There’s a really nice article about us and interview with me and Anton in the new Dec/Jan issue of Jazzwise, out now! Its written by the brilliant Chris Ackerley, who’s managed to make us sound a lot more eloquent than we actually are… The article is below but you’ll have to get your hands on a copy of the magazine to read it – you should be reading it anyway of course!
We were also picked out by Mike Chadwick of Jazz FM and Band on the Wall as one of the acts to look out for in 2012, cheers Mike! We certainly do have a lot planned for next year – there’s a clue elsewhere in the Jazzwise issue if you can find it but all will be revealed here in the next couple of days…
Its been a really busy but really exciting time at Beats & Pieces HQ – lots more info to come in the next few days so keep an eye out… Here’s just a few little things though that I wanted to let you know about before the big news drops!
Firstly massive thanks to everyone who came to our London Jazz Festival gig at Kings Place – we had a great time and it was really nice to see so many people there! It was also cool for us to speak to a lot of people in the interval and in the bar after the gig, you’re all lovely… I said this on stage on the night but massive thanks again to everyone at Serious and the London Jazz Festival, as well as to everyone at Kings Place for having us. The picture below (taken by Ben Watte) is our drummer Fin getting a bit excited in soundcheck…
Secondly, you can now purchase our Live @ Band on the Wall DVD through our online shop – just in time for Christmas… They’re priced at £8 + postage which also includes a digital download of the audio tracks and a PDF photo album from the night. We’ve also updated our remixes EP with a brand new remix of yafw (part iii) by our very own Nick Walters – he’s not used his own awesome solo but its still amazing work! The eagle eyed amongst you may notice that our 2009 EP is no longer available to download – this is in preparation for the release of our debut album early next year, as I said above there’ll be more details to come in the next few days…
Ahead of our gig at Kings Place during the London Jazz Festival next weekend (tickets here!) we’re running a competition to win one of 14 copies of our extremely limited edition Live @ Band on the WallDVDs, signed and dedicated to you by a member of the band!
Full details are below in the customary smaller print but basically all you need to do to enter is send an email with your name and postal address (so we can send the DVD to you if you win) to dvdcompetition@beatsnpieces.net before 1200 GMT on Saturday 19th November. After our soundcheck at Kings Place in the afternoon, each band member will pick an entry at random and then sign a copy of the DVD with a personal message…
Here’s a track from the DVD to whet your appetite – don’t forget that only 200 of these will ever be sold, so if you want to guarantee yourself a copy make sure you get down to Kings Place next weekend and get hold of one! Good luck…
This time last week we were just finishing up the first day of three recording for our first album, due out early next year… Check out some pictures from the session by a few of the guys in the band on our brand new tumblr page at beatsnpiecesbigband.tumblr.com – we’ll also be using the page in the future to post some of the stuff that happens during rehearsals, soundchecks and backstage during gigs so be sure to keep an eye on it!
Thanks to everyone at Livingston Studios in London for having us for the session, and to the marvellous Tony Platt who produced the recording with us. Details regarding the album release coming soon…
Our new live EP recorded at the legendary Band on the Wall venue in Manchester is available to download NOW! Head on over to our shop to take a listen or check it out below… You also get a pdf photo album included with the download with 10 great shots by Martin Wilson of us during the soundcheck and the gig back in June.
Don’t forget that the EP launch is Thursday 20th October back at Band on the Wall (where else!) and it’ll be an amazing night – get your tickets in now, they’re cheaper in advance. Also if you’re coming down, say hello on our facebook event!
You’ll also have seen that we’re releasing an extremely limited edition DVD alongside the download which will initially be available exclusively at gigs – you’ve seen pictures of the box, now its time for a preview of the video! Check out queen spark below…
See you on Thursday! We start at 8pm sharp, don’t be late…
Next Monday (17th October), we’re releasing a 3 track live EP recorded in June at the legendary Band on the Wall venue in Manchester – you’ll be able to download it via the Efpi shop. As well as recording the audio, the whole gig was also filmed and I can now reveal that we will be releasing an extremely limited edition DVD of the three tracks alongside the download.
We will only be selling 200 numbered copies of this DVD, and initially they will be available exclusively at our final two gigs of 2011 – the EP launch party at Band on the Wall in Manchester on 20th October (tickets), and at Kings Place during the London Jazz Festival on 19th November (tickets). If there are any copies left after the Kings Place gig we will of course make them available online.
The DVD is pictured above, and we’re really pleased with it! Its a really nice cardboard sleeve, very minimally designed, and each DVD comes with a code to download the audio version for free. We’ll be putting some of the footage from the DVD up on youtube to preview over the next few days so keep an eye out – it looks great though!
If you can’t make it to either of those gigs fear not – we will be holding a competition to win one of 14 copies signed by a member of the band, full details to be announced soon!
This is possibly old news if you’re signed up to our newsletter (if you didn’t receive it last week you can read it and sign up for the next ones here), but thought I’d write it here too cos both of these things are pretty exciting…
Firstly you’ll be able to hear a track from our forthcoming live EP for the first time ever anywhere in the world on Mike Chadwick’s Cutting Edge show on Jazz FM from 10pm TONIGHT! (Sunday 9th). Mike is also in charge at Band on the Wall in Manchester, where we recorded the EP in June and where we’ll be launching it with another special gig on Thursday 20th October – get your tickets in NOW…
Secondly, very pleased to announce that we’re heading into the studio next month to record for a new full length album which will be released early next year – can’t wait to get in there and get started!
Posted by Ben on 09/10/2011 at 11:18 in misc, news. Leave comments here.
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