There will be a Greco-Roman party at the Stonebridge Bar in the Park area of the Glastonbury Festival on Thursday 25th June 2009 starting around 11.30pm. It will feature Greco-Roman DJs playing records and Totally Enormous Extinct dinosaurs playing live. We will also be in the Guardian tent, which is always a bit warm and soggy, on saturday, doing the same thing, but earlier.
I will also feature as part of a chorus of men performing bawdy songs from 'The Wicker Man' on saturday at 2pm on the Park stage as a guest of the Memory Band and Stephen Cracknell.
Joe
The new Greco-Roman release by Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs is available on a 12" vinyl disc now!
Yes! they still make those!
Just as a final attempt at total clarity, and so that at least everyone that reads this goes in fully informed, we would like to remind our fans that we are not playing any live gigs this year, so the gig at The Arches will be a DJ gig, possibly with some live vocals, but nothing more than that. We're itching to get back on stage with what will be a juggernaut of a show, but we want to do it right, and we want to do our new album justice, which is tough because we'll need to carry a "real" piano, and a reed organ. We want it to be as exciting as this when we come back, so please believe, it'll be worth the wait.
p.s. it's also worth waiting to watch busta rhymes turn his hat inside out...
Hello All, I am DJ-ing at JAMM in Brixton this Friday night at a fundraiser for a football team called Crossworld FC which has been set up for young separated refugees and asylum seekers.
This should be an excellent night and the Heatwave DJs, friends of ours who play the finest in dancehall music, are also on the bill. I will be playing from 11.30pm to 1.30am, and will definitely be dropping a bit of the new Hot Chip material that we've been working on so diligently, alongside some techno music.
Please come along - JAMM is at 261 Brixton Road, London SW9 6LH -
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About, a new group featuring Alexis Taylor, Charles Hayward (This Heat, Camberwell Now), Pat Thomas and John Coxon (Springheel Jack, Spiritualized) will support Gang Gang Dance at Dingwalls in London on June 1st. Joe Goddard will also be playing records at the gig so make sure you get along early and catch the whole event. We are delighted to be on the bill with our friends in GGD - one of the best groups out there. Tickets and more information at www.eatyourownears.com.
Hot Chip recently judged the sound category for the VICE magazine ‘Creating Sense5’ competition. Hot Chip are proud to announce the winning entry is The Penny Serenade.
“The band have an original sound, whilst drawing on traditional forms. They are experimental in a subtle way rather than for the sake of experimentation. The singer's voice and the song writing is distinctive and unusual. They don't sound particularly trendy or like they are trying to rip anyone off, just following their own road, and that is appealing. They are hard to pin-down stylistically but also melodically strong.” Hot Chip
The Penny Serenade will play alongside a special Hot Chip DJ set at the event in June. Click here for tickets...
Hot Chip have teamed up with VICE magazine on a quest to find five creative talents as part of their ‘Creating Sense5’ competition. After a great response from musicians, designers, photographers, artists, film-makers, mixologists and more, VICE have extended the competition and you now have until Mon 11th May to enter – so still a few days left to enter and you could be showcasing your skills alongside a special Hot Chip DJ set and live guests at the event in June.
Hot Chip will be performing a special DJ set at Village Underground in Shoreditch, London to launch the Crisis Hidden gigs Campaign on Tuesday 5th May. The charity have also released 100 extra tickets for the in-demand concert.
Alternative street artist Moose officially revealed Village underground, a restored Victorian warehouse with a cavernous, high-ceilinged interior, as the location for the gig with a giant, clean graffiti logo outside the venue. The last-minute reveal from Crisis aims to raise awareness of the precarious situation facing hidden homeless people, who may not know where they will end up each night and are often forced to move from place to place. If you already have a ticket you will also be sent a text or email revealing the location.
Also taking to the stage will be DJ and producer Erol Alkan, Man Like Me playing live, and a performance from Crisis Skylight members Stephane and Paul, formerly homeless people who have been helped by Crisis, together with their Performing Arts Manager, Celia McNicholas.
For further details and to get tickets click here
Hot Chip have followed in the footsteps of Erol Alkan, Miss Kittin, Klaxons and Felix Da Housecat in compiling A Bugged Out Mix, their first compilation since DJ Kicks in 2007. The album comprises a 'Bugged Out' club side featuring the kind of techno and house Felix and Al play out (with tracks from John Tejada, Mark Romboy, Dominik Eulberg & Gabriel Ananda and a new Hot Chip tune called 'Take It In') and a 'Bugged In' side which is a 'house party' mix thrown down by Joe, Alexis and Owen which includes everything from Dizzee Rascal to Hall & Oates, greco-Roman Soundsystem to one of our early influences Dub Narcotic Soundsystem. It's out today on New State and you can buy it from here
Hot Chip are proud to be kicking off Crisis Hidden Gigs on Tuesday 5th May with a DJ set & Live PA. They'll be joined on stage by DJ and producer Erol Alkan and there will be live music from Man Like Me.
The venue will remain ‘hidden’ until 24 hours before the gig, when a text or email will be sent to ticket holders.
To find out more and buy tickets go to www.crisis.org.uk/hidden
We look forward to seeing you all there!
