It gives me enormous pleasure to present to you the third (and final… for now!) in the series of Beats & Pieces remixes, and its one I’ve been looking forward to sharing since it arrived in my inbox a few weeks ago. Rodrigo Constanzo has completely reworked ‘broken’ and it sounds awesome, a fitting end to three weeks of exciting remixes – hope you’ve enjoyed them as much as we have! If you missed the previous weeks’ remixes you can download them all in a single zip file here.
As with the other remixes, its been made available to download for free, but if you enjoy it we’d appreciate it if you considered making a donation to support our work by clicking the big yellow ‘Donate’ button on the right hand side of the Efpi site – ta!
Posted by on 28/07/2010 at 11:08 in b&p friends, news and tagged broken, download, efpi, ep, remix, rodrigo constanzo. Leave comments here.
The second in the series of Beats & Pieces remixes is now available to download over on the Efpi website; this week its ‘bake’ that’s been reworked by Dileu (aka Owain Roberts, aka Messner). Many will know that Owain also plays trombone on the EP, so its been really interesting to hear what he’s done with the track!
Again its been made available for you to download for free, but if you enjoy it please consider making a donation to support out work by clicking the big yellow ‘Donate’ button on the right hand side of the Efpi site – ta!
Posted by on 21/07/2010 at 11:54 in b&p friends, news and tagged bake, dileu, download, efpi, ep, messner, owain roberts, remix. Leave comments here.
In the run up to our gig at the Manchester Jazz Festival on Saturday July 31st, and to celebrate both the end of our first UK tour and the 2nd anniversary of our first ever gig at the 2008 festival, we invited some close friends of Efpi to have a go at remixing some of the EP tracks. We’re chuffed with how they’ve turned out, its really exciting for us and we can’t wait for you to hear them!
The first remix (of ‘broken’ by Tullis Rennie) is available to download over at the Efpi Records site, and another remix will be made available each week until the mjf gig. As always, we’ve made the music available for free but if you enjoy it please consider making a donation to support both Beats & Pieces and the Efpi label – there’s a big yellow ‘Donate’ button at the side of every page on the Efpi site.
Thanks again to all the guys for their efforts in remixing, its been a really exciting process!
Go download! Let us know what you think…
Posted by on 13/07/2010 at 23:31 in b&p friends, news and tagged download, efpi, ep, remix. Leave comments here.
So we’ve now kicked off the tour with gigs in Manchester and Camden which were awesome, and are looking forward to the next leg of gigs beginning this weekend! We’ll be taking in the Groove on the Green festival in Liverpool (Saturday 5th June, onstage 2.15pm til 3pm), before setting off to Dempseys in Cardiff (Tuesday 8th) and Jazzland in Swansea (Wednesday 9th). It’d be great to see you at some of the gigs – if the last two were anything to go by they’ll be amazing nights!
Also we’ve now only got 12 copies left of the limited edition run of 100 handmade EPs so if you’ve still not got one make sure you order one asap or you’ll miss out! No more will be made once we’ve sold all 100, and the EP will also no longer be available for free download. Order now here.
ps note that good friends Go Go Penguin (formally known as the Chris Illingworth Trio) will be playing at Groove on the Green on Sunday 6th so check that out too!
Posted by on 02/06/2010 at 21:57 in gigs, news and tagged cardiff, dempseys, ep, gogo penguin, groove on the green, jazzland, liverpool, swansea. Leave comments here.
Ian Mann (aka The Jazz Mann) has taken a listen to the Beats & Pieces EP for a review on his site… and he liked it a lot!
Beats & Pieces is no polite youth jazz orchestra and this EP is an invigorating and often surprising listen… packed as it is with youthful exuberance, fiery playing and a high degree of technical skill.
You can read the full review here, and whilst you’re there be sure to check out the rest of the site; its a great resource for the latest CD and live reviews, as well as listings for gigs across the country. Ian also checked out the HAQ EP – read that review in full here.
Posted by on 07/04/2010 at 21:59 in news and tagged ep, haq, ian mann, review, the jazz mann. Leave comments here.
As a lovely little Easter present, All About Jazz (probably the internet’s largest and most well known jazz resource?) has featured ‘bake’ from the Beats & Pieces EP as its egg-citing Download of the Day! Hop on over to the site, download and listen whilst munching on your chocolate… Don’t forget you can check out the rest of the EP from Efpi Records, where its still available to download for free/donation requested. Have a lovely Easter!
Posted by on 04/04/2010 at 15:57 in news and tagged all about jazz, bake, ep. Leave comments here.
We’ve just got another great review from Sean Gregson in the Tasty fanzine (www.tastyfanzine.org.uk) – cheers Sean! The opening of the review goes like this:
I’ll admit, I’m an old romantic (which takes less grooming time than a new one). So, when I first heard the Beats and Pieces Big Band, my mind drifted to a future where I could say, ‘Me? Oh, yeah, I’ve been into them since the beginning’. It’s hard to place the music that they create. Attempting to describe is a challenge in itself. Let’s just say, though, this is a beast.
If that opening paragraph has whet your appetite for the rest of the review (which it really should!) then you can check it out in full here. Also take a look at the similarly great review for HAQ (”What’s so impressive about HAQ is their ability to cut through the shit and get right to those basic emotions we all share, each track offering a truly distinctive and unique journey”) that follows just below…
Posted by on 24/03/2010 at 10:54 in news and tagged ep, fanzine, review, sean gregson, tasty. Leave comments here.
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