Marner Brown

Plays 4 gigs for the opening of the Westfield shopping centre in Shepherds Bush.  Checkout next months newsletter for footage!  Also playing at the Barfly in Camden on the 21st of November.  Check out their Myspace

Live video from White Heat at Madame Jojo's, Soho. Shot and edited by Zane Qually

The Wow Signal

The Wow Signal are releasing their first single Infinity's Lobby on CD and 7- inch Vinyl versions on November 17. Distributed by genepool/universal. The single tracks are taken from the album Infinity's Lobby due out next year, which was recorded at fortress studios earlier this year with producer Marc Waterman and Mastering by Andy Bolton. The cover artwork by Banana Hand features photographs by Ami Barwell taken at the Fortress and including the famous 'fortress couch'.

www.myspace.com/thewowsignal7

THE LAUREL COLLECTIVE

Pals of Molotovs, this band has got me all excited.  Great stage presence and amusing to watch as well as pleasing on the ear! This is what Bob, one half of the vocals says...

"The mini album on domino subsiduary double 6 got great radio play we count Steve Lamaq and Jon Kennedy as fans and will be putting a new single out early next year.

We have two singers in a duet, we like duets and its also a precaution against one of us dying from drink or drugs- we don't want to have to rope in a dodgy replacement like The Doors if that happens..."

Next gig is  5th November @ Paradise By Way of Kensal Green

www.myspace.com/thelaurelcollective

Dead Pixels

Dead Pixels are putting a single out that was recorded and mixed at Fortress.

Words Are Poison / So You Say will be released in December.

http://www.myspace.com/deadpixelsmusic 

Photo © VINCENT SANNIER

Elks

Italian tour starting 25th November w/ Three In One Gentleman Suit

ALBUM OUT NOW ON ALL MAJOR DOWNLOAD SITES

www.myspace.com/elkstheband

HEELS CATCH FIRE

Play 10th November @Water Rats and have been confirmed to play the SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST

www.myspace.com/heelscatchfire 

credit to www.myspace.com/ollyhearsey photographer.

Thirty Degrees Everywhere

Chris from the band says...

We've basically been playing together for about 4

years now under various names, this monday, fireFM etc, but with the addition of matt (our keyboard wizard) it was really back to the drawing board, we ditched the electric guitars in favour of electro acoustics mostly just to get a rounder sound.

So after nearly a year off, dithering about, re-writing a fair few old songs and writing a bunch of new stuff we're back gigging again. The next one's at the purple turtle next month. Its actually going really well, i mean, people actually seem to really like our music, which always surprises me to be honest.

With regards to fortress, we first came when we were still in college for an emergency practice before a gig, just looked it up on the net. Now its pretty much out regular. we've rehearsed at a fair few places, but there aren't any as good.. well that we can afford anyway! It's really just what you want if you're doing the night rehearsals', not in the middle of nowhere, not up to your ankles in grime and scum (actually that might be the best bit! its really clean!) actually no, the best bit's the tea. the beer is all very nice, but ya cant beat a tea.

13th November @The Purple Turtle

www.myspace.com/thirtydegreeseverywhere

Yelps

Have released an album in Japan called 'this aint no mardi gras' which includes tracks recorded with Gareth Parton at Fortress!

they are also off to play some shows over there at the end of November.

 

http://www.myspace.com/yelps

The Metros

said...

"Um we're on tour with The Streets at the minute, then we're going off to Florence for a bit of autumn sun and pasta and we're still loving Fortress"

www.myspace.com/themetrosband

Kaputt

Singer Silky (ex  Go! Team) and her band play a Club NME gig at Koko Camden 14th November.

Photography - Oli Longmore

http://www.myspace.com/kaputtmusic

Hello everybody peeps,

Next month’s gonna be the big one.  Watch this space for never before seen archive footage from the Fortress 10th anniversary celebrations (any time today Bolty!), KAV, Wow Signal and loads, loads more.

Hope you liked the all new Fortress Newsletter.  Thanks to all who replayed to my e-mails and... errrrrm... cheers to all that didn’t.  So, lots more stuff planned for the next issue and contact me if you wanna be featured.  Feedback welcome (add comments at the bottom). 

All the best,

Lisa x                        lj-walker@hotmail.com

& Rob                       webmaster@fortressstudios.co.uk

Bookings and enquiries info@fortressstudios.co.uk 0207 251 6200

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