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Hello. Ventriloquist's the name, music and words are my game. Depending what side of bed I get out of I can be any of the following; poet, musician, composer, producer, promoter, record label boss (albeit a little one!), cook, crook or cat lover. My creations are now also group creations courtesy of The Ventriloquist Band - a slippery fusion of weird stories, soulful songs and broken beats. I hope you like 'em. The Ventriloquist Band is a malleable melange of marvelous melodies and mesmerising musical madness..(sorry, got stuck on the Ms there). It varies in size from a four piece to a nine piece with singing, speaking, horns, guitar, keys, drums, bass and backing singers - the whole shebang. Other projects featuring players from the Ventriloquist Band include Nostalgia 77, Heritage Orchestra, Bonobo, Ed Harcourt's band and new jazz label Impossible Ark.I run an indie label called Soundseasy with Rory Thomson (Corsair/Lux Fero). - check our myspace.com/soundseasy page. You can buy Ventriloquist music from iTunes, Napster and all the usual places. Soon you will be able to buy Ventriloquist CDs direct from The Poetry Book Society website..details to follow shortly.From the 12th May 2008 we're giving away the new Ventriloquist track I Know Kung Fu. We've got some great alternate versions too from Ghost (formerly of DFXO) and Musa from PIP/Benin City which you can also help yourself to. You can also download the instrumental for free...in the hope that those of you who are of a creative bent will take it, chop it up and do something cool with it.. please let me hear whatever you do..you can have it and use it on the condition you give it away for free too. All copyright remains with The Ventriloquist Band - thanks.We run a monthly residency at The Betsey Trotwood in Farringdon, London called Tongue Fu with guest poets and live music from members of the band.Thanks for dropping by. If you'd like more info please send me your email address and I'll add you the Ventriloquist mailing list.tanks and peasone gloveVentrilo(chris)

My Interests

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Member Since: 6/19/2006
Band Website: soundseasymusic.com
Band Members: Chris Redmond, Tiu De Haan, Riaan Vosloo, Graham Fox, Ross Stanley, Chris Allard, Nick Etwell.
Influences: Miles Davis, Gil Scott Heron, Hanne Hukkelberg, Mike Ladd, Cinematic Orchestra, Billy Cobham, mountains, Joni Mitchell, Saul Williams, Bob Dylan, Herbie Hancock, Corsair, Lalo Shifrin, Buck 65, Sage Francis, Aphex Twin, old buildings, Carrie Tree, Squarepusher, Tom Baxter, Boards Of Canada, trees, Alan Ginsberg, Mikail Bulgakov, memories, James Thieree, Nitin Sawhiny, Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane, Radiohead, Lady Sovereign, love, Blackalicious, DJ Shadow, Massive Attack, Jamie Simmonds, fire, Manitoba, Healer Selecta, Charlie Winston, Roots Manuva, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, flying in dreams, De La Soul, David Axelrod, David Lynch, Earthed, Rana Dasgupta, Olaf Stapleton, Nostalgia 77, Impossible Ark, Examples of 12s, The Filthy Six, cows and other animals..
Sounds Like: speaking and singing and music
Record Label: Soundseasy
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

wonky page..

erm, my myspace page is all wonky..too spread out..don't understand..does anyone know why?
Posted by Ventriloquist - Free downloads NOW! on Mon, 12 May 2008 08:28:00 PST

Feature on Inhale.org.uk

the nice people at Inhale did a feature on me, the band and I Know Kung Fuyou can read it herehttp://www.inhale.org.uk/features/?ih=ih_rev_469huzzah!
Posted by Ventriloquist - Free downloads NOW! on Mon, 12 May 2008 08:26:00 PST

Download I Know Kung Fu for FREE!! Yes yes..three versions by Ventriloquist, Musa and Ghost

How do?Summer's here..yeeeeehaaaaa!!And to celebrate we're giving away some music to all who want it.We've been promoting I Know Kung Fu for a few weeks now, picking up some radio love and nice review...
Posted by Ventriloquist - Free downloads NOW! on Mon, 12 May 2008 08:19:00 PST

New Poem - Grimewatch UK

Grimewatch UKits a mid week night mid march 08I'm running music workshops on a grotty estateas per usual the kids don't show up til latebar one.charlie, he's a young gun.never met him before so he's a...
Posted by Ventriloquist - Free downloads NOW! on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:20:00 PST

New Youtube video

I've set up a youtube account called Tongue Fu TalesI plan to put up films of some of the great performances we've had a tongue fu from the likes of Scroobius Pip, Poem in Between People, Excentral Te...
Posted by Ventriloquist - Free downloads NOW! on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:17:00 PST

Quality poets verses night buses home

We ran our Tongue Fu night last night at The Betsey Trotwood. It was another little gem. thanks to all those who performed and all who listened, clapped and joined in..Josh and Musa from PiP both pul...
Posted by Ventriloquist - Free downloads NOW! on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:13:00 PST

Collaboration with Soundspecies check www.myspace.com/soundspeciesUK

check out the link below for a new collaboration I've done with Burnt Progress signings Soundspecies...its deep doo doo..www.myspace.com/soundspeciesUK
Posted by Ventriloquist - Free downloads NOW! on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:10:00 PST

Poems

So I thought it was about time I posted up some poems on this ere page..seeing as I call myself a poet. Here are some old, some new, they're coming thick and fast at the moment, I can barely keep up ...
Posted by Ventriloquist - Free downloads NOW! on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:07:00 PST

Ventriloquist on TV

We recently recorded two shows with the One Taste crew for new music channel Mus Flash (SKY ch 375). There is one with the full Ventriloquist band, and one with me on my tod ranting and raving.&...
Posted by Ventriloquist - Free downloads NOW! on Wed, 23 May 2007 04:27:00 PST

what they're saying...

"Ventriloquist is a spoken word phenomenon!" Penned In The Margins"Amazing" The Hit Sheet "Get Up Cold & Walk by Ventriloquist starts with some beat poetry. After about 2 minutes you think it's a fora...
Posted by Ventriloquist - Free downloads NOW! on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:07:00 PST