Prisoner II Video & Single

Here it is:

Single, remix, b-side:

Enjoy.

Azealia Banks Remix Competition

I decided to enter the Azealia Banks remix contest for 'Chasing Time', largely cos I've got a new FM synth vst (PG-8X) that I'm becoming obsessed with.

The master is a bit squashed, not perfect, but it's not too bad for a laptop job.

Here is the resulting track, got definite Northern bassline vibes:




You can grab the stems here if you're interested: http://azealiabanks.com/remix/

Press Release: Prisoner II Video & Single

Zygmunt Day & Echo Pressure will be releasing a video for ‘Prisoner II’ on November 24^th 2014. The song will also be released digitally as a single, with two b-sides: ‘Imprisoner,’ a sparse electro re-work of the song from Uther Moads, and ZD & Echo Pressure’s ‘Come On Baby Please’, a piece of guitar-pop pastiche featuring Sophie Jamieson.

“‘Prisoner II’ is a song written over the course of several years and is mainly about loneliness; I wrote the song in my head whilst being stationed in various mist-cloaked environments, such as Cambridge in the UK and Makkum in the Netherlands, where I spent autumn and winter 2012-13 working in a shipyard. One of the overriding feelings of being in these situations was a longing for a respite from the cold and the work in human connection: some kind of intimacy, warmth and familiarity. I also missed family and home. The idea of the video draws on this experience; it follows somebody who finds himself alone in a bleak environment, who unexpectedly finds a connection with an abandoned dog.” – Zygmunt

The video was filmed on the North-West coast of the UK during the tail end of hurricane Gonzalez by award-winning photographer and film maker Ben Jacobs. It was very windy. Bonnie the dog (above, in still), however, was a real pro on set.

‘Prisoner II’ also features trumpet playing from Patch & The Giant’s Angie Rance.

This will be the second official single released from ZD & Echo Pressure’s album, On Streets That Know, which came out in June this year, to a small but encouraging amount of critical acclaim.

The video will be released on November 24^th on YouTube, Vimeo and Clowdy. The single will be released simultaneously on SoundCloud and Bandcamp.

Gig at The Stag's Head, Hoxton // 24th October 2014 // with Aretes

Aretes are a great band. We first played with them at The Nest months ago, but I've been listening to their album ever since. There are a few genuinely excellent songs on their debut, particularly the sad and haunting emigration anthem "All My Sons And Daughters", which is my favourite song. They are a great band and their album is well worth your time:

We played some new songs, including the ones we recorded in Madrid, it was the first public airing of one of them, and it seemed to go ok. 

The Stags Head night looks likely to become a monthly fixture, so keep an ear to the ground.

Gig at The Troubadour, Earl's Court // 12th September 2014 // with Oak, Tom Figgins and Hattie Briggs

We were out of our comfort zone in West London for this one. The show was a charity gig to raise money for children with cancer (the first of 12, more info here: https://www.facebook.com/thepowerofsoundbeyondcancer?fref=ts).

I had been working all day on a building site in St. Pauls and I was pretty exhausted but felt up for it. Even more so as everyone soundchecked and However my voice was still giving me a bit of trouble so I went out and got a bottle of Courvoisier so that I could at least soothe my throat a bit. 

The Troubadour is a nice venue. They put out free popcorn on the tables and they have a beer called Rothaus which is apparently very nice and costs £5.95 per pint in a heavy German glass. The house drum kit costs £10 for bands to hire, which is perhaps a fair price for wear and tear, however if bands are paying £10 each and there are five bands playing that night, it's a bit of a tax. You have to pay for the popcorn somehow I spose.

The night was largely acoustic musicians, who talked to each other about who their managers were during soundcheck, and made sure to tell the audience that their latest single release that was on iTunes between songs. I suppose that's fair enough. The Troubadour has always seemed to me, though, like a venue where everyone is on the make.

Tom Figgins (https://twitter.com/tomfiggins) was very accomplished. He played a song on a Nord Stage 3 piano about his mother which was quite moving.

To be honest though I was looking forward to getting up there and making a lot of noise. So we got up and set up, and I had my bottle of Courvoisier there just in case, and then the barmaid saw it and confiscated it off the stage just before we were about to start. I had my guitar plugged in already so I couldn't really stop and get off stage to get it back, plus she was pissed off that I'd brought it in. I wasn't trying to take the piss, but rather I had it there as moral support for my throat. Which, as might be expected, gave out in about the third song, and it's a load of shit, and it's really pissing me off. Three weeks in a row now I've had to cut the set short because of my voice. I've got an appointment booked at the doctors, so I'm gonna sort it out. But it's so annoying.

I did eventually sweet-talk the barmaid into giving me my brandy back.

Gig totals: 

Wines (West London, when in Rome): 2 free (1 red - Zygmunt 1 white - Nath)

£5.95 pints of Rothaus - 1

Other free drinks: 6

Bottles of Courvoisier confiscated: 1

Bottles of Courvoisier later returned: 1

Apologies made to barmaids: 1

Gig at The Underbelly, Hoxton Square // 5th September 2014 // with Hoatzin, Rafiki and Justin Lavash

A quiet gig at the Underbelly, where we drank a few warm beers and my voice gave out again mid-song. We had to cut the set short in the end. It was pretty annoying. Hoatzin were a great, tight mathy three piece. I bought their EP after the show which you can hear / download here:

Gotta sort my voice out somehow I guess. Pretty annoying.

Gig totals:

Beers: 8 free warm Heinekens

Brandies: 0 :(

Albums sold: 0

Other bands EPs bought: 1

Magnus Loom - Gilded Bumf

Our sometime saxophone player Joe Murgatroyd has just released this eccentric and lyrically meta track from his new project Magnus Loom (https://soundcloud.com/magnusloom). 'ave a gandaaaaaaaa