Ted Kemp (Guitar/Vocals/Synth), Maria Dada (Bass Guitar/Vocals), Alan Creedon (Drums/Vocals)
Influences
Julian Cope, Guided by Voices, Wire, Television, The Vaselines, Talking Heads, Early Gorky's, The Monks, Early Scritti Politti, The Fall, The Velvet Underground, Felt, Brian Wilson, Orange Juice, The Beatles, The Kinks,The Soft boys, The Television Personalities, The Stooges, Josef K, Ariel Pink....Plus everything else that seeped into our subconsious along the way...
If you want to know more you have to buy the records and listen to the music. The girl voice is Maria. Despite the exterior she's actually very sensitive. Too sensitive. The boy voice is Ted. He appears to be quiet but deep down inside he's thinking. The other boy voice that accompanies drums is Alan. He's out partying with his friends but he knows what life is about. A lot more than you.
The Fountain have recently recorded many many songs the first batch are bundled here in the Basement EP.
"...I challenge anyone to listen to “In My Brain I Can Hide” and not walk around singing the bloody thing for five hours afterwards..." Whisperin and Hollerin
"...if you can imagine a female David Byrne duelling with Stephen Malkmus whilst Wire and The Fall have a Krautrock party...one of Manchester's most exciting underground bands..."
Cath Aubergine, Manchestermusic.co.uk
"Very, very clever people who can play very, very quickly and very, very smartly. Very, very clever people who can take the piss out of Kate Bush, the entire punk thing and spare the time to slap down some riffs made from barbed wire whips"
Review of "Fat Tax", Unpeeled.co.uk
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SPECTRE FOLK (Pete Nolan of Magik Markers) + more TBC
It's extremely appropriate that Magik Markers' drummer Pete Nolan is currently in the country to play with Jandek in London (which is how this gig came about, coincidentally). Because his solo Folk Spectre record on the Woodist label demonstrates a penetrating knowledge of what makes that great Texan loner so amazing. Lo-Fi in the early 90s Shrimper label sense (yes!), the record contains a clutch of fragile, skeletal songs that inspire a depth of relaxation self-help tape manufacturers could only dream of. Of course, we're not talking 'swimming with dolphins' here. It's the constant hum - of tape hiss, mellow feedback, room boom, whatever - that sits beneath these beautiful songs that gives them their dreamlike quality. The name has been switched around to Spectre Folk but the vibrations are the same. The Folk Spectre record is something truly special and we anticipate this show to be one of the most enthralling of our 2008 calendar.
Here's what Pete's Magik Markers partner Elisa Ambrogio had to say about it all:
"Here drum-dilweed extraordinaire Pete Nolan takes on new dimensions of low-fidelity radness through the Woodsist imprint. The infamous label in charge of releasing other super-jammers such as Axolotl, Loosers and Blues Control, Woodsist put this mother out in the o 7. So many good songs, I don’t know where to start; it’s like Gene Clark in a manhole with Von LMO in Bushwick. This is another artist criminally unappreciated for his solo work, most probably due to his surly manner. Just ‘cause the man don’t hold doors for people doesn’t mean he doesn’t know how to build castle bridges of strangeness into the void. LISTEN."
Blackberry shortcake Thursday June 12th at the Klondyke Bowls club! A fundraiser for Strawberry Shortcake! Featuring : First Black Precedent, A middle Sex, Gnu & A Shrew & Serpentine Pad
And Strawberry Shortcake Festival Sunday June 22 at the Klondyke Bowls Club... Featuring: Puzzle Sad Shields The Lovely Eggs Amida Le Tetsuo Sparky deathcap Peepholes Jam On Bread Plaaydoh Les Enfant Bastard Buen Chico Klaus Says Buy The Record Husbands We're Not The Cool Kids Hoe Cakes Plus food, art, films and more bands tbc (keep checking the myspace) - all for £7. 50!
Don't miss out on seeing Kings of the Infidels live on their mini tour from the 11th May with their new Singer and Guitarist Mr. Sean Seery (Ex Part of the Queue)!!!!
Sun 11th - The Cavern Club, 8 - 10 Mathew Sreet, Liverpool 8PM
i like shout for trout, it makes me want to jump up and down, but the ceiling is low so only moving limbs below my hips. Mmmm, now that's Mr Motivator.
This month’s Anti-Scenesters will be playing on Thursday 3rd April (entrance £3)...Click their names to hear them through the wonders of the vibration of the very air around you!
TOWN HALL TAVERN, TIB LANE / FRIDAY 14TH / 8PM / 5 QUID IN
FAMILY UNDERGROUND
Danish tectonic plates moving drone trio with electronics and guitars, full on wave of sound style third ear music. They slayed at Thurston Moore's ATP back in 2006 and last years Colours Out Of Space. Releases on Fuck It Tapes/Woodsist, Not Not Fun, Ikuisuus, and a bunch of other labels.
Interview: http://www.indieworkshop.com/interviews.php?id=122 You tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFESyQDQb0w
GHOST OF AN OCTOPUS
Manchester based Anglo-Scottish bass & guitar duo, fuzz, hiss, static and pc speaker blow out, from members of Stuckometer, Smear Campaign, Barbarians, Wagstaff, Coits, Inca Eyeball, etc. Bunch of tapes and cd-rs on First Person, Total Vermin, etc.
JACKSON / HESKETH / MITCHELL / DEAN
Titled under the one off name no party party, quartet of full on fire music sax, fuzzed out electronics, and primitive drums, from Solar Fire Trio, Beach Fuzz, & Ford Maddox Brown members.
Plus Primitive DJing from Golden Lab and Lotus Birth
Hey The Fountain Hows things? Hope all is good. Our debut single is out now. There's only 500 copies on 7-inch vinyl. Please support the release and get a copy if you can. Click on the image below to grab yours. New material coming soon peace x
If you want to know more you have to buy the records and listen to the music. The girl voice is Maria. Despite the exterior she's actually very sensitive. Too sensitive. The boy voice is Ted. He appears to be quiet but deep down inside he's thinking. The other boy voice that accompanies drums is Alan. He's out partying with his friends but he knows what life is about. A lot more than you.
