PAUL FORD : GUITARS, PRODUCTION BEANIE : DRUMS, VOCALS
Additional musicians... DAVE MCLEAN : SAXOPHONE.
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KOENJIHYAKKEI CHEVAL DE FRISE OPTIMIST CLUB D.N.A STEVE REICH STORM AND STRESS FORTISSIMO RECORDS THIS HEAT TEENAGE JESUS AND THE JERKS GONG ENABLRES SWANS HELLA MILES DAVIS TALIBAM! free-jazz, Doom, Baroque,Opera,Grind.....
"SUBBA’S EP OF THE MONTH, ACTUALLY, FUCK THAT, EP OF THE DECADE!!!!!!
WITH SCISSORS / TAKE A WORM FOR A WALK WEEK / ORION ARM - SPLIT - SMALL TOWN RECORDS
3 stupendous bands on one EP, save-money-tastic… This slab of sheer bile & inventiveness will have you wearing each of the three band‘s tshirts all at once, it demands such allegiance. WS: Mix Rolo Tomassi’s juddering bile-infected spazzcore with the shrieking brilliance of early Blood Brothers. TAWFAWW: more muscular in tone, they take the shrill of Converge’s disgust and fuse it to the excitement of early Dillinger Escape Plan. OA: with a more liquid funk edge, the bands interplay more playful recalling These Arms Are Snakes in a sword duel with Mr Bungle. Genius, sheer genius. You’ll treasure this EP, then purge it from your system, before swallowing it back, whole. (J.C)" WWW.SUBBA-CULTA.COM
"........South east duo Orion Arm are left to bring things to a rocket-fuelled climax, hammering some dizzying progressive touches into the rabid noise that has come before and shooting the whole lot into the stars. Their rickety intensity is the sort of thing Lightning Bolt or USAISAMONSTER might come up with if they listened to more Iggy Pop and if it doesn’t make you want to go see them live and get your ears properly bashed in then there’s always the next Stereophonics gig for you to get to."-NEW CITY NOISE.NET.
ORION ARM IS A TWO-PIECE SPAZZ-JAZZ-PROG-MATH BAND BASED IN MILTON KEYNES AND N.W LONDON. THEY WOULD LOVE TO PLAY FOR YOU ONE DAY! We formed in late 2004, with the intention to write and perform intence ,unsettling experimental rock. we had always played as a 2-piece, but have recently employed the lungs of DAVID MCLEAN(chi champions) on saxophone for live perfomances and our latest recordings.Our debut album is on its way!check us out if you see us playing in you area!
some of the bands we have shared the stage with so far are: INDIAN JEWELERRY, USAISAMONSTER, EX-MODELS, PARTS AND LABOUR, COUGHS, ABSTRAKT SIR Q, AWESOME COLOUR, NEPTUNE, OVO, HUNTING LODGE, COLLAPSE(r.i.p), BILGE PUMP........
Releases include a split single on 10" vinyl with ’OPTIMIST CLUB(r.i.p) which is out on ’IN IT FOR THE MONEY RECORDS’ and is available from various independant record stores across the country, like rough trade, and is also available from the in it for the money myspace and website. We have also just finished recording a few tracks for a 3-way split with ’WITH SCISSORS’ and TAKE A WORM FOR A WALK WEEK’.details on this release will be up soon . We will also be touring with these bands in late febuary,/ early march.PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PROJECTS: ,THE MODUS VIVENDI , ACTION BEAT, WHORES OF MEGGIDDDO, CHI CHAMPIONS, MORPHINE WEDDING, THE IDEAS , EX-PLAN , PROJECT FIVE ,WITH PERSEPHONE, SWARM OF HOPE, STATIC SSTUTTER XX
P.S.if you are interested in booking us, please just send us a message on this thing, dont be shy! Also,If we’ve add you, its because we think you may like our music based on the genres and bands listed on your profile x
Hey-hey Beanie! Just listened to the lot. Utterly stunning shizzzz! Spam me when you get a gig, I've decided that's how I want to go deaf. Luscious riffs and beatchanges and everything you could ever want to scare young cousins with. Your new fan, Gack Merga. xx
Here's one we didn't play last week, let's call it an encore:
Thankyou thankyou - I'd return the kind words but I think it goes without saying that you guys are making better music than anyone in london right now, and I don't want to overinflate you.
Then get your ass up to manchester and see us....how was it? did you see nick cave?!! im coming home on monday next week till wednesday so you can tell me all your travel tales then. em xx
