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Josef Motley
Pop / Idol

"a little man on a little stage"



Whale Island, Pompeii
United Kingdom

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   Josef Motley: General Info
Member Since9/29/2007
Band Websitejosefmotley.bandcamp.com/
Band MembersMe, being Josef Motley, formerly known as Hot Blooded Detective Joe (for about a week), also formerly known as Guybrush Threepwood, Ryan Grimshaw, Fitzroy James Valentine, Ian Skinsleigh, Stuart Dent, KingRat, Josef Half-a-Head & finally, "A4" (skinny & white like a piece of paper, etc... yeah i was well funny, me) I'm also known as The Man Who Speaks Fast About Nothing. This being the only thing I'm actually any good at. These are my obscure attempts at pop songs on a very low budget.... most of the time I get my friends involved to cover up for my complete lack of musical talent.

I pursue my own ramshackle musical endeavours in my main project, TORTOISESHELL MALE. I make noises using my own scratchy dictaphone-obtained samples played on virtual turntables with liberal use of mentalness. I also like to try and beatbox or play percussion and then be astonished by how out of time the result is compared to how it sounded in my head, I'm also pretty much sure I'm tonedeaf but I enjoy making noises on various instruments all the same, mainly the synthesiser. Well, my PC's keyboard. I write down what letters the notes I play down are, it's a much better system for me personally to use a QWERTY keyboard as there are more letters than the frankly confusing octave system. Well it confuses me. For instance, i did a song called 'self titled' for my other band when it wasn't a band yet, and the notes spelt s-w-a-m-p-g-l-o-w, and that's how I remembered what I was actually playing. I'm a bit simple like that.

Before i began doing solo stuff under the name Josef Motley in 2008, I used the name swampglow, which after the first two self-made records became a fully-fledged electro / hiphop group in 2007, getting to the final in the wedgewood rooms battle of the bands showcase after having never played live before. Basically, we uber-fluked it. Since then we've been honing our abilities and learning our studiocraft in preparation to unleash ourselves upon the unlucky world again very soon with an EP and an all-new live setup with drum machines, synths & beatbox galore. oh yes.

I've also been and probably will in the future be a member of the collective currently known only as more people, which is a more traditionally instrument based project with live drums & guitars & stuff, and even some proper singing. We've played live once and not done much since as yet, the lineup at the time consisting of a ramshackle bunch of members of swampglow & the strange death of liberal england.

I also attempt 2manyDJs-style "mashups" (as I believe the kids call them these days), but with better tunes & worse mixing, under the name ObscureActivists.

other collaborators have included:

the lost & found sound
dCABB
Yasson of Corroboree
Bujuben
wilberforce malaise
Rusty Sheriff & Deadfut
Andreas Hobo of Myriad
Odynophagia
False Light
Joe Black
vf wing
Evil Steve of Dieselwig
Kris Saknussemm
Xaigon
Jackarack
Wailin' Asahbajj
Stupac






Influencesvideogames, imaginary and real. bad TV. good anime. indescribable dreams that can only be re-evoked to myself through a list of vague imagery. well worn anecdotes and in-jokes. i'm generally self referential and write almost exclusively about myself and my own obsessions whilst desperately trying not to. i steal lyrics from amusing things i mishear or people actually did say. a lot. i'm also highly influenced by level grind, having to walk somewhere, and dead things in general. also my continual quest to locate a skeleton called The General that used to belong to one of one of my Dad's friends & my continual quest to locate the picture of an octopus wrapping xmas presents that i once saw in a newspaper round Bujuben's. other than that, everything i do is a mistake.

Sounds LikeYou might as well just look at this picture and imagine what that sounds like, for all the good any description of mine will do you.



Here's some old quotes you might find more accurate. Or not.

"I'd describe the Motley sound as the musical adaptation of a man undergoing regressive hypnotherapy as his family sit in the corner couch crying. The truth incendiary to delusion's parasitic nature in this world of inanimate weight."
- Odynophagia, 2007

"It's like you're some kind of alien emitting your own version of our emotion of despair..."
- E.B. Jamieson, 1956

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   About Josef Motley
 

I hate 99% of hiphop but continue to choose to make it for some reason. As my music becomes increasingly niche market, my chances of ever making money from it dwindle expedentially; yet I continue to indulge my follies in various projects including infamous electro quintet "swampglow" & the completely unheard of "Tortoiseshell Male". I have appeared on some actual records, some of them good, others not so. The few I am currently happy with are available free by clicking the links below. My first proper (non-mixtape) album under the name Josef Motley (with producer dCABB & various guests) is due out sometime this very summer, and will include 'profanation' as well as songs currently only heard out so far live (see videos in the opposite column to watch bits of the last few shows i've done with various peoples...)

CLICK PICTURES TO DOWNLOAD SOME RECORDS FREE:



2009 - Josef Motley - songs I should have finished 2 years ago




2008- the Tortoiseshell Male Xmas Variety Hour




2008- various artists: Christmasasaurus vol.3




2008 - Kris Saknussemm & Clamon - Private Midnight



2008- Tortoiseshell Male in.... the Befuddling Mystery of the Moratorium




2008- various artists: Give Up Records compilation 2



2008- Josef Motley: 3 remixes (gold)



2008- Josef Motley and the lost & found sound: mixtape LP (orange)



2008- Rusty Sheriff & friends: All Mouth, No Trousers



2008- Josef Motley: mixtape EP (yellow)



2007- swampglow: The Sweatshop Nit Kingdom



2007- various artists: Give Up Records compilation 1



2007- the lost & found sound: Vacuum



2006- swampglow: Catastrophe Curve



2005- A4: Hilarious Decline
2004- A4: Art Class
2003- A4: Catastrophe Curve



2002- A4 & Yasson: Kaftans for Swinton



   Josef Motley's Friend Space (Top 40)
Josef Motley has 709 friends.
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 jamesphoney & jamesreindeer 


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 ODYNOPHAGIA 


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 mo vf 


 The Strange Death of Liberal England 


 TenchoO - PROMO EP OUT NOW! 


 EVIL STEVE!!! (Pt. 2) 


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 youre smiling now but well all turn into demons 

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 The Professional Savage European Tour with Curse 


 CURSE OV DIALECT-Western Europe&Japan tour sep! 


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Bubblegum Octopus





Jul 13 2009 6:31 PM

hahahaha, I'd be both weirded out and honored.
You and my girlfriend might have matching tattoos in that situation!
She seems to be interested in doing this logo or at least some sort of pink octopus (same goes for me actually, but I'm considering a realistic looking one)

You know... this reminds me. I think it's high time I, or someone else, made another official version of the pixelated octopus.
I will never un-love the real deal (as this is an almost exact replica of the original hallucination), but I would like to add another to the family...
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL





Jul 13 2009 2:02 PM





Yo Josef Motley , 2 new tracks up, check 'em on the reverb nation player and drop us a line if ya like!!

Peace,
International Criminal





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Kola Kid ( new track )





Jul 7 2009 9:59 PM

Electric Dragon





Jun 26 2009 10:28 AM

It's your player not working, yo.
EGADZ!





Jun 12 2009 4:51 PM

EGADZ IS DEAD. One last album, one last tour. "EGADZ IS DEAD" is available now on my profile.
Braille





Jun 4 2009 3:58 AM


G FLEX





May 29 2009 5:52 PM

Hol - A - Fresh!!! Flexx inna di area :)

Sound Clash radio is on air tonight 19:00 til 23:00 GMT
playing:
UK Funky / Bashment / Grime / Dubstep / UKG
link & lock ;)

www.streamizm.com

Guidance and Blessings

G 'da original general' Flex
the lost and found sound





May 25 2009 6:45 AM

cough yes cough cough
the lost and found sound





May 22 2009 9:22 PM

♪Muzik Is Life♪๑۩۞۩๑♫ø¦¦_Ms.Joanna_¦¦ø♫๑۩۞۩๑





May 14 2009 1:28 PM

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hello my dear friend
have a great day !
respect & love

you rock !
G FLEX





May 13 2009 12:13 PM

Easy People>> :)

just to let you know you can hear the best UK Funky, Garage, Dubstep & Grime tunes all up in the mix bashment style on the Sound Clash Radio Show
every Friday 19:00 - 23:00 GMT

on streamizm radio: www.streamizm.com

Thanks for all your support

G Flex

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♪Muzik Is Life♪๑۩۞۩๑♫ø¦¦_Ms.Joanna_¦¦ø♫๑۩۞۩๑





May 12 2009 5:07 PM

HEY Josef Motley
THANKS 4 UR' FRIENDSHIP !
I RESPECT WHAT YOU DO !
LOVE UR' MUZIK N STYLE !
KEEP ON ROCKIN' !
RESPECT & LOVE
Dr. Zilog





May 11 2009 12:32 AM

right on, brother.

the future's gone all has one sick ass beat.
Chew!t





May 8 2009 3:53 PM

a magic tracter drove down the lane and turnt into a farm lol
wilberforce malaise





May 3 2009 10:19 AM

as did i
^|SiCk0|^





Apr 28 2009 7:14 PM



Official ^|SiCk0|^ WebSite
the lost and found sound





Apr 28 2009 3:54 AM

The Josh





Apr 23 2009 4:31 PM

the mixtape is so choice!
and you did this in like 24 hours?
very impressive, kind josef.

you just seem to be growing stronger and stronger as an artist.
jamesphoney & jamesreindeer





Apr 20 2009 6:22 PM

thank you a bundle patriot.


we shall fly our glorious flag and name drop the motley where ever possible.


shows on our return we are telling you!

hugs

j&j
Marting [ ! ]





Apr 19 2009 11:24 PM

myspace.com/stubbilymug
April 25th @ O'Malley's

the lost and found sound





Apr 14 2009 7:17 AM

the new ep sounds good to me.
go with it!
are the files you sent me final final?
i wanted to add them to my slsk.
nice cover art too!
ITP - NEW ALBUM OUT NOW!!!





Apr 13 2009 8:38 AM

Welcome to the ITP family! ;)

Have a good time & keep in touch,

Erez & Sami
ITP
Phonokol Records
G FLEX





Apr 9 2009 10:04 AM

Hi there,
How's it going? :)

I hope you have time to check out my new single 'Build Up A Spliff - featuring Fire D'
It is now available as part of the compilation album 'Crucial Step Vol.2'

You can hear all the tracks on the player below and purchase individual tracks or the whole album from
www.digital-tunes.net/releases/crucial_step_v2

Thanks for your time and for supporting me and my music :)

G Flex

backweb
G FLEX





Mar 30 2009 10:53 AM

Hi there>>

got that friday feeling? ;)

hope you can tune in to my radio show this friday 19:00 till 23:00 GMT :)

www.streamizm.com

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^|SiCk0|^





Mar 30 2009 2:46 AM

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