Santa's On His Way. . .

Merry Christmas from The Pipettes!

The above track can be downloaded free from Fortuna Pop! here.

The Pipettes will be DJing tonight from 7 til 11 at the Snooty Fox in North London. It's free, so if you're in town, do pop in.

'In C' at The Lexington, Sunday July 11th.

Sunday last at The Lexington, A Little Orchestra and friends performed Terry Riley's minimalist classic 'In C' for John Jervis's delightful Hangover Lounge afternoon. The result was so entrancing that Mr. Sean "Fortuna Pop" Price assures me he was not once tempted to return to his newspaper. The full roll call on the day was (from left to right, see above), Robbie Knight on the synthesizer, Catherine Carr on the flute, Alex Billig on the bassoon, Paul Mosley on the euphonium, Kit Mason on percussion, Nicola Burnett Smith on the bass clarinet, Daniel Trilling on the Casio ToneBank, Dan Spanner also on the bass clarinet, Chris Guy on clarinet, Melanie Powell on viola, Dominic Simpson on another Casio keyboard, Chris Cook aka Same Actor on sitar, Greg Taylor aka Foxtrot Echo on a Casio Pt-30, and (regrettably, beyond the frame) Anne-Marie Kirby on melodica. Oh, and that's me in the middle relentlessly striking quavers on a C-note hanging from a wire coathanger and gaffa-taped to a bin. A complete recording can be heard below (I should point out that the "by" below is intended merely to express who uploaded the piece and by no means its author):

'In C' (live at the lexington: 11/7/2010) by monster bobby

Upcoming

In about one hour, that's 16:30 BST, I will be appearing on Jonny Trunk's Resonance FM show to talk about film soundtracks and things.

Tomorrow afternoon at approximately three o'clock, A Little Orchestra and friends will be performing 'In C' by Terry Riley at the Lexington, Pentonville Road, London. It's free to get in and Bob Stanley will be DJing (and, yes, they will be showing the football later). In fact, don't just come along, download the score, bring an instrument and join in! We'll be having a quick run though at about one o'clock before anyone gets in so if you want to join in, do try and make it to that - in fact, ideally, email me first.

Next Tuesday, I will be DJing at the Lock Tavern, Chalk Farm, from about eight til about midnight. This is my Weird Music Night so you can expect bits of library music, avant-garde stuff, modern composition, horror and science fiction records and so on. This also free - and upstairs.

The following Monday, that's the 19th, The Pipettes release our new single, 'Call Me', on Fortuna Pop! To celebrate, we will be playing at The Lexington with support The School and A Little Orchestra - probably playing something other than 'In C' this time. Do come down and say hello, it would be lovely to see you.

I Can See Your Heart Beat

The new Pipettes single, 'Stop the Music' is released today on Fortuna Pop! Do please go out and buy it instead of just ripping it off. The 7" vinyl also contains the b-side, 'Who Made You the Doctor', while the CD is a five track EP, also featuring, 'So I Say Goodbye', 'Our Love Was Saved by Spacemen' and a Kompakt Records' Justus Kohncke's remix of 'Stop the Music'. Some people have written some very nice things about it. You can also download an amazing remix of 'Stop the Music' by Kat!Heath! here. We are currently on the road, playing live across England and Wales. The tour looks something like this:

Tonight (Monday): Sheffield, 02 Academy 2 (tickets)
Tuesday (the 20th) : London, Hoxton Bar and Kitchen
Wednesday (21st) : Brighton, Audio (tickets)
Thursday (22nd) : Kingston, Hippodrome, (tickets)
25th April : Portsmouth, Wedgwood Rooms (tickets)
26th April : Southampton, Joiners (tickets)
7th May : York Fibbers (tickets)
8th May: Liverpool, 02 Academy (tickets)
14th May: Darlington, inside out (tickets)
15th May: Birmingham, 02 (tickets)
21st May: Crewe, The Box (tickets)
22nd May: Treorchy, South Wales, Parc Hall (tickets)

You may be interested to know that Parc Hall is a former miner's institute and working men's library, first built in 1892. Apparently, it was used in a recent episode of the BBC's abominable Dr Who revamp. Also, on Tuesday at around one pee em, we will be playing a free in-store gig at Pure Groove Records, just by Smithfield Market, London. I hope to see you there . . .