brief news update

Hi

Just a couple of things to mention…

The David Newlyn and Yellow6 ‘Miniatures’ 3” cdr is released tomorrow by Hibernate Recordings as part of the postcard series. 100 hand numbered copies, it will be available from the Hibernate Store, Norman Records and Stashed Good from midday on 10^th June. Get in quick as they will most likely sell fast (all my copies were reserved in advance so I have none I’m afraid)

VALLEY – the second part of the collaboration with Eric Quach (thisquietarmy) has been pressed and will be here soon. Available on silver vinyl and limited black it will be listed on the store page when available. It can be pre-ordered from Basses Frequences now and will be available from all good online stores soon.

The CD/DVD mentioned in the last update is in production and will be a joint release between E6 and Lunasylum. The DVD will include the Antwerp Live Looping performance, a 20 minute film by Niclaz Erlingmark (Elenziah Film) that has been used as a backdrop at recent gigs, with two selectable soundtracks which were improvised and recorded last week, the Realisation video by Badhand Film, and a slide show of photos from the tour. The CD will include 6 tracks of manipulated recordings by David Newlyn using recordings from the live shows. More on that soon…

The Masturbation Goes Cloud CD is now available on Somehow Ecstatic Records featuring me on guitar on one song.

Lastly, I have a live show coming up in Leicester at The Musician on July 12 supporting Her Name is Calla. I’m opening with a 30 minute set. (Please mail me for more info / tickets etc.)

Cheers

Jon.

David Newlyn and Yellow6

http://store.hibernate-recs.co.uk/products/10478

bit more news

Hi

Small update following the news mail… totally missed mentioning a very important release that is available for pre-order / download now.

Available very soon from Hibernate Recordings / Fluid radio with all proceeds going to relief charities for Japan following the earthquake.

Along with many others, it includes a specially recorded new Yellow6 song “Repeat”. (this is not to be confused with the previously released song of the same title from decay:repeat)

Kanshin is a two CD compilation album that presents a collection of sound design work from some of the scene’s finest artists from across the globe. It has been put together to raise money for the current recovery in Japan following March’s earthquake.

As the sensationalist media broadcasters find other things to talk about in the news, a huge recovery operation is still on-going as we speak. Many people have lost everything. So we decided to put together Kanshin so that via Ian Hawgood, 100% of profit from compilation sales will go directly towards the Japan recovery and on-going relief efforts. Ian lives in Japan and his wife is currently working with both the Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support organisation (JEARS) in Sendai and surrounding areas, as well as the Direct Help for Victims and Animals Rejected from Shelters in Japan group who are going up to areas which are not receiving government support for food, water, basic supplies, as well as rebuilding and cleaning up. By this means they are able to transport food, clothing and aid directly almost every other weekend and during holidays to areas which are not getting enough or any support. Ian’s wife has also arranged a house as a base in Sendai for volunteers and a temporary home for found animals who are then moved on through JEARS either to foster homes or animal centres. We felt that any funds we can send this way would probably have more of an immediate impact than donating via one of the larger UK charities.

Ian himself has contributed to the compilation in a collaboration with Peter Jørgensen and through 3 hours and some 30 tracks, the line up that comprises this album is surely as exciting as it gets…

Kanshin is curated by Daniel Crossley (Fluid Radio/Fluid Audio/Facture) and Jonathan Lees (Hibernate/Rural Colours), with invaluable assistance from Ian Hazeldine (Cover art), Wil Bolton (Mastering) and Damian Valles (Digital distribution). This release is made possible by the generosity of all of the artists involved

Ships June 10th

CD pre orders available from:

Fluid Audio

Hibernate Recordings

Stashed Goods

Digital version available via Bandcamp

http://www.kanshin.co.uk/

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There will also be another specially recorded new Yellow6 song “And In The Distance” on a compilation from mini50 records (who release the excellent Caught In The Wake Forever EP). Entitled 'After A Long Dream Of Sleep' all proceeds will go to Mercy Copr to aid victims of the earthquake in Japan.

Full track listing is:

1. Matthew Collings - Hraunberg

2. Mirrorzisland - Anonatoll

3. Spokes - Give It Up To The Night (Fieldhead Remix)

4. Cory Allen - Transcender's Theme

5. Yellow6 - And In The Distance

6. Richard A Ingram - Vort Halicon

7. David Newlyn - Stop Motion

8. Talvihorros - Dead Sea Scrolls

9. Chantal Acda - Missing Heartbeat

10. M. Ostermeier - Winsome

11. FiRES Were Shot - Giffords Green

12. Guy Gelem - Recent Waves

13. Christian Eldefors - Daylight

14. Antonymes - Gravity Versus The Pull Of Beyond

15. Glacis - May This Night Never See Morning

More news soon…

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All my copies of the Hibernate Postcard EP are now sold on pre-order so any other orders you will have to go to either Hibernate or Cathedral Transmissions

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Lastly, I have copies of the second printing of the recent Tonefloat LP “In Time This Too Will Fade”. It is the same lovely clear vinyl as the first press but these come with a silver sleeve rather than red. Available now from the shop page

News Update May 2011

Hi

A bit of a packed news update this time as there are a few upcoming releases to mention, some output from the recent Survey Monkey survey and some general ramblings.

First off some release information:

Yellow6 and David Newlyn – Miniatures

Coming soon from Hibernate Recordings, this is a 3” cdr in the Postcard Series. Features 8 short recordings with piano and computer by david newly, guitar and bass VI by jon attwood.

Limited to 100 copies it will be available from the Hibernate store and I will have a few copies too.

These won’t be on the website as there’s too few and will go on a first come first served basis to people who email.

http://www.hibernate-recs.co.uk/

thisquietarmy & yellow6 – Valley

part 2 of the series following on from Death, this LP will be released by Basses Frequences soon and come on Silver vinyl (320 copies) with a limited run on black (80 copies)

as with Death, it will come with a download code for Bandcamp.

Full info, pre-orders and sound samples here: http://bassesfrequences.wordpress.com/

I will be getting some copies too – news as soon as I get them

Both LPs will get an autumn release as a double CD with one extra track from the recording session, a live track performed 2 days after the recordings, and a Fear Falls Burning remix.

Larkian & Yellow6

CD album being released by Basses Frequences late summer 2011

On a related note, the Crippled Black Phoenix albums ‘Night Raider’ and ‘The Resurrectionists’ are being reissued as double vinyl editions with extra tracks. I played guitar on a few of the tracks on the Night Raider album, and included on the reissues are additional recordings from the sessions. One of these, King Lupus has me playing guitars and a rare solo! You can hear it for free here: http://soundcloud.com/invadauk/sets/crippled-black-phoenix/

Also in the works… split LP with Egsun (Greece)

The second run of 100 copies of the tonefloat LP ‘In Time This Too will Fade’ have been made and will be available soon from tonefloat, yellow6.com and maybe elsewhere…

Lastly on the release front, I am considering a cdr/dvdr set of the Antwerp Looping Festival recordings. This will be a limited run on Editions6… more news if/when it becomes a reality

(Please let me know if you would be interested in this as it may be a subscription only release depending on demand)

So, to other matters…

Many thanks to the 83 people who responded to the survey. It’s clarified things a bit about future releases and some highlights are below, along with responses to some of the comments posted.

What music format do you prefer to purchase?

CD 57 %

Vinyl 39%

Two people said cassette and only on for mp3/digital

What formats have you purchased in the last 12 months?

CD 95%

Vinyl 77%

Cassette 31%

mp3/digital 40%

DVD 31%

Have you purchased Yellow6 releases and, if so on which format?

Not purchased 16.7% (this includes a couple of respondents who get promo copies)

CD 77%

Vinyl 37%

mp3 12%

Where did you buy the Yellow6 releases from?

Yellow6.com 78%

Online retailer 53%

Bandcamp 12%

Record store 17%

Second hand 4%

Ebay (used) 7%

Other: discogs

What is your preferred format for future Yellow6 releases?

CD 62%

Vinyl 32%

Cassette 3%

mp3/digital 6%

dvd 5%

vinyl+CD 32%

What is the most important consideration when buying a Yellow6 release?

Exclusive music 54%

Packaging 12%

Limited edition 10%

For a cd/cdr what is your preferred type of packaging?

Jewel case 13%

Digipak 19%

Digisleeve 21%

Hand made/finished 54%

Eco-friendly 23%

Not bothered 16%

Other comments made (and some responses):

Music is the most important thing (good to hear!)

Packaging should convey the aesthetic of the music – concept (that what I’m hoping for)

Quality over quantity – many people are on tight budgets (true, but I hope I still maintain quality in all I release)

Annoyed at missing out on OLD box as only 6 copies (yes, crazily limited and won’t do that again!)

Should do more live shows (would love to but don’t get many offers and also have a day job so can’t tour much)

More on vinyl for example merry6mas (not practical due to cost)

Like the handmade / limited art editions

Any chance of more vocals as on Melt Inside (not likely but if I find the right vocalist to work with I wouldn’t rule it out)

Hate mp3 (reflected in the small number of people buying them from bandcamp)

Release the mp3 / digital releases as CD (cost is prohibitive and others prefer a smaller volume of releases – try to have a balance)

So, overall you seem to like what I’m doing, I’m getting most things right. mp3/download are not at all popular (not a surprise to me)

CD and vinyl are preferred formats, though some people obviously don’t buy vinyl as I have seen through sales of recent LP releases

Hand made or finished sleeves are preferred to mass produced but don’t make them too limited!

Many thanks to everyone who gave me the feedback and I’ll try to keep doing the things you like and stop the ones you don’t

That’s all for now

Cheers

Jon.

p.s. following my change last year to using Mac / Logic for my music, I have a music PC that I no longer use.

If anyone (in UK due to shipping) is interested let me know.

Basics are:

Red Submarine Tower PC

Intel Core 2 2.4 GHz, 2MB Ram

Win XP Pro

Complete with Cubase Studio 4, EMU 0404 USB sound card, Wavelab Essential

Mail me if you want more info

Hi

as a visitor to this site you may have previously bought one of my releases...

Record Store Day yesterday (along with things i'd noticed about sales of recent releases) got me thinking about people's music purchasing habits, so, to get an idea of what you may want from future Yellow6 releases (aside from the music of course) I would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete this survey. It is on the Survey Monkey site and will not ask for you email address, phone number or bank details, no-one will contact you about your responses or to offer you Yellow6 or related products, and no salesman will call at your home. the link is here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GMFFM7R - the survey is completely anonymous but will hopefully allow me to provide you with the music you want in the way you want it in the future thanksjon./Yellow6 p.s. you can stream CUT, STHLM and Orphan Songs on the bandcamp page http://yellow6.bandcamp.com/

news april 2011... bandcamp, upcoming releases etc.

Hi all

a little bit of news about forthcoming activities, and the new Yellow6 Bandcamp page some of you may be interested in.

No live dates planned in the short term.... but a few upcoming releases this year.

All the planned releases at the moment are collaborations. Timings of all are TBC but i'll update when i know.

So... they are:

Miniatures - 3" cdr in the Hibernate Recordings postcard series.

Collaboration with David Newlyn on a series of 8 songs of piano/guitar/computer processing

VALLEY - second installment of the collaboration with thisquietarmy, this one available on silver vinyl with limited black (expected May-June)

Offtempo - collaboration with Larkian. CD release summer 2011

Sleep of Reason - the trilogy of LPs is now complete and, following our debut live show in Tilburg at Tonefloat 100, we will soon start preparing the 3 LP set for release. It won't be til later this year as there's a lot of work needs to be done on design and packaging

Caught In The Wake Forever - I have remixed one of Fraser McGowan's songs (he was a contributor to 'close/r' in addition to being a member of Small Town Boredom) from his forthcoming EP 'ALL THE HURT THAT HINDERS HOME'.

the EP will be released by mini50 records and initial copies include the remix ep.

check out CITWF here: http://www.caughtinthewakeforever.com/

The EP will be released on 13 June 2011 but the remixes will only be available on the physical cd, not as a download option - the cd will go on pre sale from http://mini50records.bandcamp.com at the end of April.

And so to the Bandcamp page... I have set this up for digital downloads, mainly for the addition of recordings no longer available in physical form but also occasionally i may put up live recordings.

The first of these are:

STHLM, the companion release to 'When The Leaves Fall Like Snow' which is a further 5 songs recorded during the same stay in Stockholm in 2007 which was released by Distant Noise in a limited 100 copy cdr edition. Also included in the download is a Schengen remix that was on the 12th release in the Distant Noise series where artists remixed each others tracks.

Probably the release of most interest is 'Orphan Songs' which is a collection of 20 tracks from compilations, split releases and out of print cdr's etc. from the period 2003-2008. It includes tracks from releases on Dreamboat, Darla, Superspace, Music Fellowship, Fugues, BSBTA, Sound In Silence, Chat Blanc, Contact, Where Are My Records and Make Mine Music. A total of 21 tracks.

CUT is also available as a digital download here. If there are any releases people are specifically interested in please let me know and i'll add them in time.

I've added a small charge for them as this may help offset the cost of producing physical releases.

the page is here: http://yellow6.bandcamp.com/

Lastly, my recommendation of the week... found this through the wonders of Fakebook, proving it does have some use.... http://twopeopleinaroom.bandcamp.com/ highly recommended.... you can also listen to their forthcoming Hibernate release at the Soundcloud page

cheers

jon./Y6

Post-Tour update, video etc.

Hi

finally managed to squeeze in a little time after the tour for an update.

gigs went well and had a good trip, thanks mainly to the many people who either organised, promoted, played etc. Special thanks to Marc Kokcinzki (Docteur Adams) for organising, planning, driving, recording, photographing, and being a good friend. Also special thanks to Dirk for the Sleep of Reason experience, Charles for tf100, Sjaak for the Live Looping Festival, Ronald for the live sound and recording, Andre for the photography and many others.

Photos from the trip are up on the website and fakebook page.

There is also a video of the full set from the Antwerp Live Looping Festival here: http://vimeo.com/21127929
This is a 30 minute set where i play 00:30 (from "In Time This Too Will Fade"), Plane Ari (working title - new piece written during the tour), Norwest Passage (from "When The Leaves Fall Like Snow")

all the shows except one were recorded so audio may be shared at some point... of course, as (bad) luck would have it, the one show not recorded was at le Monde Moderne in Lille which a number of people (who had seen me previously) said was my best live performance. i guess it's good in a way that there is no recording to disprove that! :-)


The debut performance of Sleep of Reason (Dirk Serries and myself) at tf100 was very well received. Tonefloat will release the 3LP set later in the year but prior to that there will most likely be a 10" of the live set from tf100 as a taster.

coming soon will be a couple of releases (dates tbc):
David Newlyn and Yellow6 - Miniatures (3" cdr in the Hibernate Recordings postcard series)
Larkian and Yellow6 - Offtempo CD (Basses Frequences)
egsun/Yellow6 split LP
and more....

last few copies of merry6mas2010 are still available (6 left) and there are also the last few of CUT with bonus un/CUT and of course close/r


picked up some good CDs in the lovely Minor Place records in Lille which i've been playing a lot (along with the new Low album of course):
Anna Calvi
Seefeel
Earth
Arizona Amp and Alternator
and, one that i loved from the first few notes - Dean McPhee-Brown Bear
also heard Silver Jews Natural Bridge album in there for the first time and it sounded great but i have to track it down on CD...

that's enough waffle for now... hope you enjoy the video.

jon.