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la famille Catastrophe

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About Me

La famille Catastrophe is a first and foremost a songwriter. He occasionally performs live (Exeter Goes Pop!, IndieTracks Festival 2007), but he's more at ease when he's writing & recording.

He's also one half of electro-indie-poppers mutt ramon .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/29/2007
Band Members: Simon (acoustic guitars, vocals, children's tambourine, electric bass, drum machine)
Influences: The Pebbles compilations, Dr Seuss, The Monkees, The Moomins, My Bloody Valentine, Bagpuss, Ride, Noggin The Nog, The Dandy Warhols, Terry Wogan
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Debut EP to be released in August

I'm currently adding the finishing touches to my debut EP, which should be released towards the beginning of August 2008. Tracks will include:HappeningsThe Cafe Song Sunny Days+ 1 otherI haven't decid...
Posted by la famille Catastrophe on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:23:00 PST

The Cafe Song appears on Series Two Records Vol 8!

Okay, so are 89 other bands (if you count volumes 6-9 as a single entity). But hey, I'm still excited! I think it's to be released on July 8th. It's also limited to only 100 copies, so I think it will...
Posted by la famille Catastrophe on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:43:00 PST

2 new songs

I've just put The Cafe Song & Sunny Days on this page. I like them and I hope you do too!Simon
Posted by la famille Catastrophe on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:53:00 PST

La Famille Catastrophe Went Pop!

Well, we played our first gig as a two-piece on Thursday (17th January 2008) at the lovely Exeter Goes Pop! night at the Phoenix, Exeter UK. I'd manage to twist Chris' arm to join me about a month bef...
Posted by la famille Catastrophe on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:56:00 PST

the flatmates

No, this is not about Martin "mail order only" Whitehead and his band. It's the title of the my new song, and it's a farewell to my weekday flatmate in Sheffield. Yes, I'm leaving my job soon & mo...
Posted by la famille Catastrophe on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:00:00 PST

I played at Indietracks Festival 2007

I did, honest! It was kinda hush hush in a not-actually-appearing-on-the-bill-sort-of-way. But I played all the same. You see, I was on the substitutes' bench. And one of bands (Stars of Aviation) pul...
Posted by la famille Catastrophe on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:48:00 PST

LFC Ondulée

LFC Ondulée (pronounced LF say ondulay) is the name of the myspace page I've just created to host Undulator's orchestral arrangements of some my songs. Why not go and have a listen? They're at www.mys...
Posted by la famille Catastrophe on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:21:00 PST

Listen Easy!

That scoundrel Undulator keeps on downloading my lovely lo-fi noodlings and adding his complex orchestral arrangements. Who does he think he is? George Martin? He did it to Outside, he did ...
Posted by la famille Catastrophe on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:04:00 PST

the saga of the pickup and another gig (7/6/07)

I played at Mocophone (yet again) on 7th June 2007 as La Famille Catastrophe. I had been looking forward to it, but on the night I was a bit grumpy, and let me tell you why.You see, I'd been listening...
Posted by la famille Catastrophe on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:02:00 PST

mocophone gig (25th May 2007)

Last night was the 2nd outing for la famille Catastrophe. According to Chris (who missed the first) it went well. I went on at 8.30, and it was still light which felt a bit weird. For the record I pla...
Posted by la famille Catastrophe on Mon, 28 May 2007 02:50:00 PST