the 6mas message

Hi

just a "brief" pre-christmas message.

Firstly i'd like to thank everyone who has bought or broadcast my music, organised or come to gigs, contributed to the recordings by playing on them or having the faith to release them.

This year has seen a lot of releases even by my standards which, in case you blinked, have been:

'live' (october man 2cdr)
'CUT' (editions6)
'un/CUT' (editions6 - limited bonus CD)
'OLD' (cathedral transmissions download / limited box set)
'30 seconds of time' (silber - songs for the impatient)
'further loops notes and sketches' (TQA Records double 3" cdr with absent without leave)
'close/r' (editions6 - 3 chords and 10 collaborators)
'merry6mas2010' (editions6)
'in time this too will fade' (tonefloat clear vinyl LP)
'DEATH' (Basses Frequences - thisquietarmy + yellow6)
'heavy with snow' (abgvrd 3" cdr - due any day now)

it has also seen the completion of an album with Larkian for release in 2011 by Basses Freqences and the completion of 2 volumes in the series of 3 LPs by The Sleep of Reason (with Dirk Serries) which will appear in some form in 2011 with a debut live appearance in Tilburg in February.

I also did gigs in Paris, Lille, Bethune, Wanquetin, Gent, Antwerp, Nottingham (twice) and London.

so that's about all... people occasionally ask what i've been listening to so, for those interested, here's some of the things i've enjoyed this year - not all released during 2010 but things i either bought,found, or played a lot:

Richmond Fontaine - Postcards From Portland (chosen as it was released this year but i've bought 4 of their older albums as well, particular favourite being Thirteen Cities)
Dangermouse/Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The soul
Pan American - White Bird Release
Silver Mount Zion - Kollaps Traditionelles
Microphonics - lots of stuff
Arcade Fire - Suburbs
The National - High Violet
Tortoise - Why Waste Time?
Philip Glass - Etudes for Piano (very old but i only heard it this year)
Signals - gauss (Mark Beazley from Rothko)
Johnny Cash - American VI

there's probably loads more, and i've been listening to Joy Division a lot too (nothing unusual there)

so, thanks once more for your support and hope to see some of you in 2011

jon/Yellow6