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NEOTOPIA ☆
Concrete / Live Electronics / Nu-Jazz

Get overwhelmed by stimuli.



Shropshire, Wales, Wolverhampton & Worcestershire
United Kingdom

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   NEOTOPIA ☆: General Info
Member Since9/20/2007
Band Websitefacebook.com/pages/Neotopia/63948564624
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Laura Higgs: Vocals

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Chris Pitts: Bass

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Dr. Beatnick: Loops, bleeps, keyboards, percussion, FX and voice

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Stuart Thomas: Guitar and voice

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Nick Raybould: Drum kit and percussion


InfluencesAs you'd expect, each member brings a wealth of musical influences with them.

Whether these actually materialise in our playing isn't really a preconceived thing, but here are some other musicians we like:

AIM, Portishead, Morcheeba, Kinobe, Zero 7 and Coldcut.

Dreadzone, Salmonella Dub, King Tubby, Culture and Horace Andy.

Koop, Bonobo, Cinematic Orchestra, Tortoise, Nightmares On Wax, Herbie Hancock and Miles Davis.

The Meters, James Brown, Talking Heads and Funkadelic.

The Cocteau Twins, Kraut Rock, Magazine, Julian of Yatesbury, The Doors, The Cure and Joy Division.

Lamb, Leftfield, Kosheen, Goldfrapp and Lemon Jelly.

Led Zeppelin, Eels, Bolan and Bowie.

There’s a place in my heart
Where the daylight don’t go,
Like voodoo it’s dark
Where I’m the me you don’t know.

Down the stone steps
To where everything’s red,
Where the music is king
And comes out of my head.

It’s away from your world
Where we’re righting our wrongs
We’ll fight for our rights
By writing our songs.

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Sounds Like

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"You're weird!
...but I like you!"

Unknown member of Bearded Theory Festival audience

"cement"
Feral Shrew Fanzine

Record LabelA scrupulous one with a sense of adventure please.
Type of LabelUnsigned


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Dec 16 2009 7:30P
Live At The HIVE Shrewsbury, Midlands
Dec 18 2009 8:00P
Horseshoe Inn, Bridges Rattlinghope, Midlands
Jan 8 2010 8:00P
LIVE BBC RADIO SESSION! The Friday Session, Midlands
Jan 30 2010 7:00P
Charity Hootnanny TBC Shropshire, Midlands

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   About NEOTOPIA ☆

N E O T O P I A | L A T E S T


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Chris has a new bass rig and has graduated to 5-string bass - and Stuart also has a new toy; a guitar synth. Nick's new tom-tom heads sound fantastic but being eBay bargains they don't really generate the collective excitement in quite the same way.

We thank everyone out there for your kind emails and comments. We do read them all.

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In The Pipeline
We're speaking to promoters about more live appearances and even some small Summer festivals. Things are in the pipeline to raise some optimism in these dull soggy times. Hopefully we can confirm a few soon. - We're also in touch with other top people involved in recording and broadcasting music. Getting our tunes heard by folk is what we enjoy most about being Neotopia, so for us to hear that radio stations actually want us to visit them - or to send copies of our recordings for broadcast is a very nice thing.

Those familiar with underground internet stations and podcasts may have already heard us popping up, here and there. We thank all these stations, big and small, for showing interest in us and for spreading the music of Neotopia. Respect due. We're very VERY excited to have been invited to the studios to play live on the BBC Hereford & Worcester programme 'The Friday Session' - and are already in debate over which songs to perform. Do you have any preferences?

A seasonal return visit to Shropshire's hidden delight The Horseshoe Inn is also on the cards, following a truly sublime evening which saw us performing two sets from our expanding repertoire of delicious grooves. The return date is set for Friday 18th December! Stick it on your calendar or diary immediately, as you'll only go and agree to some rubbish seasonal drinks thingy after work, with somebody from the boring accounts department. And then, when you realise your oversight, will feel guilty about trying to get out of it, as he doesn't have any other friends. - And don't think for a minute about bringing him along with you to see us!

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And, just a few nights before that on Wednesday December 16th we make a return visit to The HIVE, in Shrewsbury. Other dates, as we confirm will be posted on the calendar thingy, above.

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We're always on the lookout for nice places to play. Indoors or out in the elements. Drop us a line if you'd like a bit of this sort of thing happening near you.

 


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HE WHO FIGHTS & RUN AWAY..LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY..RASTA FAR EYE:
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Hey guys, thanks for the friend request. If you're around come down to our next event this Saturday.

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Nov 11 2009 9:11 AM

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Nov 10 2009 6:43 PM

yeah, there's funny stuff all over the place ...
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cheers neotopia!!!


have a good one.

FLAVORNAUGHTS

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Nov 10 2009 7:45 AM




cheers again!!! 

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THANK YOU!
WELCOME ABOARD THE HIGHER CRAFT
 

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Nov 1 2009 10:01 AM

 

Crack open a can of Ubik, sit back, relax and turn on the Sci-Fi Hi-Fi; one of the best releases of the year according to Aural Innovations.  

 

 
And yes, we did meet at Sonic Solstice!

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Oct 28 2009 9:29 AM

Not too late to get advance tickets for my shows coming up - including two tickets for £5 for my Birmingham gig (3 Nov). And remember I'm playing with Ebb at the ICA in London (9 Nov) - this is a very special performance and it would be great to see you there. /MaJiKer
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Oct 27 2009 10:51 AM

Hello, nice to meet you.
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