Get TT Fortnight off to a groovy start at the Bay Hotel Port Erin

Friday May 25th 8pm till Midnight

FREE ENTRY

Ballagroove DJ’s playing a selection of Reggae, Funk, Soul, Indie, Punk, Boogaloo – a bit of everything

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Top new psych-funk-indie-boogie masters Castesian Jetstream will be playing live at Laxey Working Mens Institute on Saturday June 16th

There will also be a psychy DJ set from Ballagroove DJ Gyp

And !

Psychy Visual projections by Retina

All in all a pretty groovy night and well worth the journey to Laxey !

There is a door tax of £2 to cover the hire of the hall

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The debut release from the mighty Fletcher Christian Mutiny is out now on Bandcamp! Six tracks of awesome rifferry for the bargain price of a fiver – get it while it’s hot!

Good news – the debut release from the mighty Fletcher Christian Mutiny is now ready and should be available in the next few days – get ready to ROCK !

Mr. Eliminator and the Deadly Vipers’ phenomenal debut Mini LP ‘Danger of Death’ is out now!

CD is now available from The Ballagroove Shop, for a mere £5, plus £1 for P&P if you need it posting.

The recording contains the following tracks:

1. Danger of Death
2. Viboras Mortales
3. Nuclear Tsunami
4. Bitter Is Better
5. Bang Bang Bang
6. Attack of the Wolfman
7. Dead End Cruise

Buy the digital release here: iTunes | Amazon UK | Amazon US | Amazon Germany | Amazon Japan.

You can also follow them on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, ’cause they’re good like that.

Garden Party Festival DJ Launch Party, Silent Disco, 3 sets of DJ’s starting with Ballagroove DJ’s, BPM themed night, we’ll be starting off at 70-90, next DJ’s 110-130, last ones working it up to 170, sounds like great fun !

13th Pillar will perform their debut live public gig at The Rovers Return in Douglas on April 21st – we play psych-garage-punk-rock, loud and noisy, firmly rooted in 70′s punk rock with a splattering of 60′s psych and garage – band members are Selwyn Collister, Karl Collins, Mike Seed and Gypo Buggane

Local legend DJ Shaun Hogg will provide the music – expect every form of Reggae and Punk imagineable – Shaun has been DJing in Bushys pub since before they were Bushys pubs – some 25 years odd !

And its …….. FREE

Join us once again for a night of Electronic fun and frolics as we make our journey from the sea back to the tranquil surroundings of Jabberwocky (Douglas)

Featuring : Dusty Plankton (Live Band), Dj Darren Millar and Ballagroove DJ’s

Oh and its Free, that’s right nish, zero, zilch….more details to follow soon

Rhysical Pheck – ‘The Little People Album’ on Bandcamp

Mr. Eliminator and the Deadly Vipers’ phenomenal debut Mini LP ‘Danger of Death’ is out now! The recording contains the following tracks:

1. Danger of Death
2. Viboras Mortales
3. Nuclear Tsunami
4. Bitter Is Better
5. Bang Bang Bang
6. Attack of the Wolfman
7. Dead End Cruise

Buy the digital release here: iTunes | Amazon UK | Amazon US | Amazon Germany | Amazon Japan.

You can also follow them on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, ’cause they’re good like that.

Saturday (31st March) night sees two hot Ballagroove bands playing with each other (!) at The Clarendon in Douglas. Get along for some hot surf action courtesy of Mr. Eliminator and The Deadly Vipers and some loud, rock chaos from The Fletcher Christian Mutiny.

Also, don’t forget to get your tickets for the Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate gig at the Villa Marina on Easter Friday (April 6th). Tickets are limited and selling well and its only a week away – Full details here.

Hopefully see you at the gigs

No need for words, poster says it all

Will just mention – it’s FREE and the beer is cheap(!), and you can raffle yourself

New promoters Dark Horse Promotions are pleased to announce details of their first live event.

ALL proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the Isle of Man Children’s Centre.

Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate

“Spreading their unique fusion of folk, hip-hop, afrobeat, and reggae, not just an acoustic act, they use live looping to create soundscapes full of beatbox, guitar, harmonica, percussion, didjerido, and just about anything else they can find! A ground breaking and totally genre-defying live act; Joe & Sekou have been in high demand the world over, performing at Glastonbury Festival, Electric Picnic in Ireland, and Lake of Stars in Malawi, Africa.

“Joe Driscoll is the man Cee-Lo Green labelled ‘The gangsta with an iron lung’ and seeing him live I know exactly what he means,” Barry tells us. “I first saw Joe Driscoll perform at the Green Man festival in the Chai Wallahs tent a few years ago. He absolutely blew me away and the crowd was instantly taken by his amazing looping and beatbox skills!”

Hear them on SoundCloud

Mr Eliminator and The Deadly Vipers

“From the Isle of Man, they have somewhat of a cult following in the surf rock scene! The island’s only instrumental surf rock band, fronted by three young men, has revived a style of music almost as old as their combined ages! Expect a mix of underground Surf Classics and original tracks; soon to be releasing their debut mini-LP on Ballagroove Records.”

Ballagroove DJs

“DJs Gyp and Toots have been DJing around the Island for 15 years, playing their mix of Funk, Soul, Reggae, Dub, Indie and World music. From obscure rarities to up front floor fillers, an eclectic mix is guaranteed.”

Isle of Man Children’s Centre

The Children’s Centre develops, manages, and pioneers a variety of community initiatives and services aimed at enabling children, young people, and families to realise their full potential.They are an independent Manx charity – undertaking their own projects and working with others – to put children, young people, and families first.

• Joe Driscoll’s website
• Mr Eliminator and The Deadly Vipers’ Facebook Page
• Ballagroove’s Facebook Page
• Dark Horse Promotions IoM Facebook Page
• Isle of Man Children’s Centre website

Ticket Bookings

NB Change of venue – this gig is now at Jabberwocky NOT Amber (change of management, cancelled gig – thanks )

Ballagroove DJs will be supporting ace new local band Dusty Plankton at Jaberwocky in Douglas on Friday 24th February

Its FREE to get in, starts at 8pm, we are DJing from 8pm till 10pm, then the band are on, then top DJ action from Darren Millar into the early hours, did I mention its FREE

This is what they have to say , and, I quote…

“After a couple of months since our last gig, we thought it was time to climb out of the sea for another gig.

“Since we last left you Alan has been knitting jumpers, Tony has been running up and down hills and I have been mostly collecting stamps so we have been moderately busy.

“We are proud to announce that as well as being joined by the fabulous DeeDee (our very own Burlesque performer) we will be joined on the decks by Ballagroove head honcho and all round good guy Gypo, he will be spinning the warm up set with fellow tag team Dj of Funk and all things nice, Toots. following Dusty’s live set, we will be graced by our very own tour Dj, Darren Millar whose electronic funk filled grooves will see you to the end of play

“We will be kicking off at 8pm and Dusty Plankton will be on stage about 10pm, oh and its FREE entry too

“Soooo go tell it on the mountain that we are back, we have a few gigs and a few surprises and some great Dj’s joining us on our adventures this year. we hope you all could join us too.”

Ballagroove will be holding a Xmas party at the Bay Hotel, Port Erin on 17th December from 8pm till 12am

Would be great if people could come in Xmas Fancy Dress – of any kind imaginable

Ballagroove DJ’s Gyp and Toots will be playing the music, so usual mix of a bit of everything from Punk to Funk, Soul to Indie, Rock n Roll to Reggae

And …..

For the 6th year running (we think), Ballagroove will be hosting the New Years Eve party at the Bay Hotel Port Erin

This year’s theme is ….

MONSTER RAVING LOONY PARTY

It is, of course, FREE to get in and its FANCY DRESS – fancy dress theme is Monsters, Ravers and Loonys – if you can incorporate all three into one mega-costume then you probably deserve a prize, we’ll try and think of something

Its FREE to get in

Hope to see you there

Support your Local Pub, Bushys is the Islands only Independent Brewery !! – where else can you get a pint of traditional scrumpy for £2.60 a pint

Fancy Dress Disco
Ballagroove DJs
(Funk, Soul, Indie, Punk, Reggae, Boogaloo)
Bay Hotel, Port Erin

Saturday 22nd October
8pm – midnight
Free Entry

Put on a wig, come to the party, drink Bushys fine ales, bump into friends, have a dance, go home happy

Talons Nightclub – Falcon’s Nest Hotel – Port Erin, Ellan Vannin

Saturday 29th October 2011 – 8pm till Midnight

HOP TU NAA themed FANCY DRESS

Our favourite Manx Surf band Mr. Eliminator and The Deadly Vipers will be playing Live with guest guitarist Nelly from Fletcher Christian Mutiny.

Ballagroove DJ’s will be playing lots of horror themed muzak along with usual eclectic mix of Soul, Funk, Surf, Rock n Roll, Punk, Garage, Boogaloo, Jazz, Reggae, Mod, Indie, etc.

Tickets are £5 each and available from the reception at the Falcon’s Nest Hotel.

Friday 23rd September 2011 – 8pm till Midnight – Recommended preparation – Straight to the Rovers after work, chippy tea, few pints, dancing shoes on

Our favourite Manx Surf band Mr Emlinator and The Deadly Vipers will be playing Live

Ballagroove DJ’s will be playing an eclectic mix of Soul, Funk, Surf, Rock n Roll, Punk, Garage, Boogaloo, Jazz, Reggae, Mod, Indie ….. etc.

There is no Fancy Dress theme (for a change) but we positively encourage anyone to dress as ridiculous as they wish

FREE ENTRY – ALL WELCOME – HOPE YOU CAN COME !

Ballagroove have been asked to put together a stage at this years ‘Ramsey Rocks’ in the Market Square (in front of the club that used to be ‘Nightlife’), – its on Friday July 8th from 7.30pm, we’ve got ‘Mr Eliminator and The Deadly Vipers’ (Surf Rock) and ‘Space Monkey’ (Psych Reggae Groove Machine) playing LIVE plus the Ballagroove DJ’s (Funk, Soul, Reggae etc.), music finishes just before 11pm after which there will be a mighty firework display – if you don’t dig Ballagroove then head over to the other stage by the swingbridge, lots of other stuff on to – check out Rogers stunning poster for full details, far as I know its all FREE and it’ll be great fun, been a while since we’ve done anything down North !!

GLASTONMARY

Ballagroove DJ’s with Live Acts -”CampStar” and “Dub Fellaghs Sound System”

Saturday 25th June 2011
8pm to Midnight
Bay View Hotel, Port St Mary

FREE Entry / FANCY DRESS

We’ve been invited by the good folk at Dirty South to DJ again at The Bay View Hotel, Port St Mary

This time instead of adding Live Surf and Harp to the mix we’ve got Live Blues and Electronic Dub – variety a go go !

“CampStar” are basically an acoustic duo featuring compositions from Simon Campbell and Suzy Starlite. Suzy plays acousto-punk with a couple of powerful ballads, empathetically inspired by the human condition… Simon is developing an acoustic set ready for his next album. Tracks to date feature stomping blues and some majestic acoustic pieces.

Providing us with some smooth Ambient Electronic Dub will be “Dub Fellaghs Sound System” (a pseudonym for one of Ballagroove’s regular artists) as another warm up for their set at Mannifest Festival in August – the last gig at the Bay Port Erin was Dubtastic so we are well excited to welcome them back.

Ballagroove DJ’s will be playing the (un)usual mix of Funk, Soul, Reggae, Indie, World Music, 60’s pop, Boogaloo, Jazz, Psych – in other words there will be a wild mix of stuff played J, there will be no Coldpl*y, U* or Beyon*e that’s fer sure

FANCY DRESS theme is ‘Happy Campers’ so basically get dressed as if you were going to Glastonbury – crazier the better

The last party down the Bay View was real fun with a great crowd and some top freaky dancing, lets hope we can do it all again !

Support Local Music and Support Your Local Pubs !! – FOR FREE

Just for fun, Shaun Hogg of Boss H Soundsystem will be bringing his great reggae tunes down to Port Erin for a Soundclash with Ballagroove who will be playing their favourite Funky breaks. Alternate funk and reggae tunes all evening.

Now with added ‘Dub Fellaghs Well Sound System’ who will be playing a live electronic dub set in the middle of the evening as a rehearsal for their gig at Mannifest later in the summer – we’ll be videoing it to put up on youtube, so put on your worst fancy dress and dance like a loon then you can laugh at yerself on youtube

Starts at 8pm
Vaults, Bay Hotel, Lower Promenade, Port Erin, Ellan Vannin

Fancy Dress if you wanna, same theme ‘Reggae v Funk’

FREE ENTRY

BIG plug for our very good friend David Maddrell’s new exhibition at The Sayle Gallery

Ballagroover ‘Buggane’ has done an exclusive soundtrack for the exhibition which will be available for sale from the gallery for the duration of the exhibition – its a 21 minute long ‘ambient’ piece of music with a special hand made CD sleeve featuring artwork from the exhibtion – only 100 copies – £4 (we couldn’t do it any cheaper than this, or we would have done)

Nice flashy graphic on the BBC website

Couple of nice articles about the exhibition here and here

Hope you can get along for a look and a listen, let us know what you think

Full details available on David’s Website

This was recorded for a compilation album of Jim Bob Covers put together by Chris T-T as a present for Jim Bob for his 50th birthday recently

Hope you like it

Buggane – Special Wants and Special Needs (Jim Bob Cover)

Saturday February 12th 2011

Come along and get loved up, or, cry into yr pint, either way we’ll try and have a good time !

FANCY DRESS – theme ‘St Valentines Day Massacre’

FREE ENTRY

Ballagroove DJ’s playing usual mix of crazy shit

Top Ballagroovers Cohiba are playing at the invitation of the lovely people at ‘Dirty South’, Bay Port St Mary on Tuesday 11th January from 8.30pm, could become a regular event at the Bay so please support it would be great to have a regular music night in the village !!

Check out some old Cohiba tunes on our downloads page

Git Yaw … Cotton pickin, Horse-in thievin, denin wearin, mullet harin, beer swillin, wood choppin, critter killin, fishwyfe hollerin, vehicle collectin, engine teakin, hair greasin, tooth missin, truck pushin, bar dancin, pip spittin, thigh slappin, banjo pluckin, foot stompin, stranger starin, finger pointin, chair rockin, corn munchin, dog howlin, timber hawlin, ass pinchin, baccy chewin, saw sharpenin, gun aimin, sign shootin, fish hookin, horn honkin, hog huntin, liquor suppin, cap tappin, head scratchin, eye winkin, face twitchin, belly rubbin, mama huggin, BALLAGROOVIN butts down to the

BAY PORT ERIN
on
NEW YEARS EVE 2010 – 8pm
for the
REDNECK, TRAILER TRASH, HICKS and HILLBILLIES
FANCY DRESS PARTY

With DJ’s Ferile Cheryl and Dancin Doooowayne

for some drinkin, dancin, whoopin and maybe even some neckin, but no cussin !

FREE ENTRY (OF COURSE)

Buggane

Just for Fun – “Hop Tu Naa” and “Mannifest” Song Downloads

Taken to the habit of writing a song for each party we do, well, have done it twice now, first for the “Funky Zoo” party at the Ballagroove / Rotten Planet tent at Mannifest 2010”, enjoyed it so did another for last nights “Death at the Hop (Tu Naa)” party.

For those of you who don’t know “Hop Tu Naa” is our Celtic New Years Eve, represents the coming of “The Dark” (winter) so we all dress up a scary loons, carve evil faces into moots (turnips), sing mad songs and have a party. “Hop Tu Naa” is an old song, with many variants, virtually one for every village on the Island, so why not have another one, its not particularly loyal to the original but so be it.

Hope you like it, Happy ‘Hop Tu Naa’ !

“Hop Tu Naa” by Buggane from the album “Hot Turnip” – Death at the Hop (Tu Naa)

And, seems as I forgot to post it up here at the time, here is the “Funky Zoo” track we did for “Mannifest 2010”

“Funky Zoo” by The Clets – Funky Zoo

“Hop Tu Naa”
Mannifest Festival

FREE – FANCY DRESS – HOP TU NAA PARTY

Ballagroove DJ’s – Voodoo Boogie, Ghoulish Funk, Witchy Soul, Wizardy Boogaloo …. etc

Plus Hot Hop Tu Naa Action

8pm – 12am

FANCY DRESS THEME – Hop Tu Naa – Ghouls / Ghosts / Vampires / Scary Shit

Audio Woks ‘lo-fi Sea Shanty’ mix of Rhysical Phecks ‘Yr Roots’

Quick note …..

The next ballagroove shindig will be at Islands premier (and only proper) music festival in August, we’re sharing a tent with our good friends at ‘Rotten Planet Records’ …. many more details to come soon, we’ve got some of the Islands top acts plus some spectacularly ace UK acts, its going to be ace so get yr tickets soon !!

Check out the festival website at http://www.mannifestlive.com/

Thanks to scottish alison for the lovely haggis present – but as a veggie I cannae eat offal – so, frug like a madman and earn yr supper !!

Ballagroove ‘Traa-dy-Liooar’ New Year’s Eve Millenium Party (10 years late)

Bay Port Erin

FREE ENTRY

50′s-60′s-70′s-80′s-90′s Fancy Dress

Ballagroove DJ’s playing select tunes from the 50′s-60′s-70′s-80′s-90′s

8.30pm—1am

Come along and see in 2010 in style!

Xmas is coming, so here is the ideal present for your friends on and off the island!

We’ve reduced the price to £5 for the next few months to try and encourage people to get these as Xmas presents - Support local charities and local bands at the same time!

Note that all money raised goes directly to the IoM Anti-Cancer Association.

Read full details about the CD

Buy Online:

Ballagroove Records Online Shop

The Isle of Man Anti-Cancer Association is proud to announce the launch of its brand new ‘1 in 3’ CD as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations. For the first time on one CD, the cream of Manx music has come together in a collection that showcases the startling diversity of home-grown musical talent in the Isle of Man.

“I’m very excited about this project,” said President of the Isle of Man Anti-Cancer Association, Carole Cowin. “We started with a very rough idea about a CD with some local music on to help celebrate our 50th anniversary and at the same time to raise money for the ongoing fight against cancer.”

Carole added that she had been overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the musicians who contributed to the album: “When we began asking people if they wanted to take part, we weren’t sure of the response we’d get. In fact, every single person involved has been incredibly supportive. Almost everyone on the album has been affected in some way by cancer – either personally or someone close to them and they wanted to do something which they felt could make a difference.”

The CD boasts tracks from Katherine Crowe, Christine Collister, Back Door Slam, Über Room, Truman Falls, Anna Goldsmith and many more.

Geoff Corkish, MHK, Chairman of the Isle of Man Anti-Cancer Association explained the meaning behind the name of the CD: “We wanted a name that would catch people’s attention, and the sad fact is that one in three of us here in the Isle of Man will develop some form of cancer. I don’t think many people really understand quite how prevalent cancer is so hopefully this CD will help to raise awareness of that. But the good news is that because of advancements in medicine – advancements that are only possible due to research directly funded by charities like the Isle of Man Anti Cancer Association – cancer is no longer always a terminal disease.”

The compilation has been produced by local label Ballagroove, and their hard work and expertise has been given free of charge.

Producer Andrew Clague said “It was an honour to be asked to assist with a project to help such a worthy cause. The ’One in Three’ title really brings the message home. We’ve had great fun producing this CD, all the bands have been very willing to donate songs and give up their time, it’s been a pleasure to work on from start to finish.’

The CD, which contains 17 tracks from Manx artists, will be available on sale from shops Island-wide from Friday May 1st.

More information and exclusive track samples can be found at http://www.myspace.com/onein3

For electronic copies of album artwork or music samples, email – Carole Cowin.

Media Contacts:

• Isle of Man Anti Cancer Association President Carole Cowin – 628686
• Producer Ballagroove Andrew Clague – 832038/458177
• Katherine Crowe (breast cancer surivivor) – 618803
• Cocahiba – (Kin or Nicky) – 497285/833454

CD retailers:

• 7th Wave, Strand Road, Port Erin – 836366
• Celtic Gold, Michael Street, Peel – 843737
• Harbour Home & Living, East Quay, Peel – 848411
• Lexicon Bookshop, Strand Street, Douglas – 673004
• Shakti Man, Parliament Street, Ramsey – 815060
• St Paul’s Bookshop, St Paul’s Square, Ramsey – 813733
• Trafalger Hotel, South Quay, Douglas – 618131

Buy Online:

Ballagroove Records Online Shop

Digital sales:

iTunes

Amazon UK

Full List of Bands:

• Maldune
• Anna Goldsmith
• Moot
• Uber Room
• Christy D
• Jeceris
• Porn Monkey
• Back Door Slam
• Cocahiba
• On A Friday
• Katherine Crowe
• Rhysical Pheck (Watch it on Youtube)
• Suspect Package
• Clara Barker
• Planes Over Paris
• Truman Falls
• Christine Collister

Hey
Rhysical Pheck are playing at the Mitre in Ramsey on Friday 17th April. The gig is organised by the IoM Permaculture Association.
Acoustic support from JC (the one and only) and ‘Steve’
Doors open 8pm
Tickets on door – fiver
Fancy dress – GREEN

Fellow Ballagroover Audio Wok has put together what promises to be a night with a difference to raise some funds for Alder Hey Childrens Hospital
Rhysical Pheck, Audio Wok, Uber Room, Planes Over Paris and Vex Mama will all throw their instruments away and hit the decks to play a wild variety of tunes that have influenced their bands
Its only £4 to get in – all money raised going to the childrens hospital
Dont Stay In, Dont Do Nothing …. Come Out and Have fun !!!! (and raise some money for a very worthy cause in the process)

Local venues that support live music are really suffering at the moment, we’ve just lost the Cornerhouse and the Bushys Basement Bar so the only remaining live music venue in Douglas is The Traf, this gig is to try and raise the profile of local music, the bands are playing for FREE and its FREE to get in, please please please spread the word and lets pack the place out !!
Trash 5 – Loud, Fast, Organs, Bass that sounds like a plane taking off, White Rimmed Glasses – Cool as F***
Aliens in the Crayon – Loud, Fast, No Organs, sound like early Husker Du at their very best
DJ Fionn – Plays tunes, but only good ones !
SPREAD THE WORD !!

Hey !
Another Christmas and New Year upon us, so, another Ballagroove New Year bash at the Bay Port Erin, fancy dress theme is ‘Funky Monkeys’
DJ Hairy Man Baby and DJ Pencil will be playing all kinds of Funk, Soul, Boogaloo, Reggae and Christmas oddities
Starts sometime after 8pm and its FREE, hope you can come along !!, if not ….
Have a crackin’ Christmas, New Year and Winter Solstice !

Ballagroove and Triskel throw the following in the air -
Rhysical pheck
The trash 5
Dj fionn
Bay port erin
Saturday 13th december
Free entry
Rhysical pheck
Been around since last millenium, slowly growing in number to the current 7 piece (8 on one gong) acoustic band with singing, bazouki, acoustic guitars, acoustic bass, glockenspiels, indian shruti box, melodica, flutes, whistles, trumpet and drums. Music is something akin to laidback experimental acoustic folky pop. We’ll be playing a few tunes from our 2002 lp ‘the little people album’ and lots of tunes from our forthcoming ‘vitamin d album’. We don’t jump around or do anything other than play and sing so we rightly get criticised for being boring to look at !!!!, so bring a book
If they were a picture it would be of a hammond organ in an allotment
The trash 5
Are the exact opposite of rhysical pheck. Fast garage punk tunes, great to look at even better to jump around to. Currently the 5 are a 4 piece, all electric guitars and thunderous bass and great organ and full live drums. They’ll be playing tracks from their recent album ‘the lucid dreams of dr seed’, about half the songs in the set were originally written by local legend dr seed, they’ll also be playing a load of new songs and possibly a cover at the end of the set to deafen anyone who hasn’t already been deafened !!!
If they were a picture it would be a suede boot on fire
There will also be a dj called fionn playing all kinds of crazy shit
If he was a picture it would be african sunshine refracted through a grimy mancunian pint glass
It’ll kick off about 8pm and finish at midnight
It is of course free to get in and the bay sell underberg, jägermeister, proper ales and proper cider and peanuts and you have to put your shoe in a basket if you want a nice glass !, their logo is a fox, which is unusual on an island with no foxes (or so they say
Christ only knows how we are going to fit all the above in the tiny pub that is the bay and still leave some room for punters, so come down and get cosy !!!

Faster Mie Y’all

Hope everybody is enjoying their spring / summer action

Few bits of news from the Rhysical Pheck camp

First, thanks to all who attended the gig we did with Daevid Allen and His University Of Errors, it was a wonderful night, they were top blokes, Daevid was every bit as eccentric as we’d expect and the rest of the band were spot on, they’ve promised to come back to play and on holiday so they must have enjoyed themselves !, a huge shout out to Tony for organising the gig, Dave / Anglin for doing the sound and Phil Kneen for video’ing the whole thing and everybody else who helped along the way – you can watch a video (or a vido for any Absolutley fans out there) of our set from the link below;

Rhysical Pheck Live at Peel Centenary Centre 23rd May 2008 Video We’re not the most exciting band to watch, no dancing, fire breathing or explosions but its ‘nice to chill out to’ as Tony Wilson would say

We enjoyed that gig so much, we’ve planned a couple more with our buddies The Trash 5, our music is quiet, they are not , should be good nights, both gigs are free to get in and their will be musical DJ interludes from DJ Fionn, please come along and support these as both venues are hoping to do more nights like these but only if they get good attendance, both pubs do great beers !!!

Click on the pictures above to view the posters, feel free to download the posters and stick em up anywhere appropriate !

All the tracks on the video and at the gigs are new tracks from our forthcoming release ‘The Vitamin D LP’, it was finished and ready for release, but we’ve enjoyed enrolling the help of Jo, Jenni, Pippa, Ben and Simon so much we’re considering re-recording the whole thing so it’ll probably be another five years before we get it released now, “Traa Dy Liooar” as we say round here

The new Ballagroove compilation “BGK003” is also ready to roll and should be released in the next month (hopefully !), we’re hoping to put together a showcase gig and get as many of the 28 bands that appear on the double CD to play as possible, we’re just trying to find a decent venue that is up for such a thing, will post any updates here soon.

Have fun, only 9 days till the nights start drawing in so get out there and enjoy the sun !

Slaynt Vie

PS Big Congratulations to Jenni and John who got married recently, was the most lovely wedding ever !!!

PPS We recently did an interview with Christy D and Dave Armstrong about Ballagroove and the Manx Music Scene in general – Manx Independent Article

The recording contains the following tracks:

1. Get Trashed
2. I’m Gone
3. Henrietta’s Penknife
4. Cardinal Jack
5. I Gotta
6. Maureen Bullock
7. Normal Service
8. We Chew Gum

Clieck here to Watch their lovely video

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

1. Bonchee – Cornfield
2. AJ – Innocent Man
3. Alien in the Crayon – Missile of Man
4. Moot – Braight
5. Tholtan Builders – Wednesday at the mart
6. ‘Ingie – The Water
7. Buggane – Through the mill
8. Cocahiba – You and Me
9. Kickin’ Wing – Abigail
10. Salt is not wool – Do you believe in magic?
11. Safetyword – Hellebore
12. Audio Wok – Temper Tantrum
13. Mike Seed – St Lukes In Autumn
14. Stevie Sore – 30 Year Hangover

Ballagroove Compilation 3 – BGK03b

15. Gratiz 3 – Coma (Buggane Mix)
16. Doug and Sarah – Deep River Blues
17. The Trash 5 – I’m gone
18. Nicky Kinley – Don’t Leave Us
19. Neil Curphey – Maybe
20. 13th Pillar – Take Control
21. John and Dean – Cloudy Versions
22. Pobble – Pobble
23. Rhysical Pheck – Not Everything Is Wrong
24. Doug and Sarah – What have you done
25. Cartesian Jetstream – Reborn
26. 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!

“Cool jangly college rock / pop / indie sounds with acoustic guitars, synths and samples. Sensitive heartbreaking songs of love and regret. Great production and beautiful songs. Think Felt, Blue Aeroplanes, Beta Band, Sukpatch, Ecstacy of St. Theresa, etc.” – Probe Records, Liverpool

We’re happy to say that Rhysical Pheck’s debut album The Little People Album is now available on the following digital download stores:

• 
  iTunes Music Store (UK/Europe, US, Australia/NZ, Canada, Japan)
• Real Rhapsody
• MusicNet including HMV Digital, URGE, Virgin Digital and Yahoo! Music Unlimited
• Napster
• eMusic
• Sony Connect

Neville Staple — he of The Specials / Fun Boy Three fame — is playing at the Castletown Golf Links on Friday 23rd February.

Details are a little sketchy right now, but all will be cleared up and announced in the next couple of days, we’ll post up details as soon as we know more.

Tickets are £17.50, I know that much!

I’m double excited as DJ Toots (Pencil ) and I are DJing so expect lots of Dub, Reggae, 2 Tone and Ska, yipee!

P.S. We’re not organising this, so not trying to take any credit! Thanks to the mighty Misfit for sorting this one (and so many other crackin’ gigs).