Steve Trafford: Vocals/Guitars/Piano/Synths French Tom: Bass/Charisma Paul Blakesley: Bass/vocals Luke Dasgupta: Trumpet/keys Brian Edwards: drums Lee Griffin: geetar
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Raz: Moogs and Spaceships
all songs by S.R.Trafford, copyright
Strings on 'Now That We've Come This Far' by The Watahiki quartet
Melinda Gourlay: Cello,
Jun-Ichiro Watahiki: Violin,
Alexandra Gilbert: Violin,
Clare Martindale: Viola
Produced by Deets and Steve
Etkilendikleri
Kate Bush, Dylan Thomas,The Beach Boys,Pinocchio, The La's ,The Damned, Syd Barrett,The Kinks, Beck, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Michael Nesmith,The Monkees, Butthole Surfers, Shack, Love,Pixies, David Bowie, Derek Griffiths, John Barry, Ennio Morriccone, Motherlight, Left Bankke, Robin Askwith,Baxter and Ollie.
Tycoons Follies are a Manchester based band rain soaked in the psychedelic muse that has served the northwest so well for years
This is classic English song writing in a rootsy pop outfit blending elements of folk, psychedelia, old film scores, skewed wonder and rock n roll and a northern psychedelic.
And its that psychedelic twist that has flavoured all the best bands from up here, a tradition that starts when the Beatles went all fantastically wonky with ‘Strawberry Fields’ and ‘Penny Lane’, - perhaps the greatest pop single ever released, it was revived with the post punk musings of the Bunnymen and the Fall and has been refined by the godlike genius of the Las and more recently Shack this is 3D music drenched in the atmosphere of the Victorian gothic and the mystic psychic skylines of Liverpool and Manchester but still retaining the tough down to earth grittiness of its birth and served up with a classic English song writing nous.
This is music born of a reverence for the genius mavericks of Arthur Lee and Syd Barret, people who could write genius pop songs but took them on a little trip. Band vocalist Steve Trafford was the first person to put together a tribute night for Saint Syd when the gnome like one floated away last summer.
Trafford is an indestructible front man who survived The Mighty Fall with Mark E Smith. He put the current line-up of the band together after he notoriously left the Fall last summer after one frustrating tour too many with the Fall vocalist, Trafford quit with the rest of the Fall in Arizona and bounced back to the UK to continue with the band he had been talking about in the city’s gritty pubs. With long-term Manc drummer Brian Edwards and bassplayer French Tom they had the core of the band.
The demo he gave me within weeks of starting the band blew my mind, pristine melodies, great playing and a tight economical sound twisted with the whiff of the psychic spliff of Arthur Lee they sounded like a band fully formed and brilliant new addition to the maverick spirit of the real music of the north west, that obstinate twisted pop soundtracks the real city. Their first 'So Long' EP is brilliant proof of this and a stunning riposte to the Fall who will seriously miss Trafford’s songwriting nous. The release and the second EP received much interest and the band was asked to do numerous live radio sessions (BBC6 music, BBC, XFM, ALLFM), a new 3-track EP is out shortly
Tycoons Follies are a pretty big tip for 2007, not only the sound of purple but the sound of now, get there early an check them out now.
How are you, Tycoons Follies? Haven't checked in on you lately, so I swung by to wish you a happy September & hope you are feeling well! Listen, I have another track up on my page, "Attack Of The Mushroom People." You can hear it right now, if you'd like at: www.myspace.com/psychedelicpablo adios for now! Pablo
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Hi! I'm currently working on my new EP due to be released later this year, in the meantime here's a taste of what's to come. Hope you enjoy it. *Luisa Bertolatti*
You can also visit my own personal myspace page at www. myspace. com/luisabertolatti and sign up to my mailing list for news on releases, tours and more!
Greetings! Pablo here, reporting from Inner Space to wish you Season's Greetings and a brief announcement: The New Pablo Album "Take Two" Is Here Now!!! - 16 tracks of sugar coated insanity - Please come back to my page to hear 4 new songs! The entire 16-track CD is available at: http://www. cdbaby. com/pablotunes2 Downloads also available on iTunes, Amazon, and all your favorite places... Thanks to all myspacers for your support and encouragement. love, Pablo (P.S. the new album is best appreciated on a higher plane....;))
Solid Earth & what? the folk! present: Freaks, Ghouls and Graves, a Balkan (ish) flavoured Halloween (ish) knees up at the delightful St Margaret’s church in Whalley Range.
Yessum we’re back. after the monstrous success of Jackson’s Boat, we thought it only right and proper to offer you another helping of profoundly good music in a great venue. We’ve got a rosette for best zombie in show, beer and food from the nice folks at Jam Street and noise from Stumblefunk.
Another co-promo with the brains and muscle that brought Beats, Roots & Leaves back in May - this time tho we de-camp indoors to make the most of the Halloween theme inside a church, with face painters, ghost hunters, a bar provided by Jam Street and a fabulous line-up of musical tricker treats:
Na Zdrove Na Zdrove is Sheffield's finest Balkan Beats, Gypsy Brass, Russian Ska, Gypsy Dub, Klezmer and Gypsy Punk night. blimey. We’ll ave some of that. We’ll be welcoming their house band and resident DJs - yes indeedy! http://www. myspace. com/nazdrove
visit our myspace to find out more including other acts
DOORS 9PM ::: £8 donation (all proceeds go to MSF in Darfur) ::: BAR PROVIDED BY JAM STREET CAFE SERVING CASK ALES AND VINTAGE CIDER, BOTTLED BEER, SPIRITS AND HALLOWEEN SNACKS - 2AM LICENCE. Limited Adv tickets @ Jam St Cafe, Upper Chorlton Rd.
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Great stuff man. Hope you get a chance to do some of this material in-between the equally great Heaton stuff you're doing at the moment. Any chance of this going up on i-tunes anytime soon, I'd love to buy it, can't seem to find it for sale anywhere online.
Ey up steve
Good to see you today mate!As I mentioned we are doin a freebie at the Scholar on Thursday night if your about!We are on about 9.30!
Laters
Adam
Little Neemo and Tom Barnes (of the Balladeers and Bonebox) play the Ladybarn (Ladybarn Lane, Fallowfield) next Friday, 9th March 2007. There’ll be pretty songs about ugly things, beauty and bile in equal measure. It'll cost you nowt, and the bands are on from nine or so. Free sympathy with every drink.
Here's tom's myspace for those of you who don't know him:
http://www.myspace.com/tombarnesmusic