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swampglow

swampglow

About Me

swampglow started out as the solo project of so-called rapper Josef Motley, formerly known as A4. the first seeds came in written form, summer 2005, in a now semi-mythical heavybound silver notebook. In 2006 Josef came out of self-imposed musical retirement (spent in bed watching bad American sitcoms) to record ’Catastrophe Curve’, the first swampglow album, using only a video camera as a microphone, a copy of ’Music 2000’ on the Playstation & a highly shoddy PC. The second album ’The Sweatshop Nit Kingdom’ was made on slightly better equipment and it’s release heralded the end of a very brief era- for at the same time swampglow became a band, for purposes of playing live, recruiting first longtime collaborators Bujuben & Yasson, then Andreas Hobo from Myriad, then second rapper Wairmi Asahbajj, DJ Rusty Sheriff and briefly guitarist Six-String Steve-O, who has since left due to "political differences". This album is the last works of swampglow as solo project.... we have just begun recording our current live set as an EP, due sometime this year.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/13/2006
Band Website: this one
Band Members: JOSEF MOTLEYvocals, attempts at musicianship...Tortoiseshell MaleMotley myspaceBUJUBEN beats, keyboards, production, the voice of reason...Bujuben myspaceBuju also puts on gigs at the Fawcett Inn with Stupac:contact inciteABE NORMALbeats, keyboards, beatbox, good naturedness...he's in MYRIAD too (a noisy two man electronica outfit)Myriad myspaceYASSONbeatbox, vocals, madness...Yasson myspacehe's in CORROBOREE too... (a three man beatbox ensemble)Corroboree myspaceWAIRMI ASAHBAJJvocals, keyboards, samples, glitches, medical journals...RUSTY SHERIFFjustice. law. order. turntables. theramin. circuit bent toys. pointing at things.Rusty Sheriff.comRusty myspaceother collaborators have included.....THE LOST AND FOUND SOUNDloop pedal, sampler, acoustic guitar...hear music herehe also helps run our current label:Give Up recordsP.P WORCESTERartwork, scrawled words, mudskipper...words & picturesJACKARACKriff doner, PC drop-in sessions...get music hereXAIGONbeatbox, human didgeridoo, incoherent mumbles...get music hereSTUPAClaughter, loops, marimba, promoter, tromboner, settee...contact incitePAIKESrecorder, mobile phone, laughter, rats...Paikes & the Banterbury boysSIX STRING STEVE-Oelectric guitar, teabagging, genuine insanity...hear music here
Influences: i deleted what i wrote here before because it was bad.
Sounds Like: "the best band in Portsmouth"- someone Stupac knows"very much a nod to clouddead crossed with latter Sixtoo beats. Really into it!" - see the light"the racket was marpolactic, raucous and unhoned, raw"- S.Dent."absolutely fucking terrible art blag beating"- I.Skinsleigh."it's got a christmas to it" - G.Tag."that's not hiphop...it's more trip-hop"- O.Tricks."that's not hiphop... that's garage"- O.Tricks."that's not hiphop... that's trance"- O.Tricks."that's not hiphop... it's chillout jungle" - P.Mariani."I am delighted by your sound especially the flow of cosmic conciousness rapping, very interesting and it is fun too." - 7atoms"I think your own sonic craftsmanship can share the title of ‘inimitable’ also......" - the grrr"its like foreign mosquitos ringing in my ear, only I do not want to kill the mosquito because I am transfixed by it and fascinated, is it rap?" - Marina"thats not rapping... it's MC-ing" - B.Magic and my old housemate."your music is weird and not very funny" - F.Valentine."I am suitably unsettled" - Andreuch's Strange Loop"...like stoned thought patterns" - MistaSpace"Good parish noise making at birthday levels" - Councillor Braveheart-Potter"I'll drink to fornicative scrabble, busty hootas, lucid dreaming, harmonicas, and unfettered sound." - Lani Milbus"omg swampglow were sh*t" - Pretty Mess "they should invent a new category of electro-skat just for us" - VF Wing"I don't know if I'd buy the album......." - my Dad."You're out of your ever-loving mind! JUST LIKE US!" - Dieselwig"Talk like that to me again and I'll be laying the smack down" - Gentle Bren.
Record Label: Give Up Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

new videos

see how amazingly professional swampglow are in the studio NOW in our videos section. here you can see the antics of our most recent recording session, at the house of Rusty Sheriff. Everyone in the b...
Posted by swampglow on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:31:00 PST

gig

come and see swampglow at the nell gwynne on monday the 28th april. you know you want to. rusty sheriff is organising. he says...The line-up is likely to be:JayetAl - who are touring, from Winchester ...
Posted by swampglow on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:41:00 PST

swampglow in the studio (well, our various bedrooms)

swampglow have been recording for their first release as a band at various locations (Rusty's & Buju's) and songs are progressing nicely. vocals on the new version of 302 were done this week by Mo...
Posted by swampglow on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:31:00 PST

current setlist lyrics

INTRO (HAPPY BIDET TO ME PART 24 - EXCERPT)it all started with dinosaurs essentially and the roll of paper that i was going to draw a mile long mural on but after a few yards i swapped the prehistoric...
Posted by swampglow on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:41:00 PST

swampglow - the point & click game

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Posted by swampglow on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:58:00 PST

more swampglow gigs

20th December:swampglow play the pub we now rehearse under - the Nell Gwyne, Talbot Rd, Saaarrrffffsea. (that's southsea). this'll be our first gig...
Posted by swampglow on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:32:00 PST

some sort of news to prove we arent sitting around thumb twiddling...

..> ..> more live swampglow footage... my friend & housemate Rabbit has put up his video of swampglow's fateful appearance at the wedgewood rooms showcase final 2007. it's not amazing sound qua...
Posted by swampglow on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:27:00 PST

swampglow on youtube....

we got videos of our second to last gig up on youtube now. search for swampglow and comment if you will, we'd appreciate it. the whole gig is up, except for the second half of the last tune where the ...
Posted by swampglow on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 05:30:00 PST

political changes in the cabinet of us....

as swampglow are now a fully fledged band (as you're probably sick of hearing me say) the mit was only fair & just for me to allow my compadres into the inner workings of the site itself. so i gav...
Posted by swampglow on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 05:23:00 PST

swampglow news....

first up, somehow we managed to win our semi-final at the wedgewood rooms, along with godsend we'll be in the final... which is on the 28th of september, same place, same time. (i just found out.)the...
Posted by swampglow on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:43:00 PST