Chinchillafest turns five; celebrates with Trencher, Kling Klang and more...

i may well be there...

Trencher will actually turn up this time, unlike the other year...

It was one of the most bizarre experiences of my life. They're mental.

go to this. YAY!

we can drink blue stuff and stuff.

but i probaby won't.

Im off

C H I N C H I L L A F E S T - 5 - 2007
£15 weekend ticket with free cd and cook book
Friday 2nd March - £5 - 7pm
Saturday 3rd March - £8 - 3pm
Sunday 4th March - £5 - 5pm
A benefit for, and located at...
The Brudenell Social Club, 33 Queens Road, Leeds

FRIDAY 2ND MARCH with FUNDER STRIKES DJs
PRINTED CIRCUIT http://www.printed-circuit.net
leeds' twin powered synth dance party, head bobbing feet tapping homages to 80s pop past, present and future, with potential bonus rap-star special guest!
TIGERS! http://www.chinchillaweb.co.uk/tigers
chinchilla's homegrown reprobates, no wave ridin' fucked up and loud, just about danceable good times. people call me rude, i wish we all were nude. i wish there was no black and white, i wish there were no rules...
JAPAN FOR SEGA http://www.myspace.com/japanforsega
teeside's foremost boy / girl power duo teach and display how to have accelerated fun with fruity loops
PIFCO http://www.chinchillaweb.co.uk/pifco
leeds' new grunge revivalists kicking out tune after tune and currently discovering futuristic technology such as keyboards
COWTOWN http://www.chinchillaweb.co.uk/cowtown
loaded with new toys (cowbells) and new tricks (vocals), leeds' ex-instrumental max-party unit will get bums off seats for shakin' booty on the floor
I HAD AN INKLING http://www.myspace.com/ihadaninkling
from three different corners of the UK, with their new improved formula of no-formula improvised whacked out psych prog of undanceable dance rhythms

SATURDAY 3RD MARCH with GOLDEN LAB RECORDINGS DJs
TRENCHER http://www.trencher.tk
southern records' premier casio grind trio from london, delivering three eerie fistfuls of zombie cock right up in the ovaries
a.P.A.t.T. http://www.myspace.com/apatt
witness the all-encompassing brilliance of liverpool's "every-wave" obsessive compulsives, chewing up elements of every musical genre you ever heard (and a few you haven't), carefully and carelessly churning them into new, unrecognisable, magnificent shapes.
BILGE PUMP http://www.gringorecords.com/bilgepump.html
formed in the murky early 90's, leeds' skronkrock overlords continue to blow chunks, minds, skins and the occasional amplifier
KLING KLANG http://www.klingklang.mersinet.co.uk/old05/pages/main.htm
mogwai's rock action records' flare wearing scouse hippies utilise seven synths, two guitars and drums to create psychedelic trance rock, periscoped into your modern ears indirectly from the kraftwerk era - recently reformed and back to pure bombastic form
MAN AUBERGINE http://www.manaubergine.co.uk
high on them gasoline fumes of london, twanging them olde bluegrass notes, progging into new and exciting pastures (although the field isn't necessarily green)
POLTERGROOM http://www.myspace.com/poltergroom
recently reformed london purveyors of fire and brimstone, invoking thee ancient gods and godesses, plagues of earthquakes, volcanoes and tornadoes
HUMANFLY http://www.myspace.com/humanfly
where once was fast now goes slow, psychedelic hard rocking songs rooted in the past, played in the present for the future
SENSE OR THIS? http://www.chinchillaweb.co.uk/senseorthis
"John, come here quick! I think my washing machine is broken" ... "The washing machine is fine Mandy, I'm playing Dom's cd" (my girlfriend's parents)
ACTION BEAT http://www.myspace.com/actionbeat
improv (although you wouldn't necessarily know it) oddball rock attack, often heavily groove laden. from the centre of the universe, bletchley
DAWN CHORUS http://www.myspace.com/dcfortissimo
topless boys of milton keynes somehow getting away with mixin' up da funk, hip hop and math rock

SUNDAY 4TH MARCH with CHINCHILLA DJs
QUACK QUACK http://www.myspace.com/thisisquackquack
emerging from the seemingly forgotten depths of LS6's math rock past, smiling and hailing krautrock as the way forward
BROWN OWL http://www.chinchillaweb.co.uk/brownowl
rare performace from leeds/newcastle favourites. scratchy guitar hops and skips over intricate and immediate tight locked free formed bass and drums
CHRONICITY http://www.myspace.com/chronicity
newcastle's former red monkey and current sailor. scratchy punk-phunk-wonk-wonk music, less of the art-school and more of the frankfurt school
BONSAI KITTENS http://www.bonsaikittens.co.uk
japanese/wakefield cabaret pop - bad dancing, good tunes
7 HERTZ http://www.myspace.com/the7hertzband
improvised and composed orchestra, weaving folk ditties, chamber jazz shanties and eastern european scales
INECTO SCHOOL collaboration with SERFS http://www.harmonicrooms.co.uk/inectoschool.html / http://www.myspace.com/serfserfserfs
leeds' ramshackle improv collective of drums, double bass, trumpets, clarinet, guitars, electronics and vocals, lacking in style but plentiful in substance. serfs travel across the pennines from manchester, bringing either/or acoustic/electric guitars and the psychedelic heat of the arizona

____about chinchillafest:
This is the fifth annual three day Chinchillafest, and the last in its present format before we start introducing some new ideas to festivals we organise in the future. Our main aim, as usual, is to provide a mighty fine excuse for a weekend of fun fuelled by good music. We work with the following formula;

"Good Music + Good Venue - Bullshit = Good Times!"
Good music made by people that make music first and foremost for fun, and couldn't give two hoots about the latest musical fad, being cool, expanding their 'fanbase' or making it big. Good music in a good venue free from advertising, sponsorship, promoters making wads of cash, or any of the bullshit associated with most festivals. The Patented Chinchilla formula guarantees good times!

This year, the weekend ticket will include a free cd of bands on the Chinchilla-Tone label, as well as a bunch of the bands playing over the weekend.

There will also be a complimentary limited run cook book, containing the favourite recipes devised and concocted by the Chinchilla collective and friends.

Over the weekend there will also be DJs from Funder Strikes!, Golden Lab Records and Chinchilla. Friday and saturday will provide the chance to buy a £1 ticket to Gojonnygogogogo's new club night, Imaginary Friends at Subculture in the Merrion Centre, Leeds, for partying till 3am on the saturday night. As usual, there'll be stalls from our favourite UK record labels, just in case you don't want to spend all your cash on lots of boozes.

____getting tickets:
Unless we sell out of weekend tickets in advance, there will be both day and weekend tickets available on the door.
Weekend Ticket = £15
Friday = £5
Saturday = £8
Sunday = £5

We are selling tickets in advance, at no extra cost, via our paypal account. We will email you confirmation of the tickets, and you will be able to collect them at the door as you arrive. Please check http://www.chinchillaweb.co.uk to book tickets - we'll have the paypal stuff up soon so you can start getting tickets.

Weekend tickets will, we hope, also be available from Jumbo Records (The St Johns Centre, Leeds), and Out Of Step Records (The Merrion Centre).

____about the benefit:
The Brudenell Social Club is a vital space in the heart of LS6, with far more to it than the immediately striking Phoenix Night's style decor. It provides space for various sections from the local community to relax together, and provides a welcoming home to a wide variety of locally based entertainment and international acts alike. The Entertainmens Committee have raised over £10,000 for sound proofing, and recently acquired funding of a further £10,000. We are keen to raise extra finances to pay for a few more essentials that the funding does not cover. If you're not already a member of the Brudenell Social Club, please remember to keep a couple of extra quid on you to join. To find out more visit http://www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk

here are some posters for the fest...

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