Lettie, Oskar Silen, Mike Mason & Clare (any combo or solo)
Influences
(FILM DIRECTED BY GREG BUTLER, 'HANG ON' from 'Everyman')
Anything original, melodic, cinematic, hypnotic. The films of Federico Fellini, Darren Aronofsky, David Lynch, Peter Weir, Ingmar Bergman, Hal Hartley, Jim Jarmusch, Roman Polanski, Pedro Almodovar, Terence Malick, Wim Wenders, Alfred Hitchock, John Waters, Peter Greenaway, Woody Allen, Tim Burton, Cohen Brothers, Francis Ford Coppola, Neil Jordan, William Friedkin, Charles Laughton, Jean Renoir, Michael Cimino, Alan Parker, Clint Eastwood, Sean Penn, Baz Luhrmann, Werner Herzog, Michel Gondry, Orson Welles
The films Klute, Elephant Man, Company of Wolves, Wild at Heart, Wild Strawberries, Persona, Seventh Seal, Stranger than Paradise, Solaris, The Conformist, Le Week End, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Fearless, Spirit of the Beehive, Blues Brothers, Night of the Hunter, Fabulous Baker Boys, All About Eve, Sunset Boulevard, The Man with the Golden Arm, Splendor in Grass, The Deer Hunter, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, The Conversation, The Tenant, Withnail and I, The Hitcher (original), Fight Club, Blade Runner, Chinatown, Repulsion, The Swimmer, After Hours, Drugstore Cowboy, Midnight Cowboy, The Graduate, Vacation (Chevy Chase), Trading Places, All Mel Brooke films, Sea of Love, Rumblefish, Days of Wine and Roses, War of the Roses, Groundhog Day, Sex, Lies and Videotape, Pi, Betty Blue, French Connection, Cape Fear, Talk Radio, Don't Look Now, Bagdad Cafe,The Last Picture Show, Paris Texas, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Local Hero, Deliverance, Wizard of Oz, Breaking the Waves, Nashville, Fantasia, Tubby the Tuba, Alice's Restaurant, The Last Waltz, The King, Gone With the Wind, Easy Rider, La Strada, 8 1/2, Arlington Road, Lord of War, Ivans xtc, The Player, The Omen, Wonder Boys, Donnie Darko the film soundtracks of Ry Cooder, Angelo Badalamenti and Hal Hartley
The photographs of William Eggleston, Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, Angus McBean, the paintings of Fra Angelica, Kandinsky, Klee, Chagall, Picabia, Miro, Picasso, Dale Mann, Matisse, Chagall, Bosch, Magritte, Dali, Magritte, Yves Klein (Surrealists) Andy Warhol, David Hockney, Doug Aitken, Tomoko Takahashi, Whistler, the dream products of Ronnie Heeps, too many....
The music of Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, David Byrne, Talking Heads, Damon Albarn, David Bowie, Neil Young, Rory Gallagher, Cream, Rolling Stones, J J Cale, Debbie Harry, Gotan Project, Moby, Manu Chou, Kraftwork, The Flying Lizards, Los de Abajos, Adam Ant, Laurie Anderson, Tom Waits, Cat Power, Doors, Elvis, Eels, Neil Young, Lou Reed, Chuck Berry, Peter Murphy, Peggy Lee, ballet music, Mali music, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mozart, Beethoven, Elgar, Gorecki, Satie, Chopin, Dvorak, Debussy, Bach, Stravinksky, Mussorgsky, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Wim Mertens, the blues of Lightening Hopkins, John Lee Hooker
The poems and illustrations of William Blake, Ted Hughes, Kenneth Patchen, T S Eliot, John Betjeman, Allan Ginsberg, Brecht, Lorca, W H Auden, short stories by Kafka and Maupassant, autobiographies such as Heart Breaking Work of a Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, biographies such as the Lonely Doll, the travel writing of P J O'Rourke, Hunter S Thompson, the books of Hermann Hess and Milan Kundara, story tapes.
The music and live performances of Robert Le Page, Tiger Lillies, Slava the Snowshow, Victoria, and Aurelia Chaplin, Laurie Anderson, Complicite, plays such as Rock and Roll, Vesturport company, the acting of Gene Hackman, Jeff Bridges, Al Pacino, Vivian Leigh, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Terence Stamp, Christopher Walken, Robert Mitchum, William Hurt, John Hurt, Peter O'Toole, Nathalie Woods, Angelica Houston, Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Nicholas Cage, Rutger Hauer, Matthew Modine, Giulietta Masina, Eszter Balint, Juliet Binoche, Julie Delpy, James Dean, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Michelle Pfieffer, James Spader, Meryll Streep, Susan Sarandon, Tom Hulce, Abbie Cornish, Sean Penn, Rhys Ifans, Julie Delpy, Fritz Lang, Irene Jacob, Tim Robbins, Alain Delon, Burt Lancaster, Paul Newman, the stand up of Sean Hughes, Ed Byrne, Ricky Gervais, Eddie Izzard, Bill Bailey, Dylan Moran, Flight of the Conchords
TV such as the Jonathan Meades, Prisoner, the Avengers, Twin Peaks, Dallas, Dynasty, Richard and Judy, The Biography Program, Planet Earth, Kitchen Confidential, Madmen, Come Dine With Me, BBC2, BBC3 and BBC4, Channel Four, the museums of Robert Brady in Mexico, the Museum of Theatre, V & A, the Insect Circus, Sharmanka in Glasgow, the trash of National Enquirer the brilliance of Kenneth Angers Hollywood Babylon, the Radio of KCRW, Late Junction, Mixing It, BBC2, BBC6, the sport of Miniature Golf and many many many more things so long as it's colourful..............
A memory collector of dreams, films, books, words, voices, tapes, old messages, images, yesterday, the other side, colours, newspapers clippings, history, stories, junk, music, seaside towns and above all postcards. Originally from Suffolk, a Medieval History graduate from Glasgow and now residing in an attic somewhere in London. Lettie is mostly influenced by film and will change her tracks just like films...
"Age of Solo, the fantastic 2008 debut disc from super-talented British chanteuse Lettie." ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S'POP WATCH' (December 2008)
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"Each year it seems another quirky singer-songwriter emerges with the unique personality and talent necessary to make her mark. This year, for me, it could be Lettie"
The Weblog Of Leonard’s Lair (September 2008)
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"But the highlight is London-based singer-songwriter Lettie(myspace.com/lettiemusic) whose electro-pop All You Want is as honey-sweet as you'll hear.." The Guardian (July 2007)
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*****
"Age Of Solo is a colourful, tight collection of songs full of sweet, naïve melodies, offset with glowing and lavish production...Lettie’s songs are a masterclass in soulful, edgy avant-pop"
Wears The Trousers (October 2008)
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"Nestling within every album there is a chance to find a piece of music which stands head & shoulders above so much, on 'Age of Solo' you just might find in on 'Mission'.It's nothing less than a three and a half minutes of bliss, you can not add or take anything from it". Thank you Mr Blue of http://www.league-online.com/novdec08.html
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"Lettie should really be signed to a major label on the strength of this album ...and we also think that her album cover is second only to Parralox.
'Age of Solo' is lovely and perfect late night listening to a glass of wine"
another great review http://www.league-online.com/
(November/ December 2008)
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"It is in Lettie’s “live” performances which set her apart from her contemperies, with a breathtaking performance which has the audience on the edge of their seats hoping that Lettie achieves a masterful multi loop routine, which she inevitably does, and allows the audience to breath a sigh of relief"
From Paul of Leeds Music Promotions Blog: http://keepmusiclive.blogspot.com/ (February 2009).........
To buy Age of Solo
& Everyman
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The poems and illustrations of William Blake, Ted Hughes, Kenneth Patchen, T S Eliot, John Betjeman, Allan Ginsberg, Brecht, Lorca, W H Auden, short stories by Kafka and Maupassant, autobiographies such as Heart Breaking Work of a Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, biographies such as the Lonely Doll, the travel writing of P J O'Rourke, Hunter S Thompson, the books of Hermann Hess and Milan Kundara, story tapes.
The music and live performances of Robert Le Page, Tiger Lillies, Slava the Snowshow, Victoria, and Aurelia Chaplin, Laurie Anderson, Complicite, plays such as Rock and Roll, Vesturport company, the acting of Gene Hackman, Jeff Bridges, Al Pacino, Vivian Leigh, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Terence Stamp, Christopher Walken, Robert Mitchum, William Hurt, John Hurt, Peter O'Toole, Nathalie Woods, Angelica Houston, Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Nicholas Cage, Rutger Hauer, Matthew Modine, Giulietta Masina, Eszter Balint, Juliet Binoche, Julie Delpy, James Dean, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Michelle Pfieffer, James Spader, Meryll Streep, Susan Sarandon, Tom Hulce, Abbie Cornish, Sean Penn, Rhys Ifans, Julie Delpy, Fritz Lang, Irene Jacob, Tim Robbins, Alain Delon, Burt Lancaster, Paul Newman, the stand up of Sean Hughes, Ed Byrne, Ricky Gervais, Eddie Izzard, Bill Bailey, Dylan Moran, Flight of the Conchords
TV such as the Jonathan Meades, Prisoner, the Avengers, Twin Peaks, Dallas, Dynasty, Richard and Judy, The Biography Program, Planet Earth, Kitchen Confidential, Madmen, Come Dine With Me, BBC2, BBC3 and BBC4, Channel Four, the museums of Robert Brady in Mexico, the Museum of Theatre, V & A, the Insect Circus, Sharmanka in Glasgow, the trash of National Enquirer the brilliance of Kenneth Angers Hollywood Babylon, the Radio of KCRW, Late Junction, Mixing It, BBC2, BBC6, the sport of Miniature Golf and many many many more things so long as it's colourful..............
A memory collector of dreams, films, books, words, voices, tapes, old messages, images, yesterday, the other side, colours, newspapers clippings, history, stories, junk, music, seaside towns and above all postcards. Originally from Suffolk, a Medieval History graduate from Glasgow and now residing in an attic somewhere in London. Lettie is mostly influenced by film and will change her tracks just like films...
"Age of Solo, the fantastic 2008 debut disc from super-talented British chanteuse Lettie." ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S'POP WATCH' (December 2008)
........................................................................................................................
"Each year it seems another quirky singer-songwriter emerges with the unique personality and talent necessary to make her mark. This year, for me, it could be Lettie"
The Weblog Of Leonard’s Lair (September 2008)
........................................................................................................................
"But the highlight is London-based singer-songwriter Lettie(myspace.com/lettiemusic) whose electro-pop All You Want is as honey-sweet as you'll hear.." The Guardian (July 2007)
.........................................................................................................................
*****
"Age Of Solo is a colourful, tight collection of songs full of sweet, naïve melodies, offset with glowing and lavish production...Lettie’s songs are a masterclass in soulful, edgy avant-pop"
Wears The Trousers (October 2008)
..........................................................................................................................
"Nestling within every album there is a chance to find a piece of music which stands head & shoulders above so much, on 'Age of Solo' you just might find in on 'Mission'.It's nothing less than a three and a half minutes of bliss, you can not add or take anything from it". Thank you Mr Blue of http://www.league-online.com/novdec08.html
...........................................................................................................................
"Lettie should really be signed to a major label on the strength of this album ...and we also think that her album cover is second only to Parralox.
'Age of Solo' is lovely and perfect late night listening to a glass of wine"
another great review http://www.league-online.com/
(November/ December 2008)
...........................................................................................................................
"It is in Lettie’s “live” performances which set her apart from her contemperies, with a breathtaking performance which has the audience on the edge of their seats hoping that Lettie achieves a masterful multi loop routine, which she inevitably does, and allows the audience to breath a sigh of relief"
From Paul of Leeds Music Promotions Blog: http://keepmusiclive.blogspot.com/ (February 2009).........
To buy Age of Solo 
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