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Horseshoe 17/12/2011

Folk In The Afternoon Photo Gallery

I've still not finished celebrating the end of Folk In The Afternoon yet...
I got photo-happy during the gig and have had to sift through 200-and-something pictures to select a few choice ones. I narrowed it down to 60, but here are my personal favourites.
To see the whole gallery CLICK HERE



My acoustic waiting to be played


Gregg Cave


Aisha Daisy


King's Gambit - Katie Paton, Chris Startup, Helen Turton

11/12/2011 Living Room Jam Session

End of an era

The final Folk In The Afternoon event at the Nook Cafe was a great success and a fitting end to the series of gigs. I've had a wonderful time hosting them throughout the year and hope to organise something similar in the near future.
Thanks to everyone who's been involved with the gigs or supported us in any way.

An extra special thanks goes out to Tamsyn and all at the Nook for letting us host the show there, and for all the tea :)


Here is a new song I debuted during my set today, 'Less Is More'

Enchantment

Enchantment (4-track Demo) by chrisfordhammusic

Film Lab Umbrella Fair 2011

The film lab have posted a video compilation of this years Umbrella Fair, Enki appear briefly near the beginning. Was a great festival this year http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2nN3KNjyrM

Folk Finale

Next Saturday (December 10th)!

I will be hosting the final Folk In The Afternoon event at The Nook Arts Cafe.

I've had a wonderful time hosting the series of gigs over the last 6 months and it's a shame it has to come to an end...(Northampton Council are demolishing the Fishmarket Gallery for a bus station leaving us venue-less)

We have a great lineup for the afternoon though, to ensure it'll go out with style!

Performing (confirmed so far) we have:

Jonny Tudor
Gregg Cave
Aisha Daisy
Violet's Gone
Kings Gambit

Starts at 2, finishes around 5.
Get yerself down there and have some tea, cake and some folk awesomeness.

Bootlace Bootlegs

So, it's the start of the holiday season...

Jimtom Say has started off December on his website by sharing a couple of lo-fi rehearsal recordings we made back in the summer. Hopefully we'll get back out there and do some more performances, as some of the gigs we had this summer have by far been my favourite musical experiences.

http://www.jimtom.org/poems/2010-2020/jimtom-jenki-gently-bootlace-rehearsal-rough-pt-i

http://www.jimtom.org/poems/2010-2020/jimtom-jenki-gently-bootlace-rough-rehearsal-recording-pt-ii

**Notes on these recordings
I can't be sure exactly when this was recorded, probably around late July 2011, in the upstairs room of the Northampton Labour Club. It was recorded to a c90 cassette that had something on it before, and was recorded via a single stereo mic located on the floor in the back corner of the room, immediately behind Jimtom.

Jimtom Keith Thomas James - Voice, lyrics, bohran
Chris Pepper - Bass guitar
Steve Hunter - Electirc guitar
Mike Goff - Acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Chris 'Steve' Fordham - Drums

Snakemen @ The Racehorse

Flow Northamptonshire Arts Project

One of my poems has appeared online for the Flow Northamptonshire arts project. It's going to be printed in an accompanying poster or brochure too.

http://flow-northamptonshire.com/2011/11/10/with-the-flow-poems/

This afternoon at the Nook Cafe!
I'll be hosting November's edition of Folk In The Afternoon from 2PM

We have performances from:
Rozism
Stevie Jones
The Abrahams

Join Us!
The Nook Cafe inside the Fishmarket art gallery, Bradshaw Street, Northampton

Pennywhistle

On bonfire night ENKI supported the Billy Shears project at the Pennywhistle in Northampton.

1st Gig With Snakeman 3

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=267874059922137

1st gig as bassist with the Snakeman 3
17/11/2011 - Victoria Inn, Northampton

Revere Reworked EP #3

The third ep in Revere's 'Reworked' series is released today as a free download.
It features my remix of 'As The Radars Sleep' alongside other remixes by members of 65 Days Of Static, Florence And The Machine, and Metronomy.

04 - As The Radars Sleep (The Silent Committee Remix) by Revere

You can download all the EPs and artwork of your choice from Revere's website
http://revereonline.co.uk/reworked

if you want higher quality (WAV, FLAC etc.) files, check out their bandcamp site
http://revere.bandcamp/com

Snakeman 3

Mr. Snakeman will be playing bass guitar with the Snakeman 3 soon...

"...bruised and a bit battered...but we're back on the road....with a patched up Snakegirl and a new bass player we're getting ready to smash up a place near you soon!...keep yer eyes peeled and yer ears pinned back for a new snakerecord and snakefilm before the end of the year and plenty of shows coming up too...sssss"

Inertia

Thanks to whoever shared this Silent Committee track on youtube!
This song is from the 'Seven Deadly Sins: Chapter IV Acedia' Compilation Album.

FREE DOWNLOAD ALBUM here:
http://www.archive.org/details/TheSevenDeadlySinsCompilationAcedia

I appear in this video (looking very serious/moody/in-full-on-concentrating-mode) along with the rest of Enki and Jimtomsay. Was a great day :)

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