ATP:LIVE008 : Glastonbury Festival

Last week I was at Glastonbury Festival and am pleased to say I got to play on the Greenpeace stage on Saturday evening.

I have been going to Glastonbury since 1995 and it's always been a dream of mine to say I played there - well now I can say I have!

The whole week was great, highlights included Primal Scream, The Vaccines and the whole Arcadia/The Common area on Saturday evening.

I look forward to returning in 2013 and hope to be playing there again.

Raving on 6Music

Whilst heading home last night I received an email saying 'just heard you on 6 music', I was rather chuffed to later find out that Steve Lamacq played 'The Return of The Red-eyed Raver' on his show.

I sent Steve a copy of my Summer demo which has 3 tracks on and he opened it over the weekend. He says 'not really sure what to make of it - but I like it' - which sounds good to me.

You can click here for 'listen again' up until next Tuesday.

Skip forward to 2hrs and 14mins.

Festivalicious & August gig details.

Hello folks.

It's looking lovely outside today and I have just read that Glastonbury is going to be hot hot hot this summer which puts me in a great mood. So I am feeling festive and wanted to update everyone on my upcoming festival shows.

First up is BurnBake Calling which I am playing on Sunday 12th June. I will be the last act to play over the weekend and will be on stage at 7pm (ish) to give everyone one last rave before they head home. There are tickets still available at £35 which is a steal for a weekend of camping and music.

Next up is Glastonbury and I will be playing on the Cow Shed stage at some point over the weekend. Not totally sure when it will be as its a case of getting the slot sorted when on site. But if you are going, pass by the Green fields and keep an ear out for some beats.

Then in July I am heading off to play at Secret Garden Party on the Remix Bubble stage. The festival is already sold out so if you dont have a ticket you wont be able to party. But if you do - I am on at midday on Sunday. I plan on playing in my PJs so come along and lets get the day of rest off to a great start.

Finally for now - I am putting on a gig in August at the HobGoblin in Brighton. This will be on Sat 20th August and as well as being a gig it's also my Birthday. All are welcome.

Joining me on that date are Anna Madeline and |'bleiki| - both of which are awesome musicians and it will be an excellent night.

There is a Facebook event for the gig so put your name down and come along.

If you do manage to see me at any of these dates please come along and say hello.

The Great Escape / Midday Ravers

So last Saturday I had the pleasure of playing at The Great Escape festival in Brighton.

I was on the open air 'Hub' stage which was by the library in Jubilee Square.

My set was at 3.30pm and playing before me were the very excellent 'Dry the river' who had totally woo'ed the crowd with their lovely songs.

I was unsure as to how the relaxed Brighton audience would take my music but I am pleased to say it all went very well.

I began my 45 min set with some new material and it was really fun watching everyone dance along.

I had a slight issue during the set in the sense that my equipment has flashing lights so you can see whats being played and sequence up the next loop etc - However in bright sun these lights are not visible to the human eye.

But I managed to get through and it was a success. This has led me to be even more excited about my upcoming festival sets at Burnbake and SGP.

You can view the photos of the day using the link below and if any of you have the time and desire I'd be very grateful if you contacted The Great Escape (on facebook, twitter etc) and tell them how much you enjoyed my set so they will have be back next year.

Bring on the summer! View the photos on FB

ATP@LIVE @ The Great Escape

ATP:LIVE @ The Great Escape

Saturday 14th May 2011> 3pm - 4pm

Amongst The Pigeons will be playing this years The Great Escape Festival on the open air 'The Hub' stage in Jubilee Square - right by the Library.

It will be a hour long set with yet more new songs from the forthcoming ATPLP2 and a few oldies.
This is a free gig so all are welcome. Hope you can make it along and please feel free to invite others.

FB Event > http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107496309337545

The sun is shining - the weather is sweet

It's a lovely day down on the Brighton coast and it's almost the weekend, so all in all, thing's are good.

This week I have been battling a horrible cough-cold-flu thing, but did manage to make it out on Tuesday to see Primal Scream perform Screamadelica at the Brighton Centre.

Screamadelica is one of my favorite albums of all time and this year see's the 20th anniversary of its first release. The show was excellent - all of the tracks sounded new and refreshed and it was a great night. Primal Scream are re-releasing a 20th anniversary of the album, you know, all remixed and remastered etc.

But, what I would love is that bands re-record the album all over again. Same songs etc but record them as they are now - new technology, new energy etc. It would be an amazing release.

I have often thought this with many albums and hope one day someone does it.

Also this week I have been playing around with the ATPLP2 demos and sent out a few CDs to people for some initial listens. There is a lot more to do on the album but the basic structure is there.

I am lining up some excellent guest vocals on the album and I imagine it will be 100% finished towards the end of the summer.

I want it to evolve over the next few months and be a bit more organic than it currently is.

Coming up this weekend I am going to the VW Volksworld show in Esher. As many of you know I own a 1973 Bay Camper so am looking forward to a weekend camping and seeing all the other vehicles :)

It's been a while

It's a bit of an odd time for me at the moment. I am in the middle of making ATPLP2 and on the surface it does not like there is much going on - but that's very wrong.

I am about 67% of the way through the new album - I am hoping to have the 1st draft finished by the summer - I will then sit on it for a bit and revisit it a few months later to improve and rework the tracks. I am hoping to have the whole thing finished (mixed, mastered, etc) by the end of the year with a view of getting it released in 2012.

I am also working on making ATP:LIVE better and better - I did a secret show last week which was great fun. The new tracks sounded ace and it taught me that road testing the songs before putting out the record is a great plan.

I have a few festival dates lined up for the summer and will be looking for more and more - so please send my details to people if you know them.

If you want to listen to some of the ATPLP2 demos then go HERE!

I keep putting new ones up and down and round and round so keep an eye on there for new things.

I am going to be away most of this week and plan to work on the final 3 tracks which will make the album .... not sure how far I will get but I am starting to get excited and can see the end in sight. Well the end of the first lap anyway!

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My next gig will be on Friday 4th March 2011 in Brighton.

I am debuting my new live set at a friends birthday party.

I'll be on stage at 23.00hrs.

If you want to come get in touch.

ATP:LIVE Version 2

I have been working away on the new ATP:LIVE set and progress is starting to go well.
I have a new setlist and will be playing 3 new songs on its first outing. My hope is that as more new songs are made I will be able to bring them into the set over the summer.

I have also dropped a few; 'the trail and the beats' is now rested - as is the 'doing the pigeon' by bert. If you saw the old show you know what I mean.

I am going to spend the next two weeks working on the set and then the first new gig will be on Friday 4th March in Brighton - if you want to come just let me know as its a secret gig!

Vote for me to play Snow Bombing

Hi Folks.

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