SHARK BATTER SAMPLER w/ ROBOTS & ELECTRONIC BRAINS ZINE

BLOGGER: shark batter records
LOCATION: scottish borders & brooklyn, new york
WEBSITE: sharkbatter.com
MYSPACE: myspace.com/sharkbatterrecords

That lovely fella Jimmy Possession played the debut single by our very own Sarahjane Swan on his latest show (16/03/09) on Cambridge's local station, 209 Radio. Here's the bleeding blimey MP3 of his show if you want to listen in:

Jimmy Possession Show



Mr Possession is also the creator of the excellent long-running 'zine, Robots & Electronic Brains. The latest issue (18) includes a free Shark Batter Records album, Nachtmusik Sampler, featuring 16 tracks by Kono Michi, Vacuum Spasm Babies, The Stone Ghost Collective and The Stark Palace, and cover art by Edinburgh-based artist, Mary Trodden.



Visit the R&EB website to get hold of a copy now.

And if you want to read more about the forthcoming albums from Vacuum Spasm Babies and Kono Michi (both May) and Sarahjane Swan's debut single (mon 13th april), GO HERE.

THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF FLAGWOMAN

BLOGGER: paul vickers
LOCATION: edinburgh
PAUL'S BANDS: paul vickers and the leg, dawn of the replicants
LABEL: sl records

VACUUM SPASM BLOG March 2009

BLOGGER: charles s bravo
LOCATION: scottish borders
BAND: vacuum spasm babies
BLOG: vsb blog
LABEL: shark batter records

Video killed.....



It’s not enough to write songs, record them, put them in order and onto a CDR, get someone interested in them, design the artwork, play them live to people, write a press release, and smile for a photograph, but then you are almost obliged to make a video. “A good strong concept that won’t cost any money to make” the fella from the record label told me this week. Why not?

The golden age for music videos for me was 120 minutes on MTV in the early 90’s where there seemed to be a whole bunch of really good bands both here and in America, with cash for a decent video, and a platform like MTV’s night-time nod to indie cool in 2 hours. Our experience of video making however stops quite short of the mark, even the mark as it existed in 1992. Our video for Punch in The Face (see above) took about as long to make as the track itself, and focused heavily on matchstick drawings rather than us. Likewise, Mr Simian at the record label mixed some random vintage black and white footage with Machinima and came out with something quite brilliant for our toe tapping instrumental MHz.

The latest signing to Sharkbatter Records Sarahjane Swan has already made a video for her forthcoming single “I Am Just the Past”. Sarahjane is a songwriter and artist based in the Scottish Borders and this track was produced by Shark Batter's co-owners, Glimmerfin (The Stone Ghost Collective) and rogerSIMIAN (The Stark Palace). They also made the video, which is set mostly in a cage, features fairy lights, fairy wings, pink hair and Sarajane cutting some moves. When Kono Michi made her video for "When I Don’t Come Back” she sang the song in the bath. My brother and I can’t complete with this, although still have to come up with something for our track “On the Brink of Tears”. The only thing we’ve thought of is hobo chic with clown undertones, and a bit of a funny dance. If anyone has any great ideas, or wants to come up with a story board, find a location and props, star in it, get someone to shoot it, then edit it, then give me a call.