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26 October 2009: John Edwards' and Chris Corsano's debut studio LP "TSKTSKING" is out today! This scorcher is limited to 500 copies and housed in hand screenprinted wrap around sleeves. Exclusive liner notes have been penned by sax pioneer Evan Parker.
Please note that as we are already sold out of the bonus disk copies here at Dancing Wayang, we are now shipping the regular edition. The LP costs £10 plus postage from us here. Check the releases and ordering pages for full details.
John and Chris will have bonus disk copies for sale at their upcoming London gig at Cafe Oto on 16 November 2009.
Alternatively the following shops are expecting or already have limited bonus disk copies to sell:
Boa Melody Bar, UK
Volcanic Tongue, UK
Eclipse Records, USA
Time-Lag Records, USA
Repo Man Records, Denmark
17 October 2009: We are now taking preorders for the new full length LP by John Edwards and Chris Corsano called TSKTSKING, due to be released officially on Monday 26 October.
As per usual the first 100 copies of the LP will be accompanied by a 3" bonus CDR which features tracks from the studio session. Both the LP and CDR are housed in hand screenprinted wrap around sleeves.
We expect these to sell fast so order now for your copy! For information on ordering click here. Visit the releases page for a brief summary of the LP's flavour.
In other brief news, we have set up a Dancing Wayang Flickr page where we'll be hosting images of our cover art and live shots of our artists. It's a work in progress, but drop by and have a look around.
24 July 2009: coming soon - TSKTSKING by Chris Corsano and John Edwards
We are incredibly excited to announce that the next full-length LP on Dancing Wayang Records is a meeting of two of the most boundary pushing musicians we know: drummer CHRIS CORSANO and double bassist JOHN EDWARDS. We feel very lucky to have had the chance to get these two into the studio so shortly before Chris’s relocation to the states early this year.
Their offering is entitled “TSKTSKING” and comes housed in hand-screenprinted and hand-numbered (limited to 500) wrap around sleeves designed by Dancing Wayang artist and printmaker Midori Ogata. Very funny and funnily honest liner notes have been penned specially for this release by Evan Parker. And if that weren’t enough, the first 100 copies of the LP will come with our now customary 3” bonus CDR featuring two cuts from the album session.
Check back here or sign up to our mailing list to be notified as soon as we start taking pre-orders for this LP.
On a different note, we’ve had an unexpected find of 10 copies of the long sold-out MOTOR GHOST LP “A Gold Chain Round Her Breast”. Order one of these freeform explosions by drummer Alex Neilson and guitarist Ben Reynolds now if you haven’t got one yet… and before it’s too late forever.
We have 3 final copies of the bonus disk edition of ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB’s “Plug Music Ramoon” LP. This edition is limited to only 100 copies. The 3” CDR features 4 outtakes from the album session featuring Neil Campbell, John Clyde Evans and Stewart Keith. Again, don’t sleep if you want a copy of these little gems, which come in rubber stamped, silver paper sleeves.
Visit our releases page for more details on both of these records.
24 December 2008: ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB's full length LP "Plug Music Ramoon" is out now and available directly from us for £10 plus postage. Please be aware that the bonus disk edition, limited to 100 copies only, is selling very fast! Don't sleep if you want to be sure to grab one of those.
Visit the releases and ordering pages for more info.
13 November 2008: Friends and neighbours. Crank up your volume!
We are excited to announce that the impending Dancing Wayang release is by the loud and the mighty ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB!
UK noise stalwart Neil Campbell invited kindred spirits John Clyde-Evans and Stewart Keith to join him in Astral bliss and together they recorded a glorious album of fearless chaos.
Entitled "Plug Music Ramoon", this 12" LP was recorded onto 2" analogue tape at Dancing Wayang's regular haunt, Eastcote Studios in London. It comes housed in a beautiful hand-pulled, silkscreened wrap-around sleeve.
Two short(ish) sonic explosions and two looooong journeys to sustained ecstasy combine percussive sticks and bells, resonant electronics, keyboard odysseys and some experimental vocal work from helmsman Campbell. Along with his accomplices they weave a rich tapestry of sound and noise.
As per our previous releases, the first 100 copies will come with a 3" bonus CDR. Featuring the reworking of a session outtake by Neil, "Black Note Maroon # 1-4" crams four tracks onto its tiny silver surface.
And finally, to top things off, these first 100 copies will also be housed in sleeves printed with a special colour blending technique. No two are the same!
Email orders@dancingwayang.com to place your pre-orders now and avoid disappointment.
18 March 2008: FINALLY - Ladies and Gents! The new Directing Hand LP is out and available to buy from us now.
Captured at Eastcote Studios in London, drummer extraordinaire Alex Neilson and classically trained soprano and multi-instrumentalist Lavinia Blackwall cut loose, turn it up, turn it down and let the air escape their lungs. The result is raw beauty in every way possible and we are incredibly excited to unleash this record onto the world.
Consisting of freely improvised tracks on drums, harp and wordless vocals as well as interpretations and reinterpretations of traditional English folk songs, "What Put The Blood" is a true gem. The LP is housed in hand screenprinted wrap-around sleeves designed by Lavinia and features exclusive liner notes by Volcanic Tongue's David Keenan. Go to releases to find out more.
Once again, the first 100 copies of the LP come with a free bonus 3" CDR. Four songs recorded by Lavinia Blackwall in the studio right after the Directing Hand sessions introduce the scope of her talent. Utilizing electric organs, guitars, grand piano and her pure soprano voice, she hauntingly performs two traditional English folk songs and two of her own compositions. The disk comes in a handmade sleeve letterpressed with a Masonic image from Lavinia’s collection. But... don't sleep! These are given away on a first come first serve basis and will be gone before long.
We have a very few copies of MOTOR GHOST’s “A Gold Chain Round Her Breast” left for sale. This 12” LP, limited to a run of 300, is Alex Neilson and Ben Reynold’s debut freeform explosion.
02 March 2008: Directing Hand are hitting the road this month and will be playing at a venue near you! Lavinia Blackwall (harp / vox) and Alex Neilson (drums / vox) will be playing a combination of their own songs, traditional folk songs and improvisations based out of early music melodies. Go and check them out. They might even have a few advance copies of the imminent Dancing Wayang LP to sell!
7th - Newcastle, Retreat (with Jack Rose)
8th - Sheffield, Heeley Institute (with Chora)
9th - Nottingham, Lee Rosys, Broad Street
10th - Bath, St James Wine Vaults
11th - Birmingham (venue tbc)
12th - London, Brixton Windmill, (with Jack Rose and Hush Arbors)
13th - Lancaster, LAWM @ The Yorkshire House
15 January 2008: A Happy New Year to all music fans! We hope you made it well into this new year and that 2008 holds good things in store for all. Things will get busy here at DW HQ with the release of the new Directing Hand record just around the corner. The records have been pressed, the artwork screenprinted, things are shaping up beautifully.
To tie you over until the LPs actual release, Directing Hand's Alex and Vinnie will be on John Cavanagh's Soundwave show on Radio 6 on the 4 February at 7pm. Tune in and check them out for some out there fire music! All transmissions are streamed online at www.radiosix.com.
Please note that we have now sold out of all the Motor Ghost LPs. Alex and Ben still have a few copies left, so if you're looking to get a hold of a copy get in touch and we'll try and hook you up.
19 October 2007: Alex and Ben are currently on tour as Baby Dee's rhythm section. In between and following those shows Alex hits the road with Vinnie, his Tight Meat project with David Keenan and with Jandek. Catch them at the following shows:
20th October - Alex, Vinnie, Mick Flower and Evan Parker - Sar and Shadow - Newcastle
21st October - DIRECTING HAND (w/ Michael Gira / Simon Finn) - Taylor John's - Coventry
22nd October - BABY DEE - Glasgow - Mono (tbc)
24th October - BABY DEE - Newcastle
25th October - BABY DEE - Taylor John's House - Coventry
26th October - BABY DEE - Luminaire - London
27th- 6th November - BABY DEE in Northern Europe
10th November - JANDEK (featuring Alex and Phil Todd) - Amsterdam
11th November - JANDEK - Denmark
19th November - TIGHT MEAT with Sonny Simmons - London - Red Rose
20th November - TIGHT MEAT with Sonny Simmons - Bristol - Cube
21st November - TIGHT MEAT with Sonny Simmons - Cambridge - Portland Arms
22nd November - TIGHT MEAT with Sonny Simmons - Newcastle
23rd November - TIGHT MEAT with Sonny Simmons - Glasgow (tbc)
22 june 2007: directing hand on tour in july:
12th July - Glasgow, The Universal
13th July - Sheffield, Hideout/ Furniture Makers
14th July - Newcastle, Baltic Festival
15th July - Newcastle, Baltic Festival
16th July - Leeds, Packhorse (w/ Astral Social Club)
17th July - Nottingham, Arts Organisation
18th July - Leicester, The Basement Bar
19th July - Coventry, The Tin Angel
20th July - Bristol, Cube Cinema
21st July - Brighton/ Hove- The Greenhouse Effect
22nd July - London, Pleasure Unit (Alex solo)
22nd July - London, Old Blue Last
23rd July - Cornwall/ Penryn- Miss Peapods
24th July - Cornwall/ Flushing- The Mabe
27th July - Manchester, Islington Mill
7 june 2007: we are incredibly excited to announce that the third dancing wayang release sees our favourite drummer alex neilson return to eastcote studios to record more of his signature fire and folk tunes. this time in the guise of DIRECTING HAND and in collaboration with singer, multi-instrumentalist and early music scholar lavinia blackwall. tracks for this full length LP have already been recorded and photos of the session are up in the media section. check back soon for MP3 outtakes. whilst this album is currently scheduled for release in the autumn, alex and vinnie will hit the road in july playing material from and inspired by their recent studio collaboration. tour dates will be announced here soon.
MOTOR GHOST played a smoking set in london a couple of days ago and are making their way back up north for the final leg of their UK tour. don't miss them! to coincide with this tour we have uploaded a couple of short video clips from their debut london performance last year at the macbeth. go to the media section to see for yourself.
and on a final note, we are steadily working on josephine foster and victor cicely's release which is now tentatively entitled 'MEDUSA DA LUZ' ('birth of the jellyfish'). more on this as and when it happens.
28 may 2007: MOTOR GHOST are on tour as of today! Come and check out Alex and Ben playing material from their debut album.
May 28th – Glasgow - The Rio Cafe (Hyndland Street) w/David Keenan & Paul Hession duo
May 29th – Cardiff - The Buffalo Bar
May 30th – Falmouth - The Zed Shed
May 31st – Cheltenham - Slak Bar with Arrington de Dionyso + Ignatz
June 2nd – Bristol - The Louisiana (6.30pm) Venn Festival with Faust, Hawk & a Hacksaw and lots more
June 4th – Norwich - Art School
June 5th – London - Gramaphone (60-62 Commercial St, Spitalfields)
June 6th – Coventry - Taylor John's House
June 7th – Manchester - Star & Garter w/Indian Jewelry
June 8th – Sheffield - Red House
June 9th – Leeds - Holy Trinity Church (Boar Lane)
2 may 2007: check out the brand new review of MOTOR GHOST's 'A Gold Chain Round Her Breast' at dusted magazine. and while you're at it, head over to foxy digitalis to read ben's recent interview.
24 march 2007: we've already sold out of the MOTOR GHOST bonus disk edition here, so check with shops and distros for a copy of the LP and 3". we do still have regular copies for sale through this webpage.
12 march 2007: YES! the MOTOR GHOST album is out today and we are very, very chuffed to be releasing this beauty into the great wide world to finally let it have a life all of its own.
you can now order this lp directly from us (check the releases and ordering sections) as well as pick it up from ben or alex (who is currently touring the british countryside with his tight meat duo/trio). alternatively, sit tight for a few more days and you'll be able to purchase it from your favourite experimental record shops.
as you may know, the first 100 copies of the lp come with a special 3" bonus cdr of alex performing four traditional a capella folk songs live. what you don't know is that this bonus disk features exclusive and expertly written liner notes by scottish folk singer alasdair roberts. these are sold on a first come first serve basis, so if you definitely want one, make sure to email us first.
08 january 2007: we are now taking pre-orders for the MOTOR GHOST lp. check the releases and ordering sections for prices and ordering details.