Oliver Betts - rhino sax, fender rhodes, e-bow guitar, basshum recorder, percussion, vocals. Stewart Brackley - contrebass, electric bass, banduria, high spanish guitar, vocals, percussion, white-eyed fear intonation. Tom Betts - drums, percussion, banal golf treatments. Euan Rodger - percussion, live loops/FX, vocals and international drums when Tom is busy with banal golf treatments. Nigel Parkin - stories, yarns and general bardery. Olly Warren - anti-guitar/Beards
Influences
Pilsner Urquell (the finest non-lethal lager on the planet, more healthy than water), Gambrinus, Budvar, Adnams Explorer, Budget Czech ale of all types (we are a broad church), The resurgent Heineken (vastly improved since their 70s thimble-sized-can nadir), Green King IPA, Morland Best, Charles Wells IPA, Zwiec, Tyskie, Zubr, Lech, Everards Tiger, Cobra, Weihenstaphaner, Duvel, Urdinger, Schneider Weiss, Cruz Campo, San Miguel, Estrella Dam, Dab, Bitburger and not forgetting Guiness for those times, at weddings, seances, book burnings etc. when inspiration fails.
Sounds Like
A weary ex-boxer, once proud and strong, now feeble and confused. Reduced to eating Hoisin Duck Pizza without the aid of teeth or eyes.
Black Carrot's 2nd album "Drink The Black Forest" ranked 9th in Artrocker's top albums of 2008.
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"Fantastic, in all senses of the term." The Independent, Nov 08
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_________________"Black Carrot play the music we love and honour at Artrocker, and they do it brilliantly. Listen and learn children, listen and learn." Tom, Artrocker, Nov 08
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_________________"Black Carrot are truly inspired musicians." Jean-Herve Peron, Faust.
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_____________________"Tipping its hat vaguely at Henry Cow, The Residents, Can, Tom Waits, Scratch Acid, Faust and Elizabethan madrigals, it might well be a mess, but it’s bloody marvellous." Sharon O'Connell, Time Out London, Dec 08
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______________________"This British midlands based outfit are an adventurous improvising group... the music builds and recedes according to its own logic but retains a fetching intimacy and warmth." Keith Moline, The Wire, Jul 07
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______________________"The quartet play brave, occasionally reckless psychotic improvs, music designed to blow your mind... Ones to savour." Martin C Strong, The List, 08
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______________________"Black Carrot represent one of the few bands who genuinely defy classification, who simply refuse to be pigeon-holed." Adam Nelson, The Best Line Of Fit, Nov 08
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Febrile and hostile, pounding and grainy, instinctive and mercurial. These are some of the words used to describe Black Carrot by the likes of Pat Fish, the Jazz Butcher, Faust's Jean-Herve Peron and the Wire magazine.
Formed in 2000, Black Carrot released their first album "Cluk" in 2003 on Moon City Musik label to great reviews culminating in a feature on BBC Radio 3's "Mixing It".
The original line-up of Oliver Betts (woodwinds, keys, vocals), Stewart Brackley (vocals, electric/double bass) and Tom Betts (drums) was augmented in 2006 with the addition of Euan Rodger on clattering, daring percussion and live samples. More recently Olly Warren's fuzzed guitar scratch has widened the scope still further.
Black Carrot have toured in Europe, played everywhere from 10th century watch towers to the ICA
Check out www.blackcarrot.net for more information, free music, gig news and a shop.
We are playing at The Nursery Tavern on 25th June with Wes Finch & The Dirty Band and Scattered Sons (featuring members of The Treehorns and Shackletons)
Tocan Diego Arbit y Ruben Ferrero, miembros de la Orquesta, junto a músicos como Alfredo Remus, Roi Maciaz, Sergio Paolucci y más en el Free jazz 2009!!!!: Se realizará en al city porteña, el 3er encuentro de músicos de free jazz. En esta oportunidad dedicado a ORNETTE COLEMAN y el recientemente fallecido crítico de música jazzera NANO HERRERA. Los más destacados artistas del mundo del jazz improvisado, se presentarán durante dos días en las instalaciones del SINDICATO ARGENTINO DE MUSICOS, dos noches dedicadas a una música jamás difundida por la radio y /o televisión argentina, se sorteará uno de los primeros discos grabados en el país (Cuarteto del Chivo Borraro) una joyita, entre el público presente. Como estrella invitada se presenta el afroamericano HILL GREENE, contrabajista (USA) de amplia trayectoria dentro del medio del jazz norteamericano, además participarán artistas de San Luis y Rosario,y completan esta magnífica cita el fílmico CARLOS MURAT que realizará proyecciones y filmará a todos los músicos y AMILCAR GILABERT, el reconocido ingeniero de sonido, que grabará en vivo los dos días, junto a sus alumnos. DOS NOCHES DE JAZZ ....IMPERDIBLES!!!!! Reservá tu entrada SADEM - BELGRANO 3655 - ALMAGRO 5 Y 6 DE MAYO - 21 HS. Agradecemos muchísimo la difusión
his is just a BIG BLOODY 'THANK YOU' to all the wonderful & big hearted folks who played at THE 'FAIRTRADE GALLERY'S APRIL ALTERNATIVE FESTIVAL' it was a great success & bless you all for making it so...we must do it again sometime xxx ftg
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