this occasional society august newsletter
Olá my friends! Happy 808 Day!
this occasional society update
Preparations are well underway for the the t.o.s. live debut at Music in the City in September. In recognition of this fact, the website now has a ‘live’ section, where I’ll post details of upcoming gigs.
There’s another unreleased sketch here if you want to check it out - this time it’s one of the rehearsal tracks ahead of the upcoming gigs.
Speaking of tracks, super lovely Simon Heartfield included a t.o.s. track in his latest Secret Self mix. Thanks Simon!
Finally, the next t.o.s. release is an ep of live rehearsal tracks and will be out 9.9, just ahead of the debut gig.
the next newsletter will be with you 9.9. as ever, if you want anything included in the ‘updates from friends of the society’ section, just let us know.
updates from friends of the society
Bit Cloudy release U.S. Nadir - “a full length instrumental protest album” - is out this very day. Fill yer boots!
Ordos Mk.0 is DJing as part of Music is the Answer at the Bear Cave in Bournemouth BH8 8AD on 15 August. Worth a trip across the New Forest I reckon. We’ll be there.
On the same evening (15 August), there’s a packed line up at Hebden Bridge Trades Club, including Field Lines Cartographer, Kylie Monologue and Polypores - goodness me that’s some bill - if only the UK were a bit smaller.
frequently mentioned in th-is house, gribbles unexpectedly dropped a lovely new album of collected odds and ends entitled githerments #2. Despite it’s tracks being compiled over various sessions, it’s a nicely cohesive piece of work.
Speaking of great albums, do you fancy remixing one of the tracks on Xylander’s great album, Happy New Dystopia? Reach out to him via his social media handles or Audiointerface.org for details.
a.o.b. - things that have replenished our creative wellspring recently
Been loving the new Loula Yorke album, Time is a succession of such shapes.
And finally, BBC4 has been reshowing some great documentaries recently. In one night they showed a great one about the late great queen of comedy, Caroline Ahern, followed by one about the story / legend / myth of skyjacker / folk hero “DB Cooper”. Both well worth checking out if you get a chance -and, honestly, if you haven’t come across Caroline’s wonderful body of work, find what you can.
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