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.

I have been selected as one of the final 20 acts who could go on to play the Snow Bombing Festival and need your votes to help me get through to the final 4.

Please use this link >> http://bit.ly/atpsnow

Then click on my page and vote! Thanks

I want your voice

If you have my debut album you will know that the opening track features the voice of Rob Da Bank saying 'Amongst The Pigeons', well I am looking to do something similar on ATPLP2 and also at the start of my new live show.

So here is a request for your help.

If you are able to, please can you record yourself saying 'Amongst The Pigeons' and then send it to me as an audio file (MP3, AIFF, WAV, etc etc etc). I plan on using as many of these as possible in my new live show.

Please email them to CAT (AT) AMONGSTTHEPIGEONS.INFO

Thanks

Time flies

It's fast approaching the end of January and the first month of 2011 will soon be over.

I am still working away on ATPLP2 and progress is good. I have 7 new demos now and will keep making new tracks until I have enough to make an amazing album. I finished 'Throwing Nightmares' last week which sounds like a Sci-fi theme tune.

I have started to become very critical of my own music at the moment and will not accept anything other than brilliant for the finished album. The nice thing is I dont have a label on my back giving me deadlines so at least that gives me the opportunity to take my time.

The other thing I am trying to do is secure some slots at this Summers festivals - but this is proving hard without a booking agent.

So in summary - things are plodding along nicely but will get busier over the next few months.

Bubble & squeak

Here is a little bit of leftover footage from a Christmas get together.