orlando seale: vocals, guitar;
steph patten, dan bull, martin radford: cello;
michael cw: keyboard;
bob collins: bass;
neil penny: trumpet;
nick kingsley: guitar;
rhiannon tripp: kazoo;
e g: inspiration
Influences
folk i love include...eliott smith, the white stripes, pulp, piaf, vincent delerme, bowie, jeff buckley, dylan, belle and sebastian, the shins, inara george, george brasens, nick cave, the libertines, fiona apple, led zepplin, joni mitchell, the arcade fire, inara george, the ditty bops, squeeze, laura marling, shakespeare, chaucer, coleridge, marlowe, donne, baudelaire, flaubert, balzac, villon, the underground, my bicycle, london, paris, france, sea, hills etc etc...
Sounds Like
"The perfect end to the evening was Orlando Seale, a
singer songwriter who specialises in songs about
suicide and other tragedies. The fact that his show is
highly entertaining could be a reflection on what a
sick lot we are. Then again, it could be that the
songs are superb and his backing band of piano,
trumpet, guitar, cello and violin are equally so. I
saw him last November at the Troubadour, and he did
many of the great songs again; notably “Christmas
Song”, “I Have Forgotten” “Beautiful Moron” (assisted
by Lady Anatomica!), “Devils Bath”, and “Melancholy
Shop Girl”; all dark comedy masterpieces to which you
could either laugh or cry. This man combines Noel
Coward, Gershwin, Cole Porter, Randy Newman, Tom
Waites, David Byrne and Morrisey, and succeeds in
being different to all of them. See him and his
amazing band at your earliest opportunity."
' masterpieces of the macabre'
Peter Coulston (seatwave)
climbing ceilings at the supermarket,
i was singing neon when these voices started.
at nine pm on the north end road,
drifting aisles at the local tescos,
when these voices started to sing,
when these voices started to sing.
'what are you for? what are you looking for behind my sliding door?
salvation on the shop floor?'
awake all you dreamers,
all you club card redeemers,
awake, awake.
shake, if you dare,
grab a fist of the filtered air and shake, let's shake.
you with your crooked smile in the dairy aisle,
i won't a close encounter by the deli counter.
awake.
awake all you dreamers...
you with those yesterday's eyes, and your bag of french fries,
did you find what you need in the deep freeze?
i don't believe that that is why you're here tonight with me,
it's something you need they don't stock you see.
all of us moths that circle here tonight,
we're drawn to the neon, the neon light.
so swing a basket as the pennies sail away,
your crew awaits.
'i have seen you before and i will see you again,
behind my sliding door,
singing neon,
on the shop-floor.'
you kiss the cashier goodnight, goodnight.
BOOKINGS......
we are open to playing anywhere: streets, stages, sitting rooms, private parties, home and abroad... so if you would like us to come and play in your area, send us a message on this myspace page and we'll try and make it happen!
all the best,
orlando
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A night of audio-visual masturbation at the Resistance Gallery, Bethnal Green.
ON SATURDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER
Erotic Art, Performances, DJs and more.
Enter the gallery through the 'Confession Booth' installation and confess your sins while your portrait is drawn by a veiled figure. Then be punished for them by the Door Dominatrix.
Once inside the gallery feed the 'Carnivorous Caged Beast' and feast your eyes on the artworks being shown.
'Silent Film' Burlesque performance by Byzy Bizarre & P. Riggler.
Erotic Poetry Reading
Fire Flagellation
A special appearance by Orlando Seale.
DJ's The Badical, The Incontinents, James Bunton and DJ Minnie will keep you dancing until the early hours.
Oct 1 @ The Cross Kings – Stephen Grew + Graham Clark + Eddie Prevost (Free improv giants)
Oct 9 @ The Good Ship – SonVer (Epic ambient rock) + Rocket Number Nine intense electronics/drums duo) + Metamorphic (groove/folk/jazz) + Juice (crazy a'cappella trio)
hello beautiful orlando and entourage, look forward to meeting and discussing future plans this week. I want you involved in the naked and the blind somehow... love to you all, xxbbxx
