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AFH in secret guise: live at Rocketcottage Radio Roadshow, 6th August

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:15:59 +0000

And so… a side-project of manifest bizarreness… all dating back to a long-time Denim/GoKartMozart obsession,… having worked with Denim’s producer Brian O’Shaunghessy and knowing Christian Flamm, German artists responsible for FoxtrotEchoLimaTango – a book about Lawrence’s former band Felt. What could it add up to but… the Rocketcottage Radio Roadshow! A live, probably-never-to-be-repeated* performance by Tim and Alex of Baxendale parish, at the Betsey Trotwood, 6th August, 7pm…

Preview track: “Kings of the Road”

Imagery from the show, update yo:

*until ATP gets Lawrence to curate in 2058

Konzert news! AFH to play Introducing, Berlin, and DJ slot at Melt! 2k10

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:28:34 +0000

News in of next show! AFH is extremely excited to be playing at INTRO-DUCING, the pre-party, warm-up for Melt! Festival 2010 just south of the city.

Show is at Thursday’s Child/Magnet [map].
UPDATE: AFH is also DJing at Melt! Festival, Saturday Night, 00.00 hours / mit Severin Most und Thomas Venker.
Vielen dank, mes amis. We can’t wait! x

UPDATES:
Show was a blast – thanks to all who came along. Here’s a shot from row C

AFH refits “Cinema Verité” for remix album

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:04:39 +0000

Ah the remix, … all hand-claps in a canyon and extendo-c-c-c-choruses. Two minutes of slowly building stab chords and a voice going “Uh-huh… Uh-huh, yeah!”… Well, AFH likes a nice refit-remix – where you take the song on a trip to DisneyLand kind of against its will but in a good way It’s even better when the band who asks you to do it is really musically interesting and open to a little adventure…

Cinema Verité, (”like the Beach Boys in a colder climate”) are a dreamy post-rocking duo from Canada, whose debut “Sunrise, sunset” is out on LGM this summer. They’re also releasing a separate remix album on Lebanon, Mass. Records and asked AFH to contribute a reimagining of their “Perfect Day”… Check out the original on their myspace for now… Excerpt of the mix to follow! x

UPDATE:
Here’s a sample of tha’ remix:

Anyone for a summer swim?

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:07:58 +0000

Song news! AFH produced and plays on a lovely version of Loudon Wainwright’s “The Swimming Song” – sung by Piney Gir and featuring Garo Nahoulakhian on guitars – it’s part of the latest Le Grand Magistery compilation – perfect for the beach or picnic, and available on iTunes now… x

As an added bonus, here’s AFH’s self-sung early demo too… x

Playlists from outer space…

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:23:02 +0000

Well, with only 13 minutes of official training in the art of space suit maintenance and no pockets to stash the space mints… Here are the setlists from Friday night’s Barbarella Night at the Curzon. AFH dj’d with Mr James in a kind of triple tracker tag team that saw the arrayed synths of Giorgio Moroder take on the hairy space hippy freaks!
Most jolly. Thanks to Nadia’s team at the cinema for inviting us to play…

AFH’s SonicSpatialness Mix:
Barbarella – Geoff Love Orchestra
Holiday on Ice – Le Knight Club
Running in the City – Space
Baby Blue – Giorgio Moroder
Space Invaders – Playback
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind – Ronnie Aldrich
Clouds across the Moon – The Rah Band
Intergalactic – Beastie Boys
Galaxy of Love – Crown Heights Affair
Money (8 Bit Dark Side of the Moon) – Pink Floyd
Drunk Girls (Holy Ghost! Remix) – LCD Soundsystem
Rocket – Goldfrapp
Spacer – Sheila B and Devotion
Holiday on Ice – Le Knight Club
Like an Eagle – Dennis Parker
Chicago – Roy Ayers
2001 – Deodato

James’s Hot Psyche’n 60s-70s Phreaklist
Since You Asked – Singers Unlimited
Me And Mrs Jones – Billy Paul
I Am And So Are You – Affinity
Camel Back – A.B.Skhy
You keep me Hangin’ on – Vanilla Fudge
Super Stupid – Funkadelic
Black Magic Woman – Fleetwood Mac
The Battle Of The Locusts – Aphrodite’s Child
One-Armed Bandit – Jaga Jazzist
A Man and A Woman – A Man and A Woman OST
Butterflies Are Free – The Free Design
Beautiful Scarlet – Capability Brown
Fire – Arthur Brown
Are You Man Enough – The Four Tops
It’s About Time – HP Lovecraft
Cronus (Saturn) – Chase
Barracuda – Heart
She’ not there – Zombies
You’re The Song I’ve Always Wanted To Sing – Timmy Thomas
You Must Be Joking – Locomotive

(thanks to MegaEye for the image!)

A minute of your time? New album track preview

admin — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:46:58 +0000

Hi all, here’s a new track from the debut album (still simmering but oh-so-very-close!). It will be available to buy from an album of 60 second songs from Le Grand Magistery this summer, which promises to be a playground of colourful sounds indeed. Meanwhile, in a nightclub in Koln…

AFH spinning intergalactical tunes at next Curzon Midnite Movies

admin — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:37:51 +0000

A week’s notice to my space-headz But self aka AFH will be spinning some intergalactically spacey tunes next Friday at the Curzon’s Barbarella Midnight Cinema in Soho! Grab a ticket, don your pervotronique outfit and see you there… I can promise an otherworldly set of chansons indeed… xx

Date: 30th April 2010
Grab a ticket here: here
Click here for groovy poster!

New album preview: Upturned

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:06:19 +0000

New song preview friends!
Check out “Upturned” in the soundcloud player, right. (or go here)
There was a point, marked clearly in one of my notebooks early on, where this song was going to be called “cover her upturned face in burning kisses – part III” … but saner and wiser heads prevailed. The story is still a story though – kind of a fairytale… inspired part by Murakami and part by Wodehouse.

It’s that time of year..!

admin — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:59:08 +0000

Yes, insert uptempo comment about snow, crampons, yuletidings and the whole sherry mid-afternoon in front of Roger Moore thing. Whilst the egg nog simmers on the stove, here’s a revisit from the AFH tune bunker… Click on “Silent Nites” on the new player, right… Kind of inspired by Kay Starr and the possibility of a Christmas gone awry…
Happy holidaze! AFH x

Escaping the labyrinth!

admin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:58:50 +0000

Well, what a well dressed peacocking and friendly bunch were the assembled throng at the Curzon Midnight Movie showing of Labyrinth last night… Afh judged the mood as requiring a blend of scritti politti, Ryan Paris, human league and by the end the 14th consecutive 80s revival was definitely in full swing thanks to Nadia and all you pretty things… X