A FREE GIFT FROM STRUWWELPETER!
It’s that time of year again, when the holidays are drawing to a close and the stores are clogged with ungrateful tools returning and exchanging the tat bestowed upon them*. What can you do to stave off the inevitable post-xmas (or whatever you celebrate) anticlimax depression? What, I ask you?
Well, that’s where we at PhatBoy swoop in and briefly make everything seem not so hopeless after all! Hurrah!
This CD is a showcase of some especially talented musicians I’ve come across over the last few years, all of whom I’ve been fortunate enough to work with and, in recent times, produce. As well as a handful of collaborative efforts from my latest Struwwelpeter CD ‘Agnosticaust’ (plug-plug, pimp-pimp - yes, I am that much of a petty narcissus) the disc also includes exclusive selections from PhatBoy’s forthcoming 2007 releases.
For the first time you can listen to delightful chunks of Alison Eire’s long-in-the-works electronica project The Labrys Quartet; delicious globs of Jim Ford’s noisescape endeavour Silverfish; sweet-smelling rivulets of quasi-acoustic trip-hop glee with Lacklustre Triumvirate - all these and, consarn it, even more! In fact, I’m sorely tempted to go into needlessly lengthy detail about every musician you’ll hear on this disc, as well as all the many reasons I derive such giddy pleasure from working with them - but who wants to read the interminable rant of an asskiss?
Instead I’ll let these tracks speak for themselves and hope they will provide you with sufficient distraction so as to stave off those personal demons that seem to just get louder and louder with each passing day.
Merry holiday season and happy terrifying inevitability!
-Ben Mitchell
*Just try and return this, ya cheeky prick. I’d put money on Oxfam not even taking it.
Download away!
1. "Triumph Of The Apocryphal" - STRUWWELPETER
Written & performed by Ben Mitchell featuring:
Grace Finne - pianos
Adam Holdbrook - bass
John Harris - guitar samples
From the album 'Agnosticaust' by Struwwelpeter
2. "She's Fallin'" - JON COMLEY
Music & lyrics by Jon Comley
Additional music & production by Ben Mitchell
Jon Comley - vocals, guitars
Ben Mitchell - pianos, synth, drum programming, MIDI
From the album 'Underdog' by various artists
3. "Buzzin' Around" - LACKLUSTRE TRIUMVIRATE
Music & lyrics by Nathan Braithwaite
Additional music & production by Ben Mitchell
Nathan Braithwaite - vocals, bass
Jon Comley - guitars
Ben Mitchell - pianos, drum programming, MIDI
From the album 'Leave Me To Drown' by Lacklustre Triumvirate
4. "Plague Sower" - THE LABRYS QUARTET
Written by Alison Eire & Ben Mitchell
Alison Eire - dub/drum programming
Ben Mitchell - music, sampling
Joan Reece - additional sampling
Helen Reybourne - turntables
'Reverend Wilson' sample courtesy of the Washington Blade
From the album 'I Could Just Snap That Pretty Little Neck' by The Labrys Quartet
5. "Beige Waltz" - SILVERFISH
Written by Jim Ford & Ben Mitchell
Jim Ford - noisescapes & sound design
Ben Mitchell - synth, MIDI
From the album 'The Bug Chaser' by Silverfish
6. "Laughing At A Wall (Video Version)" - STRUWWELPETER
Written & performed by Ben Mitchell featuring:
Rob Creighton - didgeridoo
Analisa Hamilton - saxophone
John Harris - guitars
Video Remix exclusive to this promotional release
Original version from the album 'Agnosticaust' by Struwwelpeter
7. "Blue Eyes" - MARK TRACEY
Music & lyrics by Mark Tracey
Additional music & production by Ben Mitchell
Mark Tracey - vocals, guitars
Ben Mitchell - pianos, synth, drum programming, MIDI
From the album 'Underdog' by various artists
8. "Orangu" - WINOBIE
Music by Rob Creighton
Additional production & drum programming by Ben Mitchell
From the EP 'Things Please Minds' by Winobie
9. "Free Ride" - LACKLUSTRE TRIUMVIRATE
Music & lyrics by Jon Comley
Additional music & production by Ben Mitchell
Jon Comley - vocals, guitars
Nathan Braithwaite - backing vocals
Ben Mitchell - backing vocals, drum programming, MIDI
From the album 'Leave Me To Drown' by Lacklustre Triumvirate
10. "What I Predict (Amneurotic)" - STRUWWELPETER
Written & performed by Ben Mitchell featuring:
Celia Claudie - violins
Jim Ford - sampling
From the album 'Agnosticaust' by Struwwelpeter
11. "Sing A Song" - MARK TRACEY
Music & lyrics by Mark Tracey
Additional music & production by Ben Mitchell
Mark Tracey - vocals, guitars
Ben Mitchell - pianos, synth, drum programming, MIDI
From the album 'Underdog' by various artists
12. "Pretty Little Neck" - THE LABRYS QUARTET
Written by Alison Eire & Ben Mitchell
Alison Eire - dub/drum programming
Ben Mitchell - music
Joan Reece - additional sampling
Helen Reybourne - vocal samples
From the album 'I Could Just Snap That Pretty Little Neck' by The Labrys Quartet
13. "102" - WINOBIE
Music by Rob Creighton
Additional production & drum programming by Ben Mitchell
From the EP 'Things Please Minds' by Winobie
14. "The Rachel Capers (Live)" - STRUWWELPETER
Written & performed by Ben Mitchell featuring:
Jim Ford - onstage laptop
Lee Kislingbury - guitar samples
Live version exclusive to this promotional release
Original version from the album 'Agnosticaust' by Struwwelpeter
15. "Hotel Bathroom" - SILVERFISH
Written by Ben Mitchell
Jim Ford - sampling
Ben Mitchell - static noise, synth, pianos
From the album 'The Bug Chaser' by Silverfish
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All songs produced, engineered and mastered by Ben Mitchell
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