tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6732532821884559632024-02-22T08:13:24.235-08:00electric assemblyelectric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-1192943327780495442010-12-24T07:07:00.000-08:002010-12-24T07:07:54.659-08:00Plane To Husavek<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhblHh1vEnRuByTzFXDupwYVAT3G3-zZBB4M5h5VTYyDYDqAuc3CubrUyLYEJn9vb3lnUvjv7eN9r5ap52-ehrqWSUoIh5QYoAyKznjGKaH3INaW6Tb_W_4_yblLeYKWpPcUOkq8kzZ-pAm/s1600/DSC00919.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhblHh1vEnRuByTzFXDupwYVAT3G3-zZBB4M5h5VTYyDYDqAuc3CubrUyLYEJn9vb3lnUvjv7eN9r5ap52-ehrqWSUoIh5QYoAyKznjGKaH3INaW6Tb_W_4_yblLeYKWpPcUOkq8kzZ-pAm/s400/DSC00919.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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To get hold of a physical copy of our new E.P. you can purchase a hand-numbered limited edition CD directly from us tonight - we are playing at the Good Ship in Kilburn, London. You can also get one of these by mail order from the ever reliable <a href="http://www.normanrecords.com/records/121284">Norman Records</a>.<br />
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If you prefer songs to bounce around inside a hard-drive you can download a copy from <a href="http://electricassembly.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a> or <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004793AH0/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1288352793&sr=8-3-catcorr">Amazon</a> now (Bandcamp is a bit cheaper, so we'd say go there!). Even if you don’t want to part with any actual money, you can stream the entire E.P from the Bandcamp page too.<br />
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When we started recording the songs for the E.P. there was no grand plan for a particular release date, but the tunes on there certainly have an autumnal feel to them and affiliate with the cold, darkened nights we have ahead of us perfectly. Check them out for yourselves and let us know what you think...electric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-45438212737006954472010-10-24T14:51:00.000-07:002010-10-24T14:51:27.367-07:00Distant Airlines'Distant Airlines' is the last track we are previewing from our new E.P. before it is released next week. Take nine minutes out of your schedule to be transported...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's always a relief to have the jams we have been working on cast loose from the relative safety of our basement and put out there to start lives of their own. We will put some links up soon showing where you can purchase one of the hand-numbered CD's from or download the appropriate files. In the meantime, we will be uploading a new track from the E.P. each week for you to stream - we are starting today with 'Son of Summer'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We will be playing a live show at the <a href="http://www.thegoodship.co.uk/">Good Ship</a> in Kilburn on Sat 30th October and you will also be able to buy the new E.P. from us at this show. It's been a while since we last played live, so it would be great to see some of your friendly faces there.</div>electric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-34873558031521208822010-02-09T05:44:00.000-08:002010-08-27T09:09:26.296-07:00Coming Up For AirThe good people at <a href="http://www.shotbybothsides.net/">Shot by Both Sides</a> recently approached us for an interview - here are the results, which can also be found on their <a href="http://www.shotbybothsides.net/feature2.php?subaction=showfull&id=1264289969&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&">site</a>:<br />
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<div style="color: #cccccc;"><i><b>Firstly, you're influences. By your own admission, you've put yourself in some esteemed company. The mystical Boards of Canada and Sun Ra, as well as pioneers in everything good ever in rock music, the Velvet Underground. A deliberate move? Or is that just a selection of the things you listen to as a group that inevitable influence the music you make?</b></i></div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cccccc;">David - We aspire to make music that's as important as these artists. They've all inspired us by doing something original, emotional and exciting. We'd love to make others feel the way these artists have made us feel.</div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cccccc;">Steve - Yeah, I think the big influence these guys have had isn't necessarily on our sound, but more on the way we approach making music. What they all have in common is complete fearlessless and a determination to make music that’s totally honest and personal. We start out making music that excites and inspires ourselves - if other people connect with what we do then it's a definite bonus!</div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><i><b>The things I most obviously hear in your music, aside from the shoegaze elements, are German bands. Early Tangerine Dream, La Dusseldorf, Neu! Is there an attempt in your music to revitalise classic influences, in this case krautrock groups, for the modern age, or are you aiming for something totally new?</b></i></div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cccccc;">David - We make the music we make without any contrived themes. Inevitably the music we love influences what we do and that includes the Krautrock bands. Some of the music made by those guys was so ahead of it's time that it feels like no one caught up with them. They went off into unknown tangents that others weren't able to follow.</div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cccccc;">Steve - Those bands opened up all these new ways of thinking about and making music, so its kind of tragic that very few people have taken up the mantle. There are loads of artists around at the moment who are pretty cynically imitating the Krautrock sound but it seems about as pointless as making a tracing of a photcopy of a painting - the music always sounds washed out and bland. We'd like to make music that affects people the way bands like Can and Neu! affect us...but we want to find our own way of doing it.</div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cccccc;">Paul - I think the intention is that you're always going to produce something that hasn't been done before. Whether you're successful in doing so is up to the listener to decide - but I don't really see the point of being in a band that aspires to just reproduce music from the past.</div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><i><b>Did you find it difficult, before the release of any of your music, to play shows when you play music which perhaps isn't for the casual listener?</b></i></div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cccccc;">David - We've tried to play shows where possible to sympathetic audiences but sometimes its good to challenge people who think that guitar music should be about skinny jeans and three minute throwaway retro rubbish.</div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cccccc;">Paul - Finding promoters who put gigs on with bands who may have like-minded listeners has proved quite difficult in the past. They seem to want to squeeze as many random bands in as possible, with no regard for musical kinship - so you may end up playing to people who only want to hear the skinny jeans music that David mentioned. Which I suppose can be fun sometimes, but ultimately the goal is to play for people who are into your tunes. Having said that, there are some great promoters who we've played for before and they've obviously spent some time putting the bill together with a considered agenda for the entire evening. </div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cccccc;">Steve - When we started out we made sure we had a backup plan: if the audience got hostile, we’d crank up the volume and attempt to deafen everyone with a wall of feedback and distortion. Generally, the casual listeners we’ve played to have been really cool and positive about what we do, so we’ve rarely had to resort to plan B.</div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><i><b>Tell us about your excellent 'White Splinter' EP. What's your writing process? Were these well rehearsed live songs put down on to a recording, or new material written especially for this release?</b></i></div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cccccc;">Paul - We don't have a single writing process, but the majority of our tunes start as improvised jams - we're quite meticulous about recording everything we do. If anything particularly stands out for any of us, we'll play and record it over until we decide it's a fully formed track and we have a definitive version of it. There are moments when we'll listen back to the first time we've played a jam and collectively know we've captured something special that doesn't need to be re-recorded.</div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cccccc;">Steve - The important thing for us is that we make music as a band – it’s all about coming up with ideas spontaneously and collectively.</div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cccccc;">David - In terms of the White Splinter tracks: Descent Pattern and Broken are live favourites that we wanted to nail. 11:43 and Wipe the Sun Off Your Shoes are completely improvised, much like the secret track on our first ep, Eyes on The Wall.</div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><i><b>Dream Driven Recordings have obviously put out this latest EP. Are there future release plans, or are you seeing how this one goes first?</b></i></div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cccccc;">David - We're working on EP3 at the moment which will also come out on Dream Driven Recordings.</div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cccccc;">Steve - At the moment EPs are the perfect format for us. It means we can have regular releases and take a few risks with the tracks we put out. We’ll also continue to regularly blog unreleased stuff – outtakes, demos, rough mixes etc . We have our very own basement tapes that’ll slowly get used in one way or another.</div><div style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #cccccc;">David - Yeah, we have much more to offer so keep your ears open for further EPs and more..</div><br />
As if reading an interview with Electric Assembly wasn’t enough incentive, we really recommend you check out the rest of the site. It's definitely one of the most insightful and entertaining music sites around at the moment. Particularly recommended is their idiosyncratic but hard to fault ongoing run down of the top 20 albums of the last decade. Any list that includes J Dilla, Black Dice and Boards of Canada gets our full endorsement. In a world drowning in increasingly bland and trivial music magazines, Shot by Both Sides is a real oasis of passionate and intelligent music journalism.<br />
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The next EA release is just round the corner - more details soon. In the meantime, here's another previously unreleased studio jam from the vaults... <br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMf7xtg74_o">Electric Assembly - One Big Comedown (live session)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/luxthanzero">Lux</a>. electric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-44250794269254425372009-12-23T15:23:00.000-08:002009-12-24T06:11:32.838-08:00Plastic TidesA quick update on all things EA before we head off for the Christmas break. First of all, thanks again to everyone who came down to see a slightly slimmer EA than usual at the Wilmington Arms on 26 November. It was a pretty strange experience playing for the first time ever without Amos on the drums - but also great fun stretching ourselves and finding new ways of making music. The new tracks we played will definitely see the light of day some time soon. <br />
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We’ve had a few offers for gigs in the New Year and we’ll keep you posted when they become official. In the meantime, most of our focus is on finishing our next EP, which is due out around Feb/March next year. <br />
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In the meantime, here’s an unreleased track from the EA vaults. Plastic Tides is a studio outtake recorded in June 2007 - a track that just kind of came out of nowhere perfectly formed and then faded away, never to be played again…..<br />
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Here's what we came up with:<br />
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</div>Q. Why Electric Assembly?<br />
Well, we came together through a shared love of similar music, films and sense of humour. All of us were already playing music in some capacity before the band started, but none of it was serious. As close friends, it just seemed like a natural progression to start a band together. The name 'Electric Assembly' came about after hundreds of other suggestions - but we just liked the way it looked on the page and how it sounded.<br />
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Q. When the bands start?<br />
Electric Assembly was born on Halloween night of 2004 but our roots go back a little deeper. In a previous incarnation we had music released on the sadly now defunct Earworm records.<br />
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Q. Tell us about your influences...<br />
While the more obvious influences would be Spacemen 3, Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, early Mercury Rev, Harmonia - we also love music by Boards of Canada, Clark, Angelo Badalementi, Can, James Brown, Steve Reich...the list is endless. We would also have to include films by directors such as Werner Herzog, Monte Hellman, David Lynch, Gaspar Noé; books by Philip K. Dick, Bret Easton Ellis, William Burroughs, Haruki Murakami; art works by Yayoi Kusama, Adam Neate, Jackson Pollock and the relationships we have with our family and friends. We don't know if any of these examples can be clearly identified in the music we make, but we certainly would not be the same band without them.<br />
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Q. How Electric Assembly feels playing alive?<br />
Maybe nervous euphoria? It's a bit like going on the scariest ride at a fair - you're not sure how safe it is, or if you're going to like it - but something compels you to do it anyway. Then once it's over you're on a real natural high and can't wait to get back on.<br />
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The best moments are always the ones that are spontaneous and unrehearsed – when something new and magical emerges from what we're playing. Live is often when songs we’ve been working on finally reach their peak.<br />
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Q. How was the shows?<br />
Instead of just playing a bunch of separate songs thrown together, we generally try to make our gigs flow into one trip or 'soundtrack' if you like. Whilst we believe the songs work individually and in their own space - we like to make the gig experience a bit more special than that. We sometimes work with our friend and film maker Lux who does visual projections for the gigs - these have always been the most fun shows for us. But when we're playing without the visuals, we like to think people use their ears to experience the music and not their eyes.<br />
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</div>Q. What´s your opinion about shoegazer classc era?<br />
It was a time for beautiful and crazy guitar sounds, perhaps the final era in the electric guitar’s evolution. Certainly it was a time when digital combined with analogue technology bringing the electric guitar somewhere fresh and new.<br />
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We're suspicious of anyone deliberately trying to sound exactly like they come from the past. Having said that there are many bands, artists and producers using the sounds of that time as inspiration for something exciting today. Boards of Canada’s Geogaddi was like this decade’s Loveless. To us it represents a similar approach to sound and mood. We're not so into bands who sound exactly like the old shoegaze bands, we would rather go back and listen to the early Ride/Slowdive/Swervedriver/Moose eps.<br />
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Q. Which bands you like actually?<br />
Current acts we're into would include Animal Collective, My Bloody Valentine, Do Make Say Think, Deerhunter, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Jim O'Rourke, Magnolia Electric Company, Twilight Sad.<br />
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Q. Tell us about the eps? When the album is coming?<br />
The first EP was recorded and put together over a really long period of time. As it was our first release we were all a bit apprehensive about making our first 'musical statement' as a band - so many bands seem to get boxed or labelled by their first release. So we took a lot of time recording and making sure the mastering by Kramer was as good as it could be. We realised that working in this overly cautious way wasn't much fun, so made a pact that we would never go down that route again. <br />
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There was quite a gap between that and our second EP 'White Splinter', but that was more to do with us spending time on writing new songs and just getting better as a band. The actual recording, choosing of songs and artwork all came together fairly quickly once we decided we wanted to release another EP and we think the music is much better for it.<br />
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We haven't really spoken about releasing an album yet as we're not even sure if that format is really relevant as an artform any more. A lot of albums that have been released over the past few years seem to dilute the aesthetic of the band. That's not to say there aren't albums that we all love or that we would never record one ourselves - we would just have to feel like the time was right. The EP format seems to work best for us at the moment.<br />
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You can read the interview on The Blog That Celebrates Itself <a href="http://theblogthatcelebratesitself.blogspot.com/2009/11/ladies-and-gentleman-lets-floating-in.html">here</a>.electric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-92231199504203322002009-10-31T04:02:00.000-07:002009-11-08T05:16:32.807-08:00Happy Halloween<object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7302178&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7302178&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/7302178">Untitled 1</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/luxthanzero">Lux</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br />
Halloween night holds a special place in our hearts as we first performed as EA on this night back in 2004. We played on the anniversary of that gig every year up to 2007. <br />
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The last Halloween Special we played at was by far the best. Our friend Lux went to great effort to create films that were projected on a huge screen behind us as we played shrouded in smoke, our faces hidden beneath faceless masks. This video by Lux dates back to that performance. The audio is from the end section of Hiroshima from that night - a track we played each Halloween.electric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-2005051433478398192009-10-25T17:42:00.000-07:002009-10-27T02:41:17.203-07:00Worn Out PhotosNovember’s shaping up to be a busy month in EA land. We’re working on a bunch of new tunes for our forthcoming gig at the Wilmington Arms on 26 November. It’s also full steam ahead with our third EP. No release date yet, but stay tuned for more details when we get them. <br />
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In the meantime, here’s a demo of a tune that didn’t quite make the cut for the new EP, ‘Worn Out Photos’. <br />
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<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="300" height="100" ><param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=2243006005/size=grande/bgcol=000000/linkcol=4285BB/"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="allowNetworking" value="always"><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"><embed src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=2243006005/size=grande/bgcol=000000/linkcol=4285BB/" width="300" height="100" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality=high allowScriptAccess=never allowNetworking=always bgcolor=#000000 ></embed><noembed><a href="http://electricassembly.bandcamp.com/track/worn-out-photos-241009">worn out photos [24.10.09] by electric assembly</a></noembed></object>electric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-12989522965520523412009-10-04T17:32:00.000-07:002009-10-04T17:50:45.624-07:00EA at the Psychedelic Double Bubble II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last weekend we had a trip to Brighton to play the Put It On Psychedelic Double Bubble II at the Lectern with Diagonal, The Yellow Moon Band, Esben and the Witch, and the beat musings of Ben Graham. The highlight of the night for us were the amazing visuals created by Innerstrings Lightshow. We felt like Pink Floyd at the UFO club. Pscychedelic indeed.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More photos from the night can be seen <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/music4/dream_driven/electric%20assembly%20brighton%202009.htm">here</a>.<br />
</div>electric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-86201003557057388782009-09-06T04:46:00.000-07:002009-09-06T04:54:19.631-07:00Red Arrow WanderBorn from the use of mallets and loops amongst other things, this tune was recorded during a rehearsal in September of 2008. We had a set plan for that day, to practice songs that were going to be used to form the soundtrack for a friend's film idea. Unfortunately, the film was put on indefinite hold - but those sessions produced moments we are very proud of - and this is one of them. A blissed-out paean to commemorate the passing of another hazed summer...<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="300" height="100" ><param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=512006590/size=grande/bgcol=000000/linkcol=4285BB/"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="allowNetworking" value="always"><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"><embed src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=512006590/size=grande/bgcol=000000/linkcol=4285BB/" width="300" height="100" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality=high allowScriptAccess=never allowNetworking=always bgcolor=#000000 ></embed><noembed><a href="http://electricassembly.bandcamp.com/track/red-arrow-wander">red arrow wander by electric assembly</a></noembed></object>electric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-56346861278956033812009-09-05T03:33:00.000-07:002009-09-07T16:22:03.449-07:00'White Splinter' EP available from Norman Records / Jim Dickinson / Do Make Say ThinkThe only place you can currently buy the remaining copies of our 'White Splinter' E.P. is from the fantastic <a href="http://www.normanrecords.com/">Norman Records</a>. They've got a stack of other awesome CD's waiting to be purchased, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_O%27Rourke_%28musician%29">Jim O'Rourke</a>'s bewitchingly tangled new release '<a href="http://www.normanrecords.com/records/109776">The Visitor</a>'. So treat yourself to something you can hold as well as hear by visiting their <a href="http://www.normanrecords.com/poogle/index.php?q=electric+assembly&format=&btnG=Search">on-line store</a>.<br /><br />It was very sad to hear that <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/arts/music/18dickinson.html?scp=1&sq=jim+dickinson&st=nyt">Jim Dickinson</a> had passed away on the 15th August. His production work on Big Star's haunting and fractured 'Third/Sister Lovers' album is still some of the most inspiring I have ever heard - a pop record that is beautiful, joyous and disturbing in equal measures.<br /> <br />Happier news comes from the consistently outstanding <a href="http://www.myspace.com/domakesaythink">Do Make Say Think</a> - their new album <a href="http://www.cstrecords.com/releases/cst062">'Other Truths'</a> is out on Constellation on 19/10/09. If <a href="http://stereogum.com/archives/tour_dates/do-make-say-think-do-stereogum-premiere_084851.html">this taster</a> via <a href="http://stereogum.com/">Stereogum</a> is anything to go by, my speakers are going to be very happy come October! Most exhilarating tune I've heard this year, so far...<br /> <br />Paulelectric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-22275651427476080592009-08-16T02:29:00.000-07:002009-08-16T02:43:02.583-07:00Descent Pattern (live)The following video was recorded at The Good Ship, Kilburn on 16th July 2009.<br /><br /><object height="320" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5849698&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5849698&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="320" width="400"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5849698">Electric Assembly - Descent Pattern (live)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/luxthanzero">Lux</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p>electric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-64900575453068343612009-07-31T05:35:00.000-07:002009-08-31T07:23:45.179-07:00Join The Dots / White Splinter reviewed<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Here is another as-yet-unreleased track that we are really happy with, called 'Join The Dots'. We think it would be perfect as part of a soundtrack to a film...all we need to do now is find the perfect film to go with the tune! Hope you enjoy it...<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="300" height="100" ><param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=1725710209/size=grande/bgcol=000000/linkcol=4285BB/"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="allowNetworking" value="always"><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"><embed src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=1725710209/size=grande/bgcol=000000/linkcol=4285BB/" width="300" height="100" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality=high allowScriptAccess=never allowNetworking=always bgcolor=#000000 ></embed><noembed><a href="http://electricassembly.bandcamp.com/track/join-the-dots-310709">join the dots [31.07.09] by electric assembly</a></noembed></object><br /><br /></span></span></div><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">In other news, the lovely people from </span></span><a href="http://www.losingtoday.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Losing Today</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> have written a review of '</span></span><a href="http://electricassembly.blogspot.com/2009/06/white-splinter-ep.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">White Splinter</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">'. Some of the nice things said include...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"<i>A pristinely honed slice of glacial sculpturing, all at once mellow and detached yet forlornly set in an inescapable bitter sweet ache of faded hope</i>"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"<i>A beautifully consuming kaleidoscopic dream weave of feedback ruptures and raptures</i>"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"<i>A gorgeously opining gem of sun bleached effects pedal laden bliss out groove</i>"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">...but you can read the full review by clicking </span></span><a href="http://www.losingtoday.com/tales.php?id=285"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. You may have to scroll down the page to find it, but keep going until you see the video for 'Broken' - it's all there!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Mark from Losing Today has also posted another quick piece about us </span></span><a href="http://www.losingtoday.com/tales.php?id=289"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. Once again, scroll down to the 'Heading For A Fall' video. Sweet!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Alternatively, if you want to test your grasp of the Italian language, head over to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="http://www.nerdsattack.net/">Nerds Attack</a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and check out </span></span><a href="http://www.nerdsattack.net/?p=8948"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">this review</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">.........."<i>the trip has already begun</i>"!</span></span></div></div></span></div></span>electric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-69018834934065961382009-07-18T06:07:00.000-07:002009-08-01T11:15:02.370-07:00Heading For A Fall<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dzDQrtEFmpc&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dzDQrtEFmpc&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>electric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-69637439529783415782009-06-23T02:45:00.000-07:002009-07-18T08:53:57.566-07:00White Splinter E.P.The past few months we have been working hard on finishing our new EP - 'White Splinter'. There are a couple of tunes on there that some of you may recognise from our live sets, but there are also some new jams that we are really proud of. We hope you find it in some way meditative, transportive and beautiful.<br /><br />The E.P. is available as a limited edition of 100 copies, featuring hand-printed sleeves. We set ourselves up in a tiny garage that had minimum air / maximum heat, and thermographed, spray painted, stenciled, glued and hand-numbered until all 100 sleeves were ready. Working in such close quarters with glues and paints resulted in several hallucinatory experiences and temporary numbness of hands. We'd urge everyone to work in similar conditions - particularly whilst the sun is out.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBXT1-wezyRCnIY_wSAJTWzIBV_MWAsrmiT4F3Qc12hpg-Qf8JOYlMznhewxoPClP4gxbVVuFTOTMRPLmcljSV5DdtbOWJtsn8aaKjnEgGCM7abdehyphenhypheneG8RuWfdkl6ttm1r7eOvY9UB9tO/s1600-h/Photo+Folder.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBXT1-wezyRCnIY_wSAJTWzIBV_MWAsrmiT4F3Qc12hpg-Qf8JOYlMznhewxoPClP4gxbVVuFTOTMRPLmcljSV5DdtbOWJtsn8aaKjnEgGCM7abdehyphenhypheneG8RuWfdkl6ttm1r7eOvY9UB9tO/s400/Photo+Folder.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350824836203189714" /></a>So if you would like your copy of the EP to arrive in a case coated in paint, smeared with glue and with a heavy aroma of aerosol - follow the link below. We advise you to play loud and inhale hard...<br /><br /><center><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><input type="hidden" value="_s-xclick" name="cmd"> <input type="hidden" value="6317741" name="hosted_button_id"> <input type="image" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online." src="https://www.paypal.com/en_GB/i/btn/btn_buynow_SM.gif" border="0" name="submit"> <img height="1" alt="" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_GB/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" border="0" /> </form></center><br />Alternatively, if you'd prefer to carry music around with you in your pockets - 'White Splinter' is available as a download from <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/White-Splinter/dp/B002DF680Q/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1245750773&sr=8-3">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/2306124485460197309">Lala</a>, <a href="http://www.shockhound.com/albums/336543-electric-assembly-mp3s-white-splinter">ShockHound</a>, <a href="http://www.itunes.com/electricassembly ">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.emusic.com/album/Electric-Assembly-White-Splinter-MP3-Download/11505685.html">emusic</a>, <a href="http://mp3.rhapsody.com/electric-assembly">Rhapsody</a>, Napster and imvu.<br /><br />Our very good friend and ultra-talented film maker <a href="http://vimeo.com/luxthanzero">Lux</a> has made the following video for 'Broken' which appears on the EP. Turn the lights off and drift...<br /><br /><object height="320" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5239027&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5239027&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="320"></embed></object>electric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-42731369838995974352009-05-19T13:59:00.000-07:002009-08-01T11:12:32.797-07:00Post-atp<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7VT5f3c3JRuYEOzIwyXCwpxxvqezvp5jGtcYTxZj-qf3322MJv28XmLOrM7O199-VjmQG0DE_cQ7Z1EDiRT0te_cQBE7yvTXsMXferoLhFRAEEsVvWHQmaaSRpud8Mhcp2A9TWqx4KdQ/s1600-h/DSC02764.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7VT5f3c3JRuYEOzIwyXCwpxxvqezvp5jGtcYTxZj-qf3322MJv28XmLOrM7O199-VjmQG0DE_cQ7Z1EDiRT0te_cQBE7yvTXsMXferoLhFRAEEsVvWHQmaaSRpud8Mhcp2A9TWqx4KdQ/s320/DSC02764.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337644797871299858" border="0" /></a><br />We've been doing some recording recently for tunes that should hopefully appear on our next release. We're really hyped with the results and looking forward to sharing the fruits soon!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGerH1CI2cHI9_lVb5svV-craAup1266mJ3vraEKOeByfOW6eeP0aStxDPhLlvINoHtSLap4hGFr0c_aA3EercgFbz-5vDoRBJ4zThpRLaHvHNaSJqJ-eSWTBOoiY9TB1kfhUzRvmVp_T_/s1600-h/DSC02752.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGerH1CI2cHI9_lVb5svV-craAup1266mJ3vraEKOeByfOW6eeP0aStxDPhLlvINoHtSLap4hGFr0c_aA3EercgFbz-5vDoRBJ4zThpRLaHvHNaSJqJ-eSWTBOoiY9TB1kfhUzRvmVp_T_/s320/DSC02752.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337644369989954066" border="0" /></a><br />David and myself have just got back from The Breeders ATP at Minehead over the weekend. We had a great time - it seemed much more relaxed than other ATP's - maybe due to an older fanbase or something. The highlights for me were <a href="http://www.myspace.com/holyfuck">Holy Fuck</a> on the Saturday night and <a href="http://deerhuntertheband.blogspot.com/">Deerhunter</a> on the Sunday. Bradford Cox shows such infectious enthusiasm playing Deerhunter tunes (and one song by The Amps!), I find it pretty hard to fault a guy wearing such a big smile.<br /><br />On another note, I recently read a couple of interviews I thought I would share. <a href="http://thequietus.com/articles/01318-six-organs-of-admittance-s-ben-chasny-reflects-on-music-and-technology-in-a-singular-time">The first</a> was an interview with Ben Chasny from <a href="http://www.sixorgans.com/">Six Organs Of Admittance</a> posted on The Quietus and <a href="http://www.avclub.com/articles/will-oldham,26498/">the second</a> was with <a href="http://www.bonnieprincebilly.com/">Will Oldham</a> that was posted on The A. V. Club website. Will/Bonnie always does cool interviews and his comments on movie soundtracks are particularly interesting. They both make for great reading if you've got some time to kill during your lunch break...<br /><br />Paulelectric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-22227764045752217822009-05-03T17:42:00.000-07:002009-08-31T07:20:46.385-07:00Since FloatingThis is a new track we've just recorded. Since Floating was completed after we'd recorded the tracks for our new EP, so it's kind of in limbo at the moment, waiting for a future release to come along. In the meantime, here's an early mix of the track…<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="300" height="100" ><param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=871182415/size=grande/bgcol=000000/linkcol=4285BB/"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="allowNetworking" value="always"><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"><embed src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=871182415/size=grande/bgcol=000000/linkcol=4285BB/" width="300" height="100" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality=high allowScriptAccess=never allowNetworking=always bgcolor=#000000 ></embed><noembed><a href="http://electricassembly.bandcamp.com/track/since-floating-030509">since floating [03.05.09] by electric assembly</a></noembed></object>electric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-55410826250844651342009-05-03T17:29:00.000-07:002009-08-31T07:18:41.645-07:00Falling Out, Fading DownThis is a previously unreleased track from 2006.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="300" height="100" ><param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=23894888/size=grande/bgcol=000000/linkcol=4285BB/"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="allowNetworking" value="always"><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"><embed src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=23894888/size=grande/bgcol=000000/linkcol=4285BB/" width="300" height="100" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality=high allowScriptAccess=never allowNetworking=always bgcolor=#000000 ></embed><noembed><a href="http://electricassembly.bandcamp.com/track/falling-out-fading-down-030509">falling out, fading down [03.05.09] by electric assembly</a></noembed></object><br /><br />Falling Out, Fading Down actually started life as a 30 minute jam, but in a move totally out of character for ea, we decided it worked better in a slightly edited form. The world isn't quite ready yet for the remaining 27 minutes. Maybe one day.....electric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-65428039447263118872009-03-18T16:53:00.000-07:002009-08-31T07:16:37.480-07:00Base Station RepeaterThis is the track we contributed to the 2007 OMSKBOOK cd, minus the introduction from Rob da Bank that features on the original recording.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="300" height="100" ><param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=1571830438/size=grande/bgcol=000000/linkcol=4285BB/"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="allowNetworking" value="always"><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"><embed src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=1571830438/size=grande/bgcol=000000/linkcol=4285BB/" width="300" height="100" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality=high allowScriptAccess=never allowNetworking=always bgcolor=#000000 ></embed><noembed><a href="http://electricassembly.bandcamp.com/track/base-station-repeater-180309">base station repeater [18.03.09] by electric assembly</a></noembed></object><br /><br />Base Station Repeater marks a departure from our usual way of writing – pretty much all the parts were written by each of us individually and only combined during mixing - kind of like a musical version of Chinese whispers…or maybe more accurately that game where a group of friends takes it in turns to draw a different part of a person’s body on a folded up piece of paper – one person draws a head and neck, folds the paper and passes it on to the next person, who attaches a body to the neck, folds the paper and passes it on again. And it's only when the feet are finished that you can unfold the paper to discover the strange and wonderful creation you’ve all conjured up from your collective unconscious. Base Station Repeater is our strange and wonderful creation. The writing process was way too much fun not to return to again in the future.electric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-3649489426430433152009-02-25T15:50:00.000-08:002009-08-31T07:16:59.572-07:00Eyes on the WallHere's the secret track from our debut EP.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="300" height="100" ><param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=3422538755/size=grande/bgcol=000000/linkcol=4285BB/"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="allowNetworking" value="always"><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"><embed src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=3422538755/size=grande/bgcol=000000/linkcol=4285BB/" width="300" height="100" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality=high allowScriptAccess=never allowNetworking=always bgcolor=#000000 ></embed><noembed><a href="http://electricassembly.bandcamp.com/track/eyes-on-the-wall">eyes on the wall by electric assembly</a></noembed></object><br /><br />Eyes on the Wall is a live studio jam from 2005 that was captured for posterity on minidisc. It's not the most pristine recording we’ve ever made, but there's something about the ragged beauty of this first take that a thousand repeat plays and recordings would never quite recreate…electric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-673253282188455963.post-20345829689009964432009-02-25T14:32:00.000-08:002009-05-11T05:16:10.198-07:00New Blog<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Welcome to Electric Assembly's blog.<br /><br />Unreleased tracks, sneak previews, new videos, half-formed ideas, previous releases, aborted projects, outtakes, excerpts, alternate versions, rough mixes, reviews, demos, obscurities, live tracks, random thoughts, news, links, stories, streams of consciousness, deluded ramblings – all now have a new home.<br /><br />Lots of treats to follow, so watch this space...</span>electric assemblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10823244653874948454noreply@blogger.com0