Yellow6 are playing the following show:
Yellow6 will play with Francois and the Atlas Mountains
Lee Rosy's, Broad Street, Nottingham
http://www.lee-rosy.co.uk/
Saturday, 25 September 2010
Sunday, 5 September 2010
hi
lots of bits of news so here goes:
LIVE:
20th October 2010
Yellow6 will play at Nottingham Chameleon (Old Market sq / alleyway next to the Bell Inn, above Clinton Cards)
with Lichens and Chris Baldwin
http://www.rammelclub.org/
5th March 2011
Live Looping Festival, Antwerp, Saturday
Theo Travis / Aidan Baker / Yellow6 / Bill Walker / Kunst4Life / Premonition Factory
http://livelooping.be/
Forthcoming releases:
close/r
long awaited (meaning i've taken my time) release...
how long can you make 3 chords last? in this case, 75 minutes.
Three versions of a tune which has three (very lovely) chords played on lots of different guitars by me (8 different guitars i think) and contributions from: Fraser McGowan, Konntinent, Arconic Music, David Newlyn, Absent Without Leave, Kevin hufnagel, Northern Valentine, Stafraenn Hakon, Ringinglow and Winterlight.
A live version of this track was included on the LIVE cdr released by October Man, recorded at Union Chapel - one of only two live performances of this piece to date.
This will be a limited CD on my own Editions6 label in a recycled card sleeve with rubber stamp. Most likely an edition of 300 copies (certainly no ore) available by mail order and from selected retailers.
expect October 2010
in time this too will fade
clear vinyl LP on ToneFloat records in the C-series imprint.
three track LP
Side 1: 00:30 (18.42)
Side 2: 090209 (09.56), 20.1.10 (08.44)
mastered by Fear Falls Burning
expect October 2010
thisquietarmy + yellow6
recordings made in Montreal in March 2009, edited/mixed by Eric Quach (TQA), mastered by Fear Falls Burning will be released as a 2 volume LP series (including download code) by Basses Frequences www.bassesfrequences.org
first volume 'DEATH'
expect late 2010
absent without leave / yellow6 split cdr
on the subject of thisquiet army, Eric will be releasing a double 3" cdr in the TQA records AURAL DIPTYCH SERIES
this will have one disc by each artist. my disc includes four improvised pieces recorded over summer 2010
these were recorded mainly in trying out new pieces of equipment i'd bought (EXH Freeze, Boss Feedbacker, Fender Bass VI)
expect late 2010
Larkian and Yellow6
Cyril and I have been working on recordings together for a while now and have 7 tracks made by sending loops to each other.
we have just heard from Basses Frequences that they will release it as a CD.
more news as it happens
expect spring 2011
the sleep of reason
this is the name of the collaboration i have been working on with Dirk Serries (Fear Falls Burning / Microphonics). We have completed the first and second parts of the trilogy and Dirk has sent me the source material for the third. Once complete we will decide on how/when/where to release
there are some sound samples from the first volume at the MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/thesleepofreason
expect some time 2011
heavy with snow
this 3" cdr on Moscow label ABGVRD has been delayed but will appear some time
expect some time (2010 ???)
QRD
the latest issue of the Silber webzine QRD features gear related interviews with guitarists, including me.
If you're interested, the zine is here:
www.silbermedia.com/qrd
and my page is here:
http://www.silbermedia.com/qrd/archives/43jonattwood.html
that's about all for now... there will be a merry6mas cd this year so look out for news on that, and also another release from the fine people at October Man with an extremely limited box set version (and i mean extreme!) but the normal verison will be more widely available... provisionally titled 'OLD' the disc will include recordings salvaged from old cassettes dating from 1995-1997
Lastly, i have some remaining copies of CUT with bonus un/CUT CD and a handful of remaining copies of Bootleg#3 and merry6mas2009 available form the shop http://www.yellow6.com/shop.php
and even more lastly, there's a Yellow6 fakebook group (not set up by me) here: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16698077381
thanks for listening... more news as it happens
jon.
lots of bits of news so here goes:
LIVE:
20th October 2010
Yellow6 will play at Nottingham Chameleon (Old Market sq / alleyway next to the Bell Inn, above Clinton Cards)
with Lichens and Chris Baldwin
http://www.rammelclub.org/
5th March 2011
Live Looping Festival, Antwerp, Saturday
Theo Travis / Aidan Baker / Yellow6 / Bill Walker / Kunst4Life / Premonition Factory
http://livelooping.be/
Forthcoming releases:
close/r
long awaited (meaning i've taken my time) release...
how long can you make 3 chords last? in this case, 75 minutes.
Three versions of a tune which has three (very lovely) chords played on lots of different guitars by me (8 different guitars i think) and contributions from: Fraser McGowan, Konntinent, Arconic Music, David Newlyn, Absent Without Leave, Kevin hufnagel, Northern Valentine, Stafraenn Hakon, Ringinglow and Winterlight.
A live version of this track was included on the LIVE cdr released by October Man, recorded at Union Chapel - one of only two live performances of this piece to date.
This will be a limited CD on my own Editions6 label in a recycled card sleeve with rubber stamp. Most likely an edition of 300 copies (certainly no ore) available by mail order and from selected retailers.
expect October 2010
in time this too will fade
clear vinyl LP on ToneFloat records in the C-series imprint.
three track LP
Side 1: 00:30 (18.42)
Side 2: 090209 (09.56), 20.1.10 (08.44)
mastered by Fear Falls Burning
expect October 2010
thisquietarmy + yellow6
recordings made in Montreal in March 2009, edited/mixed by Eric Quach (TQA), mastered by Fear Falls Burning will be released as a 2 volume LP series (including download code) by Basses Frequences www.bassesfrequences.org
first volume 'DEATH'
expect late 2010
absent without leave / yellow6 split cdr
on the subject of thisquiet army, Eric will be releasing a double 3" cdr in the TQA records AURAL DIPTYCH SERIES
this will have one disc by each artist. my disc includes four improvised pieces recorded over summer 2010
these were recorded mainly in trying out new pieces of equipment i'd bought (EXH Freeze, Boss Feedbacker, Fender Bass VI)
expect late 2010
Larkian and Yellow6
Cyril and I have been working on recordings together for a while now and have 7 tracks made by sending loops to each other.
we have just heard from Basses Frequences that they will release it as a CD.
more news as it happens
expect spring 2011
the sleep of reason
this is the name of the collaboration i have been working on with Dirk Serries (Fear Falls Burning / Microphonics). We have completed the first and second parts of the trilogy and Dirk has sent me the source material for the third. Once complete we will decide on how/when/where to release
there are some sound samples from the first volume at the MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/thesleepofreason
expect some time 2011
heavy with snow
this 3" cdr on Moscow label ABGVRD has been delayed but will appear some time
expect some time (2010 ???)
QRD
the latest issue of the Silber webzine QRD features gear related interviews with guitarists, including me.
If you're interested, the zine is here:
www.silbermedia.com/qrd
and my page is here:
http://www.silbermedia.com/qrd/archives/43jonattwood.html
that's about all for now... there will be a merry6mas cd this year so look out for news on that, and also another release from the fine people at October Man with an extremely limited box set version (and i mean extreme!) but the normal verison will be more widely available... provisionally titled 'OLD' the disc will include recordings salvaged from old cassettes dating from 1995-1997
Lastly, i have some remaining copies of CUT with bonus un/CUT CD and a handful of remaining copies of Bootleg#3 and merry6mas2009 available form the shop http://www.yellow6.com/shop.php
and even more lastly, there's a Yellow6 fakebook group (not set up by me) here: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16698077381
thanks for listening... more news as it happens
jon.
Saturday, 31 July 2010
news about nothing much, end of July 2010
Hi
Been a while since the last update so here’s a bit of news…. Life tends to get in the way sometimes so you don’t get to spend the time you would like to on the fun things…. Not so much time for music of late, but I’ve got some things done….
I have completed the 6th track of the collaboration with Larkian. We now have to do some mixing and editing and decide on a running order, but this should appear on CD later this year.
Also coming nicely is the result of my meeting with Eric Quach (thisquietarmy)… we met in Montreal last year when I played at Under The Snow and had arranged in advance to get together and play a bit. We improvised for about 2 hours or so and then Eric edited and mixed the recordings (just the two of us with guitars and effects). The results are to be released by Basses Frequences. The plan has only just been formulated, but it will be a two volume vinyl release with each LP being one long and two shorter tracks with a themed sleeve design and some bonuses… more in the next few months.
The ToneFloat LP [in time this too will fade] will be going into production soon scheduled for an autumn release.
There has been a delay to the release of ‘heavy with snow’, a 3” cdr release for Moscow label ABGVRD. Due to the warm summer weather this has been put back to later in the year when it is less likely to melt in the sunshine.
I had a recent experimental recording session playing live in a big room with 6 microphones close and distant. Results were pleasing so I’m planning another session to do some backing tracks for new material.
No live shows planned for now, but I’m interested in any offers for UK shows…
Lastly for now, I am selling some gear to fund a new 6-string bass. A couple of guitars are on eBay now (ending 07 Aug 2010) – both were used in recording parts of CUT. One is a candy apple red Fender Jazzmaster FSR Thin Skin model and the other is a Fender Telecaster 52 Hot Rod with Bigsby tremolo. I will probably also be selling a Peavey Milestone bass and Danelectro U2 Baritone once I get the new bass…
If you are interested, auction item numbers are: 250675008350 and 250675010850
Even more lastly, I have a few copies of CUT with bonus disc un/CUT left… you can buy through the shop page on the website, and if you already have, please tell a friend!
Thanks for listening… more news as it happens
Jon.
AND... forgot to mention 'close/r' which IS progressing.... version 2 is nearly complete and version 3 will follow soon after. nott sure exactly how i'll release it as i'm not sure i can do another full CD release, so it may be a cdr.... more news soon... ish!
Been a while since the last update so here’s a bit of news…. Life tends to get in the way sometimes so you don’t get to spend the time you would like to on the fun things…. Not so much time for music of late, but I’ve got some things done….
I have completed the 6th track of the collaboration with Larkian. We now have to do some mixing and editing and decide on a running order, but this should appear on CD later this year.
Also coming nicely is the result of my meeting with Eric Quach (thisquietarmy)… we met in Montreal last year when I played at Under The Snow and had arranged in advance to get together and play a bit. We improvised for about 2 hours or so and then Eric edited and mixed the recordings (just the two of us with guitars and effects). The results are to be released by Basses Frequences. The plan has only just been formulated, but it will be a two volume vinyl release with each LP being one long and two shorter tracks with a themed sleeve design and some bonuses… more in the next few months.
The ToneFloat LP [in time this too will fade] will be going into production soon scheduled for an autumn release.
There has been a delay to the release of ‘heavy with snow’, a 3” cdr release for Moscow label ABGVRD. Due to the warm summer weather this has been put back to later in the year when it is less likely to melt in the sunshine.
I had a recent experimental recording session playing live in a big room with 6 microphones close and distant. Results were pleasing so I’m planning another session to do some backing tracks for new material.
No live shows planned for now, but I’m interested in any offers for UK shows…
Lastly for now, I am selling some gear to fund a new 6-string bass. A couple of guitars are on eBay now (ending 07 Aug 2010) – both were used in recording parts of CUT. One is a candy apple red Fender Jazzmaster FSR Thin Skin model and the other is a Fender Telecaster 52 Hot Rod with Bigsby tremolo. I will probably also be selling a Peavey Milestone bass and Danelectro U2 Baritone once I get the new bass…
If you are interested, auction item numbers are: 250675008350 and 250675010850
Even more lastly, I have a few copies of CUT with bonus disc un/CUT left… you can buy through the shop page on the website, and if you already have, please tell a friend!
Thanks for listening… more news as it happens
Jon.
AND... forgot to mention 'close/r' which IS progressing.... version 2 is nearly complete and version 3 will follow soon after. nott sure exactly how i'll release it as i'm not sure i can do another full CD release, so it may be a cdr.... more news soon... ish!
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Review
back from a week in sunny Florida (so far oil free beaches but unfortunately the outlook is not good) to a sunny England.
a nice review of CUT has been posted at the Leonard's Lair blog site:
Hard to believe that ‘Cut’ is only the tenth full length album from Yellow6 such is the prolific recording career of Jon Attwood. Perhaps more tellingly, ‘Cut’ is also his 79th release in total – not bad for twelve years’ work. Now producing music on his own label, ‘Cut’ traces another journey of guitar-led minimalism.
‘Cut’ itself is a running theme of the album, with four different versions of it making an appearance. The first ‘Cut’, if you will, is the deepest since its delayed melody is totally spine-tingling although the final (‘Cut#4′) version runs it close. ‘Butterfly Girl’ features chords donated by another musician (Beth Georgiou) which are performed chillingly and beautifully by Attwood; rarely has repetition been this captivating, even from Attwood himself who is something of a master in this field.
After this superb start, the music drifts in to familiar ambient/post-rock territory of the darkest hue with clear nods to Labradford along the way (particularly on ‘Cut #3′). Experiments in other instruments yield great results with ‘Diagnosis (Two)’ picking up the pace and urgency with real drums, whilst ‘Cut/Piano’ represents Attwood’s output in its most funereal form.Granted, there’s a lot here which will be very familiar to anyone who has owned a Yellow6 record. Once again the running time exceeds an hour, the same influences remain but Attwood is at least on top melodic form.
http://leonardslair.wordpress.com/2010/06/20/review-yellow6-cut/
copies with bonus CD still available from this site... www.yellow6.com/shop.php
that's all for now....
a nice review of CUT has been posted at the Leonard's Lair blog site:
Hard to believe that ‘Cut’ is only the tenth full length album from Yellow6 such is the prolific recording career of Jon Attwood. Perhaps more tellingly, ‘Cut’ is also his 79th release in total – not bad for twelve years’ work. Now producing music on his own label, ‘Cut’ traces another journey of guitar-led minimalism.
‘Cut’ itself is a running theme of the album, with four different versions of it making an appearance. The first ‘Cut’, if you will, is the deepest since its delayed melody is totally spine-tingling although the final (‘Cut#4′) version runs it close. ‘Butterfly Girl’ features chords donated by another musician (Beth Georgiou) which are performed chillingly and beautifully by Attwood; rarely has repetition been this captivating, even from Attwood himself who is something of a master in this field.
After this superb start, the music drifts in to familiar ambient/post-rock territory of the darkest hue with clear nods to Labradford along the way (particularly on ‘Cut #3′). Experiments in other instruments yield great results with ‘Diagnosis (Two)’ picking up the pace and urgency with real drums, whilst ‘Cut/Piano’ represents Attwood’s output in its most funereal form.Granted, there’s a lot here which will be very familiar to anyone who has owned a Yellow6 record. Once again the running time exceeds an hour, the same influences remain but Attwood is at least on top melodic form.
http://leonardslair.wordpress.com/2010/06/20/review-yellow6-cut/
copies with bonus CD still available from this site... www.yellow6.com/shop.php
that's all for now....
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
review and stuff...
hi
just a brief update.... the only review (outside of Norman Records and Boomkat) of CUT has show up in Rock-a-Rolla:
"Close to 80 releases under his belt, the prolific one-man guitar outfit Yellow6's latest offering is all sparse guitar-scapes and minimalist post-rock, deelpy melancholic in outlook and execution. Whilst not quite covering new ground, it's one that fans of solo guitar explorers and instrumental post-rock will find pleasing no end" (Review by Bobby Bone)
last few copies of the CD with bonus are available at the yellow6.com shop page (any orders between 10-18 June will be shipped out on 19th)
the 3" cdr release "Heavy With Snow" on Russian label ABGVRD should be out late June - more news when it arrives.
mixing is ongoing for the next Editions6 release "close/r" which will probably be out around September, a similar timescale to the album on ToneFloat
that's it for now
thanks for reading
jon.
just a brief update.... the only review (outside of Norman Records and Boomkat) of CUT has show up in Rock-a-Rolla:
"Close to 80 releases under his belt, the prolific one-man guitar outfit Yellow6's latest offering is all sparse guitar-scapes and minimalist post-rock, deelpy melancholic in outlook and execution. Whilst not quite covering new ground, it's one that fans of solo guitar explorers and instrumental post-rock will find pleasing no end" (Review by Bobby Bone)
last few copies of the CD with bonus are available at the yellow6.com shop page (any orders between 10-18 June will be shipped out on 19th)
the 3" cdr release "Heavy With Snow" on Russian label ABGVRD should be out late June - more news when it arrives.
mixing is ongoing for the next Editions6 release "close/r" which will probably be out around September, a similar timescale to the album on ToneFloat
that's it for now
thanks for reading
jon.
Friday, 14 May 2010
Boomkat
this is what the nice people at Boomkat had to say about CUT... in stores NOW (if you can find a store) and copies with bonus CD still available here....
A momentous tenth album in the Yellow6 discography, Cut offers a new nine-track selection of works from Jon Attwood, who largely plays out the entire record by himself, layering delicate strands of Robin Guthrie-influenced guitar, one upon another. There is a little outsider intervention: Dave Collingwood of Gravenhurst lends a hand with drums on 'Diagnosis (Two) and Mark Beazley of Rothko (another big influence on Attwood, you'd suspect) is on hand to master the album, but the tone of the record is generally that of a real loner opus. For the title track (which, incidentally, is brilliantly reconfigured as a piano piece later on in the album's sequence), Attwood traipses through gossamer guitar arpeggios and Twin Peaks-like cinematic tremolo leads, all building up to a gorgeous and deeply resonant piece of slow-core post-rock. Another of Attwood's finest moments comes with the gently panoramic 'If You See Something, Say Something (Third Version)', whose title seems to be a cumbersome approximation of something Roy Walker used to say on Catchphrase. Here, guitars thread loosely together in the most beautiful fashion, while minuscule, crackling percussive gestures lay out backdrop of static and micro-beats. Excellent.
A momentous tenth album in the Yellow6 discography, Cut offers a new nine-track selection of works from Jon Attwood, who largely plays out the entire record by himself, layering delicate strands of Robin Guthrie-influenced guitar, one upon another. There is a little outsider intervention: Dave Collingwood of Gravenhurst lends a hand with drums on 'Diagnosis (Two) and Mark Beazley of Rothko (another big influence on Attwood, you'd suspect) is on hand to master the album, but the tone of the record is generally that of a real loner opus. For the title track (which, incidentally, is brilliantly reconfigured as a piano piece later on in the album's sequence), Attwood traipses through gossamer guitar arpeggios and Twin Peaks-like cinematic tremolo leads, all building up to a gorgeous and deeply resonant piece of slow-core post-rock. Another of Attwood's finest moments comes with the gently panoramic 'If You See Something, Say Something (Third Version)', whose title seems to be a cumbersome approximation of something Roy Walker used to say on Catchphrase. Here, guitars thread loosely together in the most beautiful fashion, while minuscule, crackling percussive gestures lay out backdrop of static and micro-beats. Excellent.
Sunday, 25 April 2010
Yellow6 NEWS 24 April 2010
Hi.
Just back from an enjoyable and successful trip to play in France and Belgium, 3 of the shows being with Dirk Serries’ Microphonics project (highly recommended). Thanks to everyone who made it along to the gigs. I managed to survive the volcanic ash chaos by using EuroTunnel and had no problems at all… aside from a hotel cock-up after the Gent show resulting in my sleeping in the car at a service station on the E40 near Brugge. Some photos from the gigs are on the website (and MySpace / Fakebook).
I returned to boxes of CDs… CUT is here. All pre-orders were sent out during the week…huge thanks to those that ordered in advance. Hope you enjoy the 2 CDs. to those who haven't ordered yet...
CUT CD available NOW…
The new album looks and sounds great (ok, so modesty deserts me here but I’m really pleased with it).
It is available NOW from the Shop page at www.yellow6.com and all copies ordered direct from here come with the bonus CD un/CUT (while stocks last). Please support Yellow6 and help make future releases possible by buying it direct. Thanks.
CUT will be available in stores and for download from iTunes, eMusic etc. in May 2010. Bonus tracks will not be available anywhere else.
here's what the sleeve looks like:
I returned to boxes of CDs… CUT is here. All pre-orders were sent out during the week…huge thanks to those that ordered in advance. Hope you enjoy the 2 CDs. to those who haven't ordered yet...
CUT CD available NOW…
The new album looks and sounds great (ok, so modesty deserts me here but I’m really pleased with it).
It is available NOW from the Shop page at www.yellow6.com and all copies ordered direct from here come with the bonus CD un/CUT (while stocks last). Please support Yellow6 and help make future releases possible by buying it direct. Thanks.
CUT will be available in stores and for download from iTunes, eMusic etc. in May 2010. Bonus tracks will not be available anywhere else.
here's what the sleeve looks like:
and the disc(s):
Live recordings on the website…
Back to the gigs in France and Belgium…. A couple of live recordings from the show at le Quilit Quilit in Bethune have been uploaded to the yellow6 page at Soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/yellow6 and are also linked from the site
Plane A Rium radio session…
Also from the trip to France, I recorded a radio session / interview with Dr Adams for the Plane A Rium show on Radio Scarpe Sensee. This will be available online to stream here: http://radioscarpesensee.com/crbst_35.html the session, recorded live in the studio, includes 5 songs: Egg, norwest Passage, 20.1.10, 1000 Sunsets, Cut#4
Resonant Records sale…
The resonant label is having a sale and all available CD releases are now £5 inc postage to UK (a bit more for overseas postage)… this includes the Yellow6 album Painted Sky (2007). Get it here: http://www.resonantlabel.com/RESCD022.htm
RROOPP…
The Beautiful Season Has Past (3 CD retrospective) is no longer available through Cargo distribution, but copies are available either from the Y6 web site or direct from the label www.rroopp.com . Check out the 3CD AMP collection while you’re there.
That’s all for now
Jon./Y6
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