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Babygrand

everything but the kitchen sink (except singing)

About Me

Started in 2001 in London and then moved to Norwich. We play fairly often in Norwich, mainly at the Arts Centre, though if anyone wants to offer us a gig in another part of the country... Last August I released the Bee EP, which is 23 ish minutes of music and field recordings, including Aubert and Sawdust. It's available at www.ilyaandemilia.co.uk. All the packaging is handmade, and held together with a ribbon. Quartet is a track I made for an installation called Double Bow, at a gallery in Stroud in December. We have 15 limited edition CDs of that, which was produced by playing a glass, a strip of metal, a shelf bracket, and a metal tank with a violin bow. High frequencies, but you get used to it! Also lots of fun to make. Holly xx

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/14/2006
Band Website: ilyaandemilia.co.uk/babygrand.html
Band Members: Holly Rumble (musical saw, loop pedal, violin, glockenspiel, field recordings, bowed metal, music boxes, melodyhorn, water, electricity, matches). John Boursnell does important live things like playing the ukulele and preventing feedback.
Influences: Broadcast
Mira Calix
A Hawk And A Hacksaw
Le Volume Courbe
Joanna Newsom
Josephine Foster
Jan Svankmajer
Yann Tiersen
Jacques Brel
Scott Walker
birds
mountains
C19th automata
Sounds Like: Mechanical insects surrounding the village violin-maker
Record Label: Ilya & Emilia
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Silent night...

The 23rd was fun. I was given a pound by a strange drunk man DURING my first piece. During the next one he decided he didn't like my violin drone and came over to discuss the matter. I wonder if he wa...
Posted by Babygrand on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 04:07:00 PST

Blog grand

Hello. Welcome to the first Babygrand blog. I can't promise anything as regards either regularity or quantity. For those of you who came to the gig at the Ten Bells on Monday, thanks, and come again. ...
Posted by Babygrand on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:47:00 PST