Links
Mandala links
elypsoidMediae is the hub
Ents24 has a very smart email subscription system for our concert listings
iTunes sells our music digitally! buy our music on iTunes!
MySpace.com is huge! sign up here to become our friend, meet more of our friends, make your own friends and network, man
Virtually Acoustic is a good place, along with our concerts and
shop, to buy the Ever After EP
withinMandala.com version1 - our previous site. yes, it moves a lot and yes, it's very cool
Audio
Natasha Alexandra writes dark and edgy songs. coincidentally, she's also just finished a double EP... we'll be continuing our musical connections by going out on the road together in 2006
Joseph Arthur creates some amazing real time loops, then paints while he's playing
Tom Baxter is an old friend who recently released a beautiful debut album
Black Car is Dan Glendining, formerly of Headswim. he writes very intense and beautiful songs. we played a few shows with him last year
Breadfoot our friend from the big country, is otherwise known as the 'Urban Hillbilly'. we dig hanging on his stoop and spinning the yarn. Neil will be producing a couple of tracks from his forthcoming record in the coming months
Jon Brion, quite simply, is a genius
Ben Christophers brought 'folktronica' into our lives on his first album, some years back
Catherine Anne Davies, the 'Sister in Black', shared the bill with us at the first Night of Folk-Noir
Thomas Dybdahl, hailing from Norway, writes very beautiful and personal tales. he also has a fantastic band!
Jason Falkner manages to make every single note sound like it's been meditated on and takes intricacy to a new level
The Frames combine the heavy and the light - intense and affective. we used to have the same publisher
Hem blend traditional American folk songs with luscious orchestrations. it works very well!
Jagtar, a friend from college, recently 'modified' his acoustic, with a saw and sandpaper. he's on a quest to fuse the Eastern traditions into a Western idiom
Kerry-Fleur has a voice of untouchable beauty. Neil co-produced and played guitar on her recent EP
Killian Quartet features Natalie, our very own stringstress
Magnet, from Norway, mix the traditional sounds of the lapsteel with the modern glitches of a laptop
Jeff Martin, previously of The Tea Party, is now living in Ireland, working on his debut solo album
Darren Plant makes music that's sometimes so quiet it may not even be there... Neil produced his recent EP, which is getting some good exposure on XFM
David Poe writes beautiful songs, with darkly twisted lyrics. he also has many like-minded ideals
Akira Rabelais samples old-world sounds and strange, found noises, to turn them into haunting soundscapes
Radian are an electronic jazz trio from Belgium. this is goatee stroking for a new age
Revere put on a great live show! we've shared the stage many times, most recently at the Spitz and Marquee Club
Sam Semple writes about female astronauts and makes music with the guy from Portishead
Semble make some of the most haunting and heart-wrenching music you'll ever hear
Duncan Sheik has a way with crafting beautiful melodies, whilst leaving them hanging...
Sourhaze is the musical project of our friend Elliot. he's currently finishing a new EP, to which Neil has lent a hand, with arrangement and production ideas
David Sylvian is a man of consummate perfection
Martin Tielli writes such intense and beautiful songs. he is also an incredible guitarist
Timbre plays some gorgeous harp and has one of the most beautiful voices
Jamie Woon, a friend from college, plays his own blend of soulful acoustica
Visual
Alessandro Bavari makes very twisted montages
Francis Booth is the portal of Francis, Neil's left-hand man
Conclave Obscurum houses some crazy stuff
My Pet Skeleton is a moving labyrinth of strangeness
Pi10k reinterprets a sequence of any 10 notes into the first 10,000 digits of Pi. erm...
Jackson Pollock... pour a glass of red, turn down the lights and get creative
Elliot Jay Stocks is our co-designer, conspirator and close friend
Other
Bluejay Lounge is one of our favourite haunts, and home to the first 'Night Of Folk-Noir'
Creative Commons launched a conceptual campaign of Some Rights Reserved. it makes a fair bit of sense
Curious Generation promote one-off events in very prestigious venues
Electro Acoustic Club put on acoustic shows in really cool venues
The Fevered Brain of Radio Mike is a very cool online radio show, broadcast from Austin, Texas
Firefox is open source (and tabbed) browsing. you know it makes sense
iTunes is what everyone should be using. you know that this also makes sense
One Taste is a laid-back and communal event, held monthly at the
Bedford
Raison d'Etre have some refreshing philosophies
Roadworks Music organise tours for breaking artists. we were the guest act at their London show a while back
Tweakbench is an amazing site for plug-ins