Robin Allender
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General Info
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Genre: Experimental / Folk Rock
Location Bristol, Southwest, Un
Profile Views: 81401
Last Login: 1/21/2013
Member Since 10/31/2005
Website www.dreamboatrecords.co.uk
Record Label Dreamboat Records
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
PRESS Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2 A really interesting sound […] Allender is an extraordinary guitar player... Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 2 Just gorgeous... Cosmo Lee, Stylus [..The Bird and the Word..] evokes both English folk traditionalists Fairport Convention and electric revisionists Steeleye Span. [...] Though Allender's wordplay is sharp, his picking is sharper; it has the immaculate detail of Nick Drake's... Julian Owen, Venue (Bristol) With [..The Bird and the Word..] he’s already reached a level that the majority of singer-songwriters could spend a lifetime approaching but never truly nearing... Amy Granzin, Shake Your Fist One of the best young guitar stylists working in Britain today... Nightshift (Oxford) Bristol lad Robin Allender may have a tender voice but it really is only accompaniment to the real show stealer here — his ability with an electric guitar. Mellow, soothing and technically dazzling, Robin wows a packed audience whose deathly silence gives due credit to the set's wonderful ambiance... BIOGRAPHY Welcome to my MySpace space. My name is Robin Allender. I am a Bristol-based singer, guitarist and songwriter. In 2003 I formed the band ..Azalea City Penis Club.. with ..Simon Grant.. and ..Dave Collingwood... This band is still theoretically in existence, although Simon is currently in Manchester training to be a doctor. In December 2004, Simon lent me his four-track and I started writing and recording my own songs. You can download these demos here: http://www.mediafire.com/?jiyntbdnmiz.. ..In 2005 I started playing solo gigs around Bristol. Around this time my friend Michael Williams and I decided to set up a record label to promote my music, as well as that of the Penis Club and ..The Rollercoaster Project... ..Dreamboat Records.. was born... ..In late 2006 I assembled a band (The Allender Band) to accompany me live and in the studio. This band featured ..Alex Wilkins.. on guitar and ..Sam Tarbuck.. on bass. Dave played drums for us, but left the band in 2008, to be replaced by ..Sean Talbot... The Allender Band is currently on hiatus... ..From early 2007 to mid-2008 I played bass and keyboards for ..Gravenhurst... Since May 2009 I have been playing guitar with ..Yann Tiersen... This has involved touring Europe, Russia and China. Keep an eye on ..Yann's MySpace.. for tourdates... -
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Influences
Mark Mothersbaugh, Low, Jon Brion, Talk Talk, Pat Metheny, Cats Power and Stevens, Elliott Smith, Jim O'Rourke, John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Yo La Tengo, Brian Wilson, Mark Kozelek, Wilco, Carole King, Frank Zappa, Soundgarden, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Mice Parade, Bill Frisell, Broadcast, Will Oldham, Gravenhurst, Carl Newman, Ned Oldham, Bob Dylan, Cara Dillon, Calexico, Keith Jarrett, Ash, Rose Kemp, The Beatles, Bert Jansch, Ben Folds, Neutral Milk Hotel, Tom Waits, Blur, Davey Graham, Brad Mehldau, Laura Veirs, Television, Serge Gainsbourg, MF DOOM, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band, The Magic Band, Van Morrison, The Kinks, Crowded House, Davids Bowie, Byrne, Darling, Pajo, Grubbs and (I'm not ashamed) Gray, Nico, Neko Case, the Wainwrights, Eric Matthews, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Richard Thompson, Jackson C. Frank, Manic Street Preachers, Gillian Welch, Joanna Newsom, Kates Bush and Rusby, John Renbourn, Derren Brown, The Roches, Paul Simon, Nirvana, The Magnetic Fields, Dave Collingwood and Simon Grant -
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Robin Allender
It's great to imagine that Only Connect is filmed in front of a live studio audience but the jokes are falling really flat.
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Here is @nomadicrevery in his natural environment http://t.co/K0Qb0fzLiV
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keep websites on the internet!!!!!
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Don't you love it when a Facebook message sends and your whole witless correspondence from the the last 7 years is revealed to you.
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Robin Allender
Listening to Fairport. When something's expensive I might start saying it 'cost me deep in the purse'. Could catch on.
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Comments
- Bity Booker2 years ago
hello Robin! VERY NICEwork. i hope you like my music. bity
- The Child of A Creek2 years ago
“Whispering Tales under an Emerald Sun”
by The Child of A Creek
is OUT NOW/COPIES AVAILABLE!
Released by A BEARD OF SNAILS RECORDS (DEN)
http://www.abeardofsnails.com/boutique.html
Notes: This, the fourth album from Italy's The Child of a Creek is a gleaming, lysergic gem for sure. Eight stunning neo-folk shoegaze tracks (four of which are instrumentals), equally rural and cosmic, with touches of almost Floydian / Frippian prog. Fragile, electricfied, cinematic. Comes in a in pearlescent bronze envelope with minimalist emerald sun art. (notes by A Beard of Snails Records)
DISTRO:
A Beard of Snails Records(DEN) Price: 7,00Euros
Eclipse Records (US) Price: 9,50$
Norman Records (UK) Price: 5,99GBP
throughthetrees@thechildofacreek.it (IT) Price:7,00Euros
-EDITION OF 60 COPIES-
www.thechildofacreek.it
www.mypace.com/thechildofacreek
www.abeardofsnails.com
www.eclipse-records.com
www.normanrecords.com
Still some copies of:
“Find A Shelter Along the Path” by The Child of A Creek
DISTRO:
www.myspace.com/littleredbirdsrecords (IT)
www.audioglobe.it (IT)
www.ibs.it (IT)
www.unilibro.it (IT)
www.eclipse-records.com (US)
www.autumnwp.com (US)
yannis@sound-effectrecords.gr (GR)
throughthetrees@thechildofacreek.it (IT) Price:10,00 Euro - 2 years ago
- Ici d'ailleurs2 years ago
"The Dark" - The new Third Eye Foundation album
8th of November 2010
Preorder it now on diva-music.com - 2 years ago
- Lexie CApron2 years ago
I love your music.
- Silvana JAra2 years ago
hey! Robin
thanks for add me!you're very nice guy!cheers from Chile!!silvana! ;)come back soon please! - 2 years ago
- Renato Correia2 years ago
Hey man, i was in the last Yann's concert in Brazil, in São João da Boa Vista, last Sunday, saw and heard you playing, and get out to drink with you and another guys of the band, that night was surreal for me. Congratulations on work, we wating you back.
- Hear Hums3 years ago
Hear Hums - Change
PSYCHE CYCLES
Fall 2010
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Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2
A really interesting sound […] Allender is an extraordinary guitar player.
Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio 2
Just gorgeous.
Cosmo Lee, Stylus
[The Bird and the Word] evokes both English folk traditionalists Fairport Convention and electric revisionists Steeleye Span. [...] Though Allender's wordplay is sharp, his picking is sharper; it has the immaculate detail of Nick Drake's.
Julian Owen, Venue (Bristol)
With [The Bird and the Word] he’s already reached a level that the majority of singer-songwriters could spend a lifetime approaching but never truly nearing.
Amy Granzin, Shake Your Fist
One of the best young guitar stylists working in Britain today.
Nightshift (Oxford)
Bristol lad Robin Allender may have a tender voice but it really is only accompaniment to the real show stealer here — his ability with an electric guitar. Mellow, soothing and technically dazzling, Robin wows a packed audience whose deathly silence gives due credit to the set's wonderful ambiance.
BIOGRAPHY
Welcome to my MySpace space. My name is Robin Allender. I am a Bristol-based singer, guitarist and songwriter.
In 2003 I formed the band Azalea City Penis Club with Simon Grant and Dave Collingwood. This band is still theoretically in existence, although Simon is currently in Manchester training to be a doctor. In December 2004, Simon lent me his four-track and I started writing and recording my own songs. You can download these demos here: http://www.mediafire.com/?jiyntbdnmiz
In 2005 I started playing solo gigs around Bristol. Around this time my friend Michael Williams and I decided to set up a record label to promote my music, as well as that of the Penis Club and The Rollercoaster Project. Dreamboat Records was born.
In late 2006 I assembled a band (The Allender Band) to accompany me live and in the studio. This band featured Alex Wilkins on guitar and Sam Tarbuck on bass. Dave played drums for us, but left the band in 2008, to be replaced by Sean Talbot. The Allender Band is currently on hiatus.
From early 2007 to mid-2008 I played bass and keyboards for Gravenhurst. Since May 2009 I have been playing guitar with Yann Tiersen. This has involved touring Europe, Russia and China. Keep an eye on Yann's MySpace for tourdates.
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