Tonight I am going to see Mr Frank Turner in London which I am very much looking forward to. Frank is an old friend and its amazing to think he is now headlining the likes of Shepherds Bush Empire. I can't wait.
So what have I been up to? Well I have made a new remix for Wobbly Squadron which I finished mixing last night. It's hopefully going to appear on their forthcoming 'when you awake' single. I will be uploading it to my ATP RMX myspace soon for you to listen to.
I also made a Spotify playlist - you can listen to it here: Amongst The Pigeons - SpotifyMixVolOne
I am hoping to do one of these a month with some old, some new and some borrowed music.
Next week I am off to Poland to go and DJ with Mr Kordys in Warsaw (WaWa), I really dont know what to expect so am half filled with excitement, half filled with fear and a little bit filled with something else.
Not many of you know this but I am 1/4 Polish myself and have never been to WaWa so am very much looking forward to the whole weekend.
Oct 29, 2009
Sep 30, 2009
Hello Autumn : Falling Leaves
It's been a strange few weeks. Summer seemed to make a brief return last weekend but has now gone to make way for the Autumn. Last night whilst walking home from work I could not fail to notice the leaves turning brown and falling from the trees. Next stop Winter.
Living and working in Brighton has also been strange over the last few days due to the Labour Conference taking place at The Brighton Center. The whole city is on police lock down and its just horrible. Yesterday I passed 36 police officers on a brief stroll to Argos and saw about a dozen riot vans and 2 undercover police cars racing round the city. I will be pleased and happy when the conference ends and Brighton can return to normal.
In terms of ATP stuff - well, I have been (slowly) working away on a new EP. I decided that the 2nd full length album is going to the themed and it will be amazing. As such I think it could take 2-5 years to finish it. I really want it to be perfect. My inspiration is Screamadelica by Primal Scream and The Haunted Dance Floor by Sabre's of Paradise. The album will be called 'Get Amongst It' and is going to be based on an evening out. Starting with early evening-drinks with friends, through the journey into town, the night in the club (banging tunes) and then the come down at the end of it all.
So because this may take some time I am going to be releasing EPs for the foreseeable future. They will all have between 4-6 tracks and the first one of these has the working title of 'Repeat till fade'. Three tracks finished so far - Mocha to go, Michael Jacksons Last Waltz and The Latin Word For Amusement.
I also started work last night on a very different sounding ATP track called 'Hello Autumn : Falling Leaves' .... and with that I wish you a good day x
Living and working in Brighton has also been strange over the last few days due to the Labour Conference taking place at The Brighton Center. The whole city is on police lock down and its just horrible. Yesterday I passed 36 police officers on a brief stroll to Argos and saw about a dozen riot vans and 2 undercover police cars racing round the city. I will be pleased and happy when the conference ends and Brighton can return to normal.
In terms of ATP stuff - well, I have been (slowly) working away on a new EP. I decided that the 2nd full length album is going to the themed and it will be amazing. As such I think it could take 2-5 years to finish it. I really want it to be perfect. My inspiration is Screamadelica by Primal Scream and The Haunted Dance Floor by Sabre's of Paradise. The album will be called 'Get Amongst It' and is going to be based on an evening out. Starting with early evening-drinks with friends, through the journey into town, the night in the club (banging tunes) and then the come down at the end of it all.
So because this may take some time I am going to be releasing EPs for the foreseeable future. They will all have between 4-6 tracks and the first one of these has the working title of 'Repeat till fade'. Three tracks finished so far - Mocha to go, Michael Jacksons Last Waltz and The Latin Word For Amusement.
I also started work last night on a very different sounding ATP track called 'Hello Autumn : Falling Leaves' .... and with that I wish you a good day x
Sep 16, 2009
New Song: Michael Jacksons Last Waltz (demo)
Yesterday I got a 6 hour train from Brighton to Bangor - During that time I made a new song. It's is called 'Michael Jacksons Last Waltz' and the demo version can be downloaded: here
Aug 26, 2009
Spotify The Pigeons
I don't have access to Spotify, but my album is now on there for you to go and listen to. If you do have access, can you send me an invite token so I can check it out.
In other news - well - I don't really have any at the moment. I have been trying to start work on the next ATP record but feel a bit stumped so I've been doing lots of DJing in my little Pigeon Music Room ...
In other news - well - I don't really have any at the moment. I have been trying to start work on the next ATP record but feel a bit stumped so I've been doing lots of DJing in my little Pigeon Music Room ...
Aug 20, 2009
Future Mixes
Well my little 15min mini mix has gone down very well today - I think this may become a monthly occurrence.
Radio Interview & 15 Min Mix
Just a quick one, about a couple of things:
1. I am doing a radio interview tonight on Horsham's Trash Can Radio Show 8-11pm
http://www.binliners.co.uk/HTCR/imdex.htm - listen here from 8.
2. I made a 15 minute party mix for a competition run by kissy sell out. I quite liked it, so thought I would share it with everyone.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/64379199bd9de5c2 - is the link you need. You can listen online or download and keep it.
Lots more going on at ATP HQ, so keep reading the blog, and if you have not done so yet, buy my album here (cd) or here (digital).
Thanks
Cat x
1. I am doing a radio interview tonight on Horsham's Trash Can Radio Show 8-11pm
http://www.binliners.co.uk/HTCR/imdex.htm - listen here from 8.
2. I made a 15 minute party mix for a competition run by kissy sell out. I quite liked it, so thought I would share it with everyone.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/64379199bd9de5c2 - is the link you need. You can listen online or download and keep it.
Lots more going on at ATP HQ, so keep reading the blog, and if you have not done so yet, buy my album here (cd) or here (digital).
Thanks
Cat x
Aug 10, 2009
MTBYTT - Officially Out Today
The album is now 'officially' out on CD and iTunes.
There have been some great reviews coming in over the last few days and some really exciting things going on with some of the tracks and ATP in general. More on those over the next month.
I feel there is still a long way to go, the single did not get much national airplay - so if you have time please email the DJs on Radio1 and 6Music saying you heard my stuff and they should be playing it.
Also - I am still lacking the ability to take this stuff and play it live - I need more gear and time to rehearse - so my focus I think over the next 6 months will be working on ATP live. Alongside that I hope to have a few new tracks ready for an EP next year, this new stuff will hopefully be a little less experimental and more concise.
But for now - thanks to all who have got the album so far - if you have not - WHY>?
There have been some great reviews coming in over the last few days and some really exciting things going on with some of the tracks and ATP in general. More on those over the next month.
I feel there is still a long way to go, the single did not get much national airplay - so if you have time please email the DJs on Radio1 and 6Music saying you heard my stuff and they should be playing it.
Also - I am still lacking the ability to take this stuff and play it live - I need more gear and time to rehearse - so my focus I think over the next 6 months will be working on ATP live. Alongside that I hope to have a few new tracks ready for an EP next year, this new stuff will hopefully be a little less experimental and more concise.
But for now - thanks to all who have got the album so far - if you have not - WHY>?
Aug 3, 2009
Reviews Begin
So the album is 'officially' out next week and a number of reviews have started being published. On the whole these are very positive.
I always knew when I released the album that it would not be everyone's cup of tea and it was maybe a bit of a risk releasing a 16 track album that jumps from here to there and back again via Nijmengen.
I think that's one of the things I like about the album; it is very varied.
I knew as soon as I finished MTBYTT that I wanted the second album to be a departure from the first one. The debut is a teenager trying to find their feet in the world, experimenting with styles, looks, sexuality and drugs. The second album WILL be a more mature young adult - sure of themselves and where they sit in the world.
This probably all sounds total and utter Bollocks to you the dear ATP reader - but I know exactly what I mean, and, I can assure you when 'Get Amongst It' comes out in 2010-2011 or maybe even 2012 - it will be amazing.
In other news I have been asked to DJ in Poland in October - in front of 1000 people - fuck me how cool will that be!
Ok - so back to reviews ... here are some so far - and please remember to tell your friends, family and jail mates about me - spread the word, spread your wings.
ALBUM REVIEWS:
"Amongst The Pigeons has made a rather lovely album, maintaining a distinctly unlo-fi feel to his dreamy electro-house. It really is the sound of a radiant summer."
Dannii Leivers - The Fly
"A Bizarre collection of electronica propped up with sampled poetry, ticket collectors and random you tube."
NC - Brighton Source
"BRIGHTON-based dance DJ Amongst The Pigeons has scrubbed up well on his first offering. On first listen you wonder where the LP is going, meandering about in a world of blips and subdued beats. But then the individual tracks get you - like the fantastic lo-fi Frank Turner collaboration Larkin or smile-raising weirdness such as Bird Flew - and you realise that Music To Brush Your Teeth To is like one long quirky interlude from start to finish.."
Isaac Ashe - Sound Advice
I always knew when I released the album that it would not be everyone's cup of tea and it was maybe a bit of a risk releasing a 16 track album that jumps from here to there and back again via Nijmengen.
I think that's one of the things I like about the album; it is very varied.
I knew as soon as I finished MTBYTT that I wanted the second album to be a departure from the first one. The debut is a teenager trying to find their feet in the world, experimenting with styles, looks, sexuality and drugs. The second album WILL be a more mature young adult - sure of themselves and where they sit in the world.
This probably all sounds total and utter Bollocks to you the dear ATP reader - but I know exactly what I mean, and, I can assure you when 'Get Amongst It' comes out in 2010-2011 or maybe even 2012 - it will be amazing.
In other news I have been asked to DJ in Poland in October - in front of 1000 people - fuck me how cool will that be!
Ok - so back to reviews ... here are some so far - and please remember to tell your friends, family and jail mates about me - spread the word, spread your wings.
ALBUM REVIEWS:
"Amongst The Pigeons has made a rather lovely album, maintaining a distinctly unlo-fi feel to his dreamy electro-house. It really is the sound of a radiant summer."
Dannii Leivers - The Fly
"A Bizarre collection of electronica propped up with sampled poetry, ticket collectors and random you tube."
NC - Brighton Source
"BRIGHTON-based dance DJ Amongst The Pigeons has scrubbed up well on his first offering. On first listen you wonder where the LP is going, meandering about in a world of blips and subdued beats. But then the individual tracks get you - like the fantastic lo-fi Frank Turner collaboration Larkin or smile-raising weirdness such as Bird Flew - and you realise that Music To Brush Your Teeth To is like one long quirky interlude from start to finish.."
Isaac Ashe - Sound Advice
Jul 20, 2009
Larkin About (video)
Being as this song is going to be a single I thought there should be some kind of video for it. Sadly I don't have much of a budget for anything at the moment so I made this one.
I really would have loved a dark animated video about Pigeons for this song and maybe one day I can find someone to make it for £free.
Until then you get this. I guess really the only reason I made it is so that people can hear the song on YouTube ... it's amazing how many people listen to songs on there.
Jul 19, 2009
Radio Interview
I am ill. I have swine flu. It sucks. I have to stay in my house for the next 7 days.
However from my bed I managed to record a radio interview with Katy Jay from WCRFM and it goes out tonight between 9-10pm on http://wcrfm.com - please tune in and have a listen.
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