Palace of Swords

Palace of Swords are featured on the upcoming Strange Fish 3 album - a krautrock/motorik/kosmiche compilation from the Fruits de Mer label.  

Here's a taster:

More details to follow....

Thanks, Rock Austin and Milner, 

Much appreciated. 

Is there anywhere in Aberdeen that would repair a CD deck/mixer? (It's a Numark CDMix1)

Thanks

Matricarians are hoping to coax some brave souls to join us on theremin, etc We'll mostly be using singing bowls, zithers & racket-making stuff.

Sounds tempting....

Really looking forward to Sunday - it should be a good night.

[i accidentally clicked on the 'vote down' button instead of the 'quote' button on your post, and I can't seem to change it. Sorry about that, Alan.] 

We're delighted to announce that Palace of Swords are featured on the latest Active Listener Sampler.

More details from here:

http://active-listener.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/get-new-active-listener-sampler-here.html

The next Strawberry Wine will be on Friday 15th March. Hope to see a few of you there.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Strawberry-Wine/219642591474608

Cheers, Peter.

Keyboard player required for three-piece synth/experimental group.

Influences: Suicide, Silver Apples, Kraftwerk, Cabaret Voltaire, early Human League.

Musical ability is not essential. The group is still at the planning stage, so any input will be more than welcome. We are looking at practicing maybe once a fortnight, with the aim of playing our first gigs by the summer. NB. We are not teenagers. 

[i should add that this is a side project, quite separate from Palace of Swords.]

A couple of reviews:

http://www.facebook.com/notes/mark-barton/the-crabs-sell-out-the-crabs-freak-out/541694005865591

http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=40526

NB. The Prog Archives guy doesn't like the Palace of Swords track.     

Thanks to everyone who braved the terrible weather last night - it's very much appreciated.

[Next date yet to be confirmed, but probably March sometime. Watch this space...]

I'd quite like one of these. (It's a psychoacoustic crystal energy pyramid.)

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/05/23/minimoog-designer-creates-psychoacoustic-crystal-energy-pyramid/

This is tomorrow night, folks...

Well done to everyone involved in this - it was a great night.

Oh, and I should add that the Kitchen Cynics Orchestra (or Arkestra as I insist on spelling it) were quite brilliant.

This is worth a listen:

http://theactivelistener.bandcamp.com/album/the-first-active-listener-acid-folk-sampler

Full track-listing and details here:

http://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Crabs-Sell-Out-The-Crabs-Freak-Out/release/4108901

Brilliant new wave/post-punk pop from the Antipodes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm3UGftvCRo

I still think daemons should have been nominated seeing as it's too extreme for the moorings

Good point, actually.

The Moorings does have quite a conservative music policy in a lot of ways.

This is in the diary - I'm especially looking forward to seeing the Kitchen Cynics Orchestra.

An evening of C86, early Creation, twee indie-pop and shoe-gaze. DJ's The Smith and Peter L (Palace Of Swords). £2 entry - free before 10pm or to anyone wearing an anorak!

Cellar 35, Rosemount Viaduct. Friday 18th January 2013. 9pm-1.00am

http://www.facebook.com/events/254457984680438/

See everyone there,

The Smith.

Are all anoraks acceptable or is it just certain types? Would I get in for free wearing a pac-a-mac?

Sorry, I may have cloth ears - but I think he sounds dreadful.

Palace of Swords are featured on a new Fruits de Mer compilation The Crabs Sell Out/The Crabs Freak Out, which is set to be released mid-December.

The album will be available as a freebie to those on the Fruits de Mer mailing list, the Heyday Records mailing list and various others.

It also features exclusive tracks by The Pretty Things, The Bevis Frond, Paul Roland, Sendelica, The Lucid Dream etc.

http://www.fruitsdemerrecords.com/crabssellout.html

I'm pleased to hear that this went well. It's great to see people taking the initiative and putting on their own nights/events.

[i was in Glasgow on Friday/Saturday so couldn't make it, unfortunately. I will try to come along to the next one, though.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mwk52aGTh0

Blump...

This is tonight!

Another nomination: Goat - World Music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTgApnKsSPI