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uncle black

into this, black kettle of one-ness

About Me

Uncle Black formed around the duo of Les King and Mike Aldridge. They have been recording on Backwater Records, a UK Independent releasing an eclectic mix of folk, country and prog-rock! since 2002
Musically it veers from upbeat , almost pop to darker, more reflective numbers; Losingtoday.com called clock prison sapping, but gem-like a contradiction which in part sums the music up.
We recently finished our second album
This feels like the record we set out to make.
Click on image above to buy CD.
Of course, If you would like to buy the old fashioned way, please send a cheque for £10.00 inc p/p payable to Backwater Records, to:
Backwater Records, PO Box 51, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, IP4 4AN
Other treats for your collection
Click above to buy our last single 'smile'– “a quite unsettlingly perfect release”
Click above to buy four track ep 'one day, we will go there'– “sapping, but gem-like”
Click above to buy our first album '1000 origami cranes'–“like finding an old friend”
A book of the collected lyrics for Uncle Black, The Katie Winter, and a selection of poetry can be found here:
Please click above to find your way to ‘the companion set”
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/18/2005
Band Website: uncleblack.com
Band Members: Les King - Vocals/Guitar Mike Aldridge - Bass/Vocals/Piano Paulus - Drums
Influences: many , maybe the likes of Belle & Sebastien, Low, The Lilac Time, REM, Cowboy Junkies, but some wont show up in the music; Pixies, GY!BE, Nick Cave, Will Oldham,Neil Young, Morrissey,Vic Chesnutt,East River Pipe,mojave 3,the locust... Just inspired by people who make music that seems vital, and usually in their own way uplifting.And sometimes its the words, sometimes its the music. most times its both
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Backwater Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

current thinking

well we're getting a clutch of new songs together , currently have about 8 work in progress..most are new, couple are older songs that for some reason now make sense, and another song based around ano...
Posted by uncle black on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:58:00 PST

first month

My feet are so tiredAll this talk of war is getting me downBeneath the snow is the frozen ground,O, where do we go from hereThe room we wake up to is coldJust the warmth of our bodies to holdWe dare n...
Posted by uncle black on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:18:00 PST

redress the balance- review

By Steven Foster (BBC Radio Suffolk) printed in the Evening Star June '07"Earthling takes offDuo's new album is a download hitHadleigh duo Uncle Black have just unveiled their new album Earthling and ...
Posted by uncle black on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:41:00 PST

Fatea Review

The thing I like about folk artists is they don't try to cheer you up, they keep trying to find different ways to bring you to their level. Uncle Black's latest release, "Earthling" show's why the ban...
Posted by uncle black on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:36:00 PST

a different day

I see it in the facesI watch the total strangersAs they go about their businessIn a way I can't explainIt's a different kind of dayWithout you and without words, I cannot saywe have a system but I kno...
Posted by uncle black on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 07:52:00 PST

southern boy

if you listen to one song today, make it southern boy by pauline nilsson. in our top friends.aside from a truly haunting voice, the song seems really direct, but at the same time quite mysterious..and...
Posted by uncle black on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:21:00 PST

a poets hope

to be like some valley cheese; local, but prized elsewhereWH Auden
Posted by uncle black on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:36:00 PST

crossfire

Somewhere I can hear the falling starsI can hear my mother callI can feel the water flowBetween my toesI just want to be in your arms tonightWant to laugh out loud with my friendsWalking late home, mi...
Posted by uncle black on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:01:00 PST

tonights decision, and herafter

i realised today that for the last three years in the car ive listened almost exclusively to Explosions in the sky ' The earth is not a cold dead place' and Laura Cantrell's 'When the roses bloom agai...
Posted by uncle black on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:21:00 PST

The falls of Lora

Its here we meet beneath the bridgeIt's in this little place I liveNot beneath the wooden skyYou escaped me onceYou will not escape me twiceWe slept the months behind usAnd woke and we were blindedThe...
Posted by uncle black on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:00:00 PST