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singascene:

Draft poster for I Am David Sparkle’s Japan tour (via @blackxemperor)

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singascene:

singascene #01: Finders, Keepers

August 9th, 2011. While everyone else is enjoying their super long weekend from calling in sick yesterday, I’m still happily jobless, and I find myself putting together a little mixtape. Armed with considerable online stalking skills and a propensity to download everything I come across, I’ve collected a small stash of forgotten music from my favourite bands — early demos, ripped off abandoned MySpace’s, tracks shared on blogs long deserted, recordings taken from that friend who knows that guy in that band. Some of these might’ve seen limited release physically or online, but those that haven’t… well, I found them anyway. I’ve kept it to the more recognisable names of the past few years, but even loyal fans should be able to find something new.

So it is with some pride — the patriotic kind, mind, lest I be labeled as some kind of indie snob, which I might be, but that is not within the scope of this post — that I present to you singascene #01. I’ve already put in the hard work as a slightly deranged fan and musical pack rat; you need only move your mouse a little over this way to share in the spoils.

Download singascene #01 (.zip)

Tracklist:
01 Adel Rashid - Sun Through My Window
02 Giants Must Fall - Whale Song (demo)
03 Paris In The Making - A lonely sky bids farewell
04 A Vacant Affair - How About Enough (demo)
05 For This Cycle - For What It’s Worth (demo)
06 I Am David Sparkle - Dance of Death (Live at Cactus Records)
07 Inch Chua - Cheers To Love (Caracal cover)
08 Elsa Kidspy - The Cloud Song
09 Amateur Takes Control - The Difference Is (live)
10 West Grand Boulevard - DKNY
11 Postbox - Find A Way (Plansunset cover)
12 Caracal - When Open Inverted Commas Close
13 Seyra - You make me go (demo)
14 B-Quartet - Rainbow Connection / Beautiful Crash (live)
15 Plainsunset - Checking Email (live)

Thanks to channers for naming this mixtape!

Hey guys, here’s something I’ve been working on.

If I told you which of these 10 bands were great I would have 10 bands to tell you about

Let’s goooo

As Singapore post-rock trailblazers I Am David Sparkle played the first notes of their album launch last night, I was sitting in the rain with camouflage cream on my face. Cleaning rifles, while Swords were Drawn.

Well I’ll be damned, I’m going outfield the very day. For the rest of you, here’s a show to close a year of fantastic gigs:

Esplanade Presents
‘Swords Are Drawn’
Launch of the new I Am David Sparkle album ‘Swords’

Since its inception in 2001, I Am David Sparkle has garnered a strong underground following both locally & internationally with its style of instrumental music & intense live sets. To date, I Am David Sparkle has played tours & festivals in countries such as Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Hong Kong & the United States.

This Late Nite sees I Am David Sparkle launching their second studio album Swords to their Singapore fans, before heading off on a series of tours to support this album in Indonesia & Malaysia. It is a collection that pinnacles the quartet’s progress & growth as a unit, consisting of new & previously unrecorded tracks that range from soft, delicate melodies to ones that harp on lower frequencies.

Esplanade Recital Studio
3rd December 2010, 9.30pm
S$25

Tickets are available from the Esplanade box office or online via SISTIC.

No Time For Love, Only… Guitar? At 1am? Hello guys

KittyWu x PRAISE t-shirt inspired by I Am David Sparkle’s There Is No Time For Love, Only Chaos

KittyWu x Praise Compilation

KittyWu Records and designer t-shirt boutique Praise have come up with two t-shirt designs inspired by song titles from two bands under the KittyWu stable.

Each tee comes wrapped in a cool vinyl sleeve mimicking a record, as well as a free music compilation download.

Retailing at $35 each, you can pick them up from Oct 2010 at all Praise outlets.

The tracklist is suuuuper:

1. I Am David Sparkle - There Is No Time For Love, Only Chaos (07:54)
2. Amberhaze - The Beat My Heart Skipped (04:12)
3. Deepset - If You Can Still Hear This Whispering, You Are Dying (12:00)
4. Lunar Node - Basilisk (04:48)
5. Amateur Takes Control - 4207 (07:45)

Just gotta wait and see the t-shirts…

I Am David Sparkle have a new page with a bit of news. Also: the Amoeba Music sticker! I hope to one day visit their store in SF…