brief update with some news reminders....

New album! ABOUT THE JOURNEY

The new Yellow6 album "about the journey" will be released 9th October by Sound In Silence from Greece.

It will be an edition of 200 copies, 100 of which will come in a sewn cloth bag and include a bonus CD.

Both CDs are factory made glass mastered discs (not cd-r)

The album is made up of 6 new pieces, recorded in the first half of 2017 (total of about 70 mins).

Disc 2 includes the live set for Silent Strategies, and the full 20 minute version of the second side of the recent Champion Version lathe cut 10"

Track list:

custom

first day #1

the death of nostalgia

death of nostalgia (further back)

last day

pday

Bonus Disc:

death of nostalgia

the first day

custom1

(live at silent strategies, 12.03.17)

the first day (champion version 2)

from the sleeve notes:

about the journey….

we each have two things in common - we’re born and we die. what happens between those two events is entirely personal and unique. rather than race blindly towards the finish line, look around as you pass by, enjoy the scenery, experience everything. life is not about the destination, it’s about the journey

The CD will be available from the Sound In Silence Bandcamp page: https://soundinsilencerecords.bandcamp.com

(i will have a few copies of each edition available)

LIVE SHOWS:

Ambient State II

ORT, 500-504 Moseley Road, B12 9AH Birmingham, United Kingdom

Yellow6 / James Osland / Art Banymandhub / Kevin Buckland

Sunday 8th October 6pm start time -free entry

Champion Version Edition 1: Rothko, Yellow6, Darkroom

Iklektic

'Old Paradise Yard' 20 Carlisle Lane, London SE1 7LG

Thursday 12th October

More info and tickets here:

https://www.tickettailor.com/checkout/view-event/id/108904/chk/9893

that's all for now

jon.

the clock is ticking

Hi

the clock is ticking on the new Yellow6 release "a journey home" - a limited 10" clear lathe cut release on Champion Version.

AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER FOR 7 DAYS ONLY, FINISHING AT SOME POINT ON SUNDAY 23 APRIL 2017

This will only be available as a pre-order or digital download from the Champion Version Bandcamp page:

http://store.championversion.com/album/a-journey-home

what the label has to say:

Description: Using his guitar, a looping device and a chain of effects pedals, Yellow6 records the basis of the music here in a single live take and then edits and builds on the original improvisations to create a constantly moving ambient soundscape. The enigmatic and transcendent incantations of 'A Journey Home' open the release with Atwood beautifully layering a multitude of shimmering and blissful guitar treatments. On the B side comes the quietly cinematic 'The First Day (Version 2)' where gently plucked guitars thread loosely together in the most tender fashion while soft tone clusters lay out a stunning backdrop. An epic and immersive record.

What I have to say: 

both pieces were recorded April 2017.  A Journey Home was recorded in a single take the day after the initial idea, with minimal overdubs added the following day.  The First Day (version 2) has been gestating for a while in it's various forms.  Originally as the ending to the full piece The First Day, it has been played live a few times in 2017 (including the version available on the Silent Strategies live recording available from the Yellow6 Bandcamp page).  The original version has been recorded, along with Part 1, for the forthcoming CD album on Sound In Silence, but this version, recorded just after the Silent Strategies live show took a totally different direction.  Separated from it's first part, and edited to just under 10 minutes, this is the second dise of the record.

Get in quick if you want a copy as there will be no re-press.

LIVE

for those in the Nottingham area, I make a return to the Church of Sound at Lee Rosy's on Thursday 20th, with Monkey Trial and The Garwin Project

FB event:  https://www.facebook.com/events/378358882538537/

The set for this will be a mix of old and new, with the return of CUT to the live set

that's all for now

thanks for listening

jon./Y6

Hi all

getting in before the new year data panic brings the internet to it's knees for a while, here is the final update of the year...

first off, many thanks to everyone who bought merry6mas2016 - it was sold out within a week and the first time a merry6mas has done that in a few years (copies of last years still left on bandcamp...) - and thanks again to Mark Prestage for the wonderful linocut sleeve print

It's been a good year for Y6 all round in my opinion.... a few live shows in such places as Nottingham, Tincques, Lille, Troyes, Nottingham again and Wolverhampton (live videos on facebook if you search the Yellow6 page)

Releases wise, i did the springsun EP which looked pretty but was a lesson in marketing, as an EP at the same price as an album isn't really a good proposition, however pretty it looks (part silvered discs are expensive to make!).... this was followed by another sell out of Burn Again, with David Newlyn.

all of these are available digitally, and the last few copies of No Memories, Only Photographs and Closer To The Sea Without Moving are available on Bandcamp.

I also did my first interview in many years with the recently relaunched somewherecold.com - well worth a visit and maybe to read what i have to say as well : https://somewherecold.net/2016/12/11/an-interview-with-jon-attwood-of-yellow6/

so, many thanks again for your support and for listening to my creations.

as for 2017, there are plans.  as we all know, plans can change, but currently i am working towards a CD for Sound In Silence, a lathe cut for Champion Version (and a live show at the Token Victory event in London), a remix for Carta,  track Seal Beach (Bass) on Live for UNICEF compilation LP, CTY6 collaboration with Chasing Tornadoes and who knows what else....

open to offers for live shows in the UK Midlands, or within a couple of hours drive of home (anywhere from London to Manchester) or further at weekends....

i wish you all a happy and healthy 2017 

jon./Y6

dear friends of yellow6

the time has come for merry6mas to appear once more, for the 18th year running, yellow6 delivers over and hour of the best of the years work that didn't find an outlet elsewhere.  In 2016, there was the 'springsun' EP and the limited cdr Burn Again with David Newlyn.  Although the latter is long gone in physical format, springsun is now up on bandcamp for only £5 for a limited time so take advantage of the weak pound and get a bargain!

SO...merry6mas2016 is comprised of 75 minutes worth of new material, some of which was showcased live earlier in the year, but here in studio recording for the frst time.  8 tracks in all.  These may well have made the next Y6 album, but i have a plan in mind for that and these did not fit that plan (all will be revealed in time for that plan, on the wonderful Sound In Silence label) along with a planned release for 2017 with Champion Version.

Merry6mas was recorded throughout the year, and comes as a glass matered CD in a card sleeve with linocut print, designed and individually printed by Mark Prestage.

This release is proudly brought to you in collaboration with the lovely Silber Records as part of the 2016 christmas EP series (stretching EP a little to VERY extended play)

wishing you the best for the festive season and hopefullness in a world of turmoil for 2017

jon/Yellow6

https://yellow6.bandcamp.com/album/merry6mas2016

Live UK show 9th October

next (and possibly last) Yellow6 live show for 2016 is on Sunday 9th October in Wolverhampton, at the first in what will hopefully be a long series of events under the banner Silent Strategies.

Here's the full details....

Silent Strategies Ambient event

Lighthouse Media Centre, The Chubb Buildings, Fryer Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HT

Show runs from 17:30-21:00 (approx) with 5 acts in what is proposed as a continuous flow of music.

Artists playing are:  

Clusters

Jazzdefector

Mike Hatton

Russ Sergeant 

Yellow6

There's a fakebook event page here:  https://www.facebook.com/events/180708392340961/ or just search for it....

We play in the gallery, and there is a bar with coffee / food / beer depending on your needs

news on Merry6mas soon...

jon./Yellow6

Yellow6 late summer news....

hi all

some late summer news from Yellow6.

after a recent period of (relative) inactivity there is some exciting stuff happening over the next month or so....

first up:

Burn Again - Cathedral Transmissions 2xcdr
Limited to 50 copies in translucent hand made sleeve

Earlier in the year Jon (Yellow6) recorded a new track called 'Burn', titled after hearing news of wildfires in Canada. Although he wasn't too happy with the result, he did a new version, 'Burn Again' which came out well. Over the next few weeks he recorded it again, another 6 or so times with different guitars, effects, and each take being partly improvised, so they were all different.
As he couldn't choose a single one he really liked, he sent them all to me (David Newlyn) to create something from. I sent back a mix of the various versions, plus added instrumentation running at just over 40 minutes. He then put together his own mix of the various versions, plus another new one, to create a new mix of just under 60 minutes. Both of these mixes appear on this double cdr release.

credits

releases August 27, 2016

Original tracks written and recorded by Yellow6.
Mixes by Yellow6 and David Newlyn.
Additional instrumentation by David Newlyn

short samples are available to listen to here:

https://cathedraltransmissions.bandcamp.com

(It is also the same title as an excellent track by Magazine that you should check out if you don't already know it)

LIVE

yes, after a few shows in France earlier in the year, Yellow6 have two upcoming gigs:

Saturday 17th September is a daytime in-store appearance at Rough Trade Nottingham.  This features yellow6, alongside Nottingham guitarists Charlie Ulyatt (check out his fine CD Dead Birds on bandcamp), and Nick Jonah Davis.

Event runs between 2-6pm in the store.  CDs will be available to buy and each artist will do a full live set.

here's a link to the facebook event:  https://www.facebook.com/events/591661861013606/

and... my second visit to the fair city of Wolverhampton.  The first was back in 2002 i think, and my fist Low gig.

this time around, it's an afternoon of ambient related music (Silent Strategies) on  Sunday 9th October, at the Lighthouse Media Centre, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HT, with music from Clusters / Jazzdefector / Mike Hatton / Russ Sergeant / Yellow6

https://www.facebook.com/Silent-StrategiesAmbient-Event-1184945231557967/

more news in the autumn, possibly of new music, but that's all for now...

jon./Yellow6

Yellow6 Summer News

Hi.  some news from the world of Yellow6....

first up, there's a new and exclusive tracks "Conrad" available on the new compilation from Assembly Field recordings, available as a download from Bandcamp:  https://assemblyfield.bandcamp.com/album/va-compilation-4

The Y6 track was recorded slightly before conrad#2 which features on the (still available - hint!) Springsun EP.

Take advantage of the post-Brexit fall in the value of the pound to order some CDs you missed out on.

In other news.... coming soon is a limited 2 x cdr release on Cathedral Transmissions in collaboration once more with David Newlyn.  Earlier in the year, i recorded a new track called 'Burn', titled after the news of wildfires in Canada.  Although i wasn't too happy with the result, i did a new version, 'Burn Again' which came out well.  Over the next few weeks i recorded it again another 6 or so times with different guitars, effects, and each part improvised so all different.  As i couldn't coose a single one i really likes, i sent them all to David Newlyn to create something from.  He came back with a mix of the various versions, plus added sounds rnning to just over 40 minutes.  I then put together my own mix of various versions, plus another new one, to create a ix just under 60 minutes.

The 2 of these will be released as a double cdr set in the near future.

lastly, gig news.... only one gig coming up but, harking back to the early 2000s when i played the Rough Trade ROTA shows a number of times, I will be doing an instore performance at Rough Trade Nottingham on Saturday 17th September, 3-6 pm.  Also appearing are Charlie Ulyatt and Nic Jonah Davis.  More on that nearer the time.

that's all for now... enjoy the sunshine (if you have some where you are)

jon./Y6

yellow6 news February 2016

hi

i hope 2016 is going well for you.  

a little news....

A return to the Church Of Sound in Nottingham...

Yellow6 / Spandril / Vostok

Thursday 18th February, 2016

Lee Rosy's Tea Shop

17 Broad Street Nottingham

https://www.facebook.com/events/174562036243808/

In case you haven't got it yet, there's still some physical copies of merry6mas2015 left at Bandcamp... you can download too, or stream for free.

https://yellow6.bandcamp.com/album/in-circles-merry6mas2015

it's also on Spotify.

that's all for now

jon.

current listening:

David Bowie - Blackstar

Tortoise - The Catastrophist

walk out to winter....or stay in with yellow6

Hi.  the days are colder and the nights longer meaning it’s that merry6mas time of year.  As ever, the only thing festive about this release as that it coincides with this time of year, but don’t let that stop you trying to liven up parties with it (or at the least, end parties with it).

in circles / merry6mas2015 is #17 in an ongoing series, written and recorded during 2015, some of this music came about during rehearsals for the 2 live shows of the year, some didn’t make the final cut of No Memories, Only Photographs, and others were written as time became short and i needed material for this and was avoiding using a live recording as last year.

All are, as ever, presented here lacking some of the final polish some may expect, but this is the polish that, in reality, no Yellow6 release has ever had. Because i record part improvised there will always be the odd note that isn’t quite right or the click of an effect pedal, but i feel these are the things that make it more human (of course the big errors are deleted).

Aside from a couple of drum loops, each song was recorded as a single multi-track take.  There’s a few overdubs of bass, piano and drum beats but that’s all. 

As this is mostly loop based music, there is usually a starting loop as the foundation on which the other layers are built. At some time this loop will disappear and be replaced by others. The thing i like when listening back as i don’t always notice when these things start and stop straight away as other layers come to the fore. I hope you will also find that in the shifting collection of loops and drones that make up the music.

All music by Yellow6

Released by Silber (Silber 203)

Sleeve photographs by Gavin Morrow

(taken at the Church of Sound, Nottingham, September 2015)

Track listing:

two kinds of people 04:05

the end of a gloomy week 09:57

circular #3 13:22

the fifth (live rehearsal version) 07:59

circular #4 11:57

my favourite corner09:31

the longest day 12:31

summers past 09:47

total time 79:24

Get it HERE:  https://yellow6.bandcamp.com/album/in-circles-merry6mas2015

There are still a handful of copies of No Memories, Only Photographs left on the site (13), and the last few of Closer To The Sea Without Moving (7) - plus the free recent live download “Church of Sound”.

Also, in case you are looking for that super rare exclusive christmas gift for the one you love, the final copy of the 30 copy lathe cut LP/CD set of No Memories, Only Photographs (LP with 2 tracks only available in physical form here) is now on eBay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/141840620327?

Thanks again for your support in 2015.  My Bandcamp has had more plays in the last 6 months than ever and i’ve scraped past that elusive 500 likes in Facebook…… the only way is up!

merry6mas and a happy new year to you all

jon./yellow6

No Memories, Only Photographs

The time has come, a little earlier than originally planned and the new Yellow6 album is available from today at Bandcamp.

So here’s the important details:

No Memories, Only Photographs CD

Silber Records Silber 201

150 CD copies

This is an 8 track, 64 minute CD (not cdr) packaged in a stencilled black card sleeve, with two full colour inserts featuring the photographs of Dik Ng and Steph Summer, taken at the Sound Pilgrims event earlier this year. 

Here’s some comments on a couple of the tracks from Mark Barton (Sunday Experience, Losing Today)

 ‘return of the saucers’ is old school Yellow6, slow drip entrancement, both measured and elegant all bathed in crystalline kisses and the genteel emotional burn of bitter sweet reflection not to mention touched by the noir purred sleight of hand of  Budd and/Mancini, the mood as ever undercut by a veiled and hollowed romance.

By contrast ‘seal beach’ is adorned by a dreamy texture that softly radiates and shimmers to a more recognisable romantic incline, the mood mellower and distanced by a tranquil calm is delicately dappled and subtly dipped in the expressive colouring of genteel exotic sea breezes which by our reckoning are best served listening to through head cans whilst unwinding yourself of the days deeds whilst watching burning skies fading into the distance.

Also available soon is a very limited 30 copy lathe cut LP as a companion piece.  This LP in cut on heavy black vinyl and comes in a black disco bag with a full size double sided insert.  It features two long exclusive tracks “Beat Them At Their Own Game” and “Photographs On The Piano”, only available in physical form here (they are included in the download of the album from Bandcamp). 

The LP includes a full CD copy of the album.

The LPs are expected to be available towards the end of September, and will be shipped as soon as they arrive.  Due to the UK holiday weekend, it will be put on Bandcamp for pre-order on Friday 04 September.  2 copies will be sold on eBay.

I will apologise in advance for the price of these which is not cheap.  Aside from the cost of the individual cutting of the LP and printing of the sleeve insert, the shipping costs are quite ridiculous so please note this will be £5 UK, £12 EU, £15 rest of world in addition to the selling price.  It is, of course, worth every penny!

Bandcamp links:  https://yellow6.bandcamp.com/album/no-memories-only-photographs

So, here’s a link to the videos on YouTube and the whole album can be streamed on Bandcamp and is available for instant download with any purchase.

https://youtu.be/PPw3m-Ncg5I

https://youtu.be/pG9ENHe6PQY

Many thanks in advance for your support.

Lastly but not leastly, I have a rare live appearance in Nottingham:

Here’s the details:

The Church of Sound Presents

Yellow6 / Infinity Curve / Grey Frequency

17 September at 19:30

Lee Rosy's Tea Shop

17 Broad Street, Nottingham

more info and the Fakebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/428565657342802/

thanks.

jon/Y6

new sounds....

as a taster for the upcoming album, there's two tracks up on Soundcloud:

Seal Beach - a track from the CD
https://soundcloud.com/yellow6/seal-beach-guitar-version

Photographs on the Piano - one side of the limited lathe cut LP
https://soundcloud.com/yellow6/photographs-on-the-piano

The artwork for the CD arrived today and the inlay for teh LP is expected tomorrow.  CD should arrive in a week or so and the LP mid September.

150 copies of the LP and 30 of the LP

Live show for Church of Sound at Lee rosy, Nottingham on 17th September.... more news soon

jon./Y6

hi

plans are coming together for the new album which i hope to release in September.  

It will be titled "No memories, Only Photographs" and you can hear one track from it here: https://soundcloud.com/yellow6/seal-beach-guitar-version

more news soon along with ther previews, maybe even a video.... There will be pre-orders through Bandcamp for the CD and limited 30 copy edition with 12" lathe cut LP (with 35 mins of exclusive material) nearer the time......there's even a live show in Nottingham on 17th September, hopefully to coincide with the release

more soon

jon./Y6

Yellow6 summer news 2015 (new album on the way...)

Hi

Following on from the Canterbury Sound Pilgrims event earlier this year, I have battled with new technology and, whilst I haven't yet won, I think I'm doing ok.  Ok enough to have recorded an album of all new material since that event.
This album is planned for release in association with the ever lovely Silber label around September 2015. This, of course, will be followed by the traditional merry6mas at the end of the year....and all being well a live show or two along the way (open to offers there, particularly in the Midlands).

The live set for Sound Pilgrims included three new songs, none of which have been formally recorded, so the album will include 7 new tunes running to around 60 minutes. It will be in a card sleeve with booklet including photographs from Sound Pilgrims by Dik Ng.
There will also be a very limited lathe cut 12” lp release. This will be a maximum 30 copy run featuring two (long) exclusive tracks, only available in physical format here. The lathe cut will include the cd album, and all purchases through bandcamp will have download of all tracks.  The CD album will also be available via your favourite online music services.

there will be more news on this as things progress…. watch this space and enjoy your summer

jon/Y6

yellow6.bandcamp.com