Warming up for E-Live
We have once again been holed up in The Greenhouse making funny noises ahead of our big show in Eindhoven on 11th October. Here are some nice pictures.
 Duncan |
 Gary |
 Martin Steve Duncan |
 Cute bear waits patiently to be clobbered |
 Guest Superstar Martin Archer |
August 18, 2008
RMI @ E-Live!
RMI will be appearing at E-Live 2008 in Eindhoven, Netherlands on Saturday 11th October.
July 5, 2008
NEARfest Journal
Steve wrote a diary of his NEARfest experience. Check it out here.
June 25, 2008
RMI Back from America
RMI are back from the USA having been well and truly `Nearfested'. Thanks to absolutely everyone concerned for making it the most successful, professional, friendly and fun venture we've been lucky enough to be part of. Tour blog to follow....
June 11, 2008
New RMI Titles!
Available at Nearfest, and from July 1st to order, the following RMI releases...
Rain Falls In A Different Way: A companion piece to Rain Falls In Grey, and a collection of new music recorded during the same time frame using similar instrumentation. Expansive and atmospheric as well as strongly rhythmic space rock.
Philadelphia Air Shot: A single performance for WXPN Radio in Philadelphia in 2007, using an arranged piece as a starting point, moving into sequencer improvisation before ending up in deep space over the luxury of an hour. From the DAT master.
Fast Forward 1993-2008: A budget priced compilation with a difference. This aims to represent every one of 30 albums over the course of a single disc whilst being a new unique listening experience of itself. Ideal as an introduction to the band or as a `spot the album' game for seasoned followers. Also a convenient way to load a career's worth of RMI into your MP3 player at a stroke.
So here we were at the Greenhouse once again, this time in the BIG room for final preparations. We can see how it got it's name, (the Greenhouse that is, not the big room, which is called that because all the other rooms in the facility are smaller) When that sun shines in through the glass roof it's like being a greenfly on a hothouse plant. Nice light for photographs though and of course the next day it was raining again as normal and we took great delight in sourcing the leak in the roof and putting a snare drum under it (somebody else's snare drum) to record some natural percussion. Oh yes, and we were also there to prepare for this rather important festival we have coming up.
We had the bright idea of making things as unpleasant as possible by playing at ridiculous volume, so that everything was louder then everything else, apart from the acoustic drums which sounded like distant cardboard and coins amidst an unholy blitzkrieg of electricity pinning us all against the wall. Well it seemed like a good plan to put ourselves under difficult conditions to see how we coped with whatever eventualities the live situation might throw at us.
I've stopped shaking now and am no longer gibbering any more than I usually do. The doctor says I should be able to return to normal social functioning at any time soon.....once they take the straitjacket off...
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RMI joins the MySpace Revolution
Radio Massacre International has finally been dragged kicking and screaming onto MySpace by the sterling efforts of our new friend Travis of Los Angeles California, who took it upon himself to create a page for us without us even asking. We are pleased to officially endorse the page and look forward to working with him. Way to go Travis!
May 16, 2008
New RMI Sessions: Gearing up for NEARfest
"We have been spending time preparing for Nearfest in our usual workspace The Greenhouse, where we can `grow' our ideas interrupted only by the spillage from next door's room of a truly pathetic version of `Teenage Kicks', and most entertaining tales from David, Greenhouse supremo and all round good guy.
We normally settle down to a day's work after some kind of deeply unhealthy but satisfying breakfast. Pictured below is Steve's Bacon, Sausage and Egg barm cake (with red sauce), hard won after approximately twenty minutes of detailed negotiations with the girl in the shop, who seemed not to know what she was doing there, or indeed that they even served coffee and made breakfasts. We can usually be seen hot footing it up a truly archaic and `wobbly in a scary kind of way' fire escape (or is that `scary in a wobbly kind of way' ?) and through the back door of our rehearsal complex, before the damn stuff we've bought gets cold.
Our room is long enough to accomodate drums at one end, keys and electronics in the middle and as many guitars as you want at the other end. The PA system at the bottom sends signals out to all in the area "Do not disturb, we're rocking all the way to the USA".
Aside from obviously playing as much as we can, we had an interesting diversion when a Midi Merge Box failed, causing us to lose nearly a day of preparation time as Duncan was forced to reconfigure the whole way our midi sounds are routed. Luckily I brought a good book, and finished it sooner than anticipated. Gary amused himself by dismantling one of his guitars completely to see if he could get it back together again. Still, some good work was done, and progress was made. Add to that, a couple of pints of Robinson's local bitter and some Fish and Chips for dinner and what more could you want?
As we leave on the last day, we come across a young band on the fire escape, enjoying a spliff or two, and no doubt chasing their own dreams of stardom in the rapidly fading edifice of a music industry. "Nice smell" says Duncan, "They'll never get on Top Of The Pops if they carry on doing that" I say. Maybe they are the guys who've been practising `Teenage Kicks' for the last month, in which case they really need to lay off it a bit. No one needs to hear that bloody song ever again".
 Rock 'n' Roll Breakfast |
 One Little Box Can Cause A Lot Of Trouble |
 Gary moving fast |
 Rock'n'Roll Dinner |
 Duncan's Right, He's Always Right |
 No Strings Attached |
 Steve Does His Best `In The Court Of The Crimson King' Impression |
 Relax Girls, He's Already Married |
 ...and This 'Un's Courting |
For the archived news, click here.
Rain Falls In A Different Way
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A companion piece to the 2007 release Rain Falls In Grey, this album was recorded at the same time as its' big brother. Slightly overlooked for all the right reasons,
these pieces have now found their own voice, albeit, obviously, in a different way... |