Prefuse 73, Low, Fridge, Stereolab, New Order, Depeche Mode, Aphex Twin, LFO, Boom Bip, Boards of Canada, Broken Social Scene, Broadcast, Caribou, Four Tet, Death in Vegas, DJ Shadow, Gang Gang Dance, Hood, Le Fly Pan Am, Locust, Mum, The Field Mice, David Holmes...that'll do for now
Right...Rashamon have been going as a unit since 2000, originally under the monniker Stendec but that had to be changed due to the Static Caravan outfit of the same name (what are the odds on getting so many successive duplications in the music world - apparently theres already a graphic artist called Rashamon and it was a deliberate mispelling in the first place!!).
The main muso behind the name is meself, mr lee hume. Born in Hastings and raised in the miserable 'nothing ever happens except shit' town of Bexhill, before he fled to London, got married, went travelling, moved to Brighton, split up, stayed in Brighton etc etc....
The Rashamon name was appropriated from Lee's unofficial brother and oldest school friend Seb Wyatt, who was not really using it and so didn't mind so much. Seb contributes not only to the guitar loops on a lot of the tracks but also appears at many of the gigs doing a full on live guitar loop cacophany that only sometimes can he hear.
Rashamon had a single out on Highpoint Lowlife and it was rather fine. Lee then put an album together on his own Passive-Aggressive label and has a few boxes to shift as he has no comprehension of the word 'promotion'. The album is rather fine too.
Live, Rashamon strive to have a very good time and to recreate and explore the created tracks in a myriad of new ways. Lee plans to keep the set list different each time but that probably won't work in the long term.
Current plans are to keep on gigging and work on some new tour de forces of tunes for a forthcoming very long ep.
CEEPHAX ACID CREW - Andy Jenkinson, acid maestro and hardware abuser is getting out the vinyl for a rarely seen dj set. http://www. myspace. com/ceephax
PAUL BLACKFORD - Detroit influenced electro artist from the UK who runs Bass Gun Records with Smashback. Known for fast bass driven electro. http://www. myspace. com/pblackford
DJ BASTARDINATOR a.k.a DR BASTARDO - After his latest release on Peace Off Records Dr Bastardo has been all over Europe dropping jaws and killing dance floors with is unrivalled breakcore rave assault. A real treat. http://www. myspace. com/drbastardo
The Prince Albert, Trafalgar St, Brighton
Tickets £4 adv/£5 door Available from Rounder Records 01273 325440/ Resident 01273 606312
JACOB'S STORIES have spent at least 18 months now being Brightons most criminally ignored act. The tender ethereality of Stuart Lee's vocals fused with electro-glitch classicalism produces a truly futuristic, yet instantly enthralling, sound.
Imminent debut album looks like turning '07 into a bright year for young Brummy quintet SHADY BARD, with national radio sessions becoming an almost regular event and early releases fetching ludicrous prices. Musically reminiscent of Gorky's with epic British Sea Power style vocals, powerful and building ballads of intense fragility...
London's ONE MORE GRAIN celebrate their debut cd (on VICTORY GARDEN RECORDS) with their debut Brighton gig - a hypnotically jazzy blend of semi detached bedsit narrative, droning kraut rhythms, and a cool Miles Davis undertow...a warm up for their PERE UBU support the following week.
Lee, just listening to that Power Of Hatred CDRW. Forgot I had it, because it was so small and hidden away! Great stuff, my favourite is Plane As Ya Honey! Lovely stuff. Will have to see who this Hot Roddy guy is.
Any ideas if there are still copies of your older eps/singles etc? I have the 7", frightened, and this.. but was wondering if I was likely to find much else.
Hiya, just dropping a message to let you know we've now put a survey up on our site! We here at Echo Studios would be very happy if you could spare a couple of minutes of your time to fill it out and have your say in the building of our studio! Click HERE to get to it! Thanks in Advance and see you soon we hope!
Echo Studios
Brighton
www.echo-studios.co.uk
Hey Rashamon, good to hear that you are still going after all these years. I think the last lot of your music I heard was a 'Hamster on a turntable' cassette... I like 'Plane as ya honey'
