a lily: Archive

Kora

Newest (and maybe most attractive) addition to the family: Coming to an A Lily song new you soon.

Feb 25th

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writing

- 4 pitchshifted guitars - 4-part lapsteel harmonies - 13 voice parts - string quartet - kalimba - pitchshifted zheng - Mellotron choir - banjo - gamelan bells - distorted electric organ = the beginning of a new song.

Jan 3rd

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new A Lily remix available now

I remixed with Cokiyu’s delightful ‘Round In Fog’ for her new album Your Thorn [remixes]. Have a listen to my thing below, and buy the remix LP here. The remix record also features Shigeto, Opiate and the Remote Viewer. As a personal rule, my remix only features material taken from the original track. Round In Fog (A Lily remix) by orosarecords

Nov 22nd

sparklers

photo by Steven Oliver / sparklers provided by Emily Woodman / sparkling by me.

Nov 7th

w/ Silver Apples

…and new line-up Photo courtesy of Dave Driscoll

Nov 3rd

A Lily | Coalition, Brighton | 28th Oct (w/ Silver...

I am VERY excited about this show. We’re playing as a six-piece with harp, vibraphone and a tonne of vocal harmonies.

Oct 27th

Some cool live photos from Lexington show

Thanks to Daniel Kennedy

Sep 19th

Squealer: WIN - yndi halda / shady bard / A Lily... →

squealermag: Aim Live Presents : yndi halda, shady bard & A Lily. yndi halda will perform songs from their debut album Enjoy Eternal Bliss and showcase new tracks from the forthcoming album. This will be their only London show of 2011. shady bard band were founded by six years ago in Birmingham,…

Jul 14th

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Thunder Ate The Iron Tree

new album. November 2011. So close. Back to the drawing board.

Jun 20th

yh / sb / AL

I’ve played in all of these bands at one time or another. Wanna come?

Jun 9th

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Day 01

My favourite song: I made it to the end of the 30-day song challenge…

May 31st

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Day 02

My least favorite song: Why would I listen to my “least favourite” song…? I’ve picked the song I use as my alarm clock. I don’t dislike the music, but it reminds me of early morning starts and makes me pretty nauseous.

May 26th

Some better photos from the Sparrow in the Lemon...

With thanks to Lauren

May 25th

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Day 03

A song that makes me happy:

May 20th

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Day 04

A song that makes me sad: There’s probably sadder songs in the world, but this is what sprung to mind. As might be obvious, I’m doing a lot of this “off the cuff”.

May 19th

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Day 05

A song that reminds me of someone This was my little sister’s favourite song when we were younger

May 18th

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Day 06

A song that reminds me of somewhere: We opened for Yo La Tengo in Taipei. Watching one of my favourite bands play on the top of a mountain in the middle of the night was really something.

May 17th

Day 07

A song that reminds me of a certain event: Someone played this when yh last toured in the States - we tried to sing along like that scene in Almost Famous, but none of us knew enough of the lyrics.

May 16th

Day 08

A song I know all the words to: Not really. Olly from yh does, though.

May 10th

Show cancellation

Sorry everyone, had to pull the upcoming Ra Ra Riot show - wasn’t able to book in everyone I needed to play in time. Return. Soon.

May 9th

Day 09

A song that I like to dance to: Reeaaally slowly

May 9th

Day 10

A song that makes me fall asleep: Apparently

May 6th

Video filming finished

…after long, serious hard work. Links coming soon.

May 5th

Day 11

A song from my favourite band: I don’t really have a favourite band, so how about just what I’m listening to right now.

May 5th

Day 12

A song from a band I hate: As with a lot of the other days, it’s definitely a stretch to suggest that I hate Rod Stewart. I mean, I hardly know him. But, what a song.

May 3rd

Day 13

A song that is a guilty pleasure: Josh / OBTN makes me feel guilty

Apr 28th

Day 14

A song that no one would expect me to love I mean, I don’t love this, but I find it mildly interesting enough to warrant listening to it…and I don’t think that would be very much “expected” of me…

Apr 27th

Day 15

A song that describes me: Actually I had a different one in mind, but in honour of Poly’s passing and of the song itself, here’s The X Ray Spex

Apr 26th

Day 16

A song I used to love but now hate: Korn were my first ever “favourite band”. I still have a lot of time for their first two records, but I revisited this one recently and wondered how I ever enjoyed it.

Apr 21st

Day 17

A song I hear often on the radio: And I enjoy it every time

Apr 20th

Day 18

A song I wish I heard on the radio Admittedly, I don’t listen to jazz radio, so probably miss any radio play this gets, but I’d be happy to stumble across this on a drive somewhere. p.s. this is also a contender for favourite album

Apr 19th

Day 19

A song from my favourite album: I wouldn’t really care to pick a “favourite album”, but this would definitely be a contender if I was going to.

Apr 18th

We were in the studio recently part II

Apr 16th

We were in the studio recently

Apr 16th

Day 20

A song I listen to when I’m angry I dare anyone to be angry after listening to this

Apr 16th

Day 21

A song I listen to when I’m happy: These few day themes are pretty annoying, so I’m just using my favourite track of the moment.

Apr 12th

Day 22

A song I listen to when I’m sad: I don’t get sad, but if I did, I’d listen to this.

Apr 11th

Day 23

A song I’d like played at my wedding: And I’d like my bride to skateboard to the altar

Apr 8th

Day 24

A song that I’d like played at my funeral: As my coffin is carried forth by Stormtrooper pallbearers

Apr 6th

Day 25

A song that makes me laugh: Not sure why I’d listen to music that makes me laugh, but how good Slayer are makes me pretty happy.

Apr 5th

Day 26

A song that I can play on an instrument: This is an acoustic live version of the David Pajo cover that we’ll record in the studio over the coming days

Mar 30th

Day 27

A song that I wish I could play: Not that I play the sax, or would ever even attempt to play Trane…

Mar 30th

Day 28

A song that makes me feel guilty: When I was around 15, I started working on a cover of this song with the rest of yndi halda. We took breaks from rehearsing and shot my next-door neighbours’ milk bottles with my dad’s air rifle.

Mar 28th

Day 29

A song from my childhood: There was a time when nothing made me happier than hearing this piece of music. I still haven’t really outgrown it.

Mar 25th

30 Days of Song

While I should be concentrating on an upcoming recording session (the live band versions of Kaiser and Bowser from the LP and our cover of David Pajo’s amazing track Who’s That Knocking? - music to follow soon), a friend told me about this: day 01 - your favorite song day 02 - your least favorite song day 03 - a song that makes you happy day 04 - a song that makes you sad day 05 - a...

Mar 24th

Video shooting begins later this month

We started work on the location yesterday!

Mar 1st

My new work mixtape

Fatcat Records Podcast - James Mixtape 1 by Fatcat Records on Mixcloud

Feb 9th

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She lives

Feb 1st

Hong Kong pre-orders for Thunder Ate The Iron Tree...

http://www.whitenoiserecords.org/2011/01/20/thunder-ate-the-iron-tree-japanese-edition-pre-order/ Do it to it, HK!

Jan 27th

Big in Japan

ROW coming soon, promise.

Jan 19th