The last month has been a blast...
Massive, massive thanks and love to everyone who came to IT CAME FROM EGHAM!!! Thanks to you, the bands, DJs, techies, everyone that spread the word, we pulled it off and made it happen. The show sold out in one and a half hours with no presales, many apologies to anyone that couldnt get in. We tried our best to get more people in, but to no avail. Apart from that, everything went down really well, we couldnt have asked for more. Everybody's support has been invaluable. Hopefully now the Student Union will wake up and realise that there are people out there who actively want to see and hear and dance to good quality live music and eclectic DJs. We showed 'em! And not just us, everyone that came to play, paid to get in, helped set up, lended a hand during the night, span records, did some dancing, heard some new music, brand friends along, told whoever they knew about the show, watched from outside (sorry again, we'll sort it next time!)... Love To Make Noise is a collective that consists of everyone.
So... What of the night???
China Soul started the evening with stripped back, bare folk. Her soaring voice and carefully picked acoustic guitar notes came across like Eva Cassidy, Nina Simone and Feist, smooth, deep and tender songs from the bottom of her heart, the top of her lungs.
Mucky Little Paw Prints started just as Tommy's burst at the seams. We were very proud to see our 'house' band play to 200 people, and tear the roof down, as only penny whistle riffin', tambourine shakin', mandolin slayin' anti-folk kids can! Just the right amount of sugary sweetness, irresistable twee pop and charming lofi folk got the kids at the front dancing and everyone at the back stretching their necks to see who the upstarts on stage were. Best performance yet? Yes, yes, yes.
Robert Logan. Rembember that. Robert Logan shook the building to its foundations. We warned you of how good he would be and, accompanied by live drummer, Robert delivered a set of massive proportion, spanning low end, hypnotic, ambient compositions to frantic bursts of metronome drum beats, motorik rhythms, frantic electronica and abrasive, crushing, totally beautiful sonic textures. A psychedelic, presice mixture of dubstep, techno, krautrock and tense improvisation blew us away. Simple as that!
Python Lost closed the show. Scruffy kids armed with wonky post pop tunes and the best tribute song ever! Angles, splayed beats, roaring bass, soft croons and loud shouts in an arty mess to see the midnight hour in. Ace.
With notable mentions to Sevgi Umur, Dandy Highwayman and Holy Spinach, the resident LTMN DJs, and Owen Richards, whos photographs we exhibited on the night.
And what else???....
Our boys Holy Spinach and the Dandy Highwayman played one and a half hours of upbeat soul groove and out 'n out psyched rock n roll cuts at Insanity's Sex, Rock N Radio night. Nice one to everyone that heard them. They host our radio show every sunday night, 10pm-12am, on Insanity Radio, check it out, or them at http://www.skulledout.blogspot.com
We also had a really nice shindig at our place for LTMN members and family, featuring the always excellent folk hero Babar Luck and our friends Fee and Josh. We're doing another one soon, so watch out!
Thats about it. Our next gig will be in the new year, as we have to get down to studies, sorting the membership packs and partying a little bit. Our djs should be out and about a little more and the radio show will go one every sunday until we run out of records.
Peace out!
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