14.6.10
Im still busy in the studio recording the last couple of
tunes for the 2nd full length Ribbon Device album.
Like anything worth doing its worth doing right and I dont
believe in doing a rush job, so thank you all for your patience!
Late last year The Ribbon Device scored & recorded the soundtrack for
the short film "Trinkets". Written and filmed by our good friend and very
talented Robbie Studsor.
You can check out this dark quirky master piece on you tube in two parts:
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kll84f4m7Sw
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXtN1g4YO94
Robbie also produced the amazing "Something Inside"
film clip which you can check out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4TSzyorhnw
We will releasing a couple of new tunes in the next month
and we will be playing at the Surrey Hills Music Festival
on the 24th of July. Will let you know the details closer
to the date, but if your keen to find out more about it you
can visit this facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Surrey-Hills-Music-Festival/117686298254965?v=wall&ref=ts
Well thats all for now, take care & see you later down the track.
27.1.10
Well one more month of summer to go and thankfully it hasn't been
as hot as the previous summer!
This year The Ribbon Device will be back playing live with
dates yet to be announced. Its been far too long between shows and
its about time to air some new material! What can I say WOOHOO!!!
Recently I have been busking on the sitar and as a result
I recorded a sitar version of the song "Imagine" by John Lennon.
I wish I could say I did this because I wanted to or even out of shear boredom yet neither is true. Hear is a link to the whole sordid tale and the youtube that accompanies it: Sitar Busking
21.12.09
We are proud to announce the grand opening of our own online music store "Buffalo Bug". Woohoo! We have added a more inspired books on music, instruments and studio gear than you can poke a stick at! And because we dont have to pay rent on a shop front everything is
cheap, Cheap, CHEAP! Sorry did not say that loud enough, CHEAP!!!
So be sure to stuff those stockings before Santa gets stuck in the chimney and stinks up the house. Check it out by clicking on: Buffalobug.com
While you are there checking out all the cool stuff you might as well check out the new Ribbon Device song (cough, jingle) "Buffalo Bug". Inspired by our last trip Geelong, where all we had to listen to wasa jammed tape in the cassette player. One side Led Zeppelin the other side Ravi Shankar.
1. Check it out by clicking on "Buffalo Bug"
2. Scroll down to find the The Ribbon Device widget
3. And click on the song tab.
Also for those of you who will be in the city of Melbourne over the summer holidays, I will be sitar busking around South Bank and Swanston St. So dont be a stranger and be sure to tip generously! Haha
Cheese Mat
16.5.09
We are proud to release "Dawn", the fifth song taken from our up coming album. This song took us 5 months to produce and is one of the 10 different versions we recorded. This version will not be released any where else and may not even be apart of the final album.
It is free to download from here: Dawn
"Dawn" was also apart of a sponsership programe. Every time someone downloads "Dawn" for free we get paid by our sponser. You get free music and we still get paid. Woohoo!
Take care and squeak soon!
Cheese Mat
16.8.08
Apologies on the lateness of this edition.
One of our monkeys made off my laptop! grrrr
Nonetheless we are proud to release "Surrender", the fourth song taken from our up coming album.This song took us ages to nail to the floor, we headed off in so many crazy directions, we kind of lost our objective. Mimmo finally wrestled the beast to the ground, thus naming the song "surrender"
You can listen to and download the song for free here: www.theribbondevice.com/surrender.htm
We are also very excited to welcome our new artist to the fold, the incredible Mr Shane Van Den Akker. You will be seeing a hell of lot more art from this guy over the following months. You gotta check out his illustrations for "Surrender"
Click here: www.theribbondevice.com/gallery.htm
You can also wear some of Shane's art! Check out our new "Surrender" T-shirts, you wont be disappointed. Available in an assortment of colours & sizes at our Red Bubble shop. Be sure to click here: www.redbubble.com
26.5.08
We are proud to release "Out to Sea", the third song taken from our up coming album. You can listen to and download the song for free here: Out to Sea
Check out the illustrations for "Out to Sea"
Click here: Gallery
We are also very excited about our "Out to Sea" T-shirts.
Available in an assortment of colours & sizes at our Red Bubble shop.
Be sure to click here: www.redbubble.com
13.4.08
We are proud to release "Na na na" the second song from our up coming album. You can listen to and download the song for free here: Na na na
Check out the illustrations for "Na na na" by, um well us (cause somethings did not go to plan). These dumb founded critters where captured on film by Monica while being man handled by Mat.
Click here: Gallery
Also we are very excited about our new line of Ribbon Device T-shirts with an assortment of colours & sizes to choose from at our Red Bubble shop. Be sure to click here: www.redbubble.com
4.3.08
We are proud to release "Everybody's Gonna Fry" the first song from our up coming album. You can listen to and download the song for free here: "Everybody's Gonna Fry"
Check out the illustrations for "Everybody's Gonna Fry" by Robert Creedon. Originally drawn on toilet paper and filmed being pulled on a toilet roll holder, think more low fi than a cartoonflip book. These toilet paper illustrations were latter recycled by the artist for its original intended purpose. Click here: Gallery
Also we are very excited about our new Ribbon Device T-shirts with an assortment of colours & sizes to choose from at our Red Bubble shop.
Be sure to click here: www.redbubble.com
14.10.07
From time to time people have asked me about the colour blind test
on our debut album "Saturation Day" so I thought I would put the speculation to rest.
As a songwriter I have never wanted to limit myself to playing or
writing in one style, it just gets boring after awhile. Imagine if you constantly ate the same thing day after day for breakfast lunch and dinner.
Its no wonder bands break up, there must be muso's out there bored shitless, playing the same style and same songs night after night.
If you know your town is the last town on a tour leg, you might know what Im talking about. No wonder bands get lack luster reviews in that corner of the world. Hahahaha
This goes for fans too, do you really just like only one style?
So "Saturation Day" was all about diversity and the musical racism that
goes along with it.
Not everyone is into musical diversity, but as one goes through life you
might want widen your tastes and meet new challenges.
In this day and age with the cultural diversity that we get exposed to its harder to find those single sided coins (people) out there. Which I believe is a good thing.
Now on the other hand main stream, mass consumerism big business,
want watered down bland one sided shit that they can easily sell to the masses and make a fortune out of.
So I ask you this, do really want to live in a world where the only bland choices you get are dictated to you by the filthy rich?
The colour blind symbol represents a diversity that not everyone will see but
those that do will appreciate it.
While the name "Saturation Day" represents the diversity we encounter in life's repetitive nature.
You can download "Saturation Day" for free at:
http://www.theribbondevice.com/media.htm
or just click on Saturation Day
cheese
mat
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