Hey!
Happy Solstice, Christmas and New Year from all at Ballagroove!
A quick post to let you know about what we’ve been up to and details of the 3rd Bay Port Erin Ballagroove New Year’s Party, which is on New Year’s Eve at the Bay Port Erin, 7.30pm start. It’s FREE to get in, it’s a Fancy Dress theme of “Zombie Santas” which should be easy: grow a grey beard (the ladies may have a problem there, Gyp – Ed.), wear something red, cover yourself in blood and ride into the pub “Bianca Jagger in Club 54 style” on a reindeer 🙂
The music will be the usual mix of funk, soul, reggae, punk, spacerock and of course boogaloo, i.e. stuff to make weird shapes too :-), provided by DJ’s Gypo and Toots.
N.B. The music will be stop just before midnight and won’t be going back on again. (Sorry, music licencing rules.)
There is a Facebook event for the party so join if you use it. Hope to see you there!
It has probably appeared a little quiet lately – to say the least! – but that’s cause we’ve been working on lots of new recordings, in the next couple of months we’ll have the following releases out:
BGK03 – The third Ballagroove compilation
Release Date: Jan/Feb 2008
A double (!) CD with 26 bands/tracks in a lovely handmade sleeve. And it’ll be cheap 🙂
Track listing as follows:
Ballagroove Compilation 3 – BGK03a
- Bonchee – Cornfield
- AJ – Innocent Man
- Alien in the Crayon – Missile of Man
- Moot – Braight
- Tholtan Builders – Wednesday at the mart
- ‘Ingie – The Water
- Buggane – Through the mill
- Cocahiba – You and Me
- Kickin’ Wing – Abigail
- Salt is not wool – Do you believe in magic?
- Safetyword – Hellebore
- Audio Wok – Temper Tantrum
- Mike Seed – St Lukes In Autumn
- Stevie Sore – 30 Year Hangover
Ballagroove Compilation 3 – BGK03b
- Gratiz 3 – Coma (Buggane Mix)
- Doug and Sarah – Deep River Blues
- The Trash 5 – I’m gone
- Nicky Kinley – Don’t Leave Us
- Neil Curphey – Maybe
- 13th Pillar – Take Control
- John and Dean – Cloudy Versions
- Pobble – Pobble
- Rhysical Pheck – Not Everything Is Wrong
- Doug and Sarah – What have you done
- Cartesian Jetstream – Reborn
- Jimmy Tinkler – All in your mind
Rhysical Pheck – The Vitamin D LP
Release Date: Spring 2008
Finally, five years after our debut album, we’ve just about completed the follow up – we’re not exactly fast workers! Werre really happy with the album and currently putting together a proper live set – no backing mini disc this time round – and planning some gigs for the Spring.
Track listing as follows:
- Not Everything Is Wrong
- Mighty Time
- Just the Two Of Us
- Drunk Guitar
- Just a Little Piece
- Light The Candles
- Upstairs Downstairs
- Yr Roots
- Dip into The Well
- Serpentine (Reprise)
- Tie me To The Wheel
- False Promises
Doug and Sarah – Doug and Sarah LP
Release Date: Jan/Feb 2008
Some of you will know Doug(ie Sloth) from years ago when he lived on the Island; he now lives in Bristol with his lovely girlfriend Sarah. Over the last year or so each time they visit the Island they pop along to Ballagroove studios and record a few songs, and we’ve now accumulated enough songs to release an album. There are lots of guest players on there from Rhysical Pheck, Cocahiba, ‘ingie, Katie Lawrance, Tholtan Builders etc. it’s all very folky and very nice 🙂
The Trash 5 – The Lucid Dreams of Dr Seed Mini LP
Release Date: Jan/Feb 2008
Trash 5 are a new Manx band who play dirty garage tunes. They rock!! They’ve done a couple of gigs so far and wowed the audiences with their full-on musical explosion and their matching pink frilly shirts 🙂
They asked us to record them and do a release, we jumped at the chance. We recorded 8 tracks in 6 hours in a tool shop – not quite a garage but close enough! – and it sounds ace! Try to imagine 1965 era Rolling Stones jamming with Mudhoney and the Fall circa 1978, i.e. mighty!
They’ve got a and a Facebook group to read and enjoy 🙂
Track listing as follows:
- Get Trashed
- I’m gone
- Henrietta’s Penknife
- Maureen Bullock
- I’ve Gotta
- We Chew Gum
- Normal Service
- Cardinal Jack
We’ve got plenty of other releases planned, will post up details soon! We’ve also setup a Facebook group for Ballagroove and all the associated bands, parties, etc. so please join us!