Title: New release: Second Thought - Rooftops
Date: Sunday, Feb 16, 2003 2:11:58 PM
Blog Post By: Second Thought |
After much planning, lots of hype and a lorryload of remixes, Second Thought finally releases the Rooftops EP. Parts 1-6, otherwise untitled, cover a range of styles, including ambient, IDM, acoustic and breakbeat, but flow seamlessly together to form a short but unforgettable journey.
You can hear samples of the EP at http://electronicscene.com/rooftops , where you can also purchase the EP.
Each copy is hand made by the artist.
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Title: 27th January 2006
Date: Friday, Jan 27, 2006 3:53:24 AM
Blog Post By: Second Thought |
Listening To: Gustav Holst's Invocation for Cello and Orchestra
Last night was the second rehearsal of the year. We were both knackered, so admittedly little was done. However, between us we now have a melodica (which I kept calling a harmonium) and a ukulele, so the amount of textures available is rising. We began to re-record the bass part of Yorkshire Bank with my new bass, but that sort of cocked up a few times, so a bit of a waste there, really. Claire's written a harmonium part for the song, though, and we're replacing one of the synths on Postal Service Song with the harmonium too.
Running through the songs, Claire's up for adding to a really old 2T track of mine, originally called Struxsture, which is a particularly eerie organ and clicks type glitch thing. Completely out of mood with the rest of our tracks, but the production style's similar, and it'll end the EP nicely.
The tracklist is, currently:
001. Yorkshire Bank
002. Ross Song
003. Postal Service Song
004. Jazzy/Spanish Song
005. Claire Song
006. Weird/fucked up organ Song
We might be putting in Bob Dylan Song in there, but maybe not. Still, it's only a minute long, so fingers crossed and all that.
xx
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Title: 18th January 2006
Date: Thursday, Jan 19, 2006 12:35:10 PM
Blog Post By: Second Thought |
Listening To: Orbital - Science Friction
First rehearsal was fun, productive and odd. We're still going down the drinking = good line of things, helping us *cough*Claire*cough* get over certain confidence issues, but hey. We wrote a song which came out rather nicely, starting off with a particularly unusual jazzy guitar part from Claire, which I then transformed into something that sounded more than a little Spanish. Possibly be able to use Andy's classical guitar for that. Weshallsee. We've been totting up the songs, and the tracklist stands at a rather half-finished: Postal Service song, Yorkshire Bank, Ross song, Claire song, jazzy track, experimental track, Bob Dylan song, and one that Claire's not played yet because she forgot it. That's eight tracks, though, which is pretty good going. Now to actually get them recorded. Ha.
In other news, The Bassment is now closed, which puts a rather large knife in our plans for putting on a night there, so back to the drawing board.
Have been working on some music with my housemate, Andy, too. There's a chord sequence he's been working on for ages, and I worked a chorus round it, and we're recording that into some sort of song or other. My new bass is on it and everything.
Anyway, more updates soon no doubt.
xxx
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Title: 6th January 2006
Date: Tuesday, Jan 10, 2006 6:13:47 AM
Blog Post By: Second Thought |
The holidays are over and it's time to reconvene. Claire and I have discussed one or two things for the future. She's done some writing over Christmas, so we have a few new ideas on the way. I have a new bass guitar and have done some work trying to get a reasonably decent mix of what's coming from the Postal Service track so far, so we've both been busy. More excitingly, we're planning on doing regular rehearsals, once a week sort of thing, to run through songs, learn and write new ones (bearing in mind everything so far has been written by one or the other of us, so we decided it would be cool to properly write together), arrange potential live ideas and probably get drunk. So that's all nice.
Oh, and look out for the word Tangelo.
xx
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Title: 11th December 2005
Date: Wednesday, Dec 14, 2005 5:30:34 AM
Blog Post By: Second Thought |
Went to York with Claire today to see Merz. Fantastic
guy, fantastic music, fantastic performance. Nice to see the whole
guitar/electronics thing pulled off live. Gives us some hope. We also
discussed a lot of stuff, largely artwork concepts. Took some photos
for press shots, perhaps, and came up with a lot of ideas. We're
planning to have a few drunk guitar playing nights soon to get into the
performance aspect of things a bit more, too, which should be good.
Arsing around in the studio can have its toll on one's patience.
"Tail"
View photo
xxx
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