Wednesday 4 August 2010

KITES @ ELECTRIC PICNIC FESTIVAL, IRELAND

We have been waiting a bit to announce this and are REAL happy to be able to now! We will be playing the body and soul stage at Electric Picnic which is the weekend of the 3rd Sept in Stradbally in Ireland! Some AMAZING bands are playing - not least Massive Attack and we are gonna be able to hook up with a very old mate who is playing with Bernard Sumner's new band Bad Lieutenant and our drummer in our old band carl who is playin for 808 - so doubly awesome!!!

Check it:



Got some other great stuff going on - and there will be details of our first proper release coming very soon!

Monday 19 July 2010

Glitch Mob was siiiiick

Thanks to everyone who came down! Was a fuckin great night and our first show as a 3 piece. We played a couple of new tunes as well and they seem to go down niiiice.

We are just finishing recoding vocals for the new stuff and then will move onto sorting out a first proper release. Hopefully this will happen before the end of the year.

Got a couple of big things to annouce but for now that will have to wait - next show:

Saturday 28th August
@ Moho Live
FREE GIG
warm up show for something BIG

Friday 18 June 2010

Update

yo people!

Well I have been in spain for 3 weeks which was niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice! If you get chance go and see the Alhambra in Granada. It is RIDICULOUS!

Finished a tune whilst out there tho – no rest allowed for us…spent a while in a wee fee cafĂ© getting the new stuff off our drop box (another sweet thing to use – type dropbox into google). And was floored. There are pics of me sitting listenin to the tracks for the first time in the sun…SO we have lots of new stuff. The songs are written and Vocal and Guitar parts are being refined at the moment. This all equals HELLS YEAH! The new tracks are on another level. We have found our feet with this now and cant wait for you to hear the results.

The Results: these will be aired for the FIRST time at The Glitch Mob show on July 9th. This is gonna be our best one so far – if you miss it you will miss out!!! Full Visuals from our boy Fata Morgana as well. It will be silly!

Tickets and be bought from any of these fine establishments:
Skiddle: http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Manches ... /11374385/
Wegottickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/82898

FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=1 ... 361&ref=ts

New set up live as well – we just spunked a load of money on an amazing interface so should make all the difference.

Got some pics to post – will try to remember – just so fucking busy getting tunes finished – and lets face it. We are in it to write music not type bollox on the internet : )

Monday 10 May 2010

Busy McBusyson.....

Wow things are hectic...all fun and games though.

So we made a decision to take a little time off from playing live to get a load of new songs finished, and also complete a few other things we have been thinking about of late.

As you may know, Phil, Alison & Luke put on a night called This City Is Ours in Manchester, at which they are also resident DJ's and they have had an idea for a live remix project, which has now finally come to life. All loops, full tracks, Live Synths, MPC's and live manipulated vocals

Going under the name Ord Mantell, they will be playing their first show, This Friday, 14th May at the awesome Future Everything (formerly Future Sonic) festival.

This show is in the Sound Control Bar, which is hosted by This City Is Ours, and also features BLOOM (rwina) from Belfast for his Manchester debut show, and the T.C.I. O residents, Blood Boy, L.S.N & Anytime.
Heres the event info : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120513387958663&ref=ts

So as for kites? Well, we are working towards our first show back, which is going to be on the 9th July in manchester. This City Is Ours are outting it on, and i can tell you now, the headliner will have you salivating...should be announced pretty soon!!

So we will have a set of loads of new material sorted as well as the new live show we are currently working on, and we are super excited to show ya'll...Out!

Wednesday 7 April 2010

BIG WEEKEND

The Manchester Residents night was too much fun. We have lots of great DJs in town at the moment – much fun had by all! More plays on the BBC and it seems like people are talking about Kites all over at the moment. Keep telling your friends, spread the word, help us take over : )

We have had some great press recently – many thanks to the people that have written these kind words:

http://comeseetheduck.com/2010/03/28/band-of-the-day-from-the-kites-of-san-quentin/

http://www.music-dash.co.uk/releases/release.asp?item=6647

We have also got a feature in this Fridays Manchester Evening News and next months 4 Q magazine. Keep an eye out.

Next gigs:
Saturday 10th April @ The Night and Day, Manchester (4Q Magazine show)
Saturday 10th April @ Soundcontrol, Manchester (Blood Boy & LSN – This City Is Ours at Miami)
Sunday 11th April @ The Forum, Sheffield (Now Then Birthday Party – FREE!)

Also listen to Sam Walkers show on BBC Introducing on Sunday evening for an interview with us and possibly some live tracks from The Ruby Lounge the other night. ALL GO

Monday 29 March 2010

Thanks to Colin, You and the BBC

The BBC Introducing show was soooo good! Massive thanks to Colin the engineer for doing an AMAZING job. Could have kissed the guy when we walked in to soundcheck after what we endured last weekend!

Great crowd as well – thanks to everyone who made it down. Was a complete pleasure! Also to the BBC – really cool people – great to meet you all!

Think our interview and some live tracks will be on the show from next weekend onwards – they played Undoneath last night – thanks for that! But if you want us to hear us speaking incoherently about nothing in particular then tune in!

www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/introducing/

Next gig is at the night and day on April 10th – but we are DJin at Soundcontrol on Saturday night as part of a Manchester residents take over night. Also there will be residents from Hoya Hoya / Mind on Fire / Open Plan and Drum Clinic.

Its like £2 in and cheap drinks all night!!! Should be fun and messy…