In the past we’ve created several collaborative Willkommen projects for free download over the Christmas period.
This year we asked as many Willkommen related artists as possible to simply contribute thirty seconds of sound. I stitched them together in the order in which they arrived to make a sonic patchwork quilt. The result is incredibly diverse and beautiful despite the random nature of its composition and form.
Thank you to the following people for contributing:
Here are a few links to past collaborative projects for free download on last.fm:
Willkommen Covers The Sleeper – various artists covered each song from The Leisure Society’s debut album. Originally released as a free Rough Trade bonus CD.
Willkommen Foxswap – various artists covered each other’s songs before the Foxtrot festival
The second single from The Bird School of Being Human, ‘Gull’ comes out this week along with two exclusive remixes (‘Gull’ by Peter + Kerry, ‘Dove’ by Emantive.) Here’s a new video directed and produced by Leonardo Machado .
Steve Lamacq announced the Woodpecker Wooliams single ‘Sparrow’ as one of three tracks that nearly made it onto the BBC Radio 6 playlist this week. As such, it’s part of a vote, open now until Sunday night. The track with the highest number of votes will be smashed all over the BBC6 airwaves next week hitting every daytime show. Please help out by voting for Woodpecker Wooliams here: The Rebel Playlist.
And don’t forget about her two album launch shows:
It is a collaboration with OCDC (Rory Dickinson) – a tape cassette release of their soundtrack to independent German film Anni.
She’ll have copies soon for sale at gigs or it can be ordered from Love Lion or picked up from Reckless Records in Chicago.
“Anni brings to mind the atmospheric musings of…artists like Stars of the Lid or the most minimal moments Kraftwerk has to offer. Expect spy radio samples and enough latent emotion to make your bowels move unexpectedly. Fairly much the slowed down sound of a gory car-crash of the heart.”
It’s The Great Escape in Brighton next weekend (10th-12th May). There are many Willkommen related bands playing as part of the Alternative Escape on Friday and Saturday, thanks to our friends at Neighbourhood Music. These events are free to wristband-holders and “normals” alike.
