Spring Cleaning

It’s been a long time hasn’t it? The Easter break got a bit out of hand, then lots of things happened all at once. Here we are, at last, with a free Sunday afternoon.

So! What’s been going on with me?

First up, my band, Happy Mammoth, have a gig TONIGHT at the Fox and Firkin pub in Lewisham. It’s free entry and is our first proper gig, so it’d be great to see as many people down there as possible. The flyer’s nice lookin’ too; click it to visit the facebook event page:

We (Mammoth, that is) have nearly got our EP all sorted. It was very kindly (and proficiently) mastered by Harun Kotch last week, and our friend Emmi has contributed some excellent artwork, so solid copies should be appearing soon.

Next: last weekend, I saw Autechre perform live in London. It was dead good, and I wrote an article for the Quietus about it. You can read it by clicking the image below:

Also this week, a composition of mine written for Trinity’s Contemporary Music Group got shortlisted for the Daryl Runswick Prize. This means a performance of the piece in a concert at Trinity on Tuesday 27th April, and another in the Foyer of the BFI on Friday May 7th. The piece is intended as a live accompaniment to a film from the BFI archives, so come down and see if it works or not! Info on the concert(s) can be found here.

Finally, some Mothers Against Noise things:

Here’s a new Dub from Duskky & Hurtdeer which I think is particularly future. Stream while you read!

Things have gone on hold a bit in terms of our regular nights; we’re currently seeking out a change of venue for a more intimate (and hopefully weekend!) vibe, and unfortunately we’ve had to call a halt to our plans for a night in May. We’ll be broadcasting info on future plans as soon as we have it.

But that’s not to say we’ve been sitting on our hands! Macka has had a free EP release on the brand spanking new Schwa! records. It features some of his strongest tracks from 2009; his sound’s changed a bit since then, but they’re still classics! Download the free EP:

I think that’s all for now. I’m going to try to keep these updates more regular and less weighty, but I can’t promise anything…

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