Out of all the nine tracks I produced for Ape last year this is my personal favourite.
It’s got this strange dark undercurrent going on- with monks chanting and a lot of dissonance-some people find it quite hard to listen to but it seems absolutely perfect to me—balanced-but just teetering on the edge of disaster.
I played it to someone once in headphones and they said it felt like their head was being pulled apart!! Someone else described it in a blog as sounding like “making filthy love in a railway arch, whilst on acid, in 1940s New York”. Which of course I was thrilled by.
When it was in its early days as a bunch of unconnected noises put together by me and Andy, I played it to some other singers to see if they were interested in contributing to it- the reaction was “no- its shit!!”.- hahah – But Jen took these completely random bits of music and glued them into something completely different. From then on it just needed organizing and arranging. I spent months lovingly tweaking and moving it about in a dark obsessive manner.
The video came about as I was messing about watching old cartoons and simultaneously listening to music. I slowed down a Little Audrey cartoon from 1949 to half speed and it’s as if it was made for it- quite spooky really.
It’s on the Hard Listening EP which of course everyone should buy.
Posted by steve at September 2nd, 2010 5:19 am | Add Comment
The second of 3 exclusive podcasts in which Andy Partridge talks about the Fuzzy Warbles Collectors Album. Andy chats about the various pieces of equipment he uses and also a little about the up coming Monstrance project.
Buy Fuzzy Warbles
Standard Podcast [20:03m]:
Play Now |
Play in Popup |
Download
Posted by steve at January 31st, 2007 3:01 pm | 16 Comments
MONSTRANCE is Andy Partridges latest project with keyboard player Barry Andrews and drummer Martyn Barker. Watch the video to the forthcoming download single ‘Winterwerk’ recorded live and improvised at Swindon’s Headroom Studios. Filmed by Mitch Keen.
Buy Monstrance
Posted by steve at January 17th, 2007 2:43 pm | 41 Comments
The first of 3 exclusive podcasts in which Andy Partridge talks about the Fuzzy Warbles Collectors Album, where the ideas came from and how he chose the tracks.
He’ll also take you through his humble beginnings as a child recording hitting the gas fire in his Mum and Dads house and capturing the results on an old reel to reel recorder, right up to his present day work in the legendary shed.
Buy Fuzzy Warbles
Standard Podcast [17:48m]:
Play Now |
Play in Popup |
Download
Posted by steve at January 8th, 2007 9:06 am | 12 Comments
Download the track ‘Bland Leading The Bland’ from the 9CD Fuzzy Warbles Collectors Album which is available now from the Ape Store.
You will be able to buy the following variations (all prices ex VAT and shipping) -
Collectors Album ONLY ( bonus CD/booklet/stamps) – £9.35
Collectors Album Vol 7 & 8 – £25.52
Volume 7 & 8 – £10.20 each
Collectors Album Vol 1-8 – £66.32
You will also have the option, only at the time you buy the box, to complete your Warbles collection by buying any combinations of Volumes 1-6 at a special price.
The Collectors Album will only be available from other retailers and on-line stores as a complete boxed set.
Standard Podcast [4:09m]:
Play Now |
Play in Popup |
Download
Posted by steve at January 7th, 2007 3:18 pm | 6 Comments
This short piece of animation was produced by Andrew Swainson for the Fuzzy Warbles Collectors Album.
Posted by steve at January 5th, 2007 12:08 pm | 4 Comments
