Mickel Mass are a loose collective of musicians from Aberdeen, Scotland, centred round Mike Napier and Andy Da Kipp.
All shows are improvised, and experiment with found sounds, electronica, smatterings of folk, jazz, industrial, drone and occasionally humour.
They have often headlined locally, and have played as part of Damo Suzuki's Network, and with Faust.
You can hear a different mix of Halffool optimist at Mung Being online 'zine, just click here
(ps...Kathryn Sawers joins in the zither attack on 'Ghost of the CW girl'.)
Here's what the Ptolemaic Terrascope said (Reviews, September 2006)...
"Finally we turn to Lost Conversations, a far more experimental, free-form collection that features the talents of Mike Napier, Andy Da Kipp, Duncan Hart, Bill Thompson, and Alan Davidson, who together have created some wonderfully abstract soundscapes, full of raindrop melodies and creaking electronics. Half-fool Optimist demonstrates this blend of acoustic and electronics perfectly, the piece slowly turning to chaos and disorder before Lost Conversation repeats the trick, the softly picked guitar and soothing cello being slowly engulfed by a swarm of electronic insects. On For Lol (A Doffing Of The Cap), I presume that would be Lol Coxhill, the formula is reversed as some free-jazz noise is slowly lightened by a drifting cloud of echoed piano.
The best, however, is saved until last with a 40 minute live improvisation recorded at The Tunnels (Aberdeen), which shows the band in fine form, with chattering electronics and acoustic melodies being infused into a cello led drone, that breaks down into free noise, before the band get seriously psychedelic with some deep-space explorations that have a west-coast feel to them. Finally the stutter of the electronics take over again as the piece disintegrates with a flurry of white noise and feedback sounding like a long-lost kraut rock classic." (Simon Lewis)
mike, hows it going? i bumped into you in ma camerons at christmas and banged on about scritti politti and balaam and the angel... thought id pass through and check out mickel mass. top banana i say
Brighton DIY legends Charlottefield, PVH's last show of the year and post rockers shutter coming to party on Tuesday 4th in the tunnels. Hope you can make it along. paps x
alright ya beatless gimps...can ya tell mike therza bunch o' marbles go faster pics on kerrys page, which is in my top 16. good luck in finding a drummer.
Electropapknit no.4 Wednesday 21st November at the Tunnels, Aberdeen. Doors 8pm. £4 entry.
Stig Noise Sound System (liverpool) www.myspace.com/stignoise A band of crazy lunatics from Liverpool. With brass and samples and scratching and jazzy bits and indie bits and rocky bits and all sorts a bits!!! One of the most original bands i've heard in years. We like these guys alot!!!
Yoko, Oh no! (glasgow) www.myspace.com/yokoohno Pillar climbing, bar jumping, screaming, dance beast to get your ass movin'. With releases on Adaadat. Pump it up!!
Copy Haho (aberdeen) www.myspace.com/copyhaho Cheeky little rocky, poppy, colourful indie types but without the shit indie bits. Also I believe with sweet new T-shirts available to buy at the show!!! Gimme gimme gimme
plus plus plus plus + + + + with PVH/Electropapknit DJ's playin all the music that the cool kids love to hate and love.
The compilation CD „Frühere Spuren“ of Horacz Bluminth is now available for free at www.horacz.de
13 MP3 Tracks from 1983 to 2006 including all cover artworks
01 Cantabiley (Marsch Obskur 1996) 02 Sieben Meilen Weit (Wir werden Ferne Weiten Sehn1991) 03 Pulsar (Marsch Obskur 1996) 04 Ich Euer König (Die Schönen Sachen 1985) 05 Ihr Langweilt mich (Der Berg Kommt 1987) 06 Big Room Empty #9 (Big room Empty 2000) 07 D’OR (2006) 08 Der Kuss Der Uns Befreit (Der Berg Kommt 1987) 09 Ich Seh Dich (Wir Werden Ferne Weiten Sehn1991) 10 TinyuWana Hey (Marsch Obskur 1996) 11 Warten Auf Ein Zeichen (mit Michael Graf und Jutta Reetz, 1984) 12 Arbeit Macht Nicht satt Mein Kind (Der Berg kommt 1987) 13 Fremd (Marsch Obskur 1996)
hello friends, Marble Sheep’s booking agency set up a new myspace site for the tour!! http://www.myspace.com/marblesheep MARBLE SHEEP IS COMING BACK TO EUROPE FOR A WHOLE 30 DAYS TOUR IN NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007. if you are interested in that, get in touch with this site!!
LINE UP SO FAR: Aerosol (D) Algorythmics (A) Amal Gamal Ensemble (UK) Amniat (F/D/I) Andrea Parker (UK) Antoine Chessex (CH) Aosuke (D) Bad Servant (UK/F) Bagio (D) Damo Suzuki (J) Graz Orgel Pipes Orchestra (A) Hartmann/Suleyman (CH/TR) La Terre Tremble !!! (F) Mickey Guitar Project (J) Rachael (UK) Ronny Wærnes (N) Sawada + Harada (J) Sonic Fiction (D) Sunseastar (UK) The Jack and Jim Show (USA) UFO (the world) Xyramat (D) Zappi W.Diermaier (A) Zazie and Mat Pogo (I/D) Zoe Skoulding (UK)
