In the Nursery celebrated their 30th Anniversary with a concert as part of the Sensoria Festival at the City Hall Ballroom. The were supported by Job Karma, Neil McSweeney, David Thomas Broughton and Sieben. I went with Phil Otter and Gerald Garraty
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Sights & SoundsArchive for the ‘Music’ Category
It’s always been an ambition of mine to have a mass produced CD of material I’ve recorded. Over the years (many years ago actually) I created single copies of music on cassette. In one band I was in we even went as far as duplicating the cassette several times and creating an album which we placed for sale in Sheffield’s Record Collector (one copy was bought) A review appeared in a local rag, so thanks for buying it.
Well at last, some 20 years later, I’ve finally got around to creating that CD…a limited run of 100 copies with a new band – The Sound of Flak. We’re a two piece electronic outfit comprising David Burleson, previously OxiMoron, and yours truly. The album’s called The Unbalanced and is now available.
The creation was an exciting path. And also a new experience, working out formats for files, and designing the digipack cover / cd label.
More info on our new web site: Sound of Flak
We have added two tracks to the Sound of Flak MySpace page to give a flavour of what’s to come on the forthcoming 11 track album titled The Unbalance. Enjoy
After what appears to be ages David Burleson and I have created our first CD’s worth of material under the name Flak. We’ve been pulling it together over a one year period in Friday night sessions. And now have it mixed down and ready to roll.
We will be launching the CD on a variety of media soon. Watch this space!
Artery play the 02 Academy Sheffield I took a selection of photos. Muzz used one for a while as his profile pic. I’ll post some in due course
Great gig and glad they reformed.
Met up with the guys from siiiii it was the first time I’d seen Mark for about 15 years
That’s where I went last night in Clumber Park at a gig that had a line up of T’Pau, Go West, Belinda Carlisle, ABC and Human League.
Back in the 80s I’d roamed away from UK music to more obscure ambient and German rock. So 80s music doesn’t really appeal, but I went with work as a night out for the team…and, despite reservations I really enjoyed it. T’Pau were average, and only did a few songs. They were off before they’d had chance to get warmed up. Then Go West came on and got the crowd moving. Not me I’m not a Go West fan, although the singer did sound really on form. And then they did U2’s Vertigo and that rocked.
Next up Belinda Carlisle, Started off great and I mus admit to fancying her in the 80s so good to see she’s still in good form. Sadly the same couldn’t be said for her voice which started to miss notes after the third song. Nevertheless, hearing some of the classics was good, even though they were out of tune!
Then ABC. I’ve known them since the early electronic days when they were Vice Versa. Never a fan of the glitzy pop style of the 80s though. And last night they didn’t deliver to my ears. A disappointing set.
Finally headliners, Phil and the girls with Human League delivered a great set. The drum structures and synth pieces worked well to get the crowd bopping. Recognisable hits such as Don’t you want me Baby and Love Action sounded even better than I remember, and then they played Empire State Human from the first album. Giving the Girls a rest Phil sang this one alone and it was a classic moment. The highlight of the night for me.
Almost 3:00am and I’m ploughing through the unfinished sections of the site. Just finished Susumu’s discog while listening to Last FM’s electronic selection. I’ve also set up Google Analytics.
Wired up some more of my sound system yesterday too so I will soon be dabbling with electronic music. Waiting for delivery of an eBay purchase Alesis S4plus module.
Knackered so off to bed I go!
Saw Porcupine Tree play at the Cambridge Junction
Went with Warren to see Porcupine Tree play at the rescue Rooms in Nottingham.
They played
Deadwing
The Sound of Muzak
Lazarus
Halo
A Smart Kid
Hate song
Shallow
Arriving Somewhere but Not Here
Fade away
Burning Sky
Glass Arm Shattering
Blackest Eyes
The Start of Something Beautiful
Even Less
Encore:
Shes moved on
Trains
I got a parking ticket for not understanding Nottingham’s street parking rules!