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About Me

Sweet, forged, nice in the sun.
It was good when we were young,
can you smell the flowers?
It was fresh and powerful, and...
We enjoy it.

Available Recordings:
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see Good Name For a Racehorse
or My Formica Table for more details on Releases.
Live Sets:
Live in New College Theatre, Wellington (1/3/06) (.ogg) (Courtesy of Higgy)
Live at The Haygate, Wellington (8/3/06) (.ogg) (Courtesy of Higgy)
Live at The Senior Citizen’s Hall, Whittington (17/4/06) (.ogg) (Courtesy of Higgy)
Live at C:21, Shrewsbury (4/4/07) (.zip) (Courtesy of Elrond Heath)
Live Improvisation at Woolfire Festival 2007 (14/6/07) (.mp3)
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Going to Jib Choons (Choons for Going to Jib Like Innit)
"a gem of an album well worth the trouble of tracking down."- Terrascope
Download "Going to Jib Choons (Choons for Going to Jib to Like Innit)" for free (Courtesy of Records on Ribs )
What Kind of Rat Bastard Psychotic Would Play That Song Right Now at This Moment?
"Strap the Button is on to something in its exploration of less typical psych/Kraut currents, in much the same way that, say, Donkey was a few years ago. Heres to more then."- Foxy Digitalis
Download "What Kind of Rat-Bastard Psychotic Would Play That Song Right Now at This Moment?" for free (Courtesy of Records on Ribs )
Kongekabale Niklaj Arcel

Features a selection of tracks from Bruised Window to WKORBPWPTSRNATM?
Contact the Band and we’ll post one out to you
No Worst
Download "No Worst" for Free (Courtesy of My Formica Table )
Un-Named Gwyn EP
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Dead Sea Liner Sports Day Compilation ( Dead Sea Liner Records )
The Dead Sea Liner Sports Day - featuring Cel, Nackt Insecten, Fordell Research Unit, Textured Bird Transmission, Strap the Button, r.s.r., Horse Palace, King Razor, Another Enough Chairs, Manchurian Fog, Bjerga/Iversen.........

COMING SOON
Sloppy Seconds Compilation ( Obscuria Records ) a compilation of 1 second long pieces of noise, found sounds, bits and bobs from many many people and places. A great idea.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/9/2005
Band Website: strapthebutton.tk
Band Members: Dom Clarke - Electric Guitars, Drums, Toy Keyboards

Sioned Camlin - Drums, Bent Circuits, Noise, Percussion

Gavin Nelson - Synthesizer, Bent Circuits, Noise, Mixing Desk

Jack Hunter - Bass Guitar, Percussion, Keyboard, Mixing Desk

Ashley Ferguson - Electric Guitar, Glockenspiel, Rap

David Thomas - Violin, Viola, Acoustic Guitar

Eric Heath - Electronic Instruments, Audrey

Christopher Fraser - Flute

Patrick Farmer - Drums, Percussion

Lee Abecasis - Vocals, Trumpet

Harlie Caberwal - Circuit Bendings, Pump Organ

Influences:
Sounds Like: Psychedelic. Noise. Clatter. Epic. Diminutive.

" Seamless shifts from conceptual, Cage-ian composition to resplendent guitar led symphonies, a band steadfast in their refusal to submit to categorisation."

-- According to KneeKnees

"These songs are basically mini-epic art projects."

-- According to CultureBunker

"Strap the Button trawl the margins of prog, kraut and experimental music in general to create exploratory, psychedelic music of continual wonderment."

"Quirky, semi-improvised space-rockers from just over the Welsh border."

-- According to GNFAR

"Strap the Button is on to something in its exploration of less typical psych/Kraut currents..."

"...you are never sure you are supposed to be scared or exhilarated while listening..."

-- According to FoxyDigitalis

"They play percussion on spades"

-- According to Hey Edison

"They would probably sound amazing if listened to while on drugs, in a tent, in the middle of nowhere, with some incense burning and a sexy 'chick' floating about in a kaftan."

-- According to Hiroshima Yeah!

"...psychedelic surrealist noise freaks..."

-- According to Terrascope

"Strap the Button fuses musical genres in such an arbitrary way that it's difficult to get an accurate fix on just where the group's allegiance lies."

-- According to Aural-Innovations

"Strap The Button definately have an amazing talent for creating hypnotic grooves..."

-- According to Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep

"They are one with their music & make challenging music for listeners who think outside the box."

-- According to The Plastic Ashtray

"It's like being tipped ear-first into a sea where nothing is quite right and everything is as it always should have been. "

"Strap the Button are acclaimed masters of noise and sonic mayhem"

-- According to Adam Walton

"Playful and serious in equal measure..."

-- According to Tasty Fan Zine

"It really sounds like everyone is playing a different song for most of the time..."

-- According to Heathen Harvest

"...lovely hypnotic bit of minimilism that suggests Philip Glass for the pre-school set..."

-- According to Music for Maniacs

"...Strap The Button create some brilliant compositions using the oddest of instruments..."

-- According to Freddy Kruger's Bidet

Record Label: My Formica Table/Records on Ribs
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Stiwdio Bos (Pt.2)...

We are returning to Stiwdio Bos to record "The Blood's a Shimmerin'" in just over one weeks time.
Posted by Strap The Button on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:43:00 PST

Stiwdio Bos...

Hello,We have booked our Studio dates. They'll be at our ancestral home - the marvelous Stiwdio Bos in Llanerfyl.Bywtiffwl.
Posted by Strap The Button on Wed, 14 May 2008 03:32:00 PST

The Blood’s a Shimmerin’ Live...

Hello, You might very well have noticed that there are three new tracks on our player... These three tracks are not infact three separate entities but are all a part of the first half of "Th...
Posted by Strap The Button on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:19:00 PST

Live review...

Good evening...Just stumbled upon this review from our gig in Trowbridge on Saturday..."The Sonic Sanctuary - Sat 8th MarchAnother fantastic and disparate line-up from Charlie saw a chosen few huddled...
Posted by Strap The Button on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:59:00 PST

New Strap The Button Downloads...

Hello, There are a couple of new Strap The Button downloads available over on the Table (www.myformicatable.blogspot.com). If you are interested in having a listen then please do. They are: The Strap ...
Posted by Strap The Button on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:57:00 PST

Concerning Toy Music...

Hello, Just stumbled across another pleasant review of Toy Music, unfortunately the reviewer mixed up the names involved, but nevertheless it's still a happy comment: "Toy Music, not a statement but i...
Posted by Strap The Button on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:29:00 PST

Noo Choons...

Greets, We have commenced construction work on some new choons, all sounding very lovely indeed. The bulk of the new material (thus far) consists of a 40 min (or thereabouts) track comprising of 8 mov...
Posted by Strap The Button on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:13:00 PST

Wonderful Woolfire...

Greetings One and All, We had a wonderful time at the Woolfire Festival down in Hampshire over the weekend. It was absolutely grooving. We'll definitely be going back next year. KooK x...
Posted by Strap The Button on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:34:00 PST

Philip Glass for the pre-school set...

Hello, Here be a pleasant little review of Toy Music from the Music for Maniacs Blog : "Strap The Button are a free-wheeling avant/psych/improv group from Wales, but even those not inclined towards su...
Posted by Strap The Button on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:07:00 PST

Lousiana Cancellation...

This Sunday's show at the Lousiana in Bristol has Been Cancelled.Unfortunately. The organiser has just e-mailed me very short notice to say that he's been having trouble this week, and he's going to r...
Posted by Strap The Button on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:13:00 PST