti-folk, experimental noise, DIY stuff, outsider art, Half Japanese, C86 music, the beat writers, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Sonic Youth, Harry Pussy, Daniel Johnston, Minor Threat, The Pastels, Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Slavoj Zizek, Orange Juice, Dadaism, David Shrigley, stuff that's so obvious you don't even notice its there, love, hot baths, minimalism, Big Black, Riot Grrl, weirdness, familiarity.
Sounds Like
Things you're afraid of. Things you desire. Things you're afraid to desire.
About two years ago, Andrew and I had an idea for a night that was as ramshackle and chaotic as the band we played in at the time (that was Cookie Cutter, FYI). We made some phone calls and found our first home at the Ladybarn in Fallowfield, launching the good ship Jamboree in early summer 2007. Since then the venue's changed a few times (and Cookie Cutter ran out of steam, sniff) but we’ve kept true to our initial ethos; one of spontaneity, community, and a deep-seated desire to do something, well, different. As time’s marched on, we’ve found more and more artists that are somewhat adrift from Manchester’s mainstream music scene and stuck them on stages at the Klondyke, the Retro Bar and, most lately, Fuel. I’ve never been organised enough to type up any sort of manifesto (and I dislike that sort of rigidity anyway), but if you check through a few of my blog posts, and listen to the bands in our top friends, you’ll probably get some idea of the spirit of Jamboree. Or you could come along and say hello to us at the next event we organise.
At one of the early-ish Jamborees a friend of mine watched a screechy, cacophonic set by one of Manchester’s more wayward songwriters (no, it wasn’t me) and remarked that “this is the only night in Manchester that would put them on.” That, for me, was a turning point; it was when I first recognised the need for these messy little gigs we’d been arranging. There was a growing number of bands in Manchester that had little in the way of technical proficiency but a massive amount of honesty, enthusiasm and genuine heart. These people needed somewhere to play, and Jamboree filled that space. I’m always on the lookout for new bands to put on, so do get in touch if you want to play. Love, Kyle xxx.
"Come in my friend you're
Welcome" and thanks for joining the small gang of Masher friends.
For all Masher news go to www.jmucreate.com/therawmarshmashers
Catch up with all the Acoustic Rotherham News at www.jmucreate.com
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SUNDAY'S SHIN DIG AT FUEL BAR/CAFE - SHOULD BE LOADS OF FUN
Tickets SELLING FAST! £7 adv avaliable from (more on the door): wegottickets.com seetickets.com Ticketline Picadilly Records
Grouper (US) has her latest – Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill – of three albums on Type Records. She has also been involved in collaborative releases, contributing a track to Xiu Xiu’s Remixed & Covered and four tracks to a split release with Inca Ore. Her other contemporaries are Belong, Growing, Tim Hecker, Windy & Carl and Atlas Sound.
Jasper TX (Sweden), with a hefty back-catalogue of releases on labels such as Miasmah, and collaborations with buddy Machinefabriek, is an essential domestic appliance in the household of conceptual music. He is comparable to artists Fennesz, Sigur Ros, Múm and Tape.
Intricate and atmospheric songsmith, Danny Saul (UK) performs with different combinations of musicians, making each gig a unique event. His forthcoming release is "Harsh, Final", and he also performs with Greg Haines as Liondialer.
Fieldhead (UK) music delights in tape hiss, bleak landscapes and decaying analogue loops. He is also a member of The Declining Winter and Glissando. His debut album, "They Shook Hands for Hours" is released soon on Home Assembly.
Well, I make a pdf version too and I've put it into that instead! It's a Sunday, right? I don't really have any time to practise, to be honest! Lunch next week, maybe?x
I'm back tomorrow. I have a night flight so hopefully I'll just fall asleep and wake up in Manchester. That would be nice. So sorry I'm gonna miss this gig ... you've got a really good line up there! Yes, we'll arrange another Jamboree for october/november when I get back. You should play as Doris and the Jumpers at it so I'll finally get to see you guys live. I have a few ideas for other people who could play too.
Hope you're doing well, I've missed you and all the other Jamboreesters too.
26th Sept - Uni of Cumbria, Lancaster
campus 27th Sept - Uni of Cumbria, Penrith campus 1st
Oct - The Dry Bar, Manchester 3rd Oct - Uni of Cumbria,
Ambleside campus 10th Oct - The Park Hotel,
Lancaster 24th Oct - Fuel, Manchester 30th Oct - The
Yorkshire House, Lancaster 21st Nov - Carpe Diem,
Leeds
visit our WEBSITE
and sign up for the newsletter to keep up to date on all things loki xxx
Trespassers William (Seattle, US) are the duo of Matt Brown and Anna-Lynne Williams. "Subliminally sublime and pragmatically perfect, you would have to possess an ashtray for a heart not to feel this coursing through your soul" (DSD Music Magazine). A new EP, The Natural Order of Things, is set to be released on Gizeh Records. They will make a church performance with special guests.
Glissando (Sheffield, UK) “have the kind of atmosphere that can captivate and relax in equal measure- never before has tranquillity sounded so urgent. While track lengths of over 10 minutes may fail to hold the attention of the ADHD sufferers among us, with patience it plays like a majestic dream. And it's one you'll never want to wake up from." NME
Operations (Chris Anderson) is a Manchester based conceptual music producer and sound artist. He performs and records with an array of analog synths and effects, reel-to-reel tape and casette players, and guitars. Followers of Tim Hecker, Slowdive, Fennesz, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Stephen O'Malley, Type and 12K Records will surely nod in approval.
Video documentation of a performance piece by my friend Nate Kassel who rode around on his bike slapping high-fives to people who were trying to hail taxi cabs in NYC. Enjoy!
Its been selling faster than we expected, and we currently only have around a quarter of our stock left - so we thought we'd better you all know that if you want a copy then now would be a good time to pick one up! If you buy it from the link above then you're buying it direct from us, the label aren't taking a cut - so its a bit like Fair Trade for struggling musicians.
International mail-order is available, just follow the instructions.
Thank you very much, and sorry for making a mess of your profile. If its any kind of consolation, we don't have a MySpace bot, so I'm leaving these comments the old fashioned way. Three -and-a-half thousand of them. My life is so exciting.
This Thursday 30/07 we welcome you to join us and celebrate the release of our new album, Panic. Free copies of the album will be available on the night plus music from BOBBIE PERU, STRAY LIGHT and MONSTER ISLAND with FNF DJs all night.
Online Now!
