Julian Brown: git, bass, keys, vox etc
Dean Stone: drums, perc, keys etc
Andrew Whiteman: git, bass, keys, perc, vox, beats.
Martin Davis Kinack: Front-of-House and production referee
Influences
good & evil ancestral forces, dead people, personas escondidas
lately, its the D's: DIRTY PROJECTORS, deerhoof, destroyer, dj/rupture, dirty three, domakes, dj le spam, dosh, maya deren, deep dark united and david pajo. and paul diddy & jesi.
add X to M: metallic falcons, madlib in india, mward.....
plus of course: letters bookshop in toronto, hugh kenner, pound and almadovar. and burroughs in full lemur regalia. Organos is beautiful.
Ladypope artwork appears courtesy of LUDWIG ZELLER.
Sounds Like
APOSTLE'S UKING EP - AVAILABLE NOW AT WWW.GALLERYAC.COM
"Mr Whiteman's sketchy judgement leads him to a new Amway-style suburban Revisitation Clinic where he is lead thru corridors into a treatment room. He then leaves with renewed, though unlikely, purpose."
BRAND NEW VIDEO FOR "NATIONAL ANTHEM OF NOWHERE"
Genesis of the idea:
This project came into being when Andrew Whiteman, a musician from Apostle of Hustle, approached Adrienne Amato to make a short film for the title track of his upcoming album, National Anthem of Nowhere. Adrienne had made several experimental films for Andrew’s last album, Folkloric Feel, that were projected behind the band during live performances. He explained that he didn’t want to make a typical music video for his album, but was interested in creating a short film that captured the essence of the piece. Adrienne listened to the title song and imagined a dark, animated odyssey to a ‘land of nowhere’. She had recently seen Jeffrey St. Jule’s film, the Tragic Story of Nling, at the Toronto film festival and was haunted by the images. She tracked down Jeffrey St. Jules and asked if he was interested in collaborating on a short film that would use the animated technique that he developed in Nling and experiment with it further. Jeffrey listened to the song and decided he was in. So began this process.
National Anthem of Nowhere is a dark, animated odyssey that follows a man on a journey from a place of desperation to a ‘land of nowhere’, where the possibilities are infinite. The story is told using paper printouts.
SXSW Video by Dave Park
..
“Lush, poetic and beautifully disorienting, Broken Social Scene guitar guru Andrew Whiteman’s
long awaited solo spin is like smoking hash and eating mangoes on a beach in Xanadu...
where bossa meets Buckley and Ribot rolls dice with beat poets.” – Now Magazine
“To miss out on Folkloric Feel would be to miss out on some of the most extraordinary sounds
of the year.” – Pop Matters
Available in Canada on February 6, 2007, the US on March 6, 2007 and in Europe on March 26, 2007.
It’s a long Hitchcockian zoom-in, the omniscient clouds part, the sleazy waterfront scene is set. Like Steve Zissou’s Belafonte cross-section, we can see a number of little hives of activity: a young man loiters behind a cramped bar; faces light by low lights listen intently while one speaks, gesturing wildly; a captain barks orders at his crew to hurry the fuck up; someone throws flowers into the sea; a vintage jukebox amuses the hipsters on a crawl. Welcome to the borough of a possible nowhere.
Apostle of Hustle first took shape after a two-month sojourn in el barrio Santo Suarez in Havana in 2001. This experience was mind blowing for AOH’s lead – Andrew Whiteman - from the ground up: the community, the fashion, the speed and the music. Whiteman returned to Toronto invigorated about a possible music that did not yet exist. Knowing he wanted to create it, Whiteman took up residency at a local dive as Apostle Of Hustle, a quartet. The band played Brazilian and Cuban folksongs, as well as Tom Waits/PJ Harvey/Marc Ribot covers. Whiteman played guitar and tres; plus he recruited Dean Stone on drums and Julian Brown - an old buddy from the mid 90's indie scene - on upright bass. The fourth position was a kind of 'open door' to whomever might show up on their nights - anyone from Bryden Baird ( feist ) on flugel horn to Daniel Stone (cache) on percussion.
Apostle of Hustle’s first endeavour - Folkloric Feel - was released in July of 2004. It was a Frankenstein of a record - recorded in over 4 different locations at different times. By this point, Whiteman was almost completely consumed with recording and touring with Broken Social Scene and finishing the AOH record could only happen in between tours. A collection of tracks and mixes and ideas was brought to BSS producer Dave Newfeld's door and he somehow was able to create the psychedelic debut that came out on the Arts & Crafts label.
National Anthem of Nowhere was recorded in Montreal at Studio Masterkut in March of 2006. This time around the band sought the production talents of Martin Davis Kinack (BSS/Sam Roberts front-of-house man, as well as Sarah Harmer producer) National Anthem of Nowhere was finished in Whiteman’s bedroom in September and mixed in the woods at Marty's secret studio locale. The vibe was almost completely vin rouge, even after the Montreal stint. A few guests lurk: Liam O’ Neil from the Stills, Evan Cranley & Chris Seligman from Stars, Lisa Lobsinger who sang with BSS on their 2006 tours. Daniel Stone is present on almost all the tracks playing conga, bongo, and especially caja. The record sounds so good, he even decided to skip part of the salsa season to tour with apostle of hustle in 2007. Nice one, compañero.
“From near the sea, like Whitman my great predecessor, I call to the spirits of
other lands to make fecund my existence ” – Frank O’Hara
PRESS INQUIRES PLEASE CONTACT: raiseyourhands@arts-crafts.ca
DIGITIAL RELEASE ANNOUNCED
On April 10, Arts & Crafts releases Apostle's digital maxi-single, featuring the album version of "My Sword Hand’s Anger" along with the Circle Research remix, winner of our contest.
The digital release also features the U.K. version of "My Sword Hand's Anger" with a would-be outtake from the unsung album, "More Specials" by the Specials. Perfect for drinking cider and throwing darts.
NEW MERCH! CHECK IT OUT ON TOUR OR AT GALLERYAC.COM!!
Hola !!!
Somos The Plastics Revolution queriamos saber si nos podrias regalar unos minutos de tu tiempo para ver el video con el que estamos concursando para abrir el manifest
Nadamas dale click al link de abajo ,checalo y dinos que te parece.
Porfavor chekalo completo y cuentanos que opinas.
Muchisimas Gracias!!!
The Plastics Revolution
The Plastics Revolution - "So They Wait"
Incredible show at Central Park last year; I have some pretty good pics of you guys rocking out...i'm excited to see you guys jam at the Siren Festival with all of Broken. Good luck, and God bless.
