29/10/09 - what The Amorphous Androgynous did next!

Apologies for the lack of updates re: all this, there've been hiccups and other tedious problems all around this end.

So, here's what's going on:
1. The Amorphous Androgynous Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Vol 2 launch party at the O2 is cancelled. Mr. Cobain has this to say on the 'matter' (ahem):
Sorry to announce that Matter and ourselves have taken the decision to cancel A MONSTROUS PSYCHEDELIC BUBBLE ( scheduled for this FRIDAY 30th OCTOBER ).
Matter largely having operated within the dance music/ DJ events sphere to date were simply unprepared for the amount of production and promotion work for a LIVE event of this scale.( 7 bands and numerous theatrical interludes ) This has resulted in everything being compromised to an unacceptable extent and therefore we have mutually decided to cancel at this stage. Monstrous however will definitely resurface as the full-on extravaganza it was always intended to be . . . .and maybe still at Matter . .

MANY MANY APOLOGIES for any inconvenience and disappointment !! We worked very hard on this and share both sentiments !!

Full refunds by the ticket issuers and any queries should contact Matthew Ward - mward@musicresponsegroup.com

2. Amorphous supporting Kasabian
Alisha Sufit writes this about AA's support slot with Kasabian on October 21st...
Cor! Last night The Amorphous Androgynous played at the HMV Forum AND IT WAS GREAT despite the fact that we were in a . . . shall we say . . . cosy? dressing room considering the amount of bodies we were.

Built in 1934 as a cinema when film was truly glam, the HMV Forum is a wonderful piece of architecture, a lavish and inspiring environment for any gig. I had had my doubts about how the sound balance would turn out, as it can be a bit shaky at festivals and we had a strictly limited time frame, plus we were working with new sound men, but I reckon it was the best we've had so far. The gig was a headliner for Kasabian and had sold out in 15 minutes, I was told, so the place was nicely packed with 2000 happy bods or more.

I'm truly honoured to be invited to sing with The A A guys – the musicians are so good, the music is so inspiring and inventive! The band is really coming together now so I hope we get more gigs of the same ilk on our own patch – i.e. in the UK. (It's a great excuse to wear outrageous twinkly frocks, as well, let alone the psychedelic plimsoles!)

3. Gaz in The Times
Thanks to The Times Online's terrible security scripting, it's probably easier if you read this interview here, and ignore the words 'lead poisoning' and continual references to Gaz being the only member of Amorphous (sigh).

4. MPB2 is out now!

28/09/09 - Amorphous cover Falling Down

Yep - as if the remix wasn't enough, now Amorphous have covered Oasis' Falling Down. What the song is for, whether it'll be released or not, and so on, is yet to be revealed, but Alisha Sufit writes this on her blog...

VOV! Well . . . not VOV really . . . that was just what it sounded like when my French friend used to say WOW!! But, yes, WOW! All yesterday Amorphous Androgynous were recording their very own new cover version of Oasis's Falling Down (love that song!) down at The Way studio run by nice Steve. Gorgeous chaps Virgil and Kes came in early to lay down the drums and bass and then we layered the rest – WonderAnt on guitar, Dave BAD! bongos, fab fiddle from Steve, cello from genius Hannah Miller, vocals from me in the early hours, vocals from SuperDave in the even later early hours . . . in between times, Dave (Sanderson), Edd Keene (flute), me and Hannah gently sessioned upstairs in the loungey place. Mare Street is good for great takeaways, too. I don't know what the poor little rescued canary made of it all in his big cage in the office, but he sang a bit as well! Then a nice Turk cabbed me home to my bed with a smile on my chops at 2 a.m. – no hour for an old hippie still to be up!! I went out like a light as soon as my head hit the feathers. Yes, we didn't finish till late . . . LATE!! Who was it on the studio sofa said, "And you're mixing it tonight, too, are you?" I THINK NOT! Gaz Cobain and Brian Dougans will put their wizard hats on and beaver away with their mixing bowls for quite some time to make a good pud for Mojo, so we hope so . . . .

MPB out now - and gig rearrangements

Right, after a lot of confusing realigning of dates, the upcoming Amorphous Androgynous gigs are...
Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble album launch @ Matter, London O2 Arena, 30th October, with Hawkwind, Comus, Yellow Moon Band, Nick Nicely's Unlived Lives, Cranium Pie, Alisha Sufit and special guests. Noel Gallagher is no longer appearing with The Amorphous Androgynous.

And the Athens gig is... er, 'December'. We'll let you know more on that one as and when.

A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind 2: Pagan Love Vibrations is out on CD and Download today from FSOLDigital (and all major high street blah blah blah).

14/09/09 - Gaz and The Independent

I'll let this one speak for itself.
We're on the lookout for videos/audio/setlists of FSOL at Bestival this Saturday just gone. Any help, links or such would be appreciated!

FSOLDigital branches out, Gaz on filesharing

After the two EBV releases of the late '90s, FSOL have once again branched out into artist distribution - this time with two digital releases.
First up is 'Prestatyn' by longtime FSOL friend and collaborator, Riz Maslen as Neotropic.
"Prestatyn is a journey of melancholy, inspired by childhood holidays in the bleak yet beautiful landscape of Prestatyn in North Wales. Although these holidays were happy times, there is the back story of the struggles of a single mum trying to make ends meat and give her kids some kind of escape away from the traumas of a family break up! Riz creates her landscape filled with her memories, with its dark meanderings leading to the ever hopeful crescendo."
Tracklist includes The Horse Trainer, Patience and Farewell/Home. The digital release includes a Yage remix of Home, while the CD runs at only three tracks.
Second up is Hegira by Seafar - better known to some of you as FSOLBoard poster Mason Bentley. The two hour album is described as:
"A new comer to FSOLdigital - SEAFAR deliver a fat slice of electric space music - Hegira the sounds of a flight from danger. Wander the streets together, the noise of life muted by sheets of rain, brilliant colours dimmed in a pervading mist of grey. An instrumental amalgam of moody beats and synth drenched noises."
The 26 track album can be downloaded from FSOLDigital, where you can also find the Neotropic download, and the Neotropic CD purchase link. The site itself has had a brief overhaul with a sparser look, new fonts and a link to the second Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble CD release (as well as a broken link to an MPB8 podcast - coming soon perhaps?). And fear not, links to the forthcoming 2" Tape Reels and Environments 3 remain!

Meanwhile, Gaz is kicking up a storm on the internet, this time in an argument with a poster on YouTube which has been recounted in full on WATMM and can be read. It all ended peacefully, but throws an interesting light on the perspective of filesharing from the owner of an independent digital label.

We'll have news on confirmed dates for the next Amorphous shows - the MPB launch has been moved tentatively to 'October' - soon.

25/08/09 - Amorphous at the O2 Arena with Noel Gallager, Hawkwind, the resurrection of John Lennon and God Himself

Well, almost. Just as last winter's excitement dies down, The Amorphous Androgynous are hitting the headlines again. Playing the biggest show AA or FSOL have ever played, the band are headlining the launch party gig for the second Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble gig, at Matter, a 2,600 three floor venue in London's O2 Arena, on Thursday 17th September 2009.

Mr. Cobain of the Automobile Association writes:

A MONSTROUS PSYCHEDELIC BUBBLE VOL2 ALBUM LAUNCH @ MATTER LONDON SEPT 17 2009
Current mood: enlightened
Category: Music
to celebrate the Oct 26th release of A MONSTROUS PSYCHEDELIC BUBBLE EXPLODING IN YOUR MIND Vol 2-Pagan Love Vibrations . . . . .
a launch happening has been confirmed ( with more guests to be added !! ) at MATTER ( O2 ARENA ) , LONDON on Thursday 17th September !!

LIVE :
the AMORPHOUS ANDROGYNOUS featuring Noel GALLAGHER
HAWKWIND
COMUS
NICK NICELY's UNLIVED LIVES
CRANIUM PIE

DJs ANDY VOTEL
GAZ COBAIN & SITAR FREAKOUT

announced in the NME !! here . . . . .!!

http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/46815

TICKETS ARE available here !!

http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=343973&interface=matter


EXPLODING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MPB Vol 2-. .over 40 tracks compiled and mixed by the Amorphous Androgynous !! To be released OCT 26th 2009 on PLATIPUS/ PORCUPINE recs !!!

18/08/09 - MPB launch, interview, remixes?

Mr. Cobain spins another web of baffling words and equally odd sentiments on the Amorphous blog...


http://www.toocooltodie.com/index.php?/tctd/interviews/amorphous_androgynous_answers_the_questions_of_doom/

for an atypical cosmic view of the universe looking through the windows of the Automobile Association . . .interview for the ' Too Cool To Die" website . . . .
other news as it happens on the hour every hour . . .
A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind Vol 2 Pagan Love Vibrations is mixed ,art is done ( a 2 week process in itself !! ) and the whole caboodle tis ready to seed . . . .
Today we is added to the Electric Picnic Festival in lovely count Laois ireland in September in what promises to be a night of special vibe on the Body and Soul stage . . . .
Rumour and hot gossip . . .looks like there could be a hot London launch party for MPB 2 in September on a grande scale and some rather tantalising remixes are afoot too !!

Rehearsals for our Green Man 11 hr Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble extravaganza are starting next week and not content with 8 people on stage we've added both a flautist and a hammond supremo to the line-up . . promises to be . . . .er . . CROWDED !! Our new hammond brother is currently driving from France with his modified cosmic hammond where he sleeps in a bus . . . .we asked him to join the band before we even heard him play such was his delectable vibe while helping save our 200 year 0ld stone walls in france ( ivy has gotten a grip !! ). . . our good judgement has been justified meanwhile when we finally got to hear him play outside a pizza restaurant in a Limousin eaterie last week . . BooOOY can this guy play . . . .another dimension has opened !!!

catch us if you can . ..2000 light years from home !!
multidimensionals to all
the Automobile Association