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Perhaps Contraption

About Me

We are fluxus-fuelled-avant-rock-pronk-pop-performance-offal. (F.F.A.R.P.P.P.O)
An ever-evolving collective gargling a love of the spontaneous & technical, humourous & desperate, soothing & challenging.
"seriously hard-boiled, tetrahedron-shaped, bendy pronk" - ORGAN
In the ilk of Zappa, Beefheart, Henry Cow & other progressive iconoclasts before, Perhaps Contraption rock in opposition & bear this flame atop a mechanical, juddering horse. Fluxus inspired antics & participation is encouraged, as absurd ideas & things move amongst the crowd & engulf the performance. Narratives sew compositions together, themes & improvisation pervade set-lists.
Song themes stretch from the diuretic effects of hot drinks, to the global abuse of our ecological and mental space, to the translucent torso of a crumpled pensioner in London, and swans guzzling cuboids (and some-things inbetween).
We are Based in London and we are frothing + eager to perform with all other musical / theatrical / artistic oddities; for updates of shows and projects - join our club - Send a message to
[email protected]
Visit perhapscontraption.co.uk for extra sounds and trinkets.
here is a video for BLUEBELLS, our first Single, soon to be released in a limited hand-crafted batch.
Below is a teaser video from our forthcoming album "sludge and tripe"...

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 28/12/2004
Band Website: www.perhapscontraption.co.uk
Band Members: Squire Squier--- ----------------- Vocals, guitar, flute, clarinet
Dildo Window (epileptic horse) -- Percussion, Kazoo, Vocals, Glockenspiel
Pimmy (Goodgirls) Mayfair ----- Bass, Vocals
---------------------Floating Population-------------------------
Susie Showers ------------------- Ukulele, Poems, accounts, statistics, poems
Jack Attack ----- ----------------- Guitar
Pocket Viking ------------------ Dancing, Masks, Madness
wah-wah-pedal ------------------ Bassoon, RecorderGideon Brazil --------------------- Saxes, flute
Pete ------------------------------ Soprano Sax

Influences: Zappa, Beefheart, Henry cow, King Crimson, Van der graaf generator, Sleepytime gorilla museum, Hella, Do make say think, Improv, Dissonance/consonance, Degenerate art ensemble and others
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Sandalism @ SHUNT< perhaps @ Strongrooms then on to BURNING MAN...

'traptionites,This week I will be constructing a grotesque sand sculpture with Zara Gaze as part of Sandalism, in response to the nuclear fallout theme at SHUNT. Deep in the belly of this astounding v...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:12:00 GMT

Secret Garden, EX-gratia, Burning man.....

Greetings Dear hearts,This device is still being oiled reguarly, and after our Glastonbury debut in the rabbit hole, is creaking back to life over the next few weeks.Firstly we shall be present at the...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:56:00 GMT

Perhaps at SHUNT & 176 gallery & The Gathering...

Dear 'traptionites, some new show announcements for this week...3 very different shows at 3 VERY stunning, special venues.....This thursday, June 4th, we will be performing at the legendary SHUNT vaul...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:51:00 GMT

Sounds and Powdered noses at SHUNT > Stoke Newington international airport > PROUD show

Greetings all,So, This week Dildo and Squier of Perhaps have been performing in a new show at SHUNT, entitled Bluff and Bloomers...an 18th century interactive paper theatre verging on the ridiculous, ...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:04:00 GMT

NEW snippets, OLD snippet, club RAVEN tonight

Recently added to our array of musical output, are slices from our ripe-to-burst first album , Sludge & Tripe, alongside a snippet of a new piece named BLUBBER  chops. This was extracted from a 5 minu...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:02:00 GMT

Perhaps on RESONANCE and new shows...

If you are not doing so already, get your earsover to Resonance 104.4. Particularly THE OTHER ROCKSHOW and THE ORGANSHOW with MARINA ORGAN one week and SEAN O the next. 9.00pm everySunday night...Two ...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:58:00 GMT

Yuletide News Flash -upcoming shows...

Slightly seasonal - hello's to all. A note to nudge you of two upcoming perhaps contraption extravaganzas. One is our 4th annual great christmas toss-off (off) officially and " the biggest eve...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:51:00 GMT

SquireSquier meets Checkhov’s farce

DEar friends of perhaps, If next week you are feeling somewhat theatrically inclined, squiresquier of this device will be performing in an excellent production of two Checkhov plays. He will be...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:40:00 GMT

The Old Dispensary

Have a butchers at our new little slice of tripe----The old dispensary -----video completion in progress... taken from our(nearly complete)album... Artistic direction, balloons, and medieval obsession...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:17:00 GMT

KLINKER and all that TRIPE

Perhaps will be performing a sublime and breath-takingly low-budget show at the legendary KLINKER club this evening at Maggies bar, 100 stoke newington church street. N16... We shall be mixing in ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:03:00 GMT