Whiter Than is now....
Mat White - Vocals, guitar and occasional stuble
Helen Peacock - Fiddle, Vocals and general excitement
Zoe Plant - Bass and musical knowledge
Aid Todd - Percussion and extreme multi-tasking
Also joining the ranks for an occasional blast:
Giles Winterton - Guitars, Vocals and once flowing ginger locks.....
Others involved in oneway or another:
Pete Whitehead - Vocals and also once flowing ginger locks....
Hoping to rope in others soon to... :o)
Influences
Many and Various! I guess for this set of tracks my influences are more in the Billy Bragg, Nick Drake, Real People, Telescopes, REM, Reindeer Section, Belle and Sebastian type stuff!
Generally though I love: Ride, Inspiral Carpets, Wonderstuff, Hoodoo Gurus, Charlatans, Candyskins, Rialto, Stone Roses, The Editors, Turin Brakes, New Order, Glenn Tilbrook, Half Man Half Buscuit, Thousand Yard Stare, Snow Patrol, The Boy Least Likely To, Peter Bjorn and John, Band of Horses and many more!!!
The band that i love the most... well its Dexys. Too damn fine, too many people dont listen beyond ’come on eileen’! Get some dexys into your life... it makes sense!
Sounds Like
Sat inside warm and dry, listening to global warming having its say outside.
Now a cast of four! With other hand picked and wonderful collaborators! the main focus is on good honest music and good honest fun!
We are currently reharsing like mad and working on our own flavour of the indie folk thang! - once we have some recorded results we will get them up on here. Until then its my solo efforts that fill your ears!
Want to know anything else? well... come and have a chat with me at the Grove Inn on a Wednesday eve in Leeds (back row, holbeck)! I'm always there, running a gorgeous Unplugged Open mic night called Open Mind!
Anyway... thanks for stopping by!
Cheers,
Mat
INVITATION TO CREATE OUR FUTURE - CHASING ORA EP LANDING AUGUST 2010
We're so incredibly excited to be able to announce details of our forthcoming EP which is scheduled to be released on Friday 6th August 2010!
We are aiming to pre-sell our EP now in order to actually fund its release! Therefore by pre-buying our EP you will actually be facilitating its creation and therefore our future!
We sincerely ask for your support on this as our future is literally in your hands. Thanks so much! Nat, Chris, Darren, & Jonas AKA Chasing ORA! XX
Please join our facebook group for more information (just click the link as follow): Chasing ORA Facebook Group
Holaaa hope all is well and your mission is going swimmingly :)
Its a Fishy world out there....DO YOU HAVE FISH IN YOUR BONES? To maintain a balenced diet we have added 3 new essentail vitamins to our myspace...of which you can sample on our site with a added bonus of a whacky video...based on TERMINATOR 2, new pics and a whole new look and feel...ITS altogether more Fishy.
....thanks loads hopefully we will cross over along the way, have a good one...any comments would be lovely and feel free to to promote your stuff on our site. Cheers JFF
That is actually an amazing song! I would buy it in an instant, mind you it would be in competition with psycho killer!! ;D
Does he go to the grove often coz i would love to try and get him on at the night i might be doing at the reliance, if all goes ahead..as well as yourself of course.
Mini fest at the grove must be done! It must!!
Well depending on the do i may or may not see you!
Also another thing...you know the angus sang that song that goes...Oh No jack fell down, jack fell down and broke his crown...in the chorus....was that one of his or a cover....i loved it and tried to find it on line....i noticed that you were miming along to it so thought you and your wondefully musical brain might be able to help me out! Minty x x x
Hey matt we should definately put on a night at the grove...or an alldayer! Would be awesome!! Will try and make it down on Wed but cant promise it....getting a haircut then and it may turn out being a complete disaster knowing my hair!!! Catch you soon Minty x x
Without further a do we are pleased to announce the studio is open.
The large live room has acoustically isolated zones, vocal booth, digital capabilities and extensive analogue mixing and mastering facilities.
Contemporary interior design with furniture from bmw and deep shag pile carpets, provided together with excellent engineers, affordable rates, fresh coffee and a private terrace we have created one of the best studios in the north for you.
Thanks Mat & all for playing for us last night. The night was a relative success from feedback I've got. Enjoyed your new sound. Feel the band have done a good job in colouring in your songs. Julian.
Hey Matt i'll try and make it down tomorrow as i would love to see you guys play again...I only live reound the corner so i cant see why i wont be there! Thanks again for tonight Catch you soon Minty x x x
This years festival is headlined by Billy Bragg (Friday), Seth Lakeman (Sunday) and Peatbog Faeries (Saturday) with many more top artists also performing incl the award winning The Demon Barbers.
Hola The FISH here, hope all is well in your world :) we have added a couple of New B-Sides and a load of old recordings to the site, some random joy in there somewhere :) hopefully we'll cross over soon peace love and oddness JFF, oh and we have a new website www. japanesefightingfish. co. uk xxxx
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