Glastonbury...

The Verve - I just don't get it?!?!

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Busy...

Man, we've been busy!

It has come to my attention that none other than Sean "Topol" Genockey has been busy keeping journalists in gainful employment. Sean featured in The Guardian last Saturday, and has also been busy talking studio wizzardry to techie publication, Audio Pro Magazine. If that's not enough, the Gnock's also just played at the Isle of Wight festival with Wills & The Willing, featuring none other than Moke No. 5 Charlie Morton on drums.

Similarly, Hogg have also been busy, playing the Isle of Wight two days after Sean & Charlie. Their next date is at the Hyde Park Calling festival on the 28th June. I've just mixed a track for them, called Television Blues. It can be downloaded for free from their rather snappy new website.

Now if that isn't enough activity for you, Johnny Morgan and the magnificent Senser have been busy enjoying a range of service stations accross the UK whilst touring, something they will continue to be doing throughout the summer. A new album is due out in September - details available here.

Blimey, I'm knackered just thinking about it all. I'm off for a rest...

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On the radio, part 2...

I hope you were listening on Wednesday evening to the rather wonderful Ally Lee show on Lionheart Radio. As you know, Moke were the featured artist that evening, but I also heard some excellent non-Moke music including the late greats Johnny Cash and Bo Diddley, as well as my new favourite band, Airbourne - check them out here. With song names like Runnin' Wild and lyrics such as...

I got the wind at my back
And my foot to the floor
I ain't comin' back to you no more

...you know these fellas mean business.
And their business is to rock.

They're playing at Donnington later this summer, for those interested. But back to Ally Lee's show, much fun was had, and it was nice to hear that people from various parts of the UK were listening and texting / emailing in. We even had Moke fans from as far away as Canada listening online. Gotta love that internet. I plan to put highlights of the show up on the website at a point soon - meanwhile click here for a little taster.

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Palace O'Piano...

Hello

Happy 1st of June y'all. A pinch and a punch for the first day of the month, and no returns. Though where is the sunshine?

Just a couple of things. The first is to remind you of Moke's forthcoming appearance on the radio, details in blog beneath. I'm not going to stop plugging this because I think it's fantastic and am looking forward to tuning in.

The second is that I've been busy moonlighting, recording some rather fabulous piano for the progressive rock supergroup, Frost. Much fun was had, and you can see the results here.

Quite why I'm known as Dr. Ean dates back to around 1986, but it's a title I like and an alias I wear well. I will be adopting a similar guise on Monday this week, when John and myself will be donning our mixing capes. We're working on a system that will revolutionise the record making process. The theory is, you can take several days mixing a track, or you can take just a few hours. We'll be testing the theory that a few hours produces better results than several days.

And I reckon it will too.

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