The Monochrome Set are back!
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beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
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hiraethified
The keyboard player was ecstatic as they had some old school prog rock organ plus Leslie cabinet that he'd wanted to play on since he was a kid!Not jealous at all
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hiraethified
Yep. It's a big old studio complex. Very BBC. I felt quite honoured to be there: the place is stuffed with amazing musical history and there's loads of wonderful old gear in there. We were in this studio:
We recorded four songs in total: three were broadcast live and a fourth one (I think) was played on Gideon Coe's show after.
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A Foo Fighter on the desk at MV3.
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beesonthewhatnow
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hiraethified
Some photos from the studio:
Tiny kit, massive studio!
A look around BBC’s wonderful Maida Vale Studio MV3, west London
Tiny kit, massive studio!
A look around BBC’s wonderful Maida Vale Studio MV3, west London
petee
no gods, no malarkey
well!
- my best bud (for a time) worked as a paralegal after college and met JD Haney, who had moved here to new york and was also working as a paralegal
- that bud and i were in a dance band for a few years and i was the drummer
- we did a few originals but mostly covers, including Ein Symphonie des Grauens (iirc)
- so if that's still on the band's set list, editor and i have played a few of the same figures
- i still have some of their 45s. love them.
- my best bud (for a time) worked as a paralegal after college and met JD Haney, who had moved here to new york and was also working as a paralegal
- that bud and i were in a dance band for a few years and i was the drummer
- we did a few originals but mostly covers, including Ein Symphonie des Grauens (iirc)
- so if that's still on the band's set list, editor and i have played a few of the same figures
- i still have some of their 45s. love them.
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hiraethified
We open with that song.
I've always loved it, so it's bloody brilliant to get the chance to play it live!
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
*goes for a lie down*Yep. It's a big old studio complex. Very BBC. I felt quite honoured to be there: the place is stuffed with amazing musical history and there's loads of wonderful old gear in there. We were in this studio:
We recorded four songs in total: three were broadcast live and a fourth one (I think) was played on Gideon Coe's show after.
Maida Vale Studios - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Foo Fighter on the desk at MV3.
BBC Maida Vale Studios | Sound On Sound
beesonthewhatnow
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hiraethified
Oh and you can hear the three tracks we recorded live here -
The Monochrome Set, Marc Riley - BBC Radio 6 Music
On 22mins, 48mins and 59 mins.
And the fourth track is here (2hrs 53 mins) Heavenly is the Label Of Love, Gideon Coe - BBC Radio 6 Music
The Monochrome Set, Marc Riley - BBC Radio 6 Music
On 22mins, 48mins and 59 mins.
And the fourth track is here (2hrs 53 mins) Heavenly is the Label Of Love, Gideon Coe - BBC Radio 6 Music
aqua
made of cheese and gin
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hiraethified
We played The Talking Heads in Southampton last night and even had a bit of a mosh pit going on - it was a fun gig! One couple had even planned their trip from Canada to coincide with the gig - happily they seemed to enjoy it.
The venue is lovely - they were gentrified out of their original premises, but their new place is really nice: there's a front bar for free acoustic/jazz gigs, while the main room has a good sized stage and a great PA system.
Coming back to playing live music after - cough - quite a few years away, I've been really impressed by how good the venues are (although I am playing in a bigger band so that's going to play a part too - but I've done enough support gigs in shoddy venues in the past).
The venue is lovely - they were gentrified out of their original premises, but their new place is really nice: there's a front bar for free acoustic/jazz gigs, while the main room has a good sized stage and a great PA system.
Coming back to playing live music after - cough - quite a few years away, I've been really impressed by how good the venues are (although I am playing in a bigger band so that's going to play a part too - but I've done enough support gigs in shoddy venues in the past).
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hiraethified
This reviewer seemed to like last nights gig
Deadbeat: The Monochrome Set & The Cathode Ray - Voodoo Rooms 13/11/17
Deadbeat: The Monochrome Set & The Cathode Ray - Voodoo Rooms 13/11/17
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hiraethified
Here's a rare bit of video. With tuba!
The BPA feat Iggy Pop – He’s Frank On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, NBC TV, USA (23 June 2009)
And here's a big band version:
The BPA feat Iggy Pop – He’s Frank On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, NBC TV, USA (23 June 2009)
And here's a big band version:
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Some photos from the studio:
Tiny kit, massive studio!
A look around BBC’s wonderful Maida Vale Studio MV3, west London
I'm due to play there in April, so this got me excited! Nice!!
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
We're at the Half Moon in Putney tonight!
We got a good review in the German Rolling Stone mag (I think!)
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"...the drummer with impressive dreadlocks".
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hiraethified
So Saturday's gig was a sell out and I got to play on the same stage as Kate Bush made her debut show!
I used a lovely old Rogers vintage drum kit too (with the addition of my usual cowbell and fairy lights!)
Next UK gigs are:
04/03/2017 - CARDIFF Globe
25/03/2017 - MANCHESTER Gullivers
08/04/2017 - LONDON Lexington
12/05/2017 - ISLE OF WIGHT, Quay Arts
13/05/2017 - BRIGHTON Hope & Ruin
27/05/2017 - YORK - Crescent
28/05/2017 - LIVERPOOL Music Room
I used a lovely old Rogers vintage drum kit too (with the addition of my usual cowbell and fairy lights!)
Next UK gigs are:
04/03/2017 - CARDIFF Globe
25/03/2017 - MANCHESTER Gullivers
08/04/2017 - LONDON Lexington
12/05/2017 - ISLE OF WIGHT, Quay Arts
13/05/2017 - BRIGHTON Hope & Ruin
27/05/2017 - YORK - Crescent
28/05/2017 - LIVERPOOL Music Room
<Contemplates Cardiff 
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I don't like the venue very much, mainly because it's a bit out of town. But still ... My one and only previous Monochrome Set gig was over twenty five years ago (at the Venue in New Cross) ... and this gig's on a Saturday.
>I don't like the venue very much, mainly because it's a bit out of town. But still ... My one and only previous Monochrome Set gig was over twenty five years ago (at the Venue in New Cross) ... and this gig's on a Saturday.
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hiraethified
I wish I wish I wish!
I've learnt that playing America is REALLY expensive for bands, with work permits and other documentation costing an absolute fortune, so sadly my dream of playing NYC looks like staying on hold for now.
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hiraethified
We were booked into the Moon Club but then they downsized.<Contemplates Cardiff
I don't like the venue very much, mainly because it's a bit out of town. But still ... My one and only previous Monochrome Set gig was over twenty five years ago (at the Venue in New Cross) ... and this gig's on a Saturday.
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