kino residency: event 2

So this is my second event at Cafe Kino and it will take place at 7pm on Saturday the 28th of April. It will be a Music and Pictures type event, similar to the ones we used to hold in the Scout Hut. There will be music and artwork hanging from bulldog clips around the room. I have also arranged for Kino to provide a little bit of free tea and cake for people. This will be the first of three unique Tiger & Panda performances that will take place over this year and will be recorded by Phil Dodd.

Tiger & Panda are Oliver Watson and Henry Ireland respectively. They have been playing together as Tiger & Panda since 2007. In 2009, David Burke joined the band as ‘Ox’. Steve ‘Otter’ Brett will also join them for this gig. They try to change their music a little between each performance and recording. Their performance on Saturday the 28^th of April will be the first of three completely unique Tiger & Panda performances that will take place at Café Kino over the course of 2012. These three performances will recorded on 4-track tape by Philip Dodd. At the end of the year, a copy of these recordings will be given to Café Kino as a thank you. They will also probably be made available to listen to and purchase, most likely through Polite Records.

Vase is a project by Stephen Lane. He will be joined on the 28^th by George McKenzie. In 2004, Lollipop Michael Keane wrote a review of Vase in which he said, “Vase actually is the Chippenham underground scene.” Since then, Stephen has relocated to Norwich, but he has maintained close ties with Bristol and its music. His songs are hushed, softly spoken over gently plucked Spanish guitar, often with some other instrumentation. Vase has released six cassette albums, five CD-R albums and two 7" vinyl records on hand idiom recordings.

Land’s End is Matthew Cheney. Matthew is best known for Arctic Circle, players of dreamy electronic pop. When I saw Land’s End play, it was a lovely wall of spidery looped guitar and voice, including a Syd Barrett cover. Matthew is still preparing what he will perform on the 28^th, but I can guarantee it will be amazing!

Headfall: ‘We’re not low-key, we’re no-key’. Headfall are a tight-loose noise collage with hypnotic rhythms, soft spoken word, shrieked vocals, jagged guitar, melodic guitar, squealing clarinet and super amazing harmonies that fly out of nowhere.

my brother's coffee machine

So, my brother, William Ireland has built a working coffee machine at home. He and his girlfriend want to open a coffee shop. He built a functioning coffee machine from parts from the internet, making a lot of the internal brass work from scratch. I had some photos of it before it was finished. On top of this, the two of them have started roasting their own direct trade coffee in a popcorn maker and grinding it at home. They gave me a bag of it for my birthday. I am pretty blown away by the effort of all of this.

2nd of march at old st mary's

Last Friday, we put on a gig and art show at St Mary's Old Church in Stoke Newington, London, with Rob St John, Frozy and Tiger & Panda & Ox. It was a great evening and we were very grateful for everyone who played and attended and helped. We were especially grateful to John Field and St Mary's Art. If you are looking to put on an evening of music or anything, they only take a percentage of the door and run a bar for you and are generally helpful and encouraging. You can contact them here. Also, worth mentioning was Steve Brett, who came all the way from Bristol to play with Rob and also did the door while we played.

a wonderful drawing of the evening by Lizzie Stewart

this photo may have beent aken by olly watson

rob st john

frozy