Spiritualized

yes, you read that right.

http://pitchfork.com/news/63111-spiritu ... ee-sounds/

Kev Bales involved as well as Youth, and John Coxon.. interesting to say the least!

sample here--> https://soundcloud.com/caughtbytheriver/one-edit

Very interesting to say the least!

Bee-rilliant!

That 2 minute edit sounds like something from the Performance OST!

Wow!

Who does the opening mantra thing? Sounds like Martina Topley-Bird. This is astonishing shit indeed.

Kev, Doggen, Coxon, Youth and Jason - and the SHSL string orchestra...

I'm really up for this gig...

"Please lord, may I bee wrong
Coz when men are right, they are not young
Please lord, may I bee foolish
Coz when men are wise, they're not satisfied
And please lord, may i bee helpless
Coz when men are strong, they're dangerous y'know

(Especially with weed killer and other toxins...)"

I'm sure this will generate a lot of buzz on this forum

...as well as swarms of puns.

Step into the Bees...

looks like the band have been a hive of activity recently.

I might go to one of the gigs- it will be interesting at the very least. and as luck would have it, I'm not working that week.

Thanks for the heads up on this one.

Ordered!

I'm beeside myself with excitement! It sounds great. Album ordered but sadly doubt I'll get to Nottingham as it is right in the middle of half term holidays.

reading the text, apparently it's an improv in the key of D. surely the bread and butter of any Spiritualized member

shouldn't it be a jam in the key of 'B' though??

Oh beehive, you lot!

I bet there are some fine drones on this record.
Not to mention the hornet section!

sweet

Wait, wasn't Sting also involved in this?







I'm sorry.
I'll get my coat... I mean my Yellow Jacket.

put your honey where your mouth is...


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Neonicotinoids are the new DDT killing the natural world (The Guardian)
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Bees threatened by a common pesticide, EPA finds (LA Times)
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The EPA Finally Admitted That the World’s Most Popular Pesticide Kills Bees—20 Years Too Late (Mother Jones)
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EPA Study Finds Insecticide Imidacloprid Poses Threat to Bees (Bloomberg)
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What Is Killing America's Bees and What Does It Mean for Us? (Rolling Stone)
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Without Bees, we don't eat. There are viroids and viruses that naturally attack the Bees; and of course too many assorted man-made toxins that are either too toxic and unnatural, (natural toxins are generally deemed "too expensive"). I love honey, and use the Fructosyl glycosides and immune boosting characteristics of innumerable compounds in raw Honey to sweeten instead of refined sugars like Sucrose. But it is of course Bees who pollinate the array of foods we grow and eat, and they are vitally important to many other species besides "just" us.

Farmers here are very protective and caring for their bees; but very large Industrial Farms seem silly to the point of stupidity in expecting the Bees to survive in the toxic brew these Commercial Farms depend; as if they believe Nature to be merely of secondary importance.

After all those years in Laboratories, I learned there is nothing more impressive in its Complexity and reliability than Nature. Understanding it all is another story; there is a Magic to it that I hope never goes away, that SOME Great Mysteries survive. Humans are exceptionally good at fooling themselves into the belief that they can somehow understand what, in fact, they barely comprehend, especially when it concerns Nature.

The Dr wrote: I learned there is nothing more impressive in its Complexity and reliability than Nature. Understanding it all is another story; there is a Magic to it that I hope never goes away, that SOME Great Mysteries survive. Humans are exceptionally good at fooling themselves into the belief that they can somehow understand what, in fact, they barely comprehend, especially when it concerns Nature.

well said

tickets in the bag for the friday gig.

cant say i would fancy this job
http://thebeephotographer.photoshelter. ... 6TBQX4Odc/

Hedspace wrote:I learned there is nothing more impressive in its Complexity and reliability than Nature. Understanding it all is another story; there is a Magic to it that I hope never goes away, that SOME Great Mysteries survive. Humans are exceptionally good at fooling themselves into the belief that they can somehow understand what, in fact, they barely comprehend, especially when it concerns Nature.

well said

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btw i was copy and pasting from an email i get from a charity organistion- sorry if i was unclear

strange there have been no tweets. i thought the birds and the bees had a special relationship...

Great article about this

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/f ... CMP=twt_gu

thanks for the article.

anyone else thinking about going to one of the gigs?

There was a good segment on this on the Mary Anne Hobbs show on Sunday. Starts about 2 hours in. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b06zzd78

Also look at this for a playlist. High fives to Radio Lancashire! http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03gxmg6

beauty is in the eye of the beeholder

i'd love to go but it does not seem realistic, pah

Album is up on what.

Really should be in "Song of the Day" thread, but since it's THE BEES
I figured hey, why not.
Utterly lovely song by oldie New Orleans scene band.

While eagerly awaiting the Bee Record in the mail.

Got the record the other day. It is lovely. Beautiful sleeve design too.

clewsr wrote:Got the record the other day. It is lovely. Beautiful sleeve design too.

Agreed. Mine's just arrived, clear vinyl loveliness...!

For those in London/the south there's also an opportunity to catch this project live at the new festival being put on by the guys at Caught by the River.

See: http://www.caughtbytheriverthames.com/

I shall definitely be going along to the Saturday, given Low and Beth Orton are also on the bill...

Greeny wrote:For those in London/the south there's also an opportunity to catch this project live at the new festival being put on by the guys at Caught by the River.

See: http://www.caughtbytheriverthames.com/

I shall definitely be going along to the Saturday, given Low and Beth Orton are also on the bill...

That looks pretty interesting Greeny. SFA and Sun Ra Arkestra too

Just ordered mine, wish I could go to the show, hope it's recorded.

clewsr wrote:Got the record the other day. It is lovely. Beautiful sleeve design too.

Totally agree, on a cold sunny winters morning it really hit the spot.

for anyone heading along this evening. Theres a brewdog directly behind the arts theatre and a relatively new stout in store that might be worth checking out before hitting the hard stuff.
Jet Black Heart

Did anybody else go along to this? Mrs S and I went along and it was absolutely beautiful. I haven't received the album yet, having only heard it on Soundcloud, but I'm guessing the liner notes explain the different bee noises. We were greeted by folk in bee keepers' outfits at the entrance and then walked down a net-lined corridor with descriptions of the various bee sounds, to the hall itself.

The musicians (Jason was listed as one of the performers, but he wasn't there last night, maybe he was there on Thursday) played behind a thin veil onto which was projected various bits of bee footage combined with live footage of the performers. I'm not doing this justice...

It was great, nuff said.

it was a very nice meditative experience so much so we fell asleep and I mean that in a good way.Too short though.

review here >
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/f ... tress-hive

Am really enjoying this lush, sad, calming, beautiful and funny record.
I can tell it's going to be an old standby for me, in time.
It's such an elegant project.

Yes, there are some terrific liner notes on the "toots and quacks"

And not even punning around this time: when I transferred this to the ipod there were a few older selections in my computer waiting to be transferred and one of them was indeed Screaming Trees "Buzz Factory". I got a good laugh out of that.

Spiby wrote:Did anybody else go along to this? Mrs S and I went along and it was absolutely beautiful. I haven't received the album yet, having only heard it on Soundcloud, but I'm guessing the liner notes explain the different bee noises. We were greeted by folk in bee keepers' outfits at the entrance and then walked down a net-lined corridor with descriptions of the various bee sounds, to the hall itself.

The musicians (Jason was listed as one of the performers, but he wasn't there last night, maybe he was there on Thursday) played behind a thin veil onto which was projected various bits of bee footage combined with live footage of the performers. I'm not doing this justice...

It was great, nuff said.

you had to bee there i guess, sounds sweet though

Spiby wrote:Did anybody else go along to this? Mrs S and I went along and it was absolutely beautiful. I haven't received the album yet, having only heard it on Soundcloud, but I'm guessing the liner notes explain the different bee noises. We were greeted by folk in bee keepers' outfits at the entrance and then walked down a net-lined corridor with descriptions of the various bee sounds, to the hall itself.

The musicians (Jason was listed as one of the performers, but he wasn't there last night, maybe he was there on Thursday) played behind a thin veil onto which was projected various bits of bee footage combined with live footage of the performers. I'm not doing this justice...

It was great, nuff said.

I went on Thursday - manage to coordinate a night in Nottingham with work. Really enjoyed it, and enjoying the LP that I played front to back 3 times yesterday on the drive back.
I thought JP was on stage on the left, changing between various guitars, keys, and some odd handheld keyboard that he was blowing up via a tube?
Never realised Bees were so soulful - made for a good night, all over by 8.20 pm!

KingHarry wrote: and some odd handheld keyboard that he was blowing up via a tube?

A melodica. Very popular in reggae, check out Augustus Pablo's recordings.

Haven't heard the album yet, vinyl and cd was ordered for me as a birthday present and i've yet to receive it. I've also resisted the urge to have a pre-listen elsewhere.

The record is a thing of true beauty - happy birthday Sunray by the way! - although I've yet to give it a serious listen....

The gig reviews sound amazing!

Bee grateful!

Live performance of this on in The Glade at Glasto at 9.55pm tonight (Thursday).

No idea who's in the band or if it's been broadcast anywhere.

I had BBC 6 music on yesterday morning, when what I thought was something by BE came up - except it's credited as:
Kevin Bales And Tony Foster - Begging Signals

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08y9wd5
2h47 minutes in - and it's just a short 1 min piece.

Wondering whether that's actual new material or a shorter version of something already released as BE. And why's this not BE?

folkie — Kev and Doggen have been working together on a bunch of things with violinist Deirdre Bencsik. I know this because my wife had asked them to produce a piece of music for a brand experience.

The stuff they sent over was very similar and quite lovely.


Best,

Mark

BE are playing live at Coventry Cathedral in October. Same venue I saw Sonic Boom do his stuff for Delia Derbyshire, sweet!

http://www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/wps ... play-live/

Hey Cool! - And its a Saturday night! means I can combine this with a trip home to see the folks, with Babysitting built in! Will get some tickets.

Nice one clewsr. I will try and make this also. It's a bit steep but should be a unique experience and kinda wanna support Doggen and Kevin in their endeavours

Despite all the Bee puns I thought this was really underrated.

if only the album had a googleable name...

Agreed. I really enjoyed seeing it live in the Cathedral.