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Chasing Eva Reviews
''Enchanting stuff'' 4/5 - Independent on Sunday

''Maple Bee is clearly a woman of varied talents'' - Q Magazine

With 21 tracks of intimate and cathartic melodies, exploring joy and vulnerability in equal measure, with claustrophobic beats mixed with honey tempered instrumentation, Chasing Eva is a classic album just waiting to be discovered.

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Member Since: 12/12/2005
Band Website: maplebee.com
Band Members: The Bee and friends and allies the Pike Fred Arno Mr Nice and various other angelic cohorts
Influences: Listening to watching and looking - result of which is undetermined: Billy Holiday, The Doris Day s, REM, Juana Molinna, Sugar Plant, Sneaker Pimps, Aphex Twin, Tom Vek, Joy Division, Goldfrapp, The Buggles, Emilliana Torellini, Gwen Stefani, Johann Johannson, PJ Harvey, Serge Gainsbourg, Leila, Araki, Tom Mcrae, Japan/David Sylvian, Police, Gillian welch, Nick Drake, QOTSA, Jaques Brel, Huski, Nouvelle Vague, Madeline Peroux, Depeche Mode, Orlando, LFO, The Cure, Cat Stevens, Brian Eno, Peter Greenaway, Daft Punk, Glass Candy, This Mortal Coil, Mazzy Star, Nico, Ladytron, Pixies, Kim Deal, Beck, Sugarcubes, Fleetwood Mac, Gene Wilder (OH YES!), John Barry, Talk Talk, Its a Wonderful Life, Ms Kate Bush, Stone Roses, Steve Forbert, making broken things work again left out in the rain, occasional Donna Summer, Fine cheeses and plenty good red wine, Dead Man (so beautiful), Bent, The Draughtmans Contract (so beautiful), Michael Nyman, Pink Floyd, Plenty Scary films please, Dressing up in special things, adventure and pleasure.
Sounds Like: The inside of my head
Record Label: Xie Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

HOME finished!

so much noise and fabulousness abounds - been crawling under bits of paper and mixes all at once and now finally the record is finished......This is making me happy. Will be mastering in the next coup...
Posted by Maple Bee on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:10:00 PST

songs on quick flight around the neighbourhood

I decided I would send myself mad thinking about mixes and the how's when's and what if's of logistical things that always mean that life is more complicated than it otherwise should or would be...I h...
Posted by Maple Bee on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:32:00 PST

songs on quick flight around the neighbourhood

recording recording and more of that with wasps on

apologies for my recent absence - I have been holed up in the studio making the new album.... its all coming together! Restraining myself from putting early versions up on the page...cant wait to get ...
Posted by Maple Bee on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:16:00 PST

the bird has flown

those beasts have flown the nest - so sweet. They spend their time making lots of noise and trying out new wings in and between trees in the back garden...does anyone know if they go back to the nest ...
Posted by Maple Bee on Sun, 13 May 2007 10:51:00 PST

robins and awash with papers

so first I went to the shed and found to my surprise, a robins nest sitting inside a box of huski CD's..little black eyes looked at me from the dark recesses of the box..I Went out a few days la...
Posted by Maple Bee on Thu, 03 May 2007 12:27:00 PST

singing in the snow

So its just snow snow snow all over the place and I have just finished putting together the demos for the new album.... Im extremely happy about this Now must pack for tomorrow. I am leaving for Franc...
Posted by Maple Bee on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:30:00 PST

writing and being lazy

Hm Yes well its saturday and I am seemingly unable to stop lying around for some reason....I have spent the last 2 weeks writing lots of music. Maybe I am just tired ahha....have been practising also ...
Posted by Maple Bee on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:52:00 PST

hot hot hot gaining speed

Greetings all.... So first off - The re-press of Chasing Eva has now arrived back from the cd making factory and I now have more copies availible for order now - very happy! (Thanks Mr C!) Sorry ...
Posted by Maple Bee on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 07:17:00 PST

miss bee

I have finished all my essays (Yaaaay!), and managed to sober up after a rather drunken and slothenly weekend - the Baebes had their 10th anniversary party which involved lots of singing loudly in a p...
Posted by Maple Bee on Tue, 09 May 2006 06:27:00 PST