Compositions – Page 4

Glatze, back on “the road”

After a good while in the studio working on my Glatze liveset and EP, and lots of other musical treats, I am back on “the road”.

Tomorrow night sees me performing my new liveset for the first time. I will be headlining a night at The Portland Arms, in sunny Cambridge. This gig came about through some peeps that watched me play at Supersonic last year. Since then I have reworked large sections of my liveset, which is all well and good in my studio, but I’ll be keen to see how it goes down live.

For a taster of what to expect, although it’s a rollercoaster ride as ever, here’s a live recording of the last track in my new set:

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Looking forward to playing in front of someone other than myself again…

The year that was…2009

Better late than never, here are some of my personal musical highlights of 2009.

Last year was all about the emergence of Glatze as a live music sensation. Well, I had my moments ;) My time in Birmingham led to some exciting new relationships. I played a variety of gigs as part of the underground experimental scene. Then, out of the blue, the delightful Capsule girls got in touch to ask whether I’d like to support Melt Banana. As they are one of my favourite bands, it was a no-brainer. I went on to play at Supersonic, which was amazing. I was also honoured to be chosen by Capsule to complete an alternative score for “There Are No Others, There Is Only Us”, which was shown at Moor Street Station, throughout Supersonic.

Then to top my “Year with Capsule” off, they included a photo of me in their 10th birthday programme – see below. I am most flattered!

2009 also saw me develop my midi-octopus, which I demonstrated at Futuresonic (Thanks to The Centrifuge for sorting this!). Production of my midi-octopus stalled a little in the latter months of 2009, to give me time to concentrate on my Glatze liveset, but it’s very much back on the agenda for this year.

Other 2009 musical highlights included:

Gigs for, and continued support from, the delightful Wassim at The Centrifuge
Sonic Weekends 4 & 5, playing White Noise Festival and the friendship and support from White Label Music
Gigs with Grover and Stuart
Having a tune of mine released on Make Recordings
(Virtually) meeting and collaborating with Ms Hypnotique
A great night at Milk Kitchen
Airplay on Resonance FM, Brumcast and The Big Paws
My Supersonic interview on Rhubarb Radio, and subsequent encounters with Danny and Kevin

(sorry to anyone or anything I have missed, I have ZX-81-like memory)

Sonic Weekend 5 (round up)

Well, Sonic Weekend 5 was as amazing as the other two I have previously attended. Lots of inspiring and super friendly people, lots of insane instruments, lots of beautiful surroundings, lots of booze, lots of talent and lots of music made! Great to see the old skool massive and nice to see plenty of noobs too!

Here are some pictures which hopefully sum it up…