Papa November’s debut for Bearos records ‘From the Start Line’
THE BEAT SUITE PRESENTS
FIRST FOLD RECORDS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT TWENTY SIX OF AUGUST MIDNIGHT TILL TWO
For whoever listens to online radio. This should all be quite odd and hopefully fun. Presented by the boys from the beat suite with a live set from first fold’s in-house band nations shall rise…, a specially prepared first fold focused set by royal from the open beats collective and some chat about what we are about.
No idea who lived in this house before some friends moved in, but in my opinion, getting rid of the paintwork on the door would probably be a priority; the door leads to a baby-blue box room.
Papa November contributes to Supersonic Instalation
Published July 14th, 2009 in Art, Music, Soundtracks and papa november. 0 Comments
Sometimes cool stuff comes up in the world of sound art and installation, most projects I have been involved in have been with Katy Acquaye-Tonge, this one I done on me oun, cy-tin. I think I am dumbing down because I’m afraid of the arts.
‘There Are No Others, There Is Only Us’
video installation by Marc Silver / Music by Ben Frost
Moor Street Station,
Birmingham ,
Friday 24th – Sunday 26th July 10 am – 6pm daily Free
‘There are no others, there is only us’ is a powerful visual metaphor illustrating the nature of collaboration and the power of crowds, with music composed by post minimalist producer Ben Frost (Bjork, Valgeir Sigurosson). The centerpiece of the film is an aerial dance of half a million swarming birds, projected at Birmingham Moor Street Station, where 7,000 commuters come and go daily. In addition to Ben Frosts soundtrack 5 artists have been invited by Supersonic Festival to compose alternative scores to accompany the film. These include sound pieces created by: Andrew Moscardo-Parker, Stuart Tonge (Papa November), Simon Fox, Matt Snowden, Sam Underwood
Papa November interview by Zenon Gradkowski
Published June 8th, 2009 in First Fold Records, Music and papa november. 0 Comments
Lazarus Corporation’s Zenon Gradkowski made the grave mistake of giving my musical rants a platform, the painful results may be read on their website. Ta Zenon.
Papa November Picture II
Published April 29th, 2009 in Art, Design, Stan and Wes and papa november. 0 Comments
I produced a drawing from a picture taken with my phone, the results were like the picture on the left, I felt the face looked a bit long, so I photographed it at an angle and from the top, this shortened the face and added some weight to the top of the head. It doesnt look that much like me though.
Now in photoshop I increased the contrast and filled with some colour in order to complete the Papa November portrait, always aiming for minimal manipulation once in photoshop, I don’t want to loose that drawn quality with random lines and faint erased mistakes.
Papa November Picture
Published April 23rd, 2009 in Art, Design, Stan and Wes and papa november. 1 Comment
I don’t think people need or want to see actual pictures of my mug, so here is a self portrait I did on the 22-04-09, drawn in pencil using a 0.5HB lead, scanned at 300dpi and tinted in photoshop. Very League of Gentlemen, as in ‘I can I can’t’
Returning from Luton to Birmingham I missed my train connection to Leicester and because I had an off peak ticket, I had to kill 2:30 hours in Luton. One exit from the train station led to the town centre, the other exit up a road with lots of character and plenty of unusual shops. Seven hours of killing time and train journeys was to much though. Oh for a car…
Luton Library, I think, on the newer looking side of the centre of town.
Scandinavia Restaurant & Cafe in Luton
I was really curious to see what a Scandinavian menu might look like. Chips and eggs, sausage and eggs etc. Is that really a Scandinavian menu?
Continuing the scan and fill tradition, here is a drawing I produced in 1998 for a graphic novel I was working on with a friend, the story fell apart as distance and time became issues. I kept a folio full of line drawings. This one showing the hero of the story sharing a rollie with a friend.
This man committed a crime and was imprisoned in Russia, were he became saintly. Drawn in pencil at the sister in laws, scanned and filled at home.