Live in Paris
We’re very excited to announce our first show outside the UK and, indeed, outside London! We will be playing with the wonderful Télégramme à Jane on 23 February 2008 at Le Vieux Léon in Paris. It looks like a lovely little venue.
Tim and I have both never been to Paris before so we are double excited and plan, with Christopher, of course, to make a little holiday of it.
Come and see us at Le Vieux Léon, 18 rue de La Grande Truanderie. Merci mille fois to Télégramme à Jane for organising this!
More acts confirmed for Scaledown
Two more performers have been added to this week’s Scaledown line-up:
Mark Norton - Although best known for his saxophonic talents with the mighty Gene Drayton Unit and a host of other bands, tonight Mr Norton will be leaving his horn at home and entertaining us with a sparkling spoken word set.
Martin White - Mr White has played at Scaledown both solo and with his Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra. We welcome him back as he returns with more accordion and ukulele masterpieces of mirth.
Having seen Martin White (better known to us as The Accordion Man) live before, I know that you’ll be in for a treat. Come along this Friday for an evening of variety and interest in central London!
More on Scaledown
Some more acts have been announced for the Scaledown gig on 25 January at the King & Queen. Here are the details:
Mark Braby, Andy Coules and Dan Whaley present the latest in an ongoing series of genuinely alternative after-office live entertainments.
Admission is free to members (show your membership card) otherwise sign in for membership. Donations, to the performers, will be sought.
Featuring live performances from (in no particular order):
Hong Kong In The 60s - Taking their cue from old Oriental pop, classic AM radio and the baroque melancholy of groups like Blonde Redhead and Broadcast. The band play hypnotic lullabies through a filter of cheap keyboards and guitars.
John Ellis - Founder member of classic punk band The Vibrators and ex-Strangler, Mr Ellis will be playing at Scaledown his superb electro soundtrack pieces using a looping pedal, ebow, and laptop.
dogs&stuff - Back in July of 2006 dogs&stuff first played at Scaledown, now they’re back to delight us with their quirky, left-handed tales of the world’s lesser known bi-beasts, dirty earthy colours, shiny things and plantlife.
+ more to be confirmed
Sounds like a good night.
New Year’s Round-Up
Cheers! Hong Kong In The 60s is one this month! You can help me celebrate with a nice honey and lemon to soothe this dreadful flu.
What with Christmas and New Year and so on, we never got round to telling you about our gig with Misty Roses (brilliant - Sunny Intervals was lovely too); or when we were played on FM radio in Montpelier, France, by Babes In Boyland; or to show off our new song Shadow Of The Bear which is on our MySpace and Last.fm pages; or about the gigs we have lined up for 2008!
Our first show of the year will be Friday 25 January for Scaledown at The King & Queen (1 Foley Street, London, W1P 7LE). Expect good Resonance FM-style stuff here. We’ll give more details when we have them.
Also, we’ll be playing a Fortuna Pop! night in February and Twee As Fuck in April, supporting Fanfarlo.
We can guarantee that these gigs will be exciting as we’re working on a new, high-concept live set. Ambitious! Atmospheric! Please come and see!
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