Urbantramper are most often a 5 piece and include: urbantramper (gat/vox/melodica/harmonica/love triangle), Eli (vox, tambourine, shaker, gat), UK: JOE (drums), george (piano, melodica, his website HERE) ian gam bi er(bass), Signor Rudlando (trumpet) PREVIOUS NZ MEMBERS: Joe B, Griff, Mike K, Ben W...
Gig contact: tjmusicmanagement@gmail.com
Influences
Jim O'Rourke, Notwist, Syd Barret, etc...
Sounds Like
"Wishing Bliss" featuring the Broccoli Appreciation Choir...The Video... By George & Ricardo
The Lake & Eli Show! (on NZ TV)
"How do you have your tea?"...The Video... By Lui Prado & Digger
"one is life
one is human life
one is an individual part of human life
one is all
all is one
we form a kollektiv
he is tokon "urbantramper"
we are treeninja."
2 Eps: *natronics (2001)
*simple complexity (2002)
3 ALBUMS:
*to the future on foot (2004)
*the treeninja always gets through... (2005)
(available through www.powertoolrecords.co.nz/urbantramper)
*tokon and the colours (2007) Distributed in NZ by RHYTHM METHOD OR AVAILABLE ONLINE BELOW
PRAISE FOR "TOKON & THE COLOURS"
Voila des Anglais qui ne devraient pas tarder à faire parler d’eux. Bien que ce soit déjà leur troisième album, l’explosion de leur « Future Folk » semble assurée ! Londres leurs à déjà ouvert les bras (et tous les chemins de la pop mènent à Londres – évidemment). En tout cas, on est tombé sous le charme de ce court album par ici. Coup de cœur du moi ! (Disponible). (http://www.radiocampusrennes.fr/)
"Urbantramper albums should come with a health warning. They are addictive in a charmingly
disquieting way. ... A contender for album of
the year."
* * * * * 5/5 (Mike Alexander- SUNDAY STAR TIMES)
"wow. He's been hinting at it with the first two albums, but this new
record, lake has truly nailed it. Its outstanding.
...get this record...its pretty incredible...."(Blink- A LOW HUM)
"I heard a song on student radio early this year and immediately fell in love with it....
Sun Sets On The Empty Carnival...
Tokon & the Colours is a patient and romantic album
.......will hit a note with Belle and Sebastian fans...How Urbantramper gets away with being so earnest I don't know, but
he does and it works..."
Rating:4/5 (Kat Cox- WAIKATO TIMES)
"Urbantramper...makes...beautiful, charming and enchanting music that manages to capture both the melancholy and the joy of... well, being, I suppose...Is your life-view a little bit in the shade and a bit in the light? ...That, most of the time the answer isn't yes or no? ...Then this, I wager, will be something you enjoy?" (AT- CHEESE ON TOAST)
"Tokon & The Colours is the brilliant 3rd album from self-described ‘Treeninja’ Lake. The songs are soft, and often acoustic with a sprinkling of instruments – drums, maracas, gentle bass, warped electronic noises, trumpets and glockenspiel
...warm, soft, down to earth and filled with lyrical summer lullabies....
This album reminds me of summer picnics under warm, cloudless skies, and lazy, sleepy days... It’s the kind of music that reminds you what peace there is in taking a moment to relax and think, ...remembering that sometimes you just need to slow down and appreciate life that goes on around you..." (Sophie Barclay- SALIENT))
Pleased to meet you--thanks so much for being friends! Perhaps we'll meet for real at a show sometime soon. All the best 'til then!
Love and Cheers,
Aaron
