I AM PLYING IN LONDON LIVE THIS THURSDAY WITH THE HAND AND ICHI AND LOVESTOP REPEAT!
GALLERY CAFE BETHNAL GREEN
The Gallery Cafe
21 Old Ford Rd
London, E2 9PL
(Bethnal Green tube)
On Multimap:
http://www.multimap.com/s/Q5xO3QYj
Doors: 7.30pm
£5 advance (click on the poster link to buy tickets)
£5 door
THE HAND IN PARIS MARCH 2009
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THE HAND & ICHI TOUR SO FAR!
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Sounds Like
Here is the new animation by sister Betsy which comes with the new Hand album availble to buy by clicking that button -->
I had a go at making a live sewing video to my song o-mend-o-darn-o. It took a fair few attempts of swearing and reels of cotton flying before I nailed it
Piano in La Cana, Tokyo
This summer I had a fun time at Truck festival in England with Wig, Rozi and Francois, and after playing on the acoustic stage we met Bob Harris and he filmed us in the sun and the wind singing about those infamous geese
playing in Yoshitomo Nara's cafe in Tokyo
Me and Kate playing as Whalebone Polly in Japan. Can't wait to play with Kate in Paris in March. Don't know how to say that in French I'm afraid - only Japanese seems to come to mind - o where did all the French words go?!
Here is sister Betsy's first animation to Little Feet Running by The Hand
Below is an animation by Elliot Dear to my song 'the wires'
Hello there! THE NOW: Myself, Wig Smith (The Hand) and Ichi from Japan are touring together in the Uk and Europe...THE NEAR FUTURE: Whalebone Polly (myself qnd Kate Stables of This is the Kit) are releasing an EP and touring in September. We are looking for dates in the UK and Europe and a label to release ur EP which we want to press on vinyl (which we are thinking will be nicer in brown then black!) Please get in touch...
I have spent most of this year touring in Japan. The rest of it was spent in Bristol. I play solo, and I am half of The Hand (Wig Smith makes it a whole) and I am half of Whalebone Polly (Kate Stables of This Is The Kit being the other half). I also spend lots of time with my sewing machine and lino cuttings and sell textiles and prints at gigs. They'll be an up-to-date shop on my new website www.rachaeldadd.com late January. I am also going to be selling my textiles on tour along with all my albums.
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I have a new album 'After the Ant Fight' which has been released in Japan. In England I am selling it here on my myspace and all my gigs over the summer while I look for it to be released properly sometime over here.
AFTER THE ANT FIGHT is my new album released on Japan’s Indie label Angel’s Egg. There are 11 new songs plus a traditional song 'Two Sisters' and I play banjo, piano, guitar, clarinet and harmonium. I spent many intensive days recording and mixing underground at Toy Box Studios in Bristol with Ali Chant. Many of my friends in Bristol added their mark; Ieuan Pearse played drums, Jean Marc de Verteuil played bass, Andi Skellam sang and played banjo, Wig Smith sang and played kora and ukelele, Rozi Plain sang, Francois Marry played trumpet, and Wig’s mum Diana played the bassoon. Together they helped me to develop my music, as well as making it such an enjoyable time. After The Ant Fight review £12 (incl. postage to anywhere)
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BERRIES FROM THE RUBBLE is The Hand’s new 10 song album. It too has been released on Angel’s Egg. Wig Smith and I spent two weeks during late summer recording it in a front room at the Self-Build Project in Bristol. On it we sing and play kora, banjo, guitar, ukulele, piano, harmonium, clarinet, autoharp and percussion. Wig is the first person I’ve been able to write from scratch with, and what we create together feels like it has a life of its own. My sister Betsy has made an animation to the last track which you can see just over there to the left! The animation comes too with our album. Berries from the Rubble review
£10 (incl. postage to anywhere)
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THE WORLD OUTSIDE IS IN A CUPBOARD is the album I made in 2007. On it there's quite a lot of banjos and pianos, loops made from cuttlery and ticking clocks, and it stars my grandma. Rob Da Bank played the album piano track 'Caught in the Weight' on his radio show and also on his latest podcast celebrating women in music. Here's where to go for the feed Rob Da Bank Podcast . (and click on Download from itunes)
To read a review of 'The World Outside is in a Cupboard' go here: jumped up pantry boy
Album Track Listing:
1) Finger on the Button
2) The Wires
3) Caught in the Weight
4) Ships
5) Bold Bear
6) o-mend-o-darn-o
7) Grandma's Hands
8) Telephone
9) Iron Out
10) Hawk for a Heart
11) The Party
12) River Swimmers
13) And when I can not Dream.
SOLD OUT !!
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SUMMER/AUTUMN RECORDINGS 2005
9 tracks recorded in a back garden
£10 including postage to anywhere
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If you'd like to buy a Limited addition 'Songs from the Crypt' (8 tracks recorded live in the crypt of a church in Bristol...listen to Foroyar above) please click below. Each one is different. CD sleeve ..Songs from the Crypt..(as below) comes enclosed. ¥3600 / £17.24 (postage incl.)
Or you can buy the unlimited version of 'Songs from the Crypt' for ¥1800/£8.62 (postage incl.)
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WHALEBONE POLLY have something newly recorded which may metamorphisize into something along the lines of a 7inch!
Hey! Appologies if this is the second comment we've sent you recently...bit of a mix up in the bands communication :)
Anyway.. we've been a little quiet for the last few months but we are very pleased to announce our new EP is finished and up on our myspace! It's called Bright Lights and has four brand spanking new tracks to blow your mind. Please have a listen and tell us what you think and if you love it, buy it! :)
hey Rachael, excuse the blatant plug - great to see you at WOOD = here comes truck.
Playing alongside ASH / SUPERGRASS /DAMO SUZUKI (CAN) / VIEUX FARKA TOURE / THE CANDYSKINS /RED LIGHT COMPANY / WINTERSLEEP / FANFARLO / HJALTALIN / ERRORS / YACHT / DJ FOOD & DK / TOTAL SCIENCE / T.E.E.D./WILD BEASTS / A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS / GRAMMATICS /THE JOY FORMIDABLE / THE XCERTS / PULLED APART BY HORSES/ BROKEN RECORDS / MARK OLSON & GARY LOURIS / PETE MOLINARI
plus...
and so i watch you from afar/ calories/ chew lips/ colour/ danny and the champions of the world/ data select party / detroit social club/ dive dive/ dusty & the dreaming spires/ house of brothers/ skylarkin/ sportsday megaphone / the candyskins/ the elysian quartet/ the ghost of a thousand / the relationships/ the xx/ this town needs guns/ thomas truax/ treetop flyers/ truckers of husk/ we were promised jet packs/white belt yellow tag
"The Hand are Bristol-based musicians Rachael Dadd & Wig Smith. Together they share a love of folk, blues and world music and play an exotic array of instruments including Kora, Banjo, Ukulele, and Harmonium. They are touring the UK with Japanese solo artist Ichi, who takes the notion of a one-man band to new limits – combining steel drum with ping-pong balls, tape-loops, trumpet and xylophone.
Support comes from Norwich-based musicians Sam James Hill and Tenderlion plus Buffet Style DJ's playing music from the psyche's deli..."
@ DRAGON HALL, Norwich - Sat 20th June 2009. 7.30pm £5 on the door.
Hello hello Rachael. Just got back from Wood and have stuck your new CD in the player.. it's beautiful, loving it. So great to see you play on friday. Hope to get to see you in June when you play London. See your playing same line up as Love.Stop.Repeat. I really like them too, saw them when they were supporting Get the Blessing in Windsor. Really enjoying them, particulary the harmonium. Should be a good night in June. Take care till then, have a good tour.
In case you were interested, Cave Paintings is now up for download from my page. Take it as a free trip of me fading into you, and I hope it can be the art of thought and realization. Its music I make when I am not right, alone in my workshop, so hope you can take it as your own piece of alone time. Take it easy. -peace
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