Neil Heywood - brass
Nick Tonge - guitar
Matt Fortune - drums
Mark Midgley - bass
Influences
Godflesh,Portishead,Jesu,Slint,Massive Attack,Codeine,Tricky,Labradford,Cocteau Twins,Dalek,Tortoise,Final,Public Enemy,Swans,Red Snapper,Stars of the lid,Boris,Red House Painters,Jesus Lizard,Sun kil Moon,Fennesz
"You don’t get to hear a band like Falconetti very often. From first EP Oceanography to the latest Finisterre EP, they’re creating a massively spacious sound for themselves and anyone else who cares to listen. We could wheel out the old ’sonic cathedrals’ line, but frankly that wouldn’t do ’em justice. They really have to be heard to be appreciated." - bbc.co.uk
Latest 3-track EP, released August 2007. Tracks: Finisterre, Straits of Messina and Magna Via.
Features vocals by Emma Adams, programming by Tetchi, plus cellist Christopher Bryenton and violinist Katherine Betteridge.
“Elegant soundscapes, dreamy and atmospheric: an exercise in expansion and resolution. Beautifully accompanied by singing voice, trumpet or strings, it walks that fine line between playfulness and weird drone. This music has clarity, purity and intelligence - the filmic quality leaves you wondering what great images went with the sound and if they were as good as those in my head.” - Sophie Kemp, Sandman Magazine
“There’s enough grace, sinew and primeval mass here to deserve being the main thing in your brain. ’Straits of Messina’ is a soundscape of strings and backgrounded guitars, until an uplifting sunrise-like passage of trumpet concerto shoots a bright ray in the direction of Miles Davis’s Spain. ’Magna Via’ is beautiful and moving - and plays the biggest geographical trick: it refers not to something in the heart of the Roman Empire, but to Falconetti’s own heartland and surrounding wildernesses. A firm statement of how there’s some impressive territory nearer than you’d think, and in far greater quantity than you’d imagine. 8/10” - John Hepworth, Leeds Music Scene
"A Falconetti track is to your standard single release what Da Vinci’s Michelangelo is to a set of Handy Andy’s MDF shelves. Every note is hewn from pure musical marble, perfect and pristine. Maybe now Falconetti will finally be appreciated for the jewel that they undoubtedly are." - Tasty Fanzine
"Magna Via is a great journey across landscapes of lovely reverb cliffs and lakes of delay … delicious repetitive bass lines … truly outstanding production. I was blown away, moved by the strings in Straits of Messina. It’s all fantastic. This EP is a triumph." - Mono Magazine
"Welcome to a world that is strangely familiar - one that is hard to escape while living in this city, yet one that is rarely as well expressed by artists, musicians and writers as it is by Falconetti. This can be confirmed with one hearing of the opening track of their latest EP, Finisterre. Falconetti have forged a path through the thistle-packed path of "post-rock" and have come out somewhere on the other side few knew existed." - James Rush, Bradford T&A
Available from the following record shops:
Revo (Halifax)
Jumbo (Leeds)
Crash (Leeds).
Debut 3-track EP, released 2004. Tracks: Oceanography, Kino and Body of Water.
"This is an exciting and brave start avoiding all things current and "angular", cutting a path where only a few before have dared to tread." - Richard Garnett, Leeds Music Scene
"...fantastically HUGE and strangely moving..."
- bbc.co.uk
Hey what'up ? New myspace for us ! New video on it from the release party of "Omega Point" New song from new EP "ERS-3 : Ecotone" Have a good trip !!!!
Hi Nick!!! We killed off the hipps and have reformed as Trigger Cuts. We did some real recordings with Ghosttown Recordings. Let us know what you think of them. You'll have to come and see us live some day. Cheers, Jonny.
Hauschka Having studied classical piano for ten years, Dusseldorf-based pianist/composer Volker Bertelmann's work as Hauschka is based upon a playful exploration of the possibilities of the 'prepared' piano. His resulting tracks are vivid, unconventional pieces made in a spirit of playful research-enthusiasm, which he's taken around the world - in the USA with Múm, in Japan with Colleen, and a debut, sold-out London show with Max Richter. Hauschka's music is a thing of beauty - intertwined melodies and rythyms that flit between gorgeously lush and complex and stunning minimalism.
Gareth S. Brown With influences as diverse as Eastern European folk music, funeral marches and jewellery boxes, Gareth creates gorgeous work of layered beauty with nods towards Philip Glass, Terry Riley and Michael Nyman as well as latter day travellers such as Max Richter, Yann Tiersen and Aphex Twin.
Saturday: 8/11/2008 @ The Holy Trinity Church, Leeds. Doors 8.30pm.
Sunday Funday is the not-for-profit inaugural post-clubbing chill-out monthly sunday evening event mixing live acts, DJs, dance, spoken word and circus in a student-friendly Bradford arty city centre venue. Translocating the summer festival vibe into the Love Apple Café Bar (near the Alhambra Theatre - see the map on our MySpace), action packed with all the fun of the fair, Sunday Funday is a great excuse to ditch the crap sunday night telly, and party with no stress. Open-minded, multi-cultural, multi-genre, you'll hear just about anything at our gigs. Whether it's funk, punk, reggae, hip hop, house, techno, dub, breaks, meaningful accoustic sets, or bitesized chunks of world music, we're down with all chilled-out vibes.
To reduce our carbon footprint, we showcase local acts as possible, giving maximum exposure to the stars of tomorrow, in conjunction with Fresh Milk (the Wild West Yorkshire music facilitators), we're helping new artists gain grass roots exposure. On the Sunday October the 5th bill, there's Freyed Knot headlining, plus Divine Shakras, Harris, DJ Shi'me, DJ Immi, Flloyd de Sousa, Meats, and many, many more. This time there's breakdance crew the Soul Monkeys, and future performances will include belly dance and burlesque, and live performance art. Entry is always a mere £3, with beer/lager/real ale at £2 a pint, and fresh veggie and meat hot dogs to keep thirst and hunger under check. There's no dress code, fancy dress optional but welcome.
We're not funded or sponsored in any way, and rely on the kindness and generosity of our able volunteers, so if you want Sunday Funday to suceed, show your support by turning up at the Love Apple carnival between 5 and 11pm and having one hell of a good time. Turn up, tune in, and chill!!!
The ABC Club (formerly the debuts)- Combining shoegaze guitars and ethereal vocals Halifax's ABC club recently featured as Steve Lamaq's radio1 demo of the week.
IConcur- Firm live favourites on the leeds scene, I Concur play The Vine as part of a uk tour promoting new single Oblige. 'Sounds like Interpol crossed with iliketrains'NME
Fri 17th Oct
Vessels-With a scorching live reputation and their new album currently receiving rave reviews in the national press, Vessels are surely destined for big things in 2008. 'Tumbling drums, intertwined arpegios and massive blisters of heavy rock, Vessels are special enough to be all things to all fans of modern epic progressive music' Manchester Music
Brenda- 'With an Oceansize ear for melody, these guys are a stunning addition to the post rock genre, ones to watch!Subbacultcha single of the week
October 3rd - Friday Royal Oak, Clare Road, Halifax - 8.30 to 2pm Reg Carlo and the Squid taking us through till 2 £4/5 (frequent doggers) What a scoop! Destined never to play Halifax again!!
VOLUNTARY BUTLER SCHEME + Modeliste + Ophelia
THE VOLUNTARY BUTLER SCHEME DEBUT EP – TRADING THINGS IN RELEASED ON 21st JULY ON THE LOWEST LAYER OF THE TRIFLE RECORDINGS
A one-man assembly of bold and vibrant caricatures in sound; The Voluntary Butler Scheme makes its debut with the EP Trading Things In released on 21st July on The Lowest Layer Of The Trifle Recordings. The single has been picked as Steve Lamaq’s Single of the week and the release builds on recent sessions for BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 1 & 2.
22-year-old Rob Jones aka The Voluntary Butler Scheme takes a wry look at life’s shortcomings and styles a plasticine pop of ruggedly organic and excitingly abstract songs. Opening track Trading Things In is lyrically vivid English-summer pop. With ambitiously realised harmonies, and pleasingly shabby arrangement, it recognises the truly defining symptoms of love and devotion; Broccoli, running shoes and bad MP3 playlists.
With The Eiffel Tower And The BT Tower, Rob welcomes a swinging, ska inflected Motown group into his Midland home, “The BT Tower is the first thing that catches your eye when you go into Birmingham. Some sort of warped Midlands’ pride made me want to put it in the title.” The apparent pop soul whimsy of Hot Air Balloon Heart, shares the eccentric gifts of Nilsson and more immediately Gruff Rhys, as it spins classic songwriting into new, surreal and otherworldly shapes - “I’ve been dreaming of you so often, makes my hot air balloon heart soften…”
Hailing from Stourbridge, Rob’s inauguration as a solo artist was inspired – albeit indirectly – by fellow mid-lander Pato Banton. Under the misapprehension that collaboration with the lyrical toaster might be on the cards, Rob wrote and recorded an album’s worth of songs. When the p
The idea is simple: eight bands play across two stages in the same venue - four chosen by renowned local DIY promoters Forest of Sound, four chosen by fantastic local independent label Gizeh Records. All bands play consecutively so the audience gets to see everything.
For this Forest of Sound we’re getting together with our good friends at Misplaced Music to celebrate the release of Gareth S. Brown’s new album, The Gallows on Misplaced Music (order here).
Bracken makes simply stunning music - walls of ambient sound, dark dub bass and atmospheres, destroyed and re-claimed found sound, beats that range from over-powering to perfectly understated.
Gareth S. Brown creates gorgeous work of layered beauty with nods towards Philip Glass, Terry Riley and Michael Nyman as well as latter day travellers such as Max Richter, Yann Tiersen and Aphex Twin.
Sketches for Albinos makes a sound that manages to be both truly heartfelt and organic, but also encompassing the majestic glacial soundscapes that would make the likes of Tim Hecker or Fennesz proud.
The Declining Winter are a new musical project, led by Richard Adams, the co-founder of Domino Records group Hood, and is influenced by the music of Low, The Durutti Column, Songs of Green Pheasant and more. They have recently toured with ambient legends, Stars of the Lid. Live they’re a wonderful, beautiful, pastoral experience.
Friday: 1/8/2008 @ The Packhorse, Leeds. Doors 7.30pm. £5 on the door. Join the last fm fun here.
Friday 11th July Wintermute + Fires Easily one of our best catches to date, Wintermute are currently one of the most exciting acts on the Leeds scene. Fresh from a nationwide tour supporting Oceansize and with debut Ep 'Fun With Wizard Stencils' due to be released early August, Wintermute are surely set to make it big in 2008. Support for the evening comes from promising new Hebden electro-rock outfit Fires.
"A curious combo of At The Drive-In and Interpol, splashed with a bit of Foals-ian mathletics, tight and adventurous, Wintermute are cool." NME
"...punchy and pop-infected, akin to The Futureheads poising notes at sharper angles. Ditch the doubts at the door: expect to be impressed. " Rock Sound
Hi, we have 2 ace gigs this weekend in Bradford. On friday we have a night at The Love Apple then on Saturday we have a 16+ gig at The New Beehive. Hope to seeya down.
Koen Holtkamp is no stranger to producing beautiful music. Expect layers of warm organic noise and found sound combine to make pieces that are both gorgeously minimalistic and endlessly deep. He's making the trip over from New York to celebrate the launch of his new album on Type records, and you'd be a fool to miss him!
Gorgeously organic music that washes over you and through you - the best of all ambient music understands the importance of holding back, of understatement, of beauty - Pausal achieve this, and more. Stunning stuff for a night of pure sonic bliss.
Forest of Sound's favourite one man laptop genius, randomNumber, comes back to regale us with his excellent and deeply inventive brand of electronica. There's a reason that he's so energetic in his performance - his music is brilliant. Simple. As.
A Forest of Sound presentation. It’ll be £5 on the door, and doors are at 8pm.
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