Below is a small press bio written by airspace gallery.
Dan Hopkins - AKA Hurra cane Land Crash – covers many bases. Commissioned as a film maker by Channel 4 his work has gained national exposure, whilst as a musician he has had spot play on some of London's cool internet radio stations - Resonance FM and ILL FM - as well as picking up plays and accolades in Sweden, Canada and Italy. Having self released three albums to date, Occupying a place in the current Avant Garde, Dan's work is impossible to pigeon hole, and it is far from conventional. Using a guitar as an instrument in a totally new way, i.e. dropping shells, pebbles and stones on the strings and body to extract “noisy textures” which are then processed in real time through various filters and effects using a lap top, Dan discovers strange and intriguing ambient noises. What is produced for the listener is a musical voyage reminiscent on the one hand of no wave punk and then sweeping to more ethereal esoteric sound-scapes. His work is disorientating, strange and at the same time oddly familiar.
Hurra caine Landcrash (HL)'s Friend Space (Top 16)
"situs inversus totalis - all viscera are mirror-inverted"
Have a nice day...Greetings from Cologne,PranaBoy
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When the earth is dying there shall arise a new tribe of all colours and all creeds.This tribe shall be called The Warriors of the Rainbow and it will put its faith in action not words...
hi dan how are you? good i hope. the new issue of Wonderful Wooden Reasons is now online and features a review of your album. You can read it at the blog and at www. wonderfulwoodenreasons. co. uk peace ian
Bit of a mixed review there? He concludes well though. Still awating reviews from a few others. We'll get em soon though. Sorry about my email. Don't know what's wrong there. Quota's not full or anything. Odd.
Like fellow Liverpudlians Hot Club De Paris...with bouncy, choppy riffs and a very much danceable rhythm, synths swirl like a demented fairground ride while the boys perform fantastic, sing along harmonies. MAKE NOISE AND DANCE
Elks
Jerky post hardcore pop complete with rousing manic vocals. a bit like Fugazi and Charlottefield FOOTBALL
Rotary Ten
Latest signings to Xtra Mile (home of Dartz!) "'If The Smiths had gone to college in the US this might have been their sound. Complex, melodic guitar entwines with an 'anthemic' chorus. Possible classic.' The Observer
Beat The Radar
"catchy vocal melodies with precise backing vocals on top of angst guitar and clever drums create a package for success" SANDMAN MAGAZINE
this works are actually recorded in the nice tourist town Dresden where Jan lived for 4 years and on several places in germany/thuringia and denmark/sjaeland +++ Jan recorded all with an old 4-track, one old minidisc-recorder, two old guitars and some old pedals and a brand new notebook+++Enrico Wuttke aka Flim helped him out with some Fieldrecordings and beautiful Piano Pieces+++ new tracks are growing every day on his minidisc-walkman he records woods, highways/autobahnen, shopping centers, farms, children rooms, camping sites, rehearsel rooms and roofgardens ...etc and himself and his friends and familys+++ since spring 2007 he lives on a farm in thuringia, germany+++to be continued +++
My first vinyl release is out now via Nu-Urban on Flighcase Recordings "Moving and Grooving"...Its going down a storm in Bristol so go check it and buy it if you like it! Here's the link:
Thing is, you don't look anything like you do in the photos on either one of your profiles (the ones in your photo albums). Maybe it's because your hair is longer now.
an astounding twenty-five minute immersive soundscape from the 'boulanger sonore', plus exclusive digital photographs by the artist included in the download
Joe Morris named his musical alias after the Mark Z. Danielewski novel, and manages to capture the emotional content of the book in this beautifully quiet, yet breathtaking debut. The album ranges from ambient electronica, to gentle post-rock with a few unexpected twists and turns along the way. Think Susumu Yokota ina particularly solemn mood, but that's not to say this album is at all depressing. At times it's highly affirming and wonderfully charming.
hey Dan, i actually picked up a flyer for the gig yesterday in Tempest. i work in brum now and iam in next thursday. will deffo try and come after work and bring a few people. be good to catch up - sorry i havent been in touch more recently. all the best and looking to forward to seeing you cheers Rob
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