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THE WINDMILL CHAPTER

About Me

Primarily a Concept . A Project like no other. Heroic and exploratory, encompassing un chartered sonic realms with a broad palate of fidelity spectrums and orbited by an enchanting circle of ecclectic collaborators, this off-kilter solitary vision of a band is in it's own category. A sprawling epic electronic concept . The eponymous debut album(they only make doubles) was described as :" An ethereal sonic landscape hinting at lurid colours within a dark palatte." The Windmill in question is a Don Quixote reference, perfectly fitting both the idea of a leap into the abyss and a singular crazy vision involving the attack of an unknown foe . A palpable collage of spikey and sparkling sounds . An army of synthesizers plot vast manouveres over an effects strewn terrain, where amongst the debris spluttering vocoders and mangled guitars intone their insistent messages...The Second Album CHAPTERTWO/BOW OF FURY (reviewed in a blog above) was an epic comedown of lo-fi electronica. "OF HORROR AND MAYHEM"* currently in production is a Gothic Soundtrack of exploitative and exploratory sounds trascending time frames and gendres...

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Member Since: 24/07/2006
Band Website: www.TheWindmillChapterpencilledinworldtour.com
Band Members: KING A KEVLAR NODDY KARMA STEVIE WRIGHT SPENSER GARDNER MARIA MCATEERcollaborators: MR. CARLISLE BRUCE MOONEY JOSH SHELDON ADAM DAVE O'C HAL
Influences: Hammer House soundtracks, Classic Songwriting, Noddified electronic/domestic instrument hybrids, Fripp, The Wooster group, Limpid Wealth trench archives, Public Enemy, Chris Morris, Pro-tool punch-ups, The Black Ark, Gay Disco and dimly lit field recordings.
Sounds Like: Analougue Artillery in Ethereal terrain.
Record Label: Purely Commercial Tapes
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

(PENCILLED IN WORLD TOUR) Dub addage nuisance age

YEAH COmPRESSED IN A TOILET FOYER. tHANKS FOR THAT AND  the violent sound man who deafened me with his two deck gun shot third world hate. Fear and the why let a dad play nspcc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Posted by on Thu, 28 May 2009 18:51:00 GMT

(PENCILLED IN WORLD TOUR)

As short sets go as a statement of intent this one had it all. What could a Pencilled in World Tour actually mean or even consist of? Sketched in, uncertain, subject to incredible and spotaneous chang...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:54:00 GMT

MARK E SMITH AND ED BLANEY WESTHILL GIG reviewed by King A

On The Church Hall stage, cramped with up-right piano and wings stuffed with black veiled tressles, a story unfolds.  The fractered action of two men singing for their supper. Ed Blaney, front man of ...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:51:00 GMT

(OF HORROR & MAYHEM) The Conceptual performance at St.Andrews

And ofcourse "Thanks" to those who voluptuously attended. It really was a church. Still concercrated .So no Dead Chickens lacing the aisle of this grade one listed building. Nor was it the "church ful...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Gigs In Grateful and General

Dec '07 1. jOINT SOLO VENTURE."Well Wow..Never have so few witnessed so much done by so mental. Thankyou to the miniscule audience that attended Sherlock Holmes' phone-box on Sunday Evening to witness...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:15:00 GMT

Of Horror and Mayhem Album sessions -Constantly updated-

I've been working with Kevlar Noddy Karma on tracks for "Of Horror and Mayhem." We're trying to explore what horror is and how it manifests  itself andregisters in music and sound. The rest of the gro...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:27:00 GMT

CHAPTER TWO/BOW OF FURY ALBUM REVIEW

Newly complete, "CHAPTER TWO/BOW OF FURY the sprawling conceptual follow up to the underground eponymous debut album, is a laberynthine journey of opaque and impenitrable sound textures. Described by ...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:41:00 GMT

APOLOGY RE: STONE CIRCLE/ BROWN RICE ON ICE!

We had a complaint from Mrs Rita Eavers of Portslade, who has been by her own admission a" massive fan of The Chapter", since being found face down in a puddle of stale and stolen cut price lager on t...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:33:00 GMT

GardenFest2: The Pastel, Ivy, solar-powered half light

Standing in the patio mosh-pit! with Hal's scribbled running order crumpled in my bass bin ripped knuckles...I Felt elevated as if out on a Melt-down-cloud...Pouring onto the stage were laptops,drumki...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:38:00 GMT

BONUS TRACKS ON FIRST AND THIRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, as described on the tin. More tracks as it were. Something to do with running lazily out of space on me 44 bit digital 16 track Audio workstation. After "Back grazed by Dark Branches" expect...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:04:00 GMT