Norman Records Reviews

those lovely people at Norman Records have reviewed a couple of the recent reviews and given each of them 5 shiny Norman stars... for 'Merry6mas' I have been referred to as "the Santa of minimal"

OFFTEMPO:

Ooh I like this a lot. I played this the other morning and it totally set me up for the day. In a word it’s fucking lovely. OK that’s two words but counting was never my strong point. Larkian is a name from the past who I’ve not heard of in a while but I remember hearing a single by him on Tricycle Evolutif back in 2001 (yes 10 years ago). Yellow 6 you’re all of course familiar with and the pair have teamed up for this collaborative effort on Basses Frequences/Three Four Records. This is one of those file sharing things where artists batter musical tracks too and from across the Internet until an album is born. It features the usual Yellow6 post rock melodies as well with more of a shoegazey vibe running through some of the tracks. There’s plenty of reverb and atmospheric sounds-capes to indulge yourself in as well. It’s drifting and evocative music which works really well. This is a fine collaboration and you should already be getting excited in case they do another one!

http://www.normanrecords.com/artists/23896&artist=Larkian%20&%20Yellow6

and DRIFTING FOR THE HORIZON (MERRY6MAS2011)

Look. It’s Christmas soon and that means that there’s a few definites.... There’s gonna be time off work, family, food, booze, presents and a new Yellow 6 xmas CD. It’ll be sad when these things end and I have to say it’s a thoroughly nice tradition to do a limited release at the end of each year just for the fans in the name of Christmas (said the jew). Drifting For The Horizon is the 1st of these festive releases which isn’t on a CDR and there’s 250 of the buggers so this one shouldn’t last more than 5 minutes. You know what you’re getting with Yellow 6. He’s not gonna win over any new fans with his brand of cinematic instrumental drifty post rock (without the rock) but he’s gonna keep his legions of fans sweet with this 63 minute beastie. It’s lovely and drifty and I don’t really know what else to say about it cos I’ve reviewed about a gerjillion of his CD’s already but he’s one of a handful of artists I can never get enough of. There’s some beautiful guitar work here and it’s an emotive listen! Nice work Mr 6.

http://www.normanrecords.com/cd/130213-yellow-6-drifting-for-the-horizon-merry6mas-2011

News November 2011

Hi

Just a brief follow up to the news of a few weeks back.

All pre-orders for merry6mas2011 and Sounds and Moving Pictures have been packaged and will be mailed tomorrow.

Anyone who hasn’t yet ordered, you can from the website now and all orders will ship out straight away. This includes and orders for merry6mas2011 that are placed through Bandcamp.

http://yellow6.bandcamp.com/

so – here’s the highlights again, and various things can be heard at the Bandcamp page (also through Facebook) to stream, download or buy.

Last of all, a couple of re-issues or CD versions are coming up but not until the new year. A different physical release of ‘OLD’ will be released by Cathedral Transmissions, and the DEATH:VALLEY 2CD set will be released by Basses Frequences. More news on them in time….

Thanks for your continued support – it means more than you could know

Jon./Yellow6

Sounds and Moving Pictures CD/DVD

just arrived today and pre-orders will ship in a few days. On general release late November

order now from the shop

merry6mas2011... Bandcamp now

Drifting For The Horizon [merry6mas2011] is available to stream, download (pay what you like) and pre-order the physical release from Bandcamp now.

go to http://yellow6.bandcamp.com/ of visit the Yellow6 FaceBook page

Physcial release will be shipping on 24/11/2011

News update October 2012

Hi

Welcome to the autumn with a packed news update with some end of year releases from Yellow6.

This year seems to have flown by and has been full of changes but lots of good music. A particular feature for me this year has been that I’ve been involved in a number of collaborations, from the live debut of Sleep of Reason (with Dirk Serries – release due in 2012), the Minatures CD with David Newlyn on Hibernate and the DEATH:VALLEY dyptich with thisquietarmy (CD edition coming soon from Basses Frequences – late 2011 or early 2012). The latest of these collaborations will be released shortly and all the details are below – firstly the Offtempo CD with Larkian, and the Sounds and Moving Pictures CD/DVD including live recordings processed by David Newlyn and video collaboration with Elenziah.

The following releases can be pre-ordered from the web shop www.yellow6.com/shop.php now and will be sent out as soon as copies are available. Offtempo will be available any day and Sounds/merry6mas will be shipped late November.

Full details are below of the following releases: (Prices include shipping and are listed as UK/EU/RoW)

Larkian & Yellow6 – Offtempo (CD) – released 18 October 2011

Sounds and Moving Pictures (CD/DVD) – released 21 November 2011

Drifting For The Horizon [merry6mas2011] (CD) – released 21 November 2011

So, without further ado… here’s the full details on the what and the where:

Larkian and Yellow6 – Offtempo

A collaboration between Cyril Monnard (Larkian) and Jon Attwood (Yellow6) with sleeve photography by Christy Romanick

A joint release by Basses Frequences/three:four records BF37/TFR011

Track list:

01. Jazz F2B (4:48)

02. Walz (7:44)

03. Rita (5:11)
04. Untitled3 (6:55)
05. Pool (7:16)
06. E62 (9:38)
07. Séquences inversées (17:26)

Release date 18 October 2011

Some info::

The history of Larkian and Yellow6 traces back to around 2001 when Cyril was running the Tricycle Evolutif record label. He invited Jon to release a 7" single on the label and this, 'Grey' was released early 2002. There were some discussions about a split release at the time but this never came about. Forward to 2009 and Cyril and Jon get back in contact via individual releases on the same labels (October Man, Cathedral Transmissions). Cyril sends a track for Jon to contribute to and the collaboration that has become 'Offtempo' began. After around a year of file exchange, composition and recordings, the first common collaborative effort by Yellow6 and Larkian was ready to find a home.

Neither Larkian or Yellow6 are easily categorised, but both differ from each other. The mixing of the two styles creates something all its own whilst retaining the individual. By using an impressive range of effects and ways to play guitar 'Offtempo' offers various sound textures and landscapes, from shoegaze inspired reverb to atmospheric ambiences or epic post-rock melodies. At times, it is hard to say who played what, which is a good thing, showing it is not just a superposition of two different styles. The music tends towards the melancholy but maintains an air of optimism.

Available now in the web shop priced at £10/11/12 (UK/EU/RoW)

Also available by mail order from Basses Frequences, three:four on CD/ digital download and from all good retailers

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Sounds and Moving Pictures

Live in Europe 2011 CD/DVD Set

Recorded live in Europe Spring 2011 at the Live Looping Festival, Antwerp.

Additional live recordings processed by David Newlyn as ‘Comatose with the Season (Pts 1-6)

Joint release by Lunasylum / Editions6 P06S01/E6:06

Release date 21 Nov 2011

Track listing:

Sounds [compact disc]:

00:30 (original on In time This too will Fade)
Plane Ari (new song written during the tour)
Norwest Passage (original on When the Leaves Fall Like Snow)
Comatose With The Season (1-6)

Tracks 1-3 recorded live at ArenbergSchouwburg, Antwerp
Saturday March 5 2011 Live Looping Festival curated by
SjaakOvergaauw Recordings from video by Ronald Mariën
Audience recording by Marc Kokocinzki. Recordings from
two sources mixed by Jon Attwood

Tracks 4-9 processed and edited by David Newlyn from live recordings made by Marc Kokocinzki atWanquetin, Liege, Lille and Paris Feb/Mar 2011.

Moving Pictures [digital versatile disc]:

Antwerp Live Looping video recording and editing Ronald Mariën and Benjamin Van Der Zalm

Drifting – video NiclazErlingmarc (Elenziah Film), soundtrack(s) improvised live in the studio June 2011

Realisation – video by Badhand Film, Realisation from the album Painted Sky (Resonant RESCD022, 2008)

9732 Teaser - video by Elenziah Film, soundtrack Telescope Peak from the album Music For Pleasure (Rocket Racer RR011)

Slide Show – photographs from European Tour Feb-Mar 2011 by Marc Kokocinzki and Andre Seesink

SHOP: £12/13/14

Distributed by Shellshock Distribution (UK & Europe) and Sonic Rendezvous (Benelux)

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Drifting For The Horizon [merry6mas2011]

Release date 21 November 2011

7 tracks totalling 63 minutes recorded during 2011.

**First time on CD (not CDr) for a merry6mas release**

250 copies in stamped card sleeve with full colour insert

Track Listing:

Long/sad #1

Long/sad #2

A basis for continuum

Gone

This is not a cloud

Rodent

Franklin

SHOP: £7/8/9

OFFTEMPO is available now from the SHOP page and will be dispatched on receipt of the payment. SOUNDS AND MOVING PICTURES and DRIFTING FOR THE HORIZON [MERRY6MAS2011] are available to pre-order and will be dispatched as soon as available mid-November

That’s all for now….

Jon.

Dreamland Records compilation

just a quick message to say that Australia's Dreamland Recordings have a free download compilation available now with an exclusive Yellow6 track "20.1.10_3" among loads of other excellent tracks

get it here:

http://dreamlandrecordings.tumblr.com/

Yellow6 News Sept 2011

Hi

I hope you have all had a good summer and are ready for the shortening days and lovely colours of autumn.

Here’s a bit of news on future Yellow6 activities.

With all the changes going on around me in the real world, I have no live shows planned at all. That’s not to say there won’t be any but probably not for the rest of this year. There are a number of releases scheduled for the coming months with details below, but first a brief message about the Bandcamp page. Some of you have purchased the compilation ‘Orphan Songs’ from the site which collects together all (I think) of the tracks from singles, compilations etc. from 2004-2010 as a follow on from ‘The Beautiful Season Has Past’ (still available from www.rroopp.com) which did the same for the period 1997-2003. Due to financial reasons I couldn’t do a physical version of this release so it was download only – not a top choice for many but the only practical option. It was priced at £5 for the download but, following someone uploading this to a number of blogs and it being freely available to download, I have taken the decision to make all of the Bandcamp downloads ‘name your price’. There seems little point in charging when it can be taken for nothing from many other sources. I would hope that this may encourage people unwilling to pay to at least take it from the official source.

I apologise to anyone who has already paid for this but it seemed the best thing to do. Also, following a case (possibly related) where the purchaser reversed the PayPal payment after making the download, I’m unsure about my future use of Bandcamp. Comments from anyone with experience would be welcomed.

You can get this, and STHLM here: http://yellow6.bandcamp.com/

So… to the releases:

Larkian & Yellow6 – Offtempo

This full length album recorded as a remote collaboration with Switzerland’s Larkian has been sent for manufacture and will be released jointly by Basses Frequences and three:four records, both of France in the coming months. It is a single CD packaged in a 6 panel card sleeve featuring the beautiful photographs of Christy Romanick.

DEATH:VALLEY

Also coming from Basses Frequences will be the 2CD edition of the Death and Valley LPs with 2 additional tracks and a Fear Falls Burning remix. This will be available at a discount price to anyone who purchased both LPs.

Sounds and Moving Pictures

This is a CD/DVD set featuring recordings made during the shows in Europe last spring. Centred around the audio and video recordings of the performance at the Antwerp Live Looping Festival, it also has on the audio disc, 40 minutes of processed and manipulated live recordings by David Newlyn. The DVD includes ‘Drifting’, a film by Niclaz Ehrlingmark (Elenziah Film) made for back projection at live shows. The film here is accompanied by two selectable soundtracks which were improvised live to tape at home in July 2011. Also included is the ‘Realisation’ video by Badhand Film for the track taken from ‘Painted Sky’, the trailer for Elenziah Film’s “9732” featuring ‘Telescope Peak’ (from Music for Pleasure) as the soundtrack. Lastly, there is a slide show of photos from the tour.

This will be a joint release between Lunasylum and Editions6 towards the end of 2011.

Split CD release

I have recorded two tracks, ‘Concorde’ and ‘The Start of Our Decline’ for a split CD with Greek artist Egsun to be released on Somehow Ecstatic Records. More news soon…

Sleep of Reason

The trilogy of albums recorded with Dirk Serries (Microphonics, Fear Falls Burning) will be released as a very limited vinyl only set in an edition of 150 copies by Tonefloat Records early in 2012. This set will consist of 3 12” LP for the trilogy, plus a 10” record of the live show for Tonefloat 100 in March 2011. More on this as it comes together.

Merry6mas2011

Last but not least, work is progressing on Merry6mas2011. Currently planned to be a 7 track release running to 50 minutes, this will feature all new recordings made during 2011 and could I guess be regarded as a new album. It will, for the first time for a 6mas release, be a pressed CD not cdr and be in an edition of 250 copies in some sort of hand crafted or hand decorated sleeve, probably similar to ‘close/r’. This will of course be available in time for your christmas celebrations (probably on sale in november)

So, that’s about all for now. Keep up with news on the website www.yellow6.com or ‘like’ the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Yellow6/123589174399175

Jon.