Kips came round to my house the other day sweatily clutching a pile of old photos that he wanted me to scan for the site - here's one featuring two CVC stalwarts in their youth - check it!
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Colne Valley Band of Yesteryear
Timperley Rocks!
Here's a little tribute to Frank who played in Huddersfield the other day - this clip is from a Manchester gig - quality is a bit low but this was the funniest part of the show for me!
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Chaos Covers
For all the CVC posse... I've just created a folder on the shared webspace for the new Covers project. Please post all proposed covers here to avoid repeat tracks.
Addendum:
Just thought I'd post a note here to explain what Foggy's on about in the note above. The next CVC project is "CVC Covers". Like the Christmas project, anyone associated with CVC can take part. The idea is to cover a song or piece of music by another CVC group or musician. Only rules are:
No repeat tracks.
No remakes of your own tunes.
Any further suggestions, please direct your commentary to the comments section. I thank you!
Karl
Addendum:
Just thought I'd post a note here to explain what Foggy's on about in the note above. The next CVC project is "CVC Covers". Like the Christmas project, anyone associated with CVC can take part. The idea is to cover a song or piece of music by another CVC group or musician. Only rules are:
No repeat tracks.
No remakes of your own tunes.
Any further suggestions, please direct your commentary to the comments section. I thank you!
Karl
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Henry's Smoking Column - Duma, the lost weeks
Hello everyone, good to be back. For the last X weeks, I have smoked nothing but Duma, the Dutch shag that everyone brings back from trips abroad. It was a mite disorientating, to understate matters and I'm afraid I can't bring myself to write my notes up into a coherent whole. To give you some idea of the experience I had one of my (excellent) trained vervet monkeys transcribe the resulting dictaphone tapes:
[Tape begins]
So. here we are, a sunny, no, overcast Monday in March. Actually, what is the weather like? [shouts] Jo! Jocasta! What's the weather like, darling? [muffled sounds] Ok, light west south west, slight drizzle, 7 octas cover, cat refuses to go outside. Subject under test is 'Duma' rolling tobacco. I will be smoking rollies for a period of . . . well, lets see how long this batch of . . . 40 kilos lasts.
Jesus! It takes so damn long to roll one of these things I'll die of . . . Ah, that's better [blows smoke]. Hmm. Its been a while since I smoked Duma. Maybe I'll have to cancel that sub-contract and move rollie testing back in-house. Damn east Europeans get far too much work from me as it is. So. First impressions. Well, the tar content is good and high, yes I can feel the stickiness. Hmm, good stickiness. Yes, damn fine. A tick in the stickiness box. Two, yes two ticks and a second stick. Aargh! I need someone to roll for me. [shouts] Bingo! Bingo, come here and roll fags for me! [door opens] Yes, I said roll. With those little filters. There on the floor. Faster, please. Good.
Tuesday. We got rid of those damn filters about half an hour into the test, yesterday and the improvement was, well . . . er, marginal? Is that the word? Anyway, good stickiness and the flavour, after . . . 26 hours and 37 minutes, is that of [masticating noises] of . . . somewhere between new car plastic and . . . that particular humus you pick out of a gutter. Hmm, yes not bad. A tick and perhaps a squiggle in the flavour box.
Thursday is it? Bing . . . Bing . . . Go! [mutters] Bingo. Bingo. [shouts] What the hell is this squiggle doing in my flavour box? I pacifically 'splained that no unauthorised . . . unauthorised . . . [muffled sounds] oh, I did did I? Well. So there.
Day, er day 3, no, 5. Whatever, is 'feelings' day. Hey, Bingo - this 'feelings' box is huge. That's not right, is it? I love you. Yes, the feelings I have after [mumble] days of smoking . . . this stuff is of tenaciousness. Like I was listening to 'Trout Mask Replica' and wouldn't switch it off until I got to . . . let's say 'Sugar 'n spikes' even though my, er, buttocks had cramp, or something. Do I know you? [tape runs for 6 minutes 25 seconds with scraping noises]
Sunday. No, Tuesday. I . . . I can't, er . . . What? More smoke. 'Marry, sir . . . It makes him, and it mars him; it sets him on, and it takes him off; it persuades him and disheartens him; makes him stand to and not stand to. . .' [incoherent mumbling] [tape runs for 47 minutes 12 seconds with nothing but scuffling and distant yowls]
Angström!
[Tape ends]
And I'm afraid that's all. I hope you can pick some gems out of that swill and if not, then swill out of the gems. You'll be glad to know I'm back on the straights.
[Tape begins]
So. here we are, a sunny, no, overcast Monday in March. Actually, what is the weather like? [shouts] Jo! Jocasta! What's the weather like, darling? [muffled sounds] Ok, light west south west, slight drizzle, 7 octas cover, cat refuses to go outside. Subject under test is 'Duma' rolling tobacco. I will be smoking rollies for a period of . . . well, lets see how long this batch of . . . 40 kilos lasts.
Jesus! It takes so damn long to roll one of these things I'll die of . . . Ah, that's better [blows smoke]. Hmm. Its been a while since I smoked Duma. Maybe I'll have to cancel that sub-contract and move rollie testing back in-house. Damn east Europeans get far too much work from me as it is. So. First impressions. Well, the tar content is good and high, yes I can feel the stickiness. Hmm, good stickiness. Yes, damn fine. A tick in the stickiness box. Two, yes two ticks and a second stick. Aargh! I need someone to roll for me. [shouts] Bingo! Bingo, come here and roll fags for me! [door opens] Yes, I said roll. With those little filters. There on the floor. Faster, please. Good.
Tuesday. We got rid of those damn filters about half an hour into the test, yesterday and the improvement was, well . . . er, marginal? Is that the word? Anyway, good stickiness and the flavour, after . . . 26 hours and 37 minutes, is that of [masticating noises] of . . . somewhere between new car plastic and . . . that particular humus you pick out of a gutter. Hmm, yes not bad. A tick and perhaps a squiggle in the flavour box.
Thursday is it? Bing . . . Bing . . . Go! [mutters] Bingo. Bingo. [shouts] What the hell is this squiggle doing in my flavour box? I pacifically 'splained that no unauthorised . . . unauthorised . . . [muffled sounds] oh, I did did I? Well. So there.
Day, er day 3, no, 5. Whatever, is 'feelings' day. Hey, Bingo - this 'feelings' box is huge. That's not right, is it? I love you. Yes, the feelings I have after [mumble] days of smoking . . . this stuff is of tenaciousness. Like I was listening to 'Trout Mask Replica' and wouldn't switch it off until I got to . . . let's say 'Sugar 'n spikes' even though my, er, buttocks had cramp, or something. Do I know you? [tape runs for 6 minutes 25 seconds with scraping noises]
Sunday. No, Tuesday. I . . . I can't, er . . . What? More smoke. 'Marry, sir . . . It makes him, and it mars him; it sets him on, and it takes him off; it persuades him and disheartens him; makes him stand to and not stand to. . .' [incoherent mumbling] [tape runs for 47 minutes 12 seconds with nothing but scuffling and distant yowls]
Angström!
[Tape ends]
And I'm afraid that's all. I hope you can pick some gems out of that swill and if not, then swill out of the gems. You'll be glad to know I'm back on the straights.
Friday, February 16, 2007
Pagans - 3 piece suite.
This was our only experiment with notated music.
I wrote "Sprite", Tom wrote "Lament..." and we co-wrote "Soil...".
Tom played violin, Becky played double bass and I played clarinet, bass clarinet (courtesy of Kirklees Youth Orchestra) + soprano sax.
Not exactly consumate chamber performers, we didn't quite capture some of the rhythmical intricacies but we didn't have a lot of time to practice!
Experiment away...
Kips.
Click Here to Play
P.S. More Pagans Tracks to Be Added to the Main Site Soon!
I wrote "Sprite", Tom wrote "Lament..." and we co-wrote "Soil...".
Tom played violin, Becky played double bass and I played clarinet, bass clarinet (courtesy of Kirklees Youth Orchestra) + soprano sax.
Not exactly consumate chamber performers, we didn't quite capture some of the rhythmical intricacies but we didn't have a lot of time to practice!
Experiment away...
Kips.
Click Here to Play
P.S. More Pagans Tracks to Be Added to the Main Site Soon!
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
0=2 - Retro Mania
Here's the first 0=2 Quartet tape. This is one of a 2 tape set of the first Quartet stuff. This tape has definately been through the wars, it's been played to death, snapped and fixed, lost and found. The second tape is still missing although incomplete copies exist. This stuff has been released in a truncated form by Kipz.
Side One - ZBKFO
Side Two - Quadruple Display
Side One - ZBKFO
Side Two - Quadruple Display
p.s. side two was actually recorded first - i think i made a mistake when naming the sides!
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Monday, February 12, 2007
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Rabbit Clutch - Live in London.
I went to see Kips and 'Rabbit Clutch' neé 'Donald Syndrome' at The Good Ship, Kilburn last Thursday. With only my phone I managed to capture this crude vid of the song 'Gibbering Idiot'. Did some post production in iMovieHD to make it look like a bad Super8 as opposed to a REALLY bad 176x120 digital dogshite.
Next time I'll take a proper video camera. Promise!
Thursday, February 08, 2007
0=2 - A Bucket of Billberries - Cover
Here's the cover (not to exact dimensions so may be cut different for CD) for the new 0=2 CD coming soon to a seedy backwater near you...
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Thursday, February 01, 2007
David Icke links to one of my Spider-Man vids!
The ickester has linked to one of my read along movies from his news blog! The movie, Invasion of the Dragon Men obviously has interesting 'Reptillian Agenda' overtones...
Check out the movie for yourself here!
Monday, January 29, 2007
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Compilations + Collaborations
A new area has been added to the main site to host all past, present and future compilations and collaborations from the CVC posse.
CVC Xmas is up and all the old comps will be uploaded at a steady pace over the next while.
Click Here to Visit
UPDATE!
3 classic CVC comps now online for download
some tasters...
CVC Xmas is up and all the old comps will be uploaded at a steady pace over the next while.
Click Here to Visit
UPDATE!
3 classic CVC comps now online for download
some tasters...
some tasters...
some tasters...
Monday, December 25, 2006
Merry Christmas!
Seasons Greetings to one and all!Many Thanks to Karl for getting the ball rolling with Colne Valley Chaos Christmas - it's been great fun for all the CVC heads to get together on this project -- what's next? Watch this space! ;-)
Here is a lovely stocking filler for you all from the gorgeous Jeff Lawson - enjoy!
Good King Wenceslas - by Jeff Lawson
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Colne Valley Chaos Christmas is Released!
Ladies and Gentlemen, after 17 days of sterling work Colne Valley Chaos Christmas is complete!
There are two versions available - the Internet distribution version (in MP3 format) and the CD version. You can download the Internet version here:
>>> Colne Valley Chaos Christmas <<<
The files for the CD version are on the FTP server. File names have been numbered so your CD burning software will recognise which order the tunes go in. All files have been standardised to CD quality WAV or AIFF files. The cover for the CD is in the folder "cover" (naturally enough) for those of you with FTP access.
I'll be burning a dozen or so tomorrow for distribution to friends of CVC on Christmas Eve. Please feel free to make your own CDs for friends, family, enemies, people you pass in the street, postal workers and so on.
Everyone deserves a big fat slap on the back. This has been an ace project. For me, this is what this blog was conceived as - a supportive environment for us to collaborate and share our crappy music. Hurrah for Colne Valley Chaos!
www.koretex.net - BETA v.1 up & running!
Hey all, hope your all good, sounds like the CVC xmas album is well on its way to being incarnated for absorption by the masses (those lucky souls won't know what hit em)! Can't wait! Been busy as hell getting my new musical project ready for release in the new year, but the anticipation was killing me; as such as I have just registered the associated domain yesterday & managed to get a preliminary beta version of the experimental sonic engine up & running, I thought I'd invite you to take a peek! Enjoy & looking forward to seeing you all in the Sair on Xmas eve - let the festive madness begin! Naaayyyyy!
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