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About Me

A LITTLE HISTORY:
Struwwelpeter, whose name was taken from a book of old German fairytales, was originally formed in 2003 from the remnants of the dissipated bootlegging scene 'The Treatment' in Cheltenham and Bristol. The first Struwwelpeter CD "You're All So Precious" combined the talents of resident loopmeisters Peter Philips and Alison Eire, along with John Harris throwing guitar samples into the mix. The album was produced and fronted by Ben Mitchell, who adopted the moniker Struwwelpeter for his two subsequent albums "Rapeseed" (2004) and "Agnosticaust" (2006). A more detailed biography can be found at the Struwwelpeter website .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/21/2006
Band Website: struwwelpeter.sitesled.com
Band Members: Struwwelpeter is Ben Mitchell with as much help as he can get. Collaborators so far include: Alison Eire - drum loops, samples; John Harris - guitar; Pete Philips - loops, vox samples; Lynne Baiker - theremin; Celia Claudie - violin; John Comley - acoustic guitar; Rob Creighton - percussion, didgeridoo; Grace Finne - piano; Jim Ford - samples; Analisa Hamilton - saxophone; Adam Holbrook - bass; Lee Kislingbury - guitar
Influences: Gotan Project, Sneaker Pimps, Boards Of Canada, John Zorn, Dalek, Les Claypool, Melissa Auf der Maur, Garbage, The Charioteers, Portishead, Isis, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Soul Coughing, Air, Thomas Newman, Four Tops, X-Ecutioners, Boom Bip, Laura Nyro, Aphex Twin, Tori Amos, Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers, The Melvins, Neil Young, Ozzy Osbourne, Chet Baker, the many projects of Mike Patton, The Divine Comedy, Eyvind Kang, Crash Test Dummies, Randy Edelman, Gorillaz, Naked City, Alan Silvestri, Bill Frisell, Cake, Ketty Lester, New Order, Jon Brion, Angelo Badalamenti, Chris Vrenna (aka Tweaker), Kaiser Chiefs, Primus, Artie Shaw, The Zutons, Foo Fighters, Ennio Morricone, Blue States, The Drifters, Avalanches, Danny Elfman, The Orb, Basement Jaxx, Jimmy Scott, Eels, Tom Waits, Smashing Pumpkins, Kaada, The Foundations, The Cats & The Fiddle, Alabama 3, Janis Ian, Vincent & Mr. Green, Dan The Automator, Christopher Young, Natalie Imbruglia, Placebo, Susie Arioli, Elmer Bernstein, Queens Of The Stone Age, Zero 7, Kronos Quartet, Marc Shaiman, Amon Tobin, De-Phazz, Radiohead, Michael Jackson, Eric Friedlander, Roisin Murphy, Coldcut, Juliette & The Licks, Run DMC, L7, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, Doseone, Raymond Scott, The Temptations, Everlast.
Sounds Like: You'd honestly have to tell me...
Record Label: [email protected]
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

A new song! About freakin' time!

It's been over a year of riding on the coattails of the last record but I've finally started a new one. And there's a brand new, barely played track on my Struwwelpeter myspace to prove it! So e...
Posted by Struwwelpeter on Sat, 05 May 2007 06:23:00 PST

PhatBoy Media's Cheap 'n' Nasty, Holly 'n' Jolly Seasonal Sampler

It's that time of year again, when the holidays are drawing to a close and the stores are clogged with ungrateful tools returning and exchanging the tat bestowed upon them*. What can you do to stave o...
Posted by Struwwelpeter on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:16:00 PST

Websites are up!

The bulk of our websites are now back online, although there are a couple file downloads still missing for the Struwwelpeter site (also we didn't backup the 'Struwwelpeter Recommends', 'Ask Struwwelpe...
Posted by Struwwelpeter on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:06:00 PST

Websites are down...

I've received a number of emails complaining that the Struwwelpeter site and other sites aren't working. Indeed, due to a server problem at beeb.net all PhatBoy related websites are down at the moment...
Posted by Struwwelpeter on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:13:00 PST

PhatBoy Media News: August 2006

It's been nearly four months since our last update, but rest assured there's still lots going on! Here's the word from Ben Mitchell: I have been offline for three months more or less due to...
Posted by Struwwelpeter on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:37:00 PST

Bah! Red Xs everywhere!

Thanks to those of you who got in touch to let me know what a barren wasteland this space'o'mine has become. All these red Xs...like a bout of html acne (geek metaphor, enjoy it kids). The usually qui...
Posted by Struwwelpeter on Tue, 30 May 2006 09:05:00 PST

PhatBoy Media News: May 2006

Maymonth! Feast your eyes on the new music video 'Laughing At A Wall'. Once again directed by Ben Mitchell, the 'Agnosticaust' track is a veritable visualgasm that you can watch online at Myspace or Y...
Posted by Struwwelpeter on Fri, 12 May 2006 05:46:00 PST

PhatBoy Media News Archives

I've decided to archive the updates I penned for our humble indie on this here MySpace blog, seeing as Struwwelpeter is responsible for most of our output. I'll also post new updates here in the futur...
Posted by Struwwelpeter on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 03:39:00 PST

Is it lame...?

...to have famous people in your top 8? People you don't actually know?See, my main problem with MySpace is the phrasing when it comes to networking. '(Such-and-such) wants to be your friend'; 'J...
Posted by Struwwelpeter on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:36:00 PST

Who's who, what's what, when's when and where's where...

Hi there kids Ben Mitchell here. So, here's what we'll do - as John's the guy who set this up and put the MySpace page together (as I am too incompetant even for these DIY sites) he'll be the one to u...
Posted by Struwwelpeter on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 03:19:00 PST