Peven Everett at The Stadtmusik Festival

Last weekend I was privileged to back up the legend Peven Everett with The gfg at The Stadtmusik Festival in Basel, Switzerland. Set in the grounds of The Kunst Museum we were booked to play an hour and a half but everyone loved it so much we played an hour overtime.
This was certainly one of the best gigs I've played, amazing considering we met the night before and had no rehearsals. Very much looking forward to playing with Peven and the boys again soon.

Roundhouse gig for Able2uk with Steve Cradock

Amazing night at the Camden Roundhouse on the 20th August supporting Friendly Fires, Mystery Jets, Miles Kane etc. Really great charity empowering disabled people by supplying everything they need to enjoy a festival. We were joined on stage by James Buckley for the penultimate song 'Last days of the old World', check the footage below...

Recording the follow up to Dark is the Sun by the GFG

A short film I made documenting the recording sessions for the next Greg Foat Group album, Girl and Robot with Flowers.

The Greg Foat Group at The Boiler Room

Webcast footage of our appearance on The Boiler Room from back last summer. 

14 hours on the tour bus from Hamburg supporting Beady Eye with Steve Cradock, only to go straight into this live broadcast. Once we had wrapped I then did another gig at the ECC with Greg and the boys. A good day. 

  

 

The Greg Foat Group 2nd Album recording Sessions

This winter I've had my head down concentrating on writing and demo'ing new material with Steve, Greg and the Cat Black boys. Its all slowly coming to fruition, Steve's next album is being recorded in April and Cat Black's steadily developing its sound and songs.

Last week I visited Sweden for my second session recording the follow up to "Dark Is The Sun" by The Greg Foat Group, released through Jazzman records. Kungsten Studios in Gothenburg is without doubt the finest studio I have worked in, the vintage analogue recording equipment is second to none. Every take was recorded live to an Ampex 16 track 2" tape machine with no digital overdubs/cut and paste jobs. This required intense concentration and listening as well as technique and a bit of luck to get the perfect take. The next GFG record is sounding much more contemporary and psychedelic than the last with more emphasis on the beat and abstraction through form.
I'm very much looking forward to heading back to Sweden to finish the mix and eventually receiving another Greg Foat Group album on vinyl.