James Stephen Finn

‘Wyrd Beautiful Thyme’ by Band Of Holy Joy “Stand...

Sun, 13 May 2012 02:40:00 +0100

‘Wyrd Beautiful Thyme’ by Band Of Holy Joy

“Stand and watch lives disappear / Are these the days to be austere?”
Spring brings rebirth and with it the possibility of hope… May Day sees the emergence of Band of Holy Joy’s first new songs since their How to Kill a Butterfly album was released to universal acclaim at the close of 2011 (including album of the year at Beat Surrender)! And whilst that album moved through some dark places, Wyrd Beautiful Thyme finds love and life in chaos embracing the pockets of joy that can still be found even as the world spirals into hell. This beautifully illustrated 7” (their first since 1992) finds Johny and the band in ebullient mind and body – the title track is energised and gleeful with loose percussion, fuzzy synth, woody wah wah and enchanting backing vocals whilst the flip, ‘A Clean White Shirt’, is reflective and triumphant as they emerge sweetly out of “a terminally bad existence” and away from the mire. ‘Wyrd Beautiful Thyme’ sees Band of Holy Joy continue to burn a path brighter than at any other time since they first formed.

‘How to Kill a Butterfly‘ is still very much in rotation having received a full retail release on April 2nd.

Available from HMV, Amazon, Juno, Exotic Pylon, Cargo, and other good music retailers.

Tiger Walking Downhill live at Breathe Launch Night Friday 5th...

Fri, 04 May 2012 01:57:02 +0100

Tiger Walking Downhill live at Breathe Launch Night

Friday 5th May 2012, 8pm
Hotel Elephant
77-85 Newington Causeway
SE1 6BD

Breathe live art will be launching with an event at Hotel Elephant, featuring performance art, sonic art, live music, installations, film and DJs.

Tiger Walking Downhill (consisting of James Stephen Finn, Peter Smith and Kacper Ziemianin) will be performing a live improvised electronic noise piece.

Entry is £4 on the door.

http://breatheliveart.wordpress.com

Band Of Holy Joy Live at 229 Saturday 28th April 2012, 7pm 229...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:39:00 +0100

Band Of Holy Joy Live at 229

Saturday 28th April 2012, 7pm
229 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 5PN

Symptomatic presents The Band Of Holy Joy performing live at 229’s club venue on Great Portland Street, nearby to the tube station.

Support is from Faults, Horse Brothers and The Fallen Leaves.

Tickets are £8 in advance or £10 on the door. Tickets are available in advance from Ticketweb.

http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=494095

‘The North Is Another Land’ by Band Of Holy...

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:46:21 +0000

‘The North Is Another Land’ by Band Of Holy Joy

Released on German label Moloko Plus, ‘The North Is Another Land’ is an eight-track CD release and postcard box set.

It is currently available to purchase via mail order from Moloko Plus.

http://www.molokoplusrecords.de/finder.php?folder=News&content=16

Band Of Holy Joy Live at The Social Tuesday 28th February 2012,...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:40:55 +0000

Band Of Holy Joy Live at The Social

Tuesday 28th February 2012, 7pm
The Social
5 Little Portland Street
London
W1W 7JD

Symptomatic presents The Band Of Holy Joy performing live at The Social in London’s West End, just off of Great Portland Street, near Oxford Circus.

Support is from Jack Roberts, Fraser and The Beth Steel.

Tickets are £6 in advance or £8 on the door. Available from Ticketweb.

http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=486800

‘Live At The Spirit Of Gravity’ by Tiger Walking...

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:11:08 +0000

‘Live At The Spirit Of Gravity’ by Tiger Walking Downhill

Now available from Bandcamp in digital download formats is Tiger Walking Downhill’s live performance at Spirit Of Gravity in Brighton last year. This live improvised performance was recorded live at Komedia in Brighton on August 25th 2011.

Tiger Walking Downhill features Kacper Ziemianin, Peter Smith and James Stephen Finn performing improvised electronic noise and ambient music and soundscapes using an array of various DIY instruments, circuit-bent toys, effects, feedback, mixers, turntables, Max/MSP and SuperCollider.

This release is available for free from Bandcamp, here.

http://jamesstephenfinn.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-spirit-of-gravity

The Tramadols Live at Nambucca Saturday 25th February 2012,...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:48:28 +0000

The Tramadols Live at Nambucca

Saturday 25th February 2012, 7.30pm
Nambucca
596 Holloway Road
London
N7 6LB

Symptomatic presents The Tramadols live at Nambucca in Holloway, featuring support from Oxford Style, Me John & The Drummer, Jail, and Urban Clothes.

The Tramadols will be on stage at 11pm.

Tickets are £6 (or £8 on the door) and are available in advance from Ticketweb and Wegottickets.

London Callin’ Presents The Fallen Leaves and The...

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:44:01 +0000

London Callin’ Presents The Fallen Leaves and The Tramadols

Wednesday 1st February 2012, 7.30pm
12 Bar
Denmark Street
London
WC2H 8NN

London Callin’ presents an evening of live music at the 12 Bar on Denmark Street, featuring live performances from The Fallen Leaves, The Tramadols, Hot Hooves and Argonaut.

The Tramadols will be on stage at 10.45pm.

£6 entry fee on the door.

Band Of Holy Joy Live at The Montague Arms, New Cross Thursday...

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:40:32 +0000

Band Of Holy Joy Live at The Montague Arms, New Cross

Thursday 22nd December 2011, 7.30pm
The Montague Arms
289 Queens Road
New Cross, London
SE15 2PA

Symptomatic presents The Band Of Holy Joy performing live at The Montague Arms in New Cross with guests.

Support is from Beata Positiva, Hillfield and Stone, and DJ Jonny Mugwump.

Tickets are £8 (£6 for concessions) in advance. Available from See Tickets.

http://www.seetickets.com/Event/THE-BAND-OF-HOLY-JOY/The-Montague-Arms/602235

Band Of Holy Joy Live at The Hope, Brighton Wednesday 14th...

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:42:59 +0000

Band Of Holy Joy Live at The Hope, Brighton

Wednesday 14th December 2011, 7.30pm
The Hope
Brighton, East Sussex
BN1 3WA

Symptomatic presents The Band Of Holy Joy performing live at The Hope in Brighton with guests.

Support is from Eliza Jaye & The Tarts and Kinnie The Explorer.

Tickets are £8 (£6 for concessions) in advance. Available from Ticketweb.

https://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_south&query=detail&event=474136

Radio Joy Presents ‘Beuys Will Be Beuys’ at The...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:35:59 +0000

Radio Joy Presents ‘Beuys Will Be Beuys’ at The Residents, Thessaloniki

Sunday 11th December 2011, 9.30pm
Residents Bar
Stratigou Kallari 4A,
Thessaloniki
Greece

‘Beuys will be Beuys’ is an audio visual poem inspired by the fall to earth and subsequent resurrection of Josef Beuys. With text by Johny Brown, and featuring visuals by Inga Tillere, and sound design by James Stephen Finn and Cris Lapthorne.

James Stephen Finn will start the night off by performing a solo noise set.

And to cap the night off Johny Brown (Band Of Holy Joy) will join Minor Mine, to perform songs by both Minor Mine and Band Of Holy Joy.

Doors open at 9.30pm.

London Callin’ Presents The Fallen Leaves Wednesday 7th...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:44:01 +0000

London Callin’ Presents The Fallen Leaves

Wednesday 7th December 2011, 7.30pm
12 Bar
Denmark Street
London
WC2H 8NN

London Callin’ presents a night of live music at the 12 Bar on Denmark Street, featuring live performances from The Fallen Leaves, The Tramadols, The Transients, Trees & The Slipway and James Levy & Alison Pierce.

£6 entry fee on the door.

‘Live Sessions 2010’ by Tiger Walking Downhill Live...

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:10:00 +0000

‘Live Sessions 2010’ by Tiger Walking Downhill

Live recordings from Kacper Ziemianin and Peter Smith, featuring guest appearances from James Stephen Finn and Hubert Winczyk on a bonus track recorded during a live performance at The Foundry in Shoreditch, London.

Limited edition of 50 copies with hand-printed CDs and sleeves. Design by Kamil Korolczuk and Polina Joffe.

Available only at Tiger Walking Downhill live shows, from Oso records. The first show that these CDs will be available for purchase will be today at Audio Art Festival in Poland.

Abbey Road and Other Stories 21st to 26th November 2011, 10am to...

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:24:26 +0000

Abbey Road and Other Stories

21st to 26th November 2011, 10am to 7pm (Monday to Friday, until 4pm on Saturday)
The Gallery, London College Of Communication
Elephant and Castle
London
SE1 6SB

Featuring works by: Richard Coles / Andrew Davidson / Andrew Espin / Geoff Howse / Jack James / Ariel Karsh / Kiki / Charlie Kerr / Dario Khan / Kevin Logan / Giuseppe Scalese / Giulia Scarantino / Tadeo Sendon / Tom Soloveitzik / James Stephen Finn

Private View: Tuesday 22 November, 6 – 9pm
Symposium: Saturday 26 November, 11 – 4pm
RSVP: events@lcc.arts.ac.uk

Presenting new works by fifteen sound artists, Abbey Road and Other Stories offers an in-depth enquiry into the languages and systems of sound in the arts.

Taking the title from James Stephen Finn’s installation ‘How Abbey Road Destroyed Rock and Roll’, which itself emulates the title of Elijah Wald’s revisionist music history How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ‘n’ Roll, the exhibition reveals alternative strategies of listening to and interacting with sound.

Kiki, Espin and Khan approach the capacity of sound for evoking and performing places, their stories and histories, whilst the performative works of Logan, Scarantino, Howse and James explore sound as an activator whether of spaces and objects or the narratives of politics and people.

Dealing with the systems of sound and the evaluation of their mechanisms Coles, Kerr, Davidson and Sendon take us into the machine, pushing sound equipment to interesting extremes or playing with the languages and virtual manifestations of technology.

New works by Soloveitzik and Scalese document and play with ideas of subjective and aesthetic values, whilst Karsh invokes a character from the devoted extremes of sound and its manipulation, a heavy metal sound mixer born from the machines and myths of music.

To coincide with the exhibition CRiSAP’s (Centre for Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice) will be hosting a symposium at London College of Communication on the relationship between sound arts practice and sound research with Dr. Ximena Alarcon, Dr. Nye Parry and Dr. Alice Eldridge and chaired by CRiSAP’s director Angus Carlyle. The symposium is free however booking is required. Please RSVP to: events@lcc.arts.ac.uk

Abbey Road and Other Stories is curated by Mark Jackson and Morgan Quaintance and supported by London College of Communication and CRiSAP. The exhibition presents the final work of the MA Sound Arts graduates of London College of Communication.

Tramadol Nights Saturday 12th November 2011, 9pm Mascara Bar 72...

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:15:34 +0000

Tramadol Nights

Saturday 12th November 2011, 9pm
Mascara Bar
72 Stamford Hill Road
London
N16 6XS

A night of live music at Mascara Bar in Stoke Newington on Saturday 12th November, featuring performances from Hest, The Tramadols, The Valkarys and Kaiz La Kazie, with DJs too.

Free entry.

‘Live At Cafe Oto’ by Damo Suzuki and God...

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:48:22 +0000

‘Live At Cafe Oto’ by Damo Suzuki and God Don’t Like It Ensemble

Recorded live at Cafe Oto, Dalston, London on 8th July 2011. Performed by Damo Suzuki of CAN, with Graham Dunning (turntables), James Stephen Finn (synthesizer), Alice French (flute), Marcus Hamblett (electronics), Justin Paton (bass), Craig Tamlin (drums), Georgina Treloar (xylophone) and Koichi Yamanoha (guitar). Event organised by Anthony Chalmers.

Made available by the OpenSoundGroup, this release can be downloaded in MP3 format here.

http://www.archive.org/download/DamoSuzukiAndGodDontLikeItEnsemble-LiveAtCafeOto/DamoSuzukiAndGodDontLikeItEnsemble-LiveAtCafeOto_vbr_mp3.zip

Outsider at The Montague Arms, with Tiger Walking Downhill...

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:34:29 +0000

Outsider at The Montague Arms, with Tiger Walking Downhill (Ziemianin, Finn, Smith)

Friday 11th November 2011
The Montague Arms
289 Queens Road
New Cross, London
SE15 2PA

James Stephen Finn will be performing a live improvised noise set alongside Kacper Ziemianin and Peter Smith under the name of Tiger Walking Downhill at Outsider at The Montague Arms in New Cross. There will also be performances from DJ BPM, Snatch, Christmas Gimp and visuals from Flickering Light.

Admission is £5 on the door (£3 for concessions), with the evening’s events starting at 8.30pm.

Noel Gallagher After Show Party Monday 31st October 2011 Bar Solo 20 Inverness Street Camden Town...

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:22:00 +0000

Noel Gallagher After Show Party Monday 31st October 2011 Bar Solo 20 Inverness Street Camden Town...

Band Of Holy Joy Live in Paris Wednesday 2nd November 2011 Petit...

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:48:58 +0100

Band Of Holy Joy Live in Paris

Wednesday 2nd November 2011
Petit Bain
7 Port De La Gare,
75013 Paris

Band Of Holy Joy will be premiering the new album ‘How To Kill A Butterfly’ live in Paris on November 2nd. They will be performing on Le Petit Bain at Port de la Gare, with support from Craft Spells.

http://www.petitbain.org/02-11-band-of-holy-joy

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Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:52:28 +0100