LIVE: Robin Coward - piano, vocals Craig Beedham - bass Guy Dollery - drums Alexandra Mckenzie Wilcox - vocals Corrina Slow - vocals Joel Fonnesbeck - percussion
ON THE RECORD: Robin Coward - piano, vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, bass, glockenspiel Dajon Everett - drums and half the bass
PREVIOUS CONTRIBUTORS: George Williams - guitar, vocals Ian Mitchell - guitars Mike Baker - bass Mark Alder - guitars Madeleine Pudney - oboe Adrian Reeve - fake harmonica
Influences
in no particular order - david bowie, beck, queen, rufus wainwright, hawksley workman, divine comedy, elliott smith, longpigs, gomez, beatles, radiohead, muse, danny elfman, tim burton, grandaddy, starsailor, roxy music, mercury rev, burt bacharach, the cardigans, abba, leaves, beach boys, super furry animals, primal scream, annie lennox, velvet underground, mono, gorillaz, boo radleys, tom mcrae, the zombies, the doors, ben folds, eurythmics, morcheeba, supergrass, u2, william blake, badly drawn boy, massive attack, walt disney, portishead, regular fries, death in vegas, queens of the stone age, the ronnettes, marcella detroit, pulp, nitin Sawhney, the kinks, sigur ros, bjork, the feeling, the flaming lips, air, mark lanegan, noel coward, ed harcourt, shirley bassey, unkle, suede, the aloof, mcalmont and butler, neil young, jim henson and the muppets, dusty springfield, ben and jason, shakespears sister, elbow, sparklehorse, eels, tasmin archer, elton john, doves, nina simone, britney spears and more to follow . . .
Sounds Like
in no particular order - david bowie, beck, queen, rufus wainwright, hawksley workman, divine comedy, elliott smith, longpigs, gomez, beatles, radiohead, muse, danny elfman, tim burton, grandaddy, starsailor, roxy music, mercury rev, burt bacharach, the cardigans, abba, leaves, beach boys, super furry animals, primal scream, annie lennox, velvet underground, mono, gorillaz, boo radleys, tom mcrae, the zombies, the doors, ben folds, eurythmics, morcheeba, supergrass, u2, william blake, badly drawn boy, massive attack, walt disney, portishead, regular fries, death in vegas, queens of the stone age, the ronnettes, marcella detroit, pulp, nitin Sawhney, the kinks, sigur ros, bjork, the feeling, the flaming lips, air, mark lanegan, noel coward, ed harcourt, shirley bassey, unkle, suede, the aloof, mcalmont and butler, neil young, jim henson and the muppets, dusty springfield, ben and jason, shakespears sister, elbow, sparklehorse, eels, tasmin archer, elton john, doves, nina simone, britney spears and more to follow . . .
yourgardenday is the words and music of wondering minstrel Robin Coward.
A legend is told that young Robin could pick out a tune before he could speak. His parents had named him well, and spotting his musical leanings sent him to classical piano lessons at the age of five.
By the age of ten, he had been drawn away into the seedy world of rock’n’roll. And so followed many years of musical training; forming band after band, trying his hand at orchestras, choirs, jazz, tap and musicals, all the time sharpening his skills. An increasingly single minded fellow, Robin realised that happiness was not to be found playing other peoples music.
A move to Brighton gave him the surroundings needed to create yourgardenday. Robin set about producing an EP at home. ‘Little Boy There’ comprised two acoustic numbers and two electronica experiments. The title track was included on ‘The Latest’ music magazine CD and described by Jonny Reggae of Catskills Records as ‘a truly mature piece of work that had me completely hooked’.
The recently released second EP ‘Journeys In My House’ is a fuller affair recorded with Dajon Everett from Gomez. ‘I love sound and enjoyed landscaping those tracks for the first CD, but above all, I love songs. So I wanted to record something more band orientated where the tunes shone through. A natural, woody sound, like the listeners were sat next to me on the piano stool.’
Bandless, Robin performed everything on the CD except for the drums and additional bass which Dajon supplied. Finding it hard to do this in front of an audience, he set about developing yourgardenday for live exposure. The merry musos joining him are Guy on drums, Craig on bass, with Ali and Corrina providing backing vocals. The gang have been peddling their wares regularly along the south coast; highlights include headlining the Avalon Café stage at Glastonbury two years in a row.
yourgardenday is about life’s little quirks - an optimistic outpouring from a head more full of questions than answers. Melodies and rhythms collide in a world where any chord goes, creating something akin to a sing-along at a classical concert in the surroundings of a dirty saloon bar. Supping up influences from the likes of Annie Lennox, Freddie Mercury, David Bowie. Rufus Wainwright, Elliott Smith, Radiohead and the Muppets makes for a volatile cocktail.
2 of the 4 tracks off the EP are loaded into the player, the solo track 'little boy there', and also a home demo of 'the feel', a track recorded with guy, mike, ian and adrian.
buy 'Journeys In My House' via paypal by clicking on the secure link below - the cd also has a link to download the 'Little Boy There' ep
Go to youtube, search "abbomusic" all our stuff (so far) is there and its free for your ears. It's all been made with blood sweat and tears, by us, and has cost less than a grand to make. Enjoy, and let us know what you think. Take good care. Much love, abbo
Hey! Thanks again for being our friend. Make sure you have a little listen to our album Songs For Abandoned Buildings and our EP Gravity. If you like it, please follow the link on the player to buy it from itunes so we can play a town near you! Don't forget to give us a review on itunes when you buy it :)
welcome back. r u glad to be back? not a bad old town Brighton? yeah be great if you got an open mike going again esp over my neck of the woods and be great to hear about your adventures, tell you what me and nel are meeting up for the first time in a while. net thursday? drink a t the Unity? how about it?
We're live at the Latest Music Bar, Brighton this Wednesday 23rd September. We will be supporting the great Band of Skulls! Their album has been given 8/10 in the NME and one of their songs is featured in the new Twilight movie (New Moon)!
If you would like to collect a FREE copy of The Waiting EP that evening please send us an email with a subject heading of FREE EP to info@lostaura.co.uk.
Hi, through out JULY AND AUGUST we are slashing our day time rehearsal prices. Between 10am and 5pm all our rooms are either £6 or £7 per hour including weekends. Making us one of the cheapest in SUSSEX. Plus If you buy 3 hours we will even throw in a 4th totally FREE. YES TOTALLY FREE.
OUR RECORDING RATES ARE STILL JUST AS AFFORDABLE TOO, FULL DAYS FROM £200 ALL IN.
So come and rehearse and record in one of the best equipped music complex's in the South.
Hi, through JUNE AND JULY we are slashing our day time rehearsal prices. Between 10am and 5pm all our rooms are either £6 or £7 per hour including weekends. Making us one of the cheapest in SUSSEX. Plus If you buy 3 hours we will even throw in a 4th totally FREE. YES TOTALLY FREE.
OUR RECORDING RATES ARE STILL JUST AS AFFORDABLE TOO, FULL DAYS FROM £200 ALL IN.
So come and rehearse and record in one of the best equipped music complex's in the South.
This Wednesday 15th July is gonna be a busy one for us in Brighton! We've got a FREE acoustic show at The Western Front at 9pm. Then, we're doing a full electric show upstairs at The Pav Tav at 10pm.
Would be good if you can come to one, even better if you can come to both! :)
If you send an email to: info@lostaura.co.uk with the heading 'EP', and pop along to the gigs, tell us your email adress and we'll give you a free copy of our EP! Sweet!
Hiya ! What ya been upto ? Hope your well and kicking. Our single "Shutterspeed" is out wed 17th june ! exciting stuff for us ! drop by and have a listen to the track on our myspace, if you like what you hear, please show the support and get yourself a copy. keep in touch
wed 17th june, the prince albert, brighton. Single release night. 8pm £4 entry includes copy of single.
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