Akoustik Anarkhy News

Driver Drive Faster new single being mastered at 80 Hertz

2012-02-23T09:27:00.003Z

Driver Drive Faster have a new single 'To Return / Voices' out later this year, a joint release on aA / Static Caravan which we're very excited about.

Both tracks are currently being mastered at 80 Hertz [see above] & we'll have more details very soon. DDF have a few live dates booked in for later in the year too - click here for more info...

NEW LEGO MIXTAPE : Boogie Left - "COLD CHILLIN..."

2012-02-16T23:11:00.002Z

As we're now in process of pressing / sorting artwork for new aA releases by PLANK!, DRIVER DRIVE FASTER & BEAT THE RADAR here's a bit of a, er, cold weather boogie mix to keep you going....flying in...

BOOGIE LEFT
DJ LEGO

VINYL-ONLY
47:16 MP3

SEAHAWKS : ETHER DREAM
KRYSTAL KLEAR & OLIVIER DAY SOUL : NEVERR THOUGHT YOU WOULD GO
RUF DUG : SEE [ LIVE VERSION ]
BULLION : WHAT DOES SHE KNOW?
BEGIN : ELATE
GOLD PANDA : AN ICEBERG HURLED [ PEAKING LIGHTS VOCAL-LESS DUB ]
BULLION : SAY ARE E
IKE STRONG : BOOGIELAND [ DUB ]
RAYKO : ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER
DJANGO DJANGO : DEFAULT [ DAN CAREY DUB MIX ]
GOLD PANDA : PEDAL IMPROV STEM [ + OUTRO ]

CLICK HERE FOR OG SOUNDCLOUD SOURCE

ON TOUR: Driver Drive Faster - GIG details for 2012

2012-02-03T16:01:00.002Z

[ not all of these people are in the band...]

Driver Drive Faster have announced a number of live dates over the next few months, including both gigs and festival appearances. See below for details and we'll update the blog here when more shows are confirmed.

Feb 03
Arden Road Social Club
Halifax, United Kingdom
Tickets

Mar 23
Manchester Deaf Institute
Manchester, United Kingdom
Tickets

Mar 25
Green Door Store
Brighton, United Kingdom
Tickets

Mar 27
Buffalo Bar, Islington
London, United Kingdom
Tickets

Mar 28
Oporto
Leeds, United Kingdom
Tickets

Mar 30
Telford's Warehouse
Chester, United Kingdom
Tickets

Mar 31
Mad Ferret
Preston, United Kingdom
Tickets

Jun 02
In The Pines Festival
Marlborough, United Kingdom
Tickets

Aug 18
Pstereo Festival
Trondheim, Norway
Tickets

Aug 24
Doune The Rabbit Hole

Holyhead, United Kingdom

Tickets

Aug 31

End of the Road Festival

Dorset, United Kingdom

Tickets

They May Talk - Driver Drive Faster from Driver Drive Faster on Vimeo.

Beat The Radar 'A Million Different People' ALBUM ARTWORK - PREVIEW

2012-02-03T09:24:00.000Z

Beat The Radar's second album on aA, 'A Million Different People' is now in production and we'll have some tracks to preview very soon. In the meantime here's the artwork, suitably themed for today's weather...

FRIDAY again, so a couple more MUSIC documentaries...

2012-01-27T13:30:00.002Z

So after reminding ourselves last week about that BBC Kraut Rock doc that we'd all seen before but enjoyed the re-watch, here's another couple of docs that, despite widespread distribution, are always worth a re-viewing.....

First up is the BBC's 'Hotel California' [which would have been better if based on the definitive book on the era] that soundtrack/visual/character-wise, is an enjoyable hour on the TV as you can get...

Next up is a film focussing on the other coast, picking up in New York. Dates-wise it's almost straight after the LA story, albeit with a different cast list. 'Maestro' is the story of Larry Levan & the Paradise Garage and is pretty much on the same themes...

Obviously to enjoy this properly you should buy the DVD...[ don't worry on the first doc mind, they all did well enough...]

NEW Douga [ AKA Jonny from PLANK! ] MIXTAPE

2012-01-26T09:20:00.001Z

Douga have just completed a new mixtape, volume 2 in follow up to last year's mix & as you'd expect, it's ace. Click here to head to the Soundcloud page or hit play/download below:

Douga mix 02 by DOUGA

Vanishing Breed - Flowers Open For The Flight Of The Golden Butterfly
H Hawkline - From Her Eyes
Tony Allen - Hustler
Orchestra Of Spheres - Isness
Wildbirds And Peacedrums - There Is No Light
Haushka - Subconcious
Jonas Reinhardt - Only Pharaoh
Koushik - Battle Rhymes For Battle Times
Missa Luba - Ebu Ewale Kemai
Lloyd Miller & Heliocentrics - Nava
Connan Mockasin - Faking Jazz Together

WHO ARE DOUGA?
Douga is a band based in Manchester, UK. Formed (and early recordings created and written) by multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Johnny Winbolt-Lewis. As well as lending his drumming talents to Manchester instrumental trio PLANK! he was busy crafting an entirely new set of songs which showcase his non-drumstick related talents. The name Douga comes from a childhood nickname. “Making music I find comparable to being a kid because it’s exercising that ‘childlike’ imagination.”

The unique atmosphere that early recordings conjour is in part down to their recording – the tracks were laid down amid the eerie acoustics of Salford’s Sacred Trinity Church with producer George Atkins and feature Lorien Garth Edwards from Cats in Paris, on bass and now fulltime member John Waddington on the track Remains the Same. “There’s always a slightly otherworldly vibe when recording in a church,” says Johnny. “At night time, you can hear every single movement.”

The current lineup consists of Harry Fenton, John Waddington and Johnny Winbolt-Lewis.

As it's Friday, how about a Kraut Rock documentary?

2012-01-20T15:21:00.002Z

Do you like music documentaries? Course you do and so do we. So as it's nearly the weekend how about checking out this excellent BBC documentary on Kraut Rock? Enjoy & see below for details on what tracks you'll hear...

Documentary which looks at how a radical generation of musicians created a new German musical identity out of the cultural ruins of war. Between 1968 and 1977 bands like Neu!, Can, Faust and Kraftwerk would look beyond western rock and roll to create some of the most original and uncompromising music ever heard. They shared one common goal - a forward-looking desire to transcend Germany's gruesome past - but that didn't stop the music press in war-obsessed Britain from calling them Krautrock.

Music played
1. Popol Vuh — Aguirre I L'acrime de Rey
2. Jimi Hendrix — All Along the Watchtower
3. Richard Wagner — Siegfried's Funeral Music
4. Amon Düül II — Kannan
5. Amon Düül II — Luzifer's Ghilom
6. Popol Vuh — Wehe Khorazin
7. Popol Vuh — Aguirre II
8. Tangerine Dream — Phaedra
9. Cluster — Fur Die Katz
10. Tangerine Dream — Fly and collision of Cosmo Sola
11. CAN — Mother Sky
12. CAN — Vitamin C
13. Kraftwerk — Autobahn
14. Neu! — Hallogallo
15. Faust — Krautrock
16. Kraftwerk — Showroom Dummies
17. Kraftwerk — Geiger Counter
18. Kraftwerk — Radioactivity
19. Harmonia — Watussi
20. David Bowie — A New Career in a New Town

Beat The Radar at The Castle, Oldham St, Mcr this Saturday...

2012-01-19T10:17:00.002Z

Beat The Radar are playing this Saturday at The Castle Hotel on Oldham Street, Manchester. Click here for the full line up & further details.

PLANK! album out this year too...

2012-01-12T10:19:00.001Z

PLANK! have spent the last few months in their studio bunker putting the last touches to their debut album for aA and it's now complete. Again, we'll have full details very soon - in the meantime here's PLANK! live at True Faith @ Manchester International Festival last year...

Beat The Radar : 'Eyes' single with Patterns remix

2012-01-12T10:09:00.002Z

Beat The Radar release their second album on aA this year and the lead single will be 'Eyes' - it'll feature a remix by Patterns, who have their own album out on Melodic Records later this year. We've heard the initial version of the remix and it's amazing.

Full details soon as...

500,000 records & counting - a North Manchester music treasure trove...

2012-01-11T16:49:00.000Z

Today we spent a couple of hours in a basement in Newton Heath, North Manchester, looking through literally 1000's & 1000's of vinyls, picture discs, cassettes and 8 tracks. The collection belongs to George Davenport and is all his Pandemonium Record Shop stock.

There's a bewildering amount of music and despite being checked by collectors over the years, more vinyl than you could look through (let alone listen to) in a day, week or even month. The place isn't open to the public but you can make an appointment to browse, although not necessarily buy. Unfortunately for both George and the amazing music archive that's stored there he is facing eviction and the stock will be destroyed, lost for ever. George is at a loss as what to do and the landlord seems to be set at getting him to leave, with no other option. The building is old and badly kept meaning there's alot of water damage to the stock already (we saw 100's of 1930s jazz shellac 12's in a terrible state...)

Some friends at production company Tunafish Media [ based just down Oldham Road @ The Sharp Project ] are in the process of making a documentary about vinyl obsessives, with George featuring amongst others, which they hope will draw attention to the cause and hopefully find a solution to what will potentially be, a massive loss of an amazing music archive...any ideas? Get in touch if you'd like to know more or could help George with a storage solution.

Here's a few photos we took today, not best quality...

Some of the water damage below - getting worse by the day...

We hope a solution is found soon - if not, it'll be a sad end to collection obsessively gathered over many years...

UPDATE: I've added a few more images below. Got video to upload too. No sign of any aA stock in there mind...

Further reading: In 2005 the Manchester Evening News interviewed George when his dispute with the landlords began - read it here. Recordshopcity.co.uk have a feature on Pandemonium Records here & they've now featured this article here

Discussion on DJ History too.

Update 25/01/12: There's a Pandemonium Records website that's been put together by Alistair @ Moscow Radio.

Update 27/01/12: Manchester Evening News ran a feature today about er, the feature above.

Seasons Greetings From aA...

2011-12-22T12:18:00.001Z

Thank you to everyone who made it through to Kraak Gallery last Friday for the XmaAs Party - thanks also to Liquid, Golden Glow, Jonah & Sadie for playing. We'll have news and updates about what's planned for 2012 but in the meantime, if you've got some late Xmas shopping to do, why not visit the aA Shop?

Merry Christmas from everyone at aA x

THIS FRIDAY: The XmaAs PARTY @ Kraak Gallery

2011-12-13T22:20:00.001Z

WITH [PLAYING LIVE] LIQUID / GOLDEN GLOW / [SPECIAL GUESTS FROM THE FOREST] / & [DEEJAYING] LEGO / WILL / STARTS 9PM / ENDS VERY LATE / £5 ENTRY / HO HO HO...

The XmaAs Party - FRIDAY 16TH Dec @ KRAAK Gallery

2011-12-05T20:19:00.001Z

There's really nothing more to say, other than, "get involved......."

aA BUSY WEEKEND - aA acts & associates OUT & ABOUT, DEC 2nd, 3rd & 4th...

2011-11-29T19:56:00.001Z

Okay, quite a busy weekend coming up for a few of our favourite aA acts, associates, heroes &, of course, villains. It's not quite the XmaAs do (Friday 16th December at Kraak Gallery - details next week) but there's lots happening on the Friday, Saturday & probs deep into Sunday so no excuse for not getting involved.

We also recommend listening to Driver Drive Faster's session with Marc Riley whilst browsing these listings - click here to LISTEN BACK

First up is the PLANK! show at Fuel Cafe in Withington, hosted by the lovely people at Mcr Scenewipe and also featuring the very ace TROJAN HORSE & CYRIL SNEAR (hold tight all Withy racoons...) on Friday 2nd. It starts at 9pm and full details can be found on the FB event page right here. Expect PLANK! playing tracks from their upcoming LP too...

Ace poster too.

If you're not over Withington way on Friday, our good friends at Eighty Six are hosting their monthly food, ale & excellent music do at Jam Street Cafe in Whalley Range - click here for more details. They have top lad John Mitchell as their guest, so expect some whistling...

Then, on Saturday...

It's a 1pm start at FC United for their 'Course You Can Malcolm' pre-match entertainment, featuring BEAT THE RADAR, ADVANCES IN MATHEMATICS [ BOTH LIVE ] & LEGO [ DJ ] in the Manchester Road Suite ahead of their match against Chorley FC. It's basically an aA vs. PYT / FC vs. Chorley afternoon adventure...

Click here for more info & you need more info / guestlist / a pie reservation then either contact the bands or email us on hello@akoustikanarkhy.co.uk

Then, if you're still holding on...

LEGO is DJing with T Thompson & J Ireland, upstairs at Trof in Fallowfield, playing this kind of stuff til the early hours. Free entry & all invited....

Beat The Radar are also playing Saturday night, somewhere out of town, "Up North" they say - will update when we know...

Follow us here for further updates / photos over the weekend

& now, how about Golden Glow's new video?

UPDATE! Then of course there's JIM NOIR & PLANK! live at Band On The Wall on Monday night! Click here for all the info you need or just, read on...

Davyhulme's favourite son brings his eccentric, psychedelic pop electronica to Band on the Wall for this special Noir Club perfomance plus support featuring the motorik-wired rock of fellow Mancunians Plank!

This event will begin at 8pm but our Picturehouse Cafe Bar is open from 5.30pm for delicious food and drinks.

Special Offer! Book your meal in advance and get free 'lucky dip' tickets for a future concert - click here now for details

Vaporous Light on BBC Intro & reviewed on Mcr Scenewipe

2011-11-23T15:31:00.001Z

Vaporous Light were played on BBC Radio Manchester last Saturday, click here to listen back.

The album's also been reviewed by Chris Long on Mcr Scenewipe, click here to read it in full on their site. In brief:

"Vaporous Light – the album – is at once both sprawling, meandering and dense (the Vaporous half) and glistening, searing and warm (hence the Light bit). It dives and swirls through a palette of emotions and styles, weaving lyrical calling cards into the ethereal mix for added pleasure"

To purchase the Vaporous Light album, please see below:

Digital Album
Immediate download of 10-track album in your choice of MP3 320, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.
Buy Now ₤4.99 GBP
Deluxe CD Gatefold Edition
Deluxe edition limited to 500 copies - comes packaged with glorious artwork in a gatefold sleeve. Plus free stickers.

Includes immediate download of 10-track album in your choice of MP3 320, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.
Buy Now ₤5.99 GBP

FC United present BEAT THE RADAR & ADVANCES IN MATHEMATICS - LIVE, pre-kick off, Dec 3rd

2011-11-14T13:14:00.001Z

On Saturday 3rd December, aA's Beat The Radar and PYT's Advances In Mathematics will be playing live for a pre-match show at FC United's Gigg Lane ground, ahead of the game against Chorley FC (+ Lego doing the soundtrack in between)

The gig will start from 12pm (both bands playing pre-match) and although it's meant to be FC-members only, if you either contact the bands or email us direct & we'll be able to get you in. If you've not been to FC before then this is a great excuse to come down and check it out - bands, beer, football...

This gig has been put together by Course You Can Malcolm, click here for more info on the gigs they organise for FC-members ahead of their home fixtures at Gigg Lane.

Vaporous Light ALBUM - available NOW to buy on Bandcamp

2011-11-11T14:18:00.001Z

Not much is known about Vaporous Light (yet), they're not playing live
and are a rolling loose collective of some of our favourite musicians in
Manchester, who wish to remain nameless for now.

Such minor details haven't stopped us pressing up their debut album -
coz it's ace. A varied collection of finger picked instrumentals,
soundtrack inspired melodica and lo-fi croon. Check new single 'Charming
News', which is a definite winter warmer:

Charming News (intro edit) by vaporouslight

Also 'Eyes Of A Fool' is here for nout:

The eyes of a fool by vaporouslight

Let a little 'Light in this winter and purchase a copy now, available
super duper earlier than the shops..

Digital Album
Immediate download of 10-track album in your choice of MP3 320, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.
Buy Now ₤4.99 GBP
Deluxe CD Gatefold Edition
Deluxe edition limited to 500 copies - comes packaged with glorious artwork in a gatefold sleeve. Plus free stickers.

Includes immediate download of 10-track album in your choice of MP3 320, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.
Buy Now ₤5.99 GBP
shipping on or around 10 November 2011
Deluxe CD Gatefold Edition & aA T-shirt
Deluxe edition limited to 500 copies - comes packaged with glorious artwork in a gatefold sleeve.
+ aA T-shirt & free stickers
Please specify Small / Medium/ Large T-shirt size when placing your order.

Includes immediate download of 10-track album in your choice of MP3 320, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.
Buy Now ₤9.99 GBP
shipping on or around 10 November 2011
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	1.	Lansdowne House 02:35
	2.	Walter 02:08
	3.	Isn't it a thrill 02:57
	4.	Charming News 04:28
	5.	The eyes of a fool 02:46
	6.	Rough around the edges 03:11
	7.	Money 04:43
	8.	Baby I'm not your man 02:39
	9.	I keep my musket close 03:18
	10.	A moment of harmony 04:21

JUST BECAUSE....it's Friday, a few PHOTOS...

2011-11-04T11:23:00.001Z

NEW mixtape : Karhurain Forest Necessities [ FROM SPIKE HAWKSLEE ]

2011-10-29T21:31:00.000Z

aA associate Spike Hawkslee has just sent us this new mixtape, a follow up to the excellent 'Road To Karu' mix we featured a few months ago. Not got a full tracklist for this new one but as a guide, expect the following:

"Ass, time and space machine, African head charge, Cave, CfCf,

Altar eagle, Woods, Peaking lights, Holiday for strings, Solar bears,

Voice of the seven woods, Connan Mockasin, Dimlite, Oh no ono, Lone,

Bronnt Industries Kapital, The Emperor machine, The Paperhead, Julian

Lynch and Grimes...."

The clocks go forward tonight so we recommend spending your extra hour getting into this, a fine smoked whiskey optional but kinda encouraged:

Karhurainforestnecessities by SpikeHawkslee

DRIVER DRIVE FASTER playing with Silver Apples this Wednesday at Night & Day

2011-10-24T15:48:00.013Z

We are delighted to announce that this week Driver Drive Faster will be playing with seminal psych-electronic pioneers Silver Apples, at Night & Day on Oldham Street, Manchester this Wednesday evening...

A bit of background...

Silver Apples appeared on the New York scene in 1967. Far from the Dead/Airplane-influenced West Coast hippies, their psychedelic music came with a dark-repetitive-New-York-scary flavour that did not sound like the rest of the Summer of Love.

Friends with Jimi Hendrix, headliners to the Central Park 1969 Festival celebrating the first man on the Moon, Silver Apples and their two cultish albums were also way ahead of their time.

Decades after their brief yet influential career first ground to a sudden and mysterious halt, the Silver Apples remain one of pop music's true enigmas: a surreal, almost unprecedented duo, their music explored interstellar drones and hums, pulsing rhythms and electronically-generated melodies years before similar ideas were adopted in the work of acolytes ranging from Suicide to Spacemen 3 to Laika.

The band is now touring as a solo act, SIMEON, aka "The Oscillation Man", who sings and plays his famous hand-made instrument, 'The Simeon", made of "nine audio oscillators piled on top of each other and eighty-six manual controls to control lead, rhythm and bass pulses with hands, feet and elbows"...

"Sid Vicious told me" Simeon said "that the Sex Pistols always played Silver Apples in the dressing room before going onstage."

A show, not to be missed.... it's £11 in and more info can be found here

aA THIS THURSDAY with John Stammers [ WONDERFULSOUND ] & Adam Mattson [ THE SMILES & FROWNS ]

2011-10-17T15:58:00.003Z

aA Presents..

Adam Mattson [ The Smiles & Frowns, Phoenix, Arizona ]
John Stammers [ Wonderfulsound ]

aA Deejays
+ DJ Lord Metalplate

A year ago we stumbled across The Smiles & Frowns, a duo who seemed to be living in their own little world out in the Arazonian desert. As well as offering us water and refuge, whilst sitting in the shade they served us up 8 slices of fantastic sunshine psych pop. In return for the much needed H20 we offered to put the songs out for them back on these shores as an album. Which we did, it's really rather good and can be purchased here

"a delightful musical equivalent of a wander through a multicoloured model village on a sunny day." Mojo 4 stars

"It recalls CocoRosie's debut in it's insularity and Syd's Floyd in still being pop. "When The Time Should Come's shadowy corners would be familiar to Arthur Lee, while "Cornelius" has the desperate nostalgia of The Kinks. But the haunting moods of these perfectly formed miniatures stay their own." Uncut 4 stars

When Adam from The Smiles & Frowns said he was heading over to the UK on his hols, the least we could do was return the hospitality favour. So we are. This Thursday 20th Adam will play a few songs solo at the Escape bar in Chorlton (now owned by Rob of Zero and Silver Apples fame - so expect a good ale on). John Stammers has kindly agreed to play as well and various bods will be playing a suitable far out soundtrack from 7pm. It's free in, so bob down and as Brian would say, don't forget to Smile!

7pm-1am Escape Bar, Barlow Moor Road,
Chorlton, Manchester, M21

PREVIEW 'DESERT STORM' MIXTAPE
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Not aA but a FOOTBALL BLOG worth a read

2011-10-17T15:50:00.004Z

aA associate and sometime aA performer Gasoline Alley aka Anthony Murphy has a new blog that's well worth a read, wherever your allegiances lie - click here to have a read and you can also follow the blog via here. We'll keep you updated with further reading material over the coming months & if you'd like to send us something [ be it on music, football, rock, roll, drugs or er, politics ] then get in touch.

'THEY MAY TALK' - Driver Drive Faster on iTunes front page THIS WEEK

2011-10-11T19:42:00.003Z

Driver Drive Faster are in the shop window of iTunes this week with their excellent 'They May Talk' single - to download, just click here. If it makes number one, we'll get the drinks in...

THIS FRIDAY: Manchester Music Seminars at Umbro

2011-10-11T16:17:00.002Z

This Friday at Umbro Studios, the inaugural Manchester Music Seminar takes place throughout the day, featuring a selection of panels and interviews with a wide range of industry experts (& us...)

Here's what they say about it: "Aimed at 16-24 year olds looking to take their first steps into the music business, MMS will see people from all of its aspects come together, drawing on their own experiences and abilities to provide advice and attempt to make those convoluted avenues seem a little more straightforward. Both the beauty and the chagrin of music is that there is no correct blueprint for how to achieve your goals, but the series of panels and keynote speeches that will take place at Manchester’s Umbro Design Studios on Friday October 14^th will show why those who’ve found success at the end of the their own journeys did so"

Click here for the full schedule & here to purchase tickets. As there's no In The City this year this is a great opportunity to hear some lively debate, disagreement, advice (maybe good, maybe bad - hey, this is music) across the day on a wide variety of themes.

NEW aA MIXTAPE: 'Desert Storm' BY LEGO

2011-10-08T22:02:00.006Z

In respect of our upcoming Arizona inspired party on 20th October, here's a new mixtape with some cicada-inspired tracks....it features Dungen, John Stammers, The Smiles & Frowns, Jim Sullivan, Stranger Son, The Superimposers & more...

Probs best listened to whilst making a run for the border, high on peyote...

DESERT STORM by LEGO-aA

Tracklisting is (I think)...

LEGO - DESERT STORM MIXTAPE

[ RAP UP / DESERT STORM INTRO ]
DUNGEN - HIGHWAY WOLF
BRIAN HODGSON - VASE BRUM [ BBC SOUND EFFECTS LP ]
JOHN STAMMERS - MOTHER
THE SMILES & FROWNS - MECHANICAL SONGS
THE SUPERIMPOSERS - HEAVY SIGH
JIM SULLIVAN - JEROME
N/A - MAKING LOVE [ GOLDEN DREAMS EDIT ]
RICHARD NORRIS - LA LA LA
N/A - ARE YOU THERE? [ GAY UNDERGROUND EDIT ]
HAROLD MELVIN - GET UP EVERYBODY [ PSYCHEMAGIK EDIT ]
STRANGER SON - INSIDE MANY SUMMERS
JOHN STAMMERS - HERE AGAIN
[ CICADA OUTRO ]

...to hear more like this, come to this

In the meantime, keep a look out for the aA posters but watch out for those Playmobil pirates yeah?

REMINDER FOR TONIGHT: Driver Drive Faster @ Kraak Gallery

2011-10-07T08:19:00.001Z

Tonight's the night, full details here

Adam Curtis : BETWEEN THE GUTTER AND THE STARS

2011-10-06T09:00:00.005Z

Found this Adam Curtis blog post the other day and it's well worth a read, featuring extracts from three short films that "show that odd Britishness peeking out every now and then in the music industry" described as "a mixture of Entrepreneur spelt S.P.I.V., British music hall and even pantomime"

If anyone has links to the full films please let us know, would be great to check them out.

Edit: Found these stills from 'A Year In The Life' and this extract below:

aA 20th October with JOHN STAMMERS [ Wonderfulsound ] & ADAM MATTSON [ The Smiles & Frowns ]

2011-10-05T13:40:00.006Z

More details soon - Facebook event here

NEXT aA: Adam from The Smiles & Frowns & John Stammers OCT 20TH CHORLTON

2011-10-04T16:28:00.003Z

We are delighted to announce that as a part of his UK vacation Adam from The Smiles and Frowns will be playing a low key gig for aA at Chorlton's Escape Bar on Thursday 20th October. It'll be a solo acoustic affair in the surroundings of the newly refurbished and much improved Escape.

Adam will be joined by Wonderful Sound's John Stammers playing a duo show, showcasing tracks from his excellent '100% Analogue Vinyl release' album. We'll have more details very soon but in brief, it'll start about 8pm, it's free in, we'll be DJing too and it's gonna be ace...

THIS FRIDAY: Manchester Scenewipe Party @ KRAAK GALLERY

2011-10-04T09:36:00.007Z

This Friday October 07th Manchester Scenewipe are marking the launch of their new website with a party at Kraak Gallery on Stevenson square, Manchester. We of course recommend you pop down, not least because Driver Drive Faster are headlining, ahead of the release of their new single 'They May Talk' on 17th of October.

It's a very responsible £5 advance from here & for the Facebook event, click here.

Here's what the Scenewipe peeps say about the night / new website:

On Monday October 3rd Manchester Scenewipe will be unveiling it's brand new web site!

This new look website will see Manchester Scenewipe grow out of their 'Video blog' clothes into a 'magazine' site that will continue to present the best in new music in the North-west, as well as some of the biggest artist touring the world today.
It will also see the news, reviews and features which have been present on the site since January brought to the forefront where they belong.

As well as all of this, the most welcome addition to Manchester Scenewipe will be a comprehensive gig listings section to the site which will host the definitive gig guide to the city's music, from the M.E.N Arena down to the basement gig at the end of your road. This will also include the ability for venue's and promoters alike to submit their upcoming gigs.

Manchester Scenewipe have not been known to let an event like this pass them by without celebration, and so have put together another splendid gig featuring arguably four of the finest bands in Manchester.

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MCR Scenewipe Relaunch Show

Friday 7th October 2011
Kraak Gallery, Stevenson Sq, MCR - http://www.kraak.co/home/

DRIVER DRIVE FASTER - http://www.driverdrivefaster.com/

GHOST OUTFIT - http://ghostoutfit.bandcamp.com/

THE ABC CLUB - http://www.theabcclub.co.uk/

THE LOUCHE F.C. - http://www.myspace.com/thebicyclethievesuk

Guest D.J Pigeon Post - http://thepigeonpost.wordpress.com/

Doors 8pm
Tickets £5 Adv

Awesome Poster Art by http://www.himhallows.co.uk/

Tickets available from:

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/133655
In person from Piccadilly Records, Common & Fuel Cafe (No Booking Fee)

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www.manchesterscenewipe.co.uk
@MCRscenewipe

Any support with the promotion of the website and the launch night is greatly appreciated. Sam and Toby from Manchester Scenewipe are available for press through September and October on request. Any promoters and venues who would like to have their upcoming gigs listed on Manchester Scenewipe, please contact us at info@manchesterscenewipe.co.uk

As always thanks for all your help and support with the Manchester Scenewipe website.

aA FIELD TRIP to Greenfield Brewery, Saddleworth...

2011-10-04T08:51:00.010Z

Last Saturday we made an excursion up to the Greenfield Real Ale Brewery in Saddleworth (get the train to Greenfield from Victoria) to meet up with the head brewer Tony and find out more about the excellent ales they produce. It's well worth a visit - you get an insight into how they brew, find out about the ingredients and most importantly, get to sample a fair amount of it. Get involved by dropping them a line here

Booze.

Hops.

Boon Army.

Scenery.

& the buses even go to Doffcocker...

DDF featured in this month's Saatchi Gallery A&M MAGAZINE

2011-09-28T17:04:00.003Z

Driver Drive Faster also appear in this month's A&M Magazine, produced by the Saatchi Gallery and covering all forms of art and music. Click here for the direct link, video below:

Driver Drive Faster from Media Centre on Vimeo.

DRIVER DRIVE FASTER on tour in OCTOBER

2011-09-28T13:27:00.004Z

Driver Drive Faster are on tour throughout October, catch them at the following shows:

07 October 2011 – Manchester (MCR Scenewipe Launch) – Kraak Tickets

19 October 2011 – Bristol – Stag and Hounds Tickets

20 October 2011 – London (Going Deaf For A Living) – Bull and Gate Tickets

26 October 2011 – Manchester (with Silver Apples) – Night & Day Tickets

16 November 2011 – Leeds (with Cashier No.9) – Nation of Shopkeepers Tickets

28 November 2011 – Liverpool (with Forest Fire) – Shipping Forecast Tickets

We'll be updating the blog with further details as the days go by & keep a check on here for extra updates...

[ credit to Daniel Cheetham for the photographs ]

[ Daniel's full blog here ]

OD'd with Doodle DJs & LEGO [ aA ] this Friday, UPSTAIRS at Odd Bar

2011-09-28T13:12:00.004Z

This Friday, upstairs at Odd Bar on Thomas Street, Manchester, DJs from Doodle & aA will joined by live percussion from Dreadbeatz for a selection of records [ slow to faster, soul to psych, house to rock ] from 8pm til late. It's free in and in the plush surroundings of Odd's new upstairs bar...

THIS Saturday - SALFORD LADS CLUB with Beat The Radar & Golden Glow SATURDAY 01st October

2011-09-28T12:51:00.009Z

Not aA but this Saturday Mr Swift from Beat The Radar is hosting a bit of a party at the iconic Salford Lads Club. Part of a wider day of marking a significant moment in his life, this do will run from 7pm until 11pm with free entry in.

Golden Glow & Beat The Radar will be playing live with further acts & DJs contributing on the night. Gonna be mega. It's BYO too so get stocked up before you come down. Any questions please direct them to Laurie via here & see y'all Saturday...

[ ps those starting earlier will be at this fine place for much of the day... ]

Steve Lamacq's Going Deaf For A Living with DRIVER DRIVE FASTER 20/10/11

2011-09-27T15:29:00.005Z

Driver Drive Faster head to the Bull and Gate on Thursday 20th October to play at Steve Lamacq's Going Deaf For A Living for Club Fandango. They're joined by Sissy & The Blisters and The Chevin. DDF's new single 'They May Talk' will be out on Monday 4th October.

The show kicks off at 7.15pm and DDF will be on about 10.15pm - it's £6 in & more info can be found on the FB page here. Advance tickets from here too.

Vaporous Light on Radio 1

2011-09-19T22:31:00.000Z

Vaporous Light were give a spin by Huw Stephens on his Radio 1 show the other night!

Tracklisting here & you can listen again to the show for another couple of days.

Isn't it a thrill (Raymond Ray Remix) by Vaporous Light was played around 1hr 47mins into the show. Drop Huw a line & let him know if you like what you hear.

Download the ace debut single from Vaporous Light here & look out for the debut album this autumn.

Rubika: ROBOTS [ KILL ROCCO ] REMIXES by PLANK! & LEGO

2011-09-14T14:24:00.006Z

The lovely people at KILL ROCCO recently asked a couple of aA peeps to have a go at remixing Rubika's new single, 'Robots' (out on 7" vinyl this week, order here from Piccadilly Records) and here are the results below, by PLANK! and LEGO...

Rubika Robots (Plank! Remix) by killrocco

Rubika Robots (Lego Rebuild) by killrocco

We hope you enjoy them both & they'll be more to come, some point soon....

NEW ON WONDERFULSOUND The Kramford Look

2011-09-12T10:49:00.004Z

Just a word on an ace record by The Kramford Look we've REALLY been enjoying of recent, our good friends at Wonderfulsound have just put it out..

Check more of their lush library-like sounds here:

Shoebox At Sea By The Kramford Look by Wonderfulsound

You can purchase it from the Wonderfulsound shop right here. More into on Kramford Look on their blog here.

"they know how to write a melody in that futuristic dramatic library way. I very much appreciated this early 1970s telly thing with unexpected wibbly wobbly noises. Interesting album I reckon" Jonny Trunk

If it's alright by Jonny, it's alright by us