the slate pipe banjo draggers

About Me

the slate pipe banjo draggers is a name for the sound, art and music project of andrew rowe. sounds are collected and made from a wide variety of sources: field recordings, found sounds, toys, acoustic and electronic instruments, samples, donations and help from friends, tapes, records and computers. these noises are then mixed up and played around with until something arises that sounds pleasing to the ear. some of the music is made solely by andrew rowe and some is made by collaborating and improvising with friends. the band started in 1996 as a three man improvising experiment and recorded a large amount of work onto a small 4 track recorder. music is released online on the bands website at www.slatepipe.co.uk and through the small web label www.mandolinrecords.co.uk which also puts out music of a similar nature by other bands and musicians . if you are interested in collaborating or in exchanging sound files or something to play around with then get in touch, yes.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/19/2006
Band Website: www.slatepipe.co.uk
Band Members: andrew rowe and sometimes contributions from other people, yes
Influences: bontempi organs, the seaside, music and sounds, london, yorkshire, painting, tea, concerts, caipirinhas, the sound of foreign languages, rhythms, tina, food, parks, the today programme, noise, pubs, exercise, wine, super 8, sonic art, the weather, comedy, brazil, pain, ableton live, fear, new zealand, friends and relatives, art, beer, money, knowledge, car boot sales, work, acoustic instruments, coffee, moorea, computers, eyesight, arguments, drugs, home, films, crowds, age, seasons, yes.
Sounds Like: ..experimental dub dance drone noise found sound improvised field recording ambience .. ..
Record Label: www.mandolinrecords.co.uk a target=hl href

My Blog

monkey chicken

just almost finished a 14-15 minute sound and video piece for a sonic art degree assignment, entitled 'monkey chicken', you can watch the film over to the left.based around opposing beliefs and differ...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:12:00 GMT

slatepipe.co.uk has been updated, yay

hiafter a bit of a gap of not much website activity, i have got the slatepipe site updated. now it looks a bit nicer and has some new bits and pieces and sounds and things on it.as ableton live is my...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:24:00 GMT

slate pipe banjo draggers collaboration with sand snowman

the slate pipe banjo draggers have spent most of the summer working on the results of an improvised session which took place with sand snowman (http://www.myspace.com/sandsnowman)many instruments were...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:04:00 GMT

powder cagers radio play

kick it to don't run got played on wfmu in new york the other month and bird head it fall from horse was played on bbc radio 3's late junction on the 3rd may. both these tunes are available on the alb...
Posted by on Sat, 05 May 2007 05:56:00 GMT

powder cagers : review

the new album of music by the slate pipe banjo draggers which is called powder cagers is now available to be bought from the website of mandolin records which is www.mandolinrecords.co.uk. it ha...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:18:00 GMT

last fm

the slate pipe banjo draggers are now available on last fm.this is the address for the page : http://www.last.fm/music/Slate+Pipe+Banjo+Draggersplease to be having a look and a listenmany thanks
Posted by on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:36:00 GMT

soundclick account

the slate pipe banjo draggers now also have a soundclick page, there are three songs there at the moment, kick it to dont run and two others not available on myspace. i shall try and put up some more...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:43:00 GMT

new slate pipe banjo draggers music

artwork for 'powder cagers', the new slate pipe banjo draggers album is finished. click on 'kick it to dont run' to listen to an album track and to see the cover artwork. copies will be sent out...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 03:37:00 GMT