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Get The Blessing
Other / Nu-Jazz / Experimental

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Bristol
United Kingdom

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Member Since5/8/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.theblessing.co.uk/
Band Members

Jim Barr : bass
Portishead, Jukes, Nik Young, John Parrish, Marc Gauvin, the invisible pair of hands

Clive Deamer : drums
robert plant, portishead, roni size, jools holland, dr john, tom jones, hawkwind

Pete Judge : trumpet
super furry animals, organelles, artic, morning star, mopti, papa noel, kneehigh theatre

Jake McMurchie : saxophone
portishead, super furry animals, mackay, oblit-r8, what four, ultrasound, nyjo

Influences
Cake, Ornette Coleman, Kings of Leon, Albert Ayler, Esborn Svensson Trio, Acoustic Ladyland, Dick Dale, Tony Orrell, North African Cuisine, Lycanthropy, small motorcycles, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, the sun, moon and stars, more cake, domestic cleaning products, beans, Ian Dury, always room for more cake
Sounds Likewonky rock-jazz
Record Label
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Oct 17 2009 8:00P
Karlstorbahnhof, Enjoy Jazz Festival Heidelberg
Oct 24 2009 8:00P
Bodega, Cork Jazz Festival Cork
Oct 25 2009 8:00P
Bodega, Cork Jazz Festival Cork
Nov 13 2009 8:00P
Liverpool Phil Liverpool
Nov 19 2009 8:00P
Jazz Cafe, London Jazz Festival Camden, London
Nov 21 2009 8:00P
Queens Park Arts Aylesbury
Nov 25 2009 8:00P
Fasching Stolkholm
Nov 28 2009 8:00P
Nasjonal Jazzscene Oslo
May 12 2010 8:00P
Elektrostatic with the Emerald Ensemble, Colston Hall Bristol

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   About Get The Blessing
"... this outfit will surely recharge the jazz world."
***** -BBC Music Magazine
"the heavyweights of the contemporary jazz scene
****- The Independent
"A blast"
****- Mojo Magazine
"Occasionally you hear a jazz album that you know would shift truckloads of units if only it weren't labelled 'jazz'. Bugs in Amber is just such a disc."
- Metro

- Jazzwise
"A revelation"
****-Evening Standard

Q . how and when did The Blessing first get together ?
A. there used to be an Ornette Coleman fan club in Bristol … the meetings were held in a very old café in Westone under Nudlum . They have the best bleach cakes in the world . also coffee . Listening to Ornette and eating those cakes .. we knew we had to do something together .

Q . Can you explain why you wear suits and bags on your heads ?
A . We do a lot of weddings and funerals … so its easier just to wear suits all the time than turn up to a formal occasion wearing the usual jodhpurs and sandals . we wear bags so no one can see us laughing.

Q . Its been said in many of your interviews that you wont use chords In your music . why is that ?
A .when we started playing together , we could only afford the cheaper brands of chord ..they made our music sound sickly and greasy . After one particular session we had used far too many chords … clive our drummer was violently sick . even now that we can afford much better quality chords , we choose not to .

Q . what would you say is the single biggest influence on The Blessings compositions ?
A . some time ago whilst touring in andalucia , we were served a local delicacy …. “The creaking of prawns “ .. we all simoultaniously became synaesthetic . now all our melodies are infused wth the delicate purples and pinks of small crustacia frying .


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Strangeling

Strangeling



Nov 7 2009 5:04 PM

Thanks for the add!

*Hugs
~Steph Strange~
The Heads

The Heads



Nov 5 2009 10:30 PM

Thanks for the add. Hope you like our psyche rock.
Bassdrum

Bassdrum



Nov 3 2009 3:55 PM

Hey hey !! New song "Distorted" on our page
Come and hear !!
cheers xx
Les Bassdrum
Scuse Fingers

Scuse Fingers



Nov 2 2009 4:02 AM

hello there ya have sum cool tunes ay!! hope ya dig ours!!! from aussieland
BROKEN YOLK PRESENTS

BROKEN YOLK PRESENTS



Oct 17 2009 1:42 PM

Would love to have you guys down for a show soon.

Our next gig with Acoustic Ladyland headlining is on the 30th...

check out www.brokenyolk.net for details

X
Field

Field



Sep 28 2009 5:58 PM

Field is happiest when you're happy.

Mark Webb

Mark Webb



Sep 21 2009 9:28 PM

Got your cd got your sound..

fantastic set @ the colston this wk end ..Thank You..Mark
Mi5 Recordings

Mi5 Recordings



Sep 21 2009 3:46 PM

Thanks for adding us! : ) Hope you enjoy our music. -Mi5
retrodog

retrodog



Sep 21 2009 3:45 PM

Yo you guys! Enjoyed your set at the Colston Hall last night. Great tunes, and the strings worked well I thought.
Cheers, the 'dog.
Suit Yourself Magazine

Suit Yourself Magazine



Sep 21 2009 12:11 PM

Hello guys,
great show at Colston Hall last night.
Check out the review here:
http://www.suityourselfmagazine.co.uk/gig-review-jazz-fest/

Cheers!
x
Bellows

Bellows



Sep 18 2009 12:12 PM

For all Brighton-based fans of leftfield jazz/experimental electronica/alt folk... October 28th at the Komedia Studio Bar: EP launch from Cake Records' new signing, Bellows. Also featuring The Vainglories and Twenty-One Crows. Oh yes.
The Cori Tap

Cori Tap



Sep 17 2009 1:49 PM

Jim - great gig here on Tuesday; Jake - nice to see you, too - and look forward to seeing you all at The Colston on Sunday!

all @ The Cori
Grande Duke

Grande Duke



Sep 17 2009 8:42 AM

Amazing set at End of the Road chaps!! Blew my cider addled brain away
Luca Bui

Luca Bui



Sep 17 2009 8:41 AM

Non cedere alla tentazione di fermarsi è ciò che dà senso all'andare, ciò che lo rende veramente utile e veramente bello... Buona giornata!
Audio Arcade - NEW ALBUM

Audio Arcade - NEW ALBUM



Sep 11 2009 7:28 PM

Hi Get The Blessing!

We are proud to present our current album "True Fidelity". Electro-acoustic chillout, lounge and easy-listening well mixed and always ready to surprise you.

We hope you enjoy our work. Further we wanna thank your for your support so far and wish you a nice weekend!

Cheers,
Marcus
STR8 SOUNDS Ego Evaporations

STR8 SOUNDS Ego Evaporations



Sep 10 2009 9:58 AM

how's it hanking?
SONICMASTERING

SONICMASTERING



Sep 1 2009 7:05 PM

Fabulous show at Itchycoo on sunday chaps! Many many thanks...really meant a lot you guys coming and playing :) Hope you all enjoyed yourselves..i know we did!
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Aug 26 2009 3:08 PM

Hi! Thanks a lot for your friendship!
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Aug 16 2009 7:21 PM



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The awesome GANG GANG DANCE have re- scheduled the Bristol show.
This will be one of two only headlining shows in the UK this year.
The Bristol show will be the official warm-up for their show at Brixton Academy (supporting ANIMAL COLLECTIVE !)
Wednesday 19th of August 2009
Qu Junktions & Glaive Concerts presents:
GANG GANG DANCE
+ The Color of The Sun
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12 St. Thomas Street Bristol BS1 6JJ
0117 945 0996 - 8PM - 12.00

Tickets 10 pounds in advance
On sale at Bristol Ticket Shop, Here Shop and See Tickets.
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This gang gang from Brooklyn, have emerged from a very fertile, indigenous music scene in their neighbourhood but have branched out way WAY further with their hook ups and hooks. It is a ghetto world music that declines fey introspection but invites in disparate saturated sounds and bang bang dance dynamics. Their multi-faceted music style was first brought to our attention following a series of releases on forward-thinking label, The Social Registry; and subsequently, they have found a suitable home on Warp Records.

The bands assemblage of wonky techno, outer rock, faux arabesque and other strange, spiralling, sinuous music forms that transcend categorisation. Utterly unique and iconoclastic.

“The eclectism is exhilarating” Uncut

“Excellent… a psychotropid mind meld” – Plan B

“Gang Gang Dance may now ascend to the bona fide league of geniuses.”
8/10 – NME

Toby and the Briefcase

Toby and the Briefcase



Aug 13 2009 11:03 PM

I agree with martin, great night at Ronnies!
martin pyne

martin pyne



Aug 13 2009 7:04 PM

fantastic show last night at Ronnie's - well done chaps
bws M
NEEDED

NEEDED



Aug 6 2009 12:06 PM

thanx & cheers
Ongho Sessions Disc 1 Collages

Ongho Sessions Disc 1  Collages



Aug 5 2009 3:09 PM

greetings!!
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