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Quack Quack
Progressive / Alternative / Rock

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Up North
United Kingdom

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Member Since1/31/2006
Band Websitewww.runofthemillrecords.co.uk
Band MembersStuart Bannister - Bass
Richard Morris - Keyboards/Drums
Neil Turpin - Drums
InfluencesNina Simone, Dirty Three, Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane, Black Sabbath, John Fahey, Sonny Sharrock, Can, Tom Waits, Herbie Hancock, Fela Kuti, Sly & The Family, The Meters, Parliament, Bonnie Prince Billy, John Coltrane, David Bowie, Eric Dolphy, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix, Billie Holiday, Freddie Hubbard, Max Roach, Fairport Convention, Slint, The Shadows, Nina Nastasia, Bob Dylan, Neu!, Elvin Jones, Charle Mingus, Lungfish, King Crimson, Miles Davis, Kraftwerk, Hella, ZZ Top, Free, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC...
Record LabelRun of the Mill Records
Type of LabelIndie


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Jan 28 2010 8:00P
Looking for gig south of Leeds TBC
Jan 29 2010 8:00P
South Street Arts Reading
Jan 30 2010 8:00P
TBC Milton Keynes TBC
Jan 31 2010 8:00P
TBC Cambridge TBC

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   About Quack Quack
On the surface, Leeds trio Quack Quack seem to exist in some animated part-prog, part-post-rock indie hinterland, but closer inspection reveals a tight-knit instrumental trio who, in absorbing and acknowledging everything from dub, jazz, funk, and electronic music, subvert all tidy enclosures of prog-this or post-that.

Keyboardist/drummer Richard Morris (also of Two Minute Noodles and Chops), bass player Stuart Bannister, and veteran drummer Neil Turpin (also of Bilge Pump) are the core unit of players/engineers whose music - typified by chirpy synth, droning rumbles of bass and a keen sense of groove -- explores dynamics and refined interplay with a ceaseless, sprightly invention. Their self-titled EP and 7", both produced by Richard Formby, are a winning seven-song introduction, throughout which the trio build upon a series of deceptively-simple ideas and offer intuitive responses, their individual contributions often subverting and off-setting (though never overwhelming) each other. And yet, their experiments are far more playful than studious, always respectful to the core elements of rhythm and sound while investing the whole instrumental (albeit guitar-less) "rock" shebang with a rare sense of fun.

While a great many instrumental bands still favor the 'quiet-loud' axis as their main dynamic, a hallmark of nearly every Quack Quack song is the 'striking moment', often comprising some subtle juxtaposition, dynamic change or breakaway where the band lock into something skewed or unexpected. It's there in the finale to "We Need The Eggs", where a bass drone subsisting over a spluttering jazzy drum breakdown suddenly lunges into a synchronized, dual-drum workout of slow-burn funk. It's there in the joyously melodic breakdown halfway through "Cut Me Some Slacks" or the sudden stop-out, long pause and crash-in of "Bravo 150", it's there in the startling multi-rhythmic shifts of "Mars", and it's there in the collision of Bannister's juddering bass riff with Morris's videogame arpeggios ("Conversations"). Such moments seemingly arrive as fleeting, subtle breakdowns in amidst the driving rhythms and plinking, hummable melodies, but as with Lemmy's all-out utterance in Motorhead's "Ace of Spades" ("That's the way I like it baby, I don't want to live forever") these moments often come to encapsulate the whole song. There are dozens of these moments spread across the seven songs, making it safe to assume that Quack Quack's instinctual dynamism makes far more sense in a live setting. And yet, as with the best electronica, hip-hop and dance music, they're songs that come alive on headphones and make your stereo sound good.

It's all too temptingly simplistic to compare Quack Quack to the likes of Can, and not solely for the fact that all three members have contributed to Damo Suzuki's Network. Both bands build around uncompromising, driving rhythms, exact their subtle-yet-arresting dynamics with calm fluid restraint, are comprised of individually talented musicians who subsist collectively within a unique and uncategorizeable sound, and who each recognize the recording environment as an instrument in itself. But even so, Quack Quack sound nothing like Can whatsoever. Or anyone, in fact.

- Allan Harrison

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Quack Quack's Friends Comments
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Grande Duke

Grande Duke



Nov 23 2009 10:36 PM


 

Khaira Arby

Khaira Arby



Nov 22 2009 5:34 PM

with Love from Timbuktu


The Moccasins

The Moccasins



Nov 9 2009 7:48 AM

Hi there! How's it going? We now run our own night at the hop in Wakefield on the last Friday of every month called two by four. Check out the page for it in our top friends, I hope you can make it down. The first one us on 27th of nov, might see you there! Cheers
CHOPS

CHOPS



Oct 30 2009 11:26 AM

Hi there! Howdy! Hello! How's it going!?

Here is the information regarding the last few CHOPS gigs of the year 2009! Some sweet treats! See you shaking it up at the front!

We're also thinking hard about recording again, as well as concocting a new video excursion with our buddy David Lynch to follow up to our sunrise performance live on the now demolished Leeds International Swimming Pool.

Peace and love! x x x

Saturday 14 November @ Rock and Roll Circus, Leeds - Cops and Robbers benefit party!
BILGE PUMP
CHOPS
CLUB


Saturday 28 November @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, £6 - Brew Records Present
DJ SCOTCH EGG
CHOPS
NOPE

Poster by Pete Murgatroyd


Thursday 3rd December
Chinchilla and Room237 are rather happy to present...
Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, 8pm doors, first band 8:15 prompt
LIGHTNING BOLT
a.P.A.T.t.
ACTION BEAT
CHOPS

Tickets £7 (plus booking fee) Available from 2nd November from behind the bar at the Brudenell (50p booking fee fund-raiser for cops and robbers), Jumbo and Crash Records in Leeds, and wegottickets.com
Poster by Jon Nash


Thursday 10th December - Upset The Rhythm @ The Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, N19 5QQ - £9
LIGHTNING BOLT
DRUM EYES
CHOPS


Friday 18th December
I Am Your Barber - The International Gallery, Liverpool
TEAM BRICK
CHOPS
STIG NOISE

Peak Studios

Peak Studios



Oct 26 2009 12:53 PM

Hey Guys thanks for the add. Check out the site www.peak-studios.co.uk
The Hyde Park Picture House

Hyde Park Picture House



Oct 25 2009 6:18 PM

orlac
BROKEN YOLK PRESENTS

BROKEN YOLK PRESENTS



Oct 17 2009 1:33 PM

Would still love to have you guys down for a show sometime...

This is our next gig...

BAD GUYS

BAD GUYS



Oct 15 2009 4:38 PM

BAD GUYS FIRST RELEASE
Platinum Blind

Platinum Blind



Oct 14 2009 2:04 PM

TA 4 ADD
COOL TUNES
CHECK US 2
TAKE CARE  PB
FLASH BANG BAND

FLASH BANG BAND



Oct 13 2009 8:41 PM

Hey! We've added a new demo here on our page. Its of a track we've been playing called Little Lost Lamb. Do please feel the noise and give it a show! x Thanks x
ANTIDOTES.

ANTIDOTES.



Oct 1 2009 6:08 PM

you guys rock (;
Darlene S.

Darlene S. Kirkland



Sep 29 2009 10:23 PM



cheers!
Pecker

Pecker



Sep 20 2009 5:32 PM

Hey, you were great at EotR, one of the best things there...  you going to put an LP together? Look forward to seeing you again sometime. Cheers for add. X
Dan

Dan MacDonald



Aug 4 2009 12:06 AM

reeto Stu and the QQ!?

Not seen you since I came to watch you guys at the Brudenell when you played alongside that crazy scouse NWO band (APATT)- gotta love their mystery school mosh antics!

I'm playing with I Am Ten Ninja at some place (I think its new) called 'Carpe Diem' in Leeds on 13th of this month so 'twould indeed be verily grand if you could grace us with your presence as it'd be good to catch up.

Hope Summer 09 has been good to you thus far ('cept the weather of course)!

Dan
Gung Ho

Gung Ho



Jul 29 2009 8:25 PM

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BROKEN YOLK PRESENTS

BROKEN YOLK PRESENTS



Jun 29 2009 9:31 PM

Hi Guys!

NOMO headline AFROBEAT CONTINUUM this Sunday at Bardens Boudior. Hope you can make it if your down this way. Would love to have you guys down for a gig in the future, would you be up for that?

AFROBEAT CONTINUUM - A free spirited party where the atmosphere presides
graham massey

graham massey



Jun 29 2009 8:12 AM

Electric Free Time Machine - album out now

Electric Free Time Machine - album out now



Jun 29 2009 12:47 AM

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Abrasive grooves, sleazy dub funk and infectious melodies
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DAN HAYWOOD (SOLO) - Lancaster

singing the songs of the Puma Sutras, New Hawks and Dutch Desert
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also DRAWING COMPETITION + more

ONLY £1 ENTRY

albums at a special launch price of £4...so thats £5 for an amazing night of music and a brand spanking new bespoke embossed digipack album...have mercy

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Gung Ho

Gung Ho



Jun 7 2009 3:40 PM

june 2009
hello Quack Quack!
COWTOWN

COWTOWN



May 27 2009 10:00 PM

CHINCHILLA,APATT,COWTOWN,MONSTER KILLED BY LASER,BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB,MAHJONGG,TALIBAM,PRINTED CIRCUIT,CHICKENHAWK,TIGERS!,CHOPS,TWO MINUTE NOODLES,BALLOONS,HIRED MUSCLE
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May 20 2009 9:42 AM

Gung Ho

Gung Ho



Apr 23 2009 9:31 PM

You guys were amazing! Thanks so much for coming down.
Love Gung Ho x
B R O W N - - - - - - t o w n

B R O W N - - - - - - t o w n



Apr 5 2009 6:03 PM

oi oi oi!!!

friday night was quacking

pfffff! see you on the 16th/17th!!

=x=x=
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Mar 30 2009 10:53 PM

A FREE PARTY AT THE PANDORA, 349 VICTORIA RD (SOUTH SIDE GLASGOW). DOORS 7PM. EVERYONE WELCOME!

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CөцитЭцcкцlд



Mar 26 2009 4:46 PM


Society is afraid of your wild natures
afraid of your naturalness,
so from the very beginning,
it starts cutting your wings.

And the most dangerous possibility in you
is the possibility of love.

Because if there is love, you can go even against the whole world.

If you know your being, there is no question of becoming.

All that you could have ever imagined to become you already are.

You are gods who have forgotten who they are.

You are emperors who have fallen asleep and are dreaming that they have become beggars.

Now beggars are trying to become emperors,
in dreams they are making great efforts to become emperors,
and all that is needed is to wake up!
You may be the last generation which has be the possibility to rebel.

And if you don't rebel there may be no more chances.

Humanity can be reduced to a robot like existence.

So rebel while there is still time!
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