Gulayu Arkestra – Hippocampuskuda (Planet Velvet Production)

Artist: Gulayu Arkestra
Title: Hippocampuskuda
Label: Planet Velvet Productions
Catalogue No: PV-001
Format: CDR in full colour paper envelope
Duration: 45 min
Released: Oct 1, 2011
Price: SGD13.00
Inventory Status: Available

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Tracklisting:
1. The Call of Gulayu (3:08)
2. Old Hag (4:00)
3. Nippon (5:42)
4. The Hanging Recordist (5:53)
5. The Flying Recordist (7:06)
6. Tortoise & Hare (9:23)
7. Cherry Borkum (5:25)
8. Gulayu Ghost Bird (4:38)

Notes:

The charms of an island located off the coast of Singapore, Pulau Ubin has inspired a group of like-minded individuals to embark on a musical project. Most, if not all, of its personnel have limited background in music-making. It was here that GULAYU ARKESTRA was born. The emsemble centres its musical direction using a method of FREE IMPROVISATION, often defying the conventional structures of music. An extensive use of ethnic musical instruments, as well as random objects & household items not designed for music making purposes, are incorporated to produce the desired sounds that identifies with the direction…

GULAYU ARKESTRA on this record is Abdul Rahman Hassan, Imran Ian Hassan, Muhd Fadli Baharudin, Zulkifli Khalil, Reef, Marina Abu Hassan & Jordan Johari Rais.

New release! MAGUS – Sun Worshipper (Ujikaji Records, UJI-001)

MAGUS is Leslie Low (Humpback Oak / The Observatory / Snake Blood Union / Meddle / ARCN TEMPL) and Mark Dolmont (Meddle / Vancouver Electronic Ensemble). On their debut album, Sun Worshipper, chunky guitar riffs awake from primordial sludge and hefty drums tap to the beat of a primeval pulse, summoning the powers of ancient spirits and riding on psychedelics. Magus music thrives on repetition to induce hypnotic, trance-like states.

MAGUS – Sun Worshipper (UJI-001) – SGD18.00

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MAGUS Sun Worshipper Trailer 2

Mark and Les on that fateful day in San Francisco, January 2011…

Watch Trailer 1 of MAGUS’ debut CD Sun Worshipper (UJI-001)

Dear friends,

We are so excited just counting down the days to this Friday, Sep 16, 2011, when Sun Worshipper, the debut CD by MAGUS, will be officially unleashed into this world.

It also marks Ujikaji’s first release as a label.

MAGUS is Leslie Low (Humpback Oak / The Observatory / Snake Blood Union / Meddle / ARCN TEMPL) and Mark Dolmont (Meddle / Vancouver Electronic Ensemble).

On Sun Worshipper, chunky guitar riffs awake from primordial sludge and hefty drums tap to the beat of a primeval pulse, summoning the powers of ancient spirits and riding on psychedelics. Magus music thrives on repetition to induce hypnotic, trance-like states.

Before you get a chance to order the album worldwide from Friday onwards, watch the trailer of the album:

Watch One Lick Less at Frottage III

Here’s footage of One Lick Less at Frottage III.

Part I:

 

Part II:

Super String Theory

If you missed One Lick Less at Frottage III last Sunday, here’s your last chance to do so before Julien returns to France…

“Super String Theory”

One Lick Less (FR, self-made table top guitar)
Jordan Johari (SG, guzheng, zither, guitar)

9pm, Aug 19, 2011
Night & Day, 139 Selegie Road

Admission by donation

Supported by Ujikaji Records

Artist Bios:

One Lick Less, a.k.a. Julien Bancilhon, brings to audiences a powerful, haunting dynamic sound using original, lapsteel guitars of the hawaiian and american tradition as well as unique, handmade guitars built from scratch in his home in Paris, France. A psychologist working with autistics by day, Bancilhon’s dedication to his music leads him by night to compose sublime melodies, augmented sometimes with poignant lyrics, fusing the traditions of american blues and experimental folk. Inspired by his travels and an insatiable appetite for life and the people he encounters through work and play, Bancilhon began his musical journey in his late teens with hours spent enraptured by the sounds of such blues and rock greats as Skip James, John Fahey and Henry Vestine. A native of South France, the decision in the mid 2000s to perform to a wider crowd beyond close friends and family has led One Lick Less to play and sing to enthralled audiences in Europe and China. Now, he is excited to deliver his richly layered and textured sonic style to South-east Asia.

Jordan Jordan (born Rais Jordan Johari, on October 19, 1978, in Singapore) is a Malay multi-instrumentalist, experimental filmmaker, and score/song writer. Besides writing his own stuff, he also plays with Under The Velvet Sky, a Singapore based free jazz/prog rock improv band.

Frottage III: The End of an Affair?

This Sunday, August 14, 7x0x7 and Ujikaji Records bring you the third (and final?) performance in our series of casual sound encounters at the Pigeonhole. The line-up at Frottage III, as follows:

One Lick Less is Julien Bancilhon from France, who brings to audiences a powerful, haunting dynamic sound using original, lapsteel guitars of the Hawaiian and American tradition as well as unique, handmade guitars built from scratch in his home in Paris, France. A psychologist working with autistics by day, Bansilhon’s dedication to his music leads him by night to compose sublime melodies, augmented sometimes with poignant lyrics, fusing the traditions of American blues and experimental folk.

Linda Ong is the bass player and singer of prog-metal band Lunarin, providing both the heavy foundation and lilting highs of the band. She is as much influenced by heavy Grunge bands of the early 1990s and heavy art rock, as music by Kate Bush, P J Harvey, Jeff Buckley, Cocteau Twins and Tori Amos. To listen to Linda’s haunting, aching voice is like tasting a drop of whiskey oak soul. She believes that music can be more powerful than words; and that songwriters make terrible poets.

Hanging Up the Moon is the solo project of Sean Lam, best known for being the voice of seminal alternative metal/rock band Concave Scream. His songs, melodic and stripped down on acoustic guitar or ukulele are filled with casual musings and bedroom whispers to loved ones.

Venue: The Pigeonhole, 52/53 Duxton Road
Date: August 14, 2011 (Sunday)
Time: 8.00pm (Doors open 7.30pm)
Price: $10

MAGUS “Sun Worshipper”

MAGUS are Leslie Low (guitar, vocals) and Mark Dolmont (drums, synths). We are happy to announce the digital release of their debut album, Sun Worshipper, on Aug 6, 2011. The album can be found on the band’s bandcamp page: http://magusband.bandcamp.com/

Sun Worshipper will be released on CD by Ujikaji Records, catalogue no. UJI-001, on Sep 16, 2011.

Frottage II / Playfreely VI

In our continual bid to harness science for the good of humankind, we shall bend the space-time continuum to shorten the week! The weekend starts on Thursday, July 28 with Frottage II, jointly presently by 7x0x7 and Ujikaji Records. The line-up, as follows:

mr sterile Assemby – an impossibly energetic duo from New Zealand that play a brand of experimental outsider punk music to make you start a moshpit (for some, in their heads)!

I\D are Singapore’s improv rock clownz, Supersilent meets Cosmic Jokers down 1960s Keong Saik Road.

Under the Velvet Sky – these bunch never fails to impress with their semi-structured/freewheeling performances blending free jazz, prog rock, Middle Eastern scales into a message of love to the cosmsos!

Venue: The Pigeonhole, 52/53 Duxton Road
Date: July 28, 2011 (Thursday)
Time: 8.00pm (Doors open 7.30pm)
Price: $10

The following day, with somewhat heavy hearts, The Observatory in partnership with Ujikaji Records bring you Playfreely VI, the last of our improvisational series.

Players for the night are:
Darren Moore – drums
Matin Fellani (Voodoo) – percussion
Shaun Sankaran – guitar, live electronics
Evan Tan (Opposition Party, Padres, The Observatory) – laptop, lap steel guitar (gotta lap him up :))
Yuen Chee Wai (FEN) – electronics

Special guests: mr sterile Assembly

Venue: Multi Purpose Hall, Goodman Arts Centre, 90 Goodman Rd.
Date: July 29, 2011
Time: 8.30pm
Price: By donation (minimum $10)

Thank you all those who’ve supported us over the many weeks, musicians and witnesses alike. We hope it’s been as memorable for you as it’s been with us. With that in mind, let’s go out with a bang!

Frottage

Next, again in the spirit of collaboration, we’ve teamed up with unrelenting hardcore-punk party starters 7x0x7 to bring you something a little different – a series of musical presentations at book cafe and dynamic arts space The Pigeonhole. Featuring touring bands from Belgium/Canada, New Zealand and France and representing a smorgasbord of diverse musical visions from Psychedelic Rock to Folk Soul, these casual encounters are designed to rub off on you in all possible ways…

17 July 2011 (Sunday):
Szkieve (Belgium/Canada) – complex noise theorist
Awk Wah (Singapore) – percussion menace
The Observatory (Singapore) – psych rock wizards

Venue: The Pigeonhole, 52/53 Duxton Road
Time: Doors open at 7:30pm, performances begin promptly at 8:00pm
Price: $10 at the door
Contact: ujikajirecords@gmail.com, iheart7x0x7@gmail.com