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About Me

I cut my teeth in a band called Rival Flight. We played around the east coast of Australia for a few years and played locally with Big Heavy Stuff, Sodastream, Paul Kelly, Knievel, Sekiden, Screamfeeder, Not From There, Deloris, ukiyo-e, 2 Litre Dolby, Purplene, The Rebel Astronauts, Something for Kate, My Disco, Brendan from the mighty Sandpit and many others that I've now forgotten.
We also played with June of 44, Trans Am, Sam Prekop (Sea and Cake), Rebecca Gates (Spinanes), Low, Smog & Arab Strap. We recorded an E.P. and an album (the album was never released, but there are a couple of those unfinished/unmastered tracks on a page which you'll find in my friends list).
I finished my first solo record 'Under & Among' late last year and up until recently have had a few tracks from that one on this page. I've just put 4 new tracks up here from the as yet unfinished new record entitled 'The Spirits Don't Always Lift 'Em'. These songs aren't yet mixed or mastered, but hopefully in the next couple of months I'll find a way to get this done. I've now assembled a motley crew of musical friends who make up the Plaster of Paris band, so expect to see more live dates announced.
I hope you enjoy these new tracks in their presently rough and ready format.
Saul.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/5/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/sauljarviesings
Band Members: Saul Jarvie (guitars, vocals, drums, percussion, piano, banjo, melodica)
Matthew Lobb - (bass guitar, guitar)
Mirko Vogel (organ, guitar, percussion)
Donnie Mackay - (drums, accordion)
Richard Lyford-Pike (drums)
Joel O'Brien - (guitar)
Patrick McCabe (bass)
Jane Elliott - (cello)
Anika Moa - (vocals)
Seja Vogel - (vocals)
Kate Constance - (piano)

Influences: Some past and present interests...The Afghan Whigs, Akron/Family, A Miniature, Apostle of Hustle, Ariel Pink, Arcade Fire, Arab Strap, Archers of Loaf, Azure Ray, Band of Horses, Barbara Streisand & Barry Gibb, Barry Black, Battles, Big Heavy Stuff, Billy Field, Black Heart Procession, Blonde Redhead, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, The Books, Broken Social Scene, Bruce Springsteen, Buffalo Tom, Califone, Captain Beefheart, Catpower, Cell, The Clientele, Crooked Fingers, Chet Baker, C-Clamp, Cyndi Lauper, Damien Jurado, Daniel Johnston, David Grubbs, David Karsten Daniels, David Thomas Broughton, Dinosaur Jnr, The Divinyls, Dead Kennedys, Destroyer, dEUS, The Dirty Three, Do Make Say Think, Eric's Trip, Eluvium, Erik Satie, The Fall, The Flaming Lips, Fleetwood Mac, Fugazi, Gang of Four, Gastr Del Sol, Gene Clark, George Winston, Geto Boys, Gillian Welch, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Grandaddy, Grand Salvo, Great Lake Swimmers, The Grifters, Growing, Hank Williams, Hayden, Hood, INXS, The Innocence Mission, Iron & Wine, Jason Molina, Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, Jim O'Rourke, Johnny Cash, Jonathan Richman, Joel RL Phelps, Julie Doiron, June of 44, Karate, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Lambchop, Landing, Laurie Anderson, Little Wings, Leatherface, Leonard Cohen, Lou Barlow, M. Ward, M83, Machine Translations, Magnolia Electric Co., Mandelbrot Set, Marissa Nadler, Mark Kozelek, Mazzy Star, Menomena, Micah P. Hinson, Modest Mouse, Mogwai, My Bloody Valentine, The National, Neil Young, The New Year, Nick Drake, Nick Lowe, Nina Simone, The Notwist, Orso, Oval, Owen, Papa M, Palace Brothers, Pere Ubu, Pelican, Peter & The Wolf, Phoenix, Phillip Glass, Pollen, Polmo Polpo, Polvo, Public Enemy, Pullman, Rachel's, Red Red Meat, Rex, Ride, Rival Flight, Rivulets, Robbie Basho, Roy Orbison, Sam Prekop, Sandpit, The Sea and Cake, Sebadoh, Serge Gainsbourg, Screamin Jay Hawkins, Shellac, Shipping News, Silkworm, The Silver Mt Zion, The Silver Jews, Slayer, Slim Whitman, The Slits, Slowdive, Smog, Songs: Ohia, Sonic Youth, Stars of the Lid, Steve Reich, Storm & Stress, Sufjan Stevens, Swan Lake, Superchunk, Syd Barrett, Tim Guy, The 3Ds, Terry Reid, This Heat, Tom Waits, Tortoise, Townes Van Zandt, Tujiko Noriko, Trans Am, The Travelling Wilburys, The Twilight Singers, Ugly Cassanova, Viktor Vaughn, White Birch, Wilco, William Ackerman, Will Oldham, Windsor for the Derby, Xiu Xiu, Yann Tiersen, Yo La Tengo, Zombi, blah blah etc...
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Dagger Fang
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Imminent record release & name change

A Quick update:The first record, entitled 'Under & Among' will be pressed and available early next year under the new name of 'Suo Vel'. Myself and a couple of others are starting a collective called ...
Posted by Suo Vel on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:16:00 PST

Recording & Documentation

Well plans are afoot to return to the studio in Sept and do a second session to finish the album I started in February (The Spirits Don't Always Lift 'em). Looks like I might have wrangled a couple of...
Posted by Suo Vel on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:23:00 PST

Rival Flight MySpace

For those interested, I have put a Rival Flight MySpace page up. There's one track from the first E.P. 'Midnight Tulip, Dancing' and three from the untitled, unfinished, unmastered, unreleased album w...
Posted by Suo Vel on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:36:00 PST

New Songs Posted

I've got some new unfinished tracks from the second record 'The Spirits Don't Always Lift 'Em' on here now. I'll get them finished and the other couple of tracks recorded to finish this one off and ei...
Posted by Suo Vel on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:53:00 PST

New Recordings

I've started recording some new material and will be heading back into the studio sometime around mid February. I'll post any updates soon for those interested.Saul.
Posted by Suo Vel on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:45:00 PST

Salt from a Seed

Tonight I met some friends, we drank some beer and all thought it a great idea to start a band. A little later, Patrick and I were talking in between sets and commented on the fact that we were sittin...
Posted by Suo Vel on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:11:00 PST

The Object and the Privilege

I've been thinking about buying a bicycle. I walked and walked on the weekend just passed and arrived at that idea. Tonight, after drinking with a couple of friends they told me there was an abandoned...
Posted by Suo Vel on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:12:00 PST

What the Wall Divides (Words from Music)

Oh, you've got no answers.You've come and gone.Could nothing be knowing?Well I don't think so.I still dread your egg shells.I still dread.I still dread your egg shells.I still dread your lackof vegeta...
Posted by Suo Vel on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:08:00 PST

A Good Sense of Direction (Words from Music)

I first noticed it sitting at my desktaking my air away.I'm barely breathing at best.There's definitely death hereI've been thinking it's me.I climbed under a tableto find what I can't see.And there w...
Posted by Suo Vel on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:04:00 PST

Jethro (Words from Music)

You're talking yourself aroundinto twists and tangles.You've stepped upto step back.You can step forwardfrom beyond the shadowthat's moving round your light inside.Move into the light inside.You're ch...
Posted by Suo Vel on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:00:00 PST