I thought this blog would be very busy over the time we were putting together our 3-album release, but in fact the whole process has been so demanding of time that nothing has been posted here about the albums. So over the next week or so I’ll try and rectify that with a series...
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Tags: Difficult Second, Eponymous Debut, improvisation, instrumental, Lunacy Board, Quintilis, Stockholm, Wilco Botermans
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This is the news I’ve been waiting to announce – it’s a big undertaking, so we wanted to make sure it would all come together and so far everything is going to plan. As you know, there has been a flurry of recording activity for The Lunacy Board’s first album – plenty of details...
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Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, those of you too tight to buy tickets, those too distant to travel, those too drunk to care and everybody else can now see The Lunacy Board’s performance last week from the comfort of home.
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Tags: drums, Glasgow, guitar, improvisation, instrumental, live, Lunacy Board, The Unofficial National Anthem, theremin, video, vocal
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It was a night of mixed emotions, stress, compromises and arguments, but above all a night of music in various guises… It’s been a while since I last drove around Glasgow and numerous new one way streets (as well as unexpected roadworks en route) meant that I didn’t arrive as early at the Classic...
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First of all, “Xenochronous Requiem For A Head Laying In A Field In Butler” was used to open this week’s Spellbound show, with host David Vesel commenting on the unlikelihood of chart success if Casey Kasem can’t even pronounce the title. That’s a relief, then. I’ve finished mixing all the music from our last...
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Tags: instrumental, Lunacy Board, Performance Evolution, soundscape, Spellbound, Stockholm, synth, Xenochronous Requiem For A Head Laying In A Field In Butler, yobstick
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We’ve had some very positive feedback about “The Unofficial National Anthem” from a few sources now, which has been quite encouraging, comparing the song, or parts of it, to Syd Barrett, Brian Eno, Pink Floyd, Can, Jethro Tull and others. The song has recently been played on the Spellbound radio programme, which will be...
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Tags: compilation, forum, improvisation, instrumental, Jethro Tull, Lunacy Board, Pink Floyd, radio, Spellbound, Stockholm, Syd Barrett, The Unofficial National Anthem, video
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Track of the Week My Wee Green Buddy Week 13 of the grand mp3 download extravaganza. If you liked the ‘Yet Another Granfalloon’ pieces, then this short instrumental ditty should be of interest. It’s an earlier attempt at a similar style, in this case purely electronic, owing much to Zappa’s ‘Jazz From Hell’ album....
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