Tagged: mellotron

Nous revoilà ! La team est de retour au Café A ce samedi à partir de 17h dans le jardin et dès 22h30 au chaud pour le dancefloor. Venez donc vous reposer un premier temps et profiter des derniers rayons de soleil avant de passer aux choses sérieuses en indoor. Et une bonne nouvelle n'arrivant jamais seule, on se retrouve le lendemain dans un autre lieu, pour une autre ambiance mais tout aussi festoyante, au Batofar . Rendez-vous dimanche 24 juillet pour chiller ensemble au fond d'une chaise longue et au bord [...]

Les beaux jours sont là et l'équipe du Mellotron se devait de prendre ses quartiers dans un endroit calme et chaleureux. On a trouvé un coin de campagne au cœur même de Paris , un havre de paix que nous sommes prêts à réveiller tout en douceur pour émoustiller vos oreilles. Le crew pose donc ses valises au Café A , à quelques pas de la Gare de l'Est et à une rue du Canal St-Martin, entre les murs de la Maison de l'Architecture. On y a déjà trainé nos godasses depuis [...]

Dawson brings an esoteric arsenal of stringed instruments to a rootsy gem.

If you've ever thrilled - knowingly or not - to the sounds of the Mellotron, then you need to know about Sunday's screening of Mellodrama . Directed by Dianna Dilworth, it offers a rich cinematic overview of the legendary instrument, with some all-star commentators. For those unfortunate few who don't know, the Mellotron was basically the first sampler, first becoming popular in the late '60s with psychedelic bands. A huge, monstrously heavy thing, it used actual reel-to-reel tapes of real instruments (strings, horns, woodwinds, choir, et al) triggered by the keyboard, creating a unique, immediately [...]

I recently contacted Bazillion Points book publisher and heavy metal author Ian Christe about reviewing his books for MetalSucks. Bazillion Points is best known as the home of Daniel Ekeroth's excellent tome, Swedish Death Metal. Ian was kind enough to send me a hardcover of Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy McCoy's autobiography Sheriff McCoy. I was not [...]

Hidden Shoal Recordings is proud to announce the official release of the eagerly awaited sophomore album by American post-ambient craftsman Wes Willenbring . Close, But Not Too Close sees Willenbring develop on the gorgeous palette of tones explored on acclaimed debut Somewhere, Someone Else . As with Willenbring's debut, Close, But Not Too Close is all about time in both it's broadest and most discrete sense. There is a [...]

• Wes Willenbring - The Burrow (Preview)

We are super-stoked to have one of our favorite Portland bands, Church, keeping a tour diary. Huzzah! Wed September 23rd – Olympia, Wa – The Northern First day of the tour starts off well at The Northern, a new all-ages showspace in Olympia. This place is rad and efficient – all volunteer run, good sound, nice people! We were joined by our local favorites Ocean Age, who played a superb set full of soothing harmonies. Next, the Christopher Francis Trio sort of melted our faces off with an Iggy Pop meets [...]

(Tuesdays can be a trying day here in Club Land at the RFT. It's deadline day for the show/concert listings, and this fact hangs over my head just like all of those foreboding elementary sch... Continue reading "Fitter, Happier, More Productive: Magnetic Morning, A.M." >