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Tractor Countdown

About Me



An arable adventure. A collaboration between Mr Ian Walter Barnes and the Ben Kidd Big Band. A shambolic, rustic masterpiece, handcrafted by gnomic artisans from ancient rural artefacts long ago abandoned by the mishievous pixies in the shed at the bottom of the melancholic garden of neglected love.
Produced organically, with no pesticides and no GM products. No gnomes or pixies were harmed in the recording of this album.
'littlethings': the video.
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Myspace Editor
"...truly idiosyncratic, silly and brilliant music from the eccentric Tractor Countdown. Rustic dandies and garden gnome musicians live in this act's surreal allotment landscape, and the world's better for it. A curious mix of traditional folk and neo-noir beats filtered through haunting brass and guitar, 'Love's Elusions' succeeds on a grand scale. With debut record Shedworks out soon, this is a promising start."
Jeff Hemmings, Music Editor, Latest7

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/2/2007
Band Website: last.fm/music/Tractor+Countdown
Band Members: Ian Barnes - Vocals and Guitar
Ben Kidd & the Ben Kidd Big Band

Guest musicians:
Chris Chatfield – Mandolin
Holly O’Mahony – Violin
John O’Mahony – McCann System Duet Concertina, Harmonica
Ian R Watson – Trumpet
Guest vocals:
Emily Ballantyne, Ree, Adam Kidd, Jerry Kidd, Lisa Shingler, Louise Spiteri
Tractor pics courtesy of Nomah
Influences: Golden Trowel Awards for encouragement and inspiration down here amongst the weeds go to Alan Moore, Mik Gobel, and Tackety Boot.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Songs from the archives

Hi folks,to tide you over before the release of our seventh album, Dust Diaries, we've added five songs from two earlier albums, The Coat's Too Big and Postacards From The Hedge, both produced by Mart...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:28:00 GMT

Tractor Countdown receive Accomplished Artists Worldwide award

This award was presented to us by our friend Johnny Myers (cf John in our top friends) for "Best Band Performance" in our video for 'littlethings'.BeatRoots Magazine said - "Trowel on!"
Posted by on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:26:00 GMT

The Card’s totally unbiased review of SHEDWORKS

Burnt the album to a CD and had it playing all this week in the car. Several tunes got their hooks into my head, I found they were playing there through the day. Particular favourites are Cinnamon She...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:21:00 GMT

Band interview with BeatRoots Magazine

I'm in a shed. Did you get that? Did that register? Come with me, be with me; be in the shed with me. Right, you're in the shed. How does it feel? The wood is coarse. If you were to run your hand alon...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:06:00 GMT

Tractor Countdowns First Review!

Love's Elusions from the Shed Works album got this cracking review from Latest7's Jeff Hemmings last month: "Something Brighton really needs - truly idiosyncratic, silly and brilliant music from the e...
Posted by on Sat, 03 May 2008 06:14:00 GMT