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May 19 2022

ANEKDOTEN announce Spanish gig

We are happy to announce that Anekdoten will be playing a show in Spain on September 24th at the 19th Festival Art Rock Minnuendo in Peralta – Alzkoien in the Navarre region in North-Eastern Spain. It’s 60km from Pamplona where they have the insane running of the bulls. They like heavy prog there and consequently, Anekdoten will be headlining the festival.

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Apr 01 2022

ANEKDOTEN – Swedish Tour 2022

SWEDISH TOUR

with SONIQ CIRCUS

29 APRIL 2022 – BABEL, MALMÖ
30 APRIL 2022 – MUSIKENS HUS, GÖTEBORG
1 MAY 2022 – BRYGGARSALEN, STOCKHOLM

TICKETS

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Dec 30 2021

2021 Releases & Reviews

MOAT – Poison Stream
12 February 2021

(reviews)

The Afterword (5 February 2021)
The Big Takeover (11 February 2021)
Shindig! (Issue #112)
Backseat Mafia (12 February 2021)
Jammerzine (12 February 2021)
El Santo Del Rock (12 February 2021)
Smells Like Infinite Sadness (26 February 2021)
Vive Le Rock (Issue #80, March 2021)
Dancing About Architecture (3 March 2021)
Illinois Entertainer (March 2021)
Torched Magazine (5 April 2021)
Joel Gausten (10 April 2021)
Reviews etc (12 April 2021)
Thoughts Words Action (24 May 2021)

MOAT – Poison Stream

(interviews)

The Strange Brew Podcast (19 March 2021)
Louder Than War (25 March 2021)
Spill Magazine (29 March 2021)
Revista The 13th (21 March 2021)

Torched Magazine – Top Picks For 2021 (28 December 2021)

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Space Summit – Life This Way
10 September 2021

Jammerzine (10 September 2021)
New York Music Daily (10 September 2021)
Spill Magazine (10 September 2021)
The Afterword (11 September 2021)
Dancing About Architecture (10 October 2021)
Jammerzine – Best of #Indie 2021 (12 December 2021)
Torched Magazine – Top Picks For 2021 (28 December 2021)

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Arktik Lake – Shimmer
4 October 2021

American Songwriter Interview (20 September 2021)
music-news.com (16 October 2021)

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Brix Smith / Marty Willson-Piper
– Lost Angeles

17 December 2021+

Louder Than War (12 December 2021)
The Midlands Rocks (13 December 2021)

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Mojo

Record Collector

Vive Le Rock

Daily Mirror

Written by Marty Willson-Piper · Categorized: News

May 16 2021

IN MEMORY OF STEVE KNOTT

Steve Knott — geologist, musician, guitarist, composer
11th July 1960 – 15th May 2021

It is with great sadness that I am writing to inform you that our friend and bandmate Steve Knott from Atlantaeum Flood has suddenly died. He passed last night after a stroke, so cruel and unexpected, this lovely man has left behind his wife Lynne who was also in our band with Olivia and Dare. There wasn’t a nicer or more generous man on the planet and the grief that all of us but most of all Lynne, his dedicated partner, is going through, is heartbreaking. Lynne and Steve were hardly apart and plans for future projects were in the works, including the follow-up to Atlantaeum Flood’s One Day with Atlantaeum Flood’s One Year. We were supposed to start recording in April 2020 but the pandemic hit and everything had to be cancelled. We were talking about playing shows and Steve was even looking at the MOAT songs to learn if we found ourselves together on stage so we could enlarge our repertoire. Steve was so proud of the album we made together, his brainchild, and a wonderful journey for me as a musician making my first instrumental album. The whole experience of working with Steve and Lynne together in the studio was wonderful. He went to school with Dare’s brother Dave in Thingwall on the Wirral close to Liverpool where we all grew up and later went to the same school as me, Woodchurch Sec, just a couple of years later. Our deepest sympathy goes out to his wife Lynne, who is the kindest woman you could ever meet.

If you would like to honour Steve and leave a message on the Atlantaeum Flood Facebook page, you will find it here. If you would like to hear the album we made together, you can hear it on all the streaming sites or you could purchase a vinyl or CD copy of the album whilst stocks last at Schoolkids Records.

REST IN PEACE, Steve. I cannot believe you are gone. We love you.

Marty, Olivia, and Dare

One Day (2019)

Written by Marty Willson-Piper · Categorized: Blog, News

Apr 10 2021

RSD DROPS presents: NOCTORUM’S SPARKS LANE – first time ON VINYL

Hey There! Coming soon: NOCTORUM – SPARKS LANE, first time ever on vinyl! In record stores starting June 12th as part of RSD Drops. Now that’s Things To Do And Be.

Go to www.recordstoreday.com for more information on titles on the RSD Drops lists and find a participating record store near you, if you can’t find one – Ask Again

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TO WHERE I AM NOW A visit in the studio today fro TO WHERE I AM NOW

A visit in the studio today from old mate Mark Burgess from The Chameleons who has been hanging in Texas recently. I was thinking about the two of us growing up in the northwest of England and all these years later finding ourselves in such an unlikely spot together. We fixed a few issues in the universe and I carried on recording some guitars until Mark had to leave. Mark had played at the Galactic Headquarters next to the studio this year as Olivia and I had four years ago and this reminded me to remind myself to remind everyone to remind their friends that we will be playing there with Salim on Saturday, New Year’s Eve, for the ultimate in intimate performance. You can get tickets here (follow link below).

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TO WHERE I AM NOW Sadness manifested in a buildin TO WHERE I AM NOW

Sadness manifested in a building, today we went to visit Paisley Park. Prince built Paisley Park in Chanhassen, about twenty minutes southwest of Minneapolis. It opened in 1987 and he recorded his later albums there. Apart from Prince, REM also recorded and mixed Out Of Time there, recording Kate Pearson’s vocal on Shiny Happy People vocal. Madonna had Prince play guitar on three songs from Like A Prayer and the two co-wrote Love Song, finishing it remotely due to Madonna not being able to stand the cold weather and the rather desolate location of the studio. Of course, there are things around but it’s not in the city and it’s not in the countryside, it’s in a suburb, no distractions, just what Prince wanted.

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🌵 Texas Acoustic Dates 🌵 31 December - DALL 🌵 Texas Acoustic Dates 🌵

31 December - DALLAS
7 January - CELINA
12 January - HOUSTON
14 January - AUSTIN
15 January - SAN ANTONIO

With @salimnourallah and @joereyesmusic

More info here: https://mailchi.mp/e47ede06acd6/texas-acoustic-dates
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"These are awesome sessions that I highly recommend for guitar players of all levels. Very informative, frank discussions on everything related to guitar and music in general. Definitely a must for anyone pursuing songwriting."
(Stephen G., VA, USA)

"Marty knows how to bypass scales and get to the heart of feel and timing. His musical knowledge spans multiple cultures and genres. Perhaps most importantly, Marty is a cool dude. I highly recommend his guitar guidance." (Jed B., MN, USA)

"Ok, so you’re sitting in your home and Marty is across the world but is actually right here teaching you how to play guitar and write songs. He is a delight to talk to and he is your teacher, meaning he wants to see you get something out of his lessons. You know he’s paying attention and wants to steer you in the right direction. I am so grateful and humbled that he offers his time in this manner. This is an amazing opportunity for anyone who admires anything from his enormous body of work. How often do you get to learn from somebody that inspired you in the first place? Amazing." (Ann S., CA, USA)

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This is my stolen 1965 Rickenbacker 12-string, serial number EB157. If there’s any chance of this guitar coming back to me before I go to meet my maker, then that would be wonderful. Please contact me if you have any information.

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