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Archive for 2011

  1. I am the Sea

    December 30th 2011

    29.12.11 An elemental day on Perranporth Beach, Cornwall. This is the rock (island?) where Townshend recorded the sea sound effects in 1972/73 used in Quadrophenia, and inspired side four’s ‘The Rock’. The second pic shows Carter’s or Gull Rocks off in the distance in the far right, used in the last two pages of the orig Quadrophenia booklet insert. There could be Urthona live action in Cornwall in 2012; we hope so, we totally massively absolutely love Kernow.

     

  2. Stonehenge winter solstice 2011

    December 23rd 2011

    MERRY CHRISTMAS!

     

     

     

  3. The Old Fire Station

    October 21st 2011

    All our stuff, the Old Fire Station, Bournemouth 20th October.

     

  4. Komedia

    October 21st 2011

    Bath Komedia, 19th October. Thanks to Mark of Bideford for the pix.

     

     

     

  5. Bath/Bournemouth shows in October

    September 20th 2011

    Urthona (with the Asterism on electronics) will be doing shows supporting Julian Cope on Wednesday 19th October in Bath at the Komedia (0845 2938480 website) and the following night on Thursday 20th October in Bournemouth at the Old Fire Station (0844 477 2000 tickets).

  6. Sunrise over the sea

    September 20th 2011

    Original cellotape-framed insert artwork from Super-Heavy Hamoazian Reverie by Tootis Mootis.

     

  7. Cyril Tawney

    September 20th 2011

    Massive respect to Talking Elephant, who have put out CDs of two early 70s LPs by West Country folk god Cyril Tawney. I totally love these Argo label old school reverb-free rarities – A MAYFLOWER GARLAND and CHILDRENS SONGS FROM DEVON AND CORNWALL – who couldn’t with those mighty pix of Cyril on ye Plymouth Hoe on the cover. ( A Mayflower Garland is a bit weird and has spoken word sections, but the final track is the definitive version of The Oggie Man – so you gotta have it.) For further info get yourself over here.

  8. Ric

    August 20th 2011

    Hey people check out Urthona collaborator and underground filmmaker RIC’s youtube vid for his forthcoming ep here.

    The spirit of Arthur and Syd over the Wiltshire Downs?

  9. Tue’sday Night/Wodnesday Morning

    July 2nd 2011

    A freshly pooped Urthona session track is gonna be spun on a Black Sheep/Biker FM 4-hour happening that’s being broadcast next Tuesday evening/Wednesday morning. Step this way for info. The track, ‘West Kennet Long Barrow Meditation on Sun and Moon So Heavy’, was recorded inside a chamber of West Kennet Long Barrow, a 5,500 year-old communal tomb on the Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire.

  10. Wild Camp 25-26.06.11

    June 27th 2011

    Wild camp on ye Moore with Will, Sarge and Sarah about 5 km northwest of Postbridge alongside a mind-bogglingly beautiful stretch of the East Dart River.

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