1st July 2010
Foxy Digitalis Interview
Courtesy of David Perron. Go here to read it.
Upcoming
UK Gigs
Two gigs coming up in August - Thursday 26th at the Komedia in Brighton, courtesy of the folks at Spirit Of Gravity; go here for details.
...and here for Saturday the 28th at Cafe Oto in London.
Monday 28th June, 2010
Winterlands Reviews
Nice review from Clive Bell in this month's edition of The Wire; read it here .
Monday 28th June, 2010
Photographs by Barbara Kukovec
Slovinian artist/photographer, Barbara Kukovec came along to our Manonr House gig back in May, armed with an array of small, strange cameras. Here are the results.
Monday 28th June, 2010
And More Photographs
Some lovely shots from our gig at Cafe Oto last week by photographers, Kirill Kuletski, Aiga Ozolina and Celia Topping, here
Monday 28th June, 2010
Resonance 104.4fm Recording
Hear excerpts from our recent live broadcast on Resonance fm's Hello Goodbye show here.
Booking now for UK Tour in June with CJ Boyd
We are planning a short UK tour in June with CJ Boyd.
So far we're booked to play in London on Wed 16th and Thurs 17th June.
We're looking for bookings from Sat 12th June to Tuesday 15th of June inclusive (Clang Sayne & CJ Boyd) and for Friday 18th of June to Sunday 20th June (Clang Sayne only).
Please get in touch if you would like to book us.
Sunday 2nd May, 2010
Winterlands Review
Winterlands received a horrible review from Joel Elliot of Coke Machine Glow
You can read it here.
Upcoming: Saturday 12th June, 2010
Live Radio Session on Resonance FM, Hello Goodbye
Another live set on Resonance; this time it's on Dexter Bentley's 'Hello Goodbye' program; James and I played this show back in 2007 - one of our first ever 'gigs' together.
Looking forward to returning with full band in tow.
Upcoming: Wednesday 16th June, 2010
Clang Sayne at Cafe Oto with CJ Boyd and Kaneng Lolang
A return to the lovely Cafe Oto!
We're planning a live visual accompaniment for this show using the beautiful images of Riccardo Arena that are dotted all over this website- hopefully it will be the first of many visual oriented Clang Sayne projects/collaborations. Also playing on the night will be CJ Boyd; an American bassist/singer who has spent the past two years travelling on his 'Forever' tour, and Nigerian-Bulgarian bassist/singer, Kaneng Lolang
Upcoming: Monday 10th May 2010
Laura Hits the Sticks
I will be leaving London on the 10th of May for 6 months to return to where I grew up in the remote reaches of Bannow, south County Wexford, Ireland. Here I will live and collaborate with Irish composer, Judith Ring. Judith and I lived together in Berlin in 2002 for several months; back then we sang a lot, played a lot, went to a lot of gigs and had a lot of fun. This time round we're planning to have something more tangible than good memories to show for our time together; what exactly that will be is as of yet undecided - possibly the second Clang Sayne album - who knows... but we're sure it will be good. Watch this space!
Saturday 1st May 2010
Warehouse gig at Manor House
Mexican percussionist, Dario Villagas Bernal returns to London in May for his European tour with Ramón Del Buey. A good friend and collaborator of our guitarist, James O Sullivan, I first met Dario several years ago when he joined us for a Clang Sayne gig at The Gladstone. It remains in my mind as one of our most memorable performances.
Some photos of the gig can be found here.
He will also do a set with another old Clang Sayne collaborator, Guillaume Viltard (double bass), as well as Phillip Sommerville (piano), Lawrence Williams ( saxophone) and Ramon du Buey (bass clarinet). See here for details.
Upcoming: Thursday 29th of April, 2010
Luna Fringe gig
See here for details
Saturday 24th April 2010
Live Radio Session on Resonance FM
Tune in to Resonance FM this Saturday evening for a full two hour Clang Sayne extravaganza, courtesy of the folks at Exotic Pylon. We will play our songs interspersed with field recordings and electronics from I am A Vowel and Time Attendant.
The entire show will broadcast over 101.4fm, and it will be downloadable from the Exotic Pylon archive from 2pm on Sunday.
Friday 9th April 2010
Winterlands Reviews
Since the relaunch of Winterlands we've been picking up some more nice reviews, not least this one from Scott McMillian - read it here, a great write up from Boomkat, who are now stocking the album, and another from Organ Art.
Thursday 18th March 2010
Clang Sayne at Biddles Bros
The last time Clang Sayne played in Biddles Bros it was the Rugby championship, and somebodies' birthday party, and a crackhead wandered in off the street and tried to sell us an electric guitar half way through a song. We're hoping it will be a more subdued affair this time round...! Still, it remains one of my favourite London haunts. We'll do two sets, kicking off around 10pm. Go here for details.
Thursday 11 March 2010
Kick Presents
We'll play at Jamboree Bar this Thursday along with Kaneng Lolang and Duke Garwood
If you haven't been to Jamboree Bar before I highly recommend it - it's set in the secluded courtyard of Thames House - an old Victorian licorice factory; seemingly the bar used to be a cantine. During the sixties the factory was squatted by artists, and has since become a managed artist studio space. The bar has been very beautifully decorated; warm atmosphere good sound, comfortable layout and reasonably priced drinks - the kind of place that makes you grateful for venue managers with a vision! Go here for details.
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Radio Plays
Fiona Talkington from BBC's Late Junction has been giving us some good airplay, as has Irish Times critic, Jim Carroll on his 'On The Record' program.
Monday 22nd February 2010
Winterlands Relaunch via Baked Goods Distribution
Having sent out numerous promo copies of 'Winterlands' back in September we're now starting to get some nice feedback! One such response came from Manchester based company, Baked Goods who have agreed to distribute the album; they've written us a glowing press release which you can read here. We're thrilled to have them help us with the relaunch the album to a wider audience. The new release date is the 9th of March.
Monday 14th December, 2009
Interview in Tokafi Magazine
Earlier this year we did a email interview with Tobias Fischer from Tokafi Magazine.
He's compiled our respective answers into a tidy package.
Saturday 12th December, 2009
Paul May joins Clang Sayne
We're very sad to say goodbye to our former drummer, Matt Fisher! He will still make the odd appearance at CS shows. Paul May (Carolyn Hume, Duke Garwood) has taken his place. We played our first show with him last night at the Fleapit - great stuff!
Thursday 17th September, 2009
Clang Sayne in USA
I will spend the next ten weeks between New York and Kansas, gigging a little and relaxing a lot, having finally finished Winterlands! Some nice gigs booked in - top of the list will be opening for legendary NYC drummer, Kenny Wollesen at Zebulon - yehoo! Can't wait! Also, later in November I'll open for the launch of the new Danny Pound Group album at the Tap Room in Lawerence Kansas. See gigs page for details...
Thursday 10th September, 2009
Clang Sayne on the Wire Taper Series CD
The track, 'A Death and a Vision' from Winterlands will appear on the October edition of the Wire's Tapper cd.
Saturday 5th September, 2009
Winterlands Album Launch
We'll be celebrating the launch at Cafe Oto in Dalston on the 15th of September so do come along! It promises to be a lovely evening, opening with Clorinde's luscious minimalism and stunning visuals, and followed by two sets from Clang Sayne - the first comprising the trusty quartet as featured on the album, and for the second we'll be joined by several musicians who have played with Laura and James over the past couple of years; Guillaume Viltard (double bass), Ute Kanngeisser (cello), Natasha Lohan (voice) and Grundik Kasyansky (electronics).
Saturday 29th August, 2009
Winterlands Release Date
So! After much ado with printers and what not, our debut album, 'Winterlands' is finally a physical object that you can pick up and wave around, or evenput into a cd player. The official release date is the 15th of September but in the meantime you can pick up a copy here or from our myspace page - drop me a message and your address and I'll send it by post. There will be Paypal, iTunes, cdbaby details to follow soon.
Wednesday 1st July 2009
Winterlands is finished!
We've been busy for the past few months, playing every Sunday at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich and now I'm pleased to say Winterlands is finally in the bag! The album was recorded live without edits, outtakes or overdubs by the trusty engineer, Olly Keen. It was be mixed at my home in Bodney Rd, London by my dear friend and flatmate, Conor J Curran, and mastered by a truely talented mastering engineer, Graham Semark at his mastering studio, Cyclone Music in Kent. Cover art was designed by Italian artist, Riccardo Arena. Now we're just waiting to get the cds back in the post...! The whole process has been a wonderful experience from start to finish, not least because of the help and support from all those involved: James, Pete, Matt, Olly, Conor, Graham, Riccardo, family and friends.
Thank you!