Thursday, 11 February 2010
We're making a live appearance on James Mawer's 'Stick Around For Joy' show on Phoenix 98FM on Wednesday 24th March at 8.00pm.
We'll be playing acoustically, having a chat and seeing what occurs. Join us in the chatroom at www.phoenixfm.com/chatroom.php.
We've also got a gig at the Barhouse in Chelmsford on 18th March, supporting the Library Suits, more details to follow when we know the full line up.
See you soon,
Dan
TTTC
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Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Follow us on Twitter for inane ramblings now and again: twitter.com/tibetanteaband
We'll follow you back and listen to yours. :-)
Had a great time at The Essex Arms last Saturday, good to see it full and bouncing about when we were on, and we hope to be back there, either with Suspect Wolves or Torus again in the New Year.
Other than that, we're looking forward to more recording, finishing the Tittletown EP shortly, Paul will hopefully get some time to knock up some artwork for it, and then we'll have it with us at gigs and for sale through here, and maybe on itunes too, you never know...
Dan
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Sunday, 8 November 2009
We've got two gigs coming up soon. Tuesday 17th November sees us at Edge in Romford for another Curveballs night with Nick Field of Phoenix FM fame. We're main support, so should be on stage around 10.00pm. It's just £3 on the door.
Then on Saturday 28th November we're back at The Essex Arms in Brentwood (just by the railway station), supporting Torus and Suspect Wolves. We're first on, around 8.00pm, and this one's £5 on the door.
See you there! :-)
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Friday, 28 August 2009
Hi!
We've uploaded the songs that we did for the Creative Sessions with Phoenix 98FM, and taken the opportunity to upgrade our music player too - hope you like it!
You'll find full versions of Flying, Frederick Smythe, My Hat Is Removed, Fallen and Pressure, all recorded at Seahorse Studios by the excellent Dave. It was a mammoth task for him, dealing with about 20 bands over three days, and then mixing what must have been around 80 songs, all at no cost to the bands - we can't thank him enough. :-)
"Where at man, where at?" we hear you cry, and you'll be happy to know we're currently deep in the mountains of Tibet, in a nice roomy cabin, with some mics, amps, drum kit and various other little treats, drinking lots of tea, and recording as many songs as we can.
So gigs have been a bit thin on the ground lately, but we'll be back out and about in the Autumn, new CD in tow. We'll keep you posted.
Stay cool!
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Wednesday, 15 April 2009
Just a reminder that The Tibetan Tea Company are playing live on Phoenix 98FM tonight from 10.30pm, on the Curveballs show with Nick Field.
You can listen in on your radio if you're in the Brentwood/Billericay area on 98.0FM, or you can join in the fun online by visiting the Phoenix chatroom - http://www.phoenixfm.com/chatroom.php where you can listen to us, but also see us too!
We'll be playing 5 songs live, and we'll be amplified this time, just to be different. :-)
See you later!
Dan
TTTC
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Monday, 23 March 2009
If you haven't see it on our Gig Listings, or had a invite from our Facebook page (what do you mean, you're not a Facebook 'Fan'?), we're playing The Fleece in Chelmsford this Thursday 26th March.
It's a great pub, with a good atmosphere, and Shakey's organised it so it'll be a great night - make sure you're there too.
And as an aside, we played at The Bridgehouse 2 in Canning Town last Friday. We wondered what it was going to be like - it's on an industrial estate, in Canning Town - but it was one of the best venues we've ever played at. The sound was stunningly good, the light shows fantastic, no trouble, great staff, couldn't ask for more. Don't be put off by the location, get down there!
Dan
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Friday, 6 March 2009
Just a quick one to let you know the gig at The Two Brewers on Saturday 14th March has been cancelled, as Shakey is no longer working with them.
Their loss...
Shakey's now got a Thursday night slot at The Fleece in Chelmsford, and we'll be playing there in the near future, keep your eyes peeled!
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Saturday, 14 February 2009
We're having some more radio play tonight, on 'More Than Just Radio.com' (which you can also find here www.mtjr.co.uk). Our song 'Pressure' will be played out by DJ Moonlight on her 'New Music, New Talent' show between 8.00pm and 9.00pm.
We've booked some more gigs, which are listed on our gigs page. New ones are one at The Essex Arms in Brentwood on Friday 27th February, and another at Shakey's at The Two Brewers in Chelmsford on Saturday 14th March.
Cheers!
Dan
TTTC
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Friday, 6 February 2009
I'm off out to get ready for the gig at Shakey's Bar soon, so just a quick one to say what's been going on with The Tibetan Tea Company recently...
Our gig at The Bitter End in Romford went very well, although the headline band had pulled out, so we ended up playing for one and a half hours, even though we'd only rehearsed 45 minutes. Good fun though, and hopefully we'll be back there soon.
It was our intention to do some recording after Christmas, but this hasn't happened yet, we've missed a few practices for one reason or another, but hopefully we can get on and 'lay down some tracks' fairly soon. We're still waiting to hear when the 'Creative Sessions' songs are going to be played out on Phoenix FM, we'll post it here as soon as we know.
Apart from the gig tonight, we've got another booked at Bridgehouse 2 in Canning Town on 20th March, when we're supporting Lasky. More details on our 'Gigs' page.
And hopefully we'll be playing as part of a Curveballs Night at The Bitter End in April, but we still need to confirm the details of that one. Again, we'll let you know!
Thanks for reading, see you soon. ;-)
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Monday, 24 November 2008
Last wednesday we went on the Curveballs Show with Nick Field on Phoenix 98FM again, and had a great time, again! Thanks to Nick for having us back, and we eagerly await the next time...
We played 4 songs live in the studio:
Pressure
Foolish
Flying
Fallen
...and played out a couple of pre-recorded ones from the EP ('Spacegirl' and 'Such Is Life'). We also get to play out a song each from our favourite artists; I chose 'Coming Second' by Elbow, Paul went for 'The Passenger' by Iggy Pop, and Mike picked 'Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Pelvis' by Barry Adamson and Jarvis Cocker.
Nick's hopefully going to get some of the live tracks up on the PhoenixFM website soon.
Saturday night saw us back over at The Black Bull in Chelmsford for another gig, which we thoroughly enjoyed. It's a great pub venue, and one that deserves more visitors!
We've added a couple more gigs to the list, including The Bitter End in Romford on 6th December, and the Two Brewers on 6th February. It would be great to see you there. Become a fan on our Facebook page and you'll get invites and reminders and stuff. :-)
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The band was formed in 2002 when Mike and Dan recorded three tracks for an EP (Satellite), compositions written by Mike with additions from Dan. Various acoustic nights at the Hermit, Brentwood followed, and occasional gigs as a duo, until Paul joined them in 2007 and the current line-up was formed.
Mike started playing bass in his mid teens, forming Twentieth Century Rabbit, and playing in other bands such as the Incredible Balloon Thieves, Brown Paper Bag, Hornblower and Mind's Eye, where he started as vocalist and moved to guitar/vocals after the second guitarist moved to India. Mike recorded many songs under the name Captain Jaffa, some of which The Tibetan Tea Company play today.
Mike favours the twelve string sound, with an Art & Lutherie acoustic and an Alden Dorchester electric played through an Epiphone Triggerman 60.
Bands that have inspired him over the years have included Gong, XTC, The Dukes of Stratosphere, Dave Brubeck, Charlatans, Here and Now, Straw, Terry Riley, Love, Mercury Rev, The Birthday Party and Barry Adamson.
Having started out playing the guitar in his teens, Dan moved to Bass in his early twenties when he joined Mind's Eye. Enjoying the sounds of Gong, he decided that a fretless bass was the way to go, and as he had spent 4 years learning how to make guitars, he promptly built himself one, which he uses to this day.
A big fan of Queens of the Stone Age, Dan likes to roughen up his sound now and again, most obviously on My Hat Is Removed. Dan plays a DRB 4-string fretless bass and an Alba 4-string fretted, through Zoom effects and a Behringer backline.
Other bands that have perked up Dan's ears over the years include; The Desert Sessions, Eagles of Death Metal, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Elbow, Muse, Here and Now, Pink Floyd, The Dandy Warhols and Lemon Jelly.
Paul discovered his talent for the drums in a music lesson at the age of 13 and became a member of the Chase Cross School Dance Band, well known at the time for the 'Big band' sounds of Glen Miller. An inspiration to him at this time was the work of the late great Buddy Rich.
Enjoying the bigger beats hip hop had to offer in the mid/late eighties, Paul liked to emulate the heavy, basic rhythms in the music of Run DMC, The Beastie Boys, L L Cool J and Public Enemy. At home, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Golden Earring was often the music that 'blasted' him out of bed on a Sunday morning! Paul says " It's always the bass and drums that I hear first in a piece of music - if the beat's good, then I'll hear the melody and vocals."
Studying Graphic Design at Norwich Art School in 1991, Paul's musical taste expanded along with his mind. John Densmore, Ginger Baker, John Bonham, Mitch Mitchell and Charlie Watts were all drummers of noted inspiration.
On return from college one of the first bands that Paul became involved in was Clay, a Romford based 3 piece 'Acoustic' band who enjoyed gigs at The Cellar Bar and Liberties. There then followed Crimson Blue, Stealth Bison and popular local 7 piece suburban country outfit - Ragmop. It is with them that the four piece Pearl Export drum kit Paul now plays really took a hammering over at least 150 gigs!
Paul's band portfolio seems to have travelled full circle as he has returned to a 3 piece again, saying "I'm loving The Tibetan Tea Company. Playing in a band with 3 people all around the same age is much less hassle!"
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