Great Big Pair of Tips
The JosieJo Show 11
Greetings. Welcome to Show
11 of The JosieJo Show. Did you know that scientists have recently
found that music can make solar panels more efficient in processing
sunlight, particularly pop and rock for some reason? They think it's
something to do with the vibrations, but honestly if we can capture
more of the sun's energy by turning up the volume then I say “bring
it on. Let's play some great tunes”. This show I have a track
that has been around for a few years by a crazy Birmingham based band
an a fairly new release from a UK South Coast 3 piece.
Let's start first with
Misty's Big Adventure. This band is, indeed, an adventure in sound
and it's big. It's an eight piece, brassy, bold and just fabulous.
It's headed up by Grandmaster Gareth who is a solo artist in his own
right and he gives Misty's its distinctive vocal sound. The rest of
the sound is provided by the trumpet, sax, keyboards, bass, guitar
and drums oh yes and Erotic Volvo as himself. Erotic is the secret
weapon of Misty's Big Adventure live. A man painted in blue with
many blue hands all over his crazy red onesie and he's been doing
this long before there was a word for onesie. He is an important
part of the band and dances to the tunes whilst visually describing
the lyrics like some sort of sign language of the sub conscious.
Once you have seen Misty's Big Adventure live you will never forget
them. I saw them back in about 2004 I think and the track I'm going
to play you is from that era, but they are still touring and I'm
desperate to see them live again. You know when a band puts on
facebook that little box “events”? Well when Misty's do a gig it
really is an event. Get yourself to one if you can. They have a
darkly funny video of the track “Aggression” that is so good that
it's being screened at The London Short Film festival in January.
It's available on You Tube and definitely worth a watch, but be
warned it does contain somewhat adult content.
I'm going to play you a
similarly dark, yet funny track called “Long Conveyor Belt” which
was released on the album “Funny Times” . Every track on the
album is a take on life and subjects covered include moving away from
the place you grew up in to unrequited love that's sort of like
stalking. This track is about life. The long trudge that is life.
You know those days when you're pretty sure that someone just isn't
telling you everything and you wonder really why you're getting up
and going to work again? You know that feeling you get sometimes
when you wash up again for the third time that day and realise that
the dust is accumulating regardless of your cleaning efforts and you
have to pay tax on it all, including the dust? Well this track
explains all that. It starts and ends slowly with an inevitable,
repeating beat as we travel on that conveyor belt and just can't get
off. This all sounds depressing, but it's so jolly and funny you've
just got to smile. How can trumpets and sax bring you down anyway?
There is also some clever use of sound effects pacing and the voice
over is hilarious. Roll up and join the carnival carousel that is
Misty's Big Adventure and “The Long Conveyor Belt”
http://www.mixcloud.com/joanne-salisbury/the-josiejo-show-0011-mistys-big-adventure-and-maths-and-the-moon/
That was Misty's Big
Adventure and “Long Conveyor Belt” . I'm very serious about
seeing them live. They play at The Hare and Hounds at King's Heath,
Birmingham UK on Christmas Eve. That is going to be a treat for
anyone that can get there and remember that video for “Aggression”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTgbyl9uqYg
My next band Maths and the
Moon is playing a gig even sooner than Christmas. Thursday Dec 5th
2013 you can catch this South Coast three piece at the Monarch in
Chalk Farm London and it's free. This is loud guitar/wall of sound
stuff from Andy Fielder, Matt Hirst and Luke Taplin and they launched
their album called “Night Train Daydream” in September 2013. The
title describes the sort of other worldliness of the rock that this
band love. This is tunes for when the sun's gone down so it probably
won't help the scientists improve the performance of solar panels,
but maybe you can find another excuse to turn the volume up, because
this band needs to be heard loud. I found this band listening to
Nick Tann's podcast called “Is This Thing On?” Nick Tann is
himself a musician but he has over 200 podcasts available packed full
of great music that he's found and he's played some of my favourites
like Bela Takes Chase. This great music is all there for you to
find, it's just hard wading through the average stuff. Nick's done
that for you with his podcast and that's how I found Maths and the
Moon. I have no idea where the name of the band comes from, but it
appeals both to the romantic and the engineer in me. What's not to
love? They have a free download available called “Old Days/New
Daze” since it's free I'll let you seek out that yourselves.
I love this track “Light
and the 11th Hour” which is on the “Night Train
Daydream” It starts with a classic rock feedback sound before the
guitars and drums do what guitars and drums do best. This track is
one of those tunes that feels like they learned guitar and started an
band to get the girl and when that girl is in love with Keith
Richards you can see how that would be a good plan. It's raw and
rocky and even quite funny. I like it. Maths and The Moon and “Light
and the 11th Hour”
There you go. Two tracks I
like presented to you for your enjoyment. If you like what I do
listen to the other shows on Mixcloud. Easy links to those can be
found on my webpage www.josiejoshow.com
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on twitter @josiejoshow for news, events, gigs and releases. Now
back to that long conveyor belt people you have lives to enjoy.
Thank you for listening.
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