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About Me

"Gloriously powerful"
***** -BBC Music Magazine
"Seamless and Startling"
**** - The Times
"A revelation"
**** -Evening Standard

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The Blessing was formed in 2000 to share a fascination with improvised music, a pathological distrust of chords and a passion for north-african cuisine. We started out playing the music of Ornette Coleman but began slowly to madi a noise of our own. We began to write tunes and a turning point came in 2006 when we finally got in the studio and a new sound emerged almost overnight. Our new approach has much in common with the current crop of trailblazers, bands such as EST, Polar Bear and Acoustic Ladyland, and draws from influences as diverse as the Kings of Leon, Morphine, Elvis Costello and Albert Ayler.
"...jazz-informed art-rock at its finest, and if there was more musical quality on another stage west of London, I'll eat my hat." Venue Magazine
"right now they're simply awesome"
"For pure ensemble creativity, this is the place" Bath Evening Chronicle
"They play like children" Marc Gauvin

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We're playing at the Venn Festival

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/8/2006
Band Website: theblessing.co.uk/
Band Members:

Jim Barr : bass
Portishead, Jukes, Nik Young, John Parrish, Marc Gauvin, the invisible pair of hands

Clive Deamer : drums
robert plant, portishead, roni size, jools holland, dr john, tom jones, hawkwind

Pete Judge : trumpet
super furry animals, organelles, artic, morning star, mopti, papa noel, kneehigh theatre

Jake McMurchie : saxophone
portishead, super furry animals, mackay, oblit-r8, what four, ultrasound, nyjo

Influences: Cake, Ornette Coleman, Kings of Leon, Albert Ayler, Esborn Svensson Trio, Acoustic Ladyland, Dick Dale, Tony Orrell, North African Cuisine, Lycanthropy, small motorcycles, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, the sun, moon and stars, more cake, domestic cleaning products, beans, Ian Dury, always room for more cake
Sounds Like: wonky rock-jazz
Record Label:
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

BBC Jazz Awards Album of the Year nomination!

All Is Yes has been nominated for album of the year in the BBC Jazz Awards. You can vote for it (or one of the other albums of course) on the awards website. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/jazzawards2008/...
Posted by The Blessing on Mon, 26 May 2008 11:46:00 PST

Cafe Jazz, Cardiff 14/2

After the stadium rock euphoria of The Thekla could we produce the smooth jazz appropriate for a cold night in Cardiff? Hmmm, Valentines Day. Maybe a set of smoochy ballads. All is Yes. We started wit...
Posted by The Blessing on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:04:00 PST

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Posted by The Blessing on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:51:00 PST

Clive’s Blog - The Thekla, Bristol

The Thekla, Bristol, Tuesday 12th February Susie satnav is given the night off in her sexy zip-up neopreen style bag jacket thing! We meet aboard "The Thekla" the Trawler like ship that used to smell ...
Posted by The Blessing on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:35:00 PST

Jake’s blog - Pressure Point, Brighton + The Cavern, Exeter

Pressure Point, Brighton + The Cavern, Exeter 10/11 Feb, 2008 Loooong drive from 'stol to 'ghton but jump jive got us there in good heart. New mic still playing up. Or was that the battery? Or the ped...
Posted by The Blessing on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:10:00 PST

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Posted by The Blessing on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:27:00 PST

NEW ALBUM OUT FEB 11th 2008

Posted by The Blessing on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:07:00 PST

Video for "Bleach Cake"

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Posted by The Blessing on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:13:00 PST

Pete’s blog - Southill Park, Bracknell

South Hill Park, Bracknell 2 Feb, 2008 Jake has a cold. I forget my suit but manage to organise a panic-stricken reunion. Couldn't play without it. And so this is Bracknell. What have we done. We ha...
Posted by The Blessing on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:09:00 PST

Jake’s blog - Matt and Phred’s, Manchester

Matt and Phred's, Manchester 30 Jan, 2008 well &&& the second hand missile guidance system weve hired to locate manchester failed spectacularly , we had to turn back on the outskirts of st petersberg ...
Posted by The Blessing on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:08:00 PST