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The Fountain
Indie / Acousmatic / Tape music / J-POP

""Pretty soon I'm gonna change""

Manchester,
United Kingdom

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   The Fountain: General Info
Member Since9/9/2005
Band Websitetheelegantpisser.com
Band MembersTed Kemp (Guitar/Vocals/Synth), Maria Dada (Bass Guitar/Vocals), Alan Creedon (Drums/Vocals)
InfluencesJulian Cope, Guided by Voices, Wire, Television, The Vaselines, Talking Heads, Early Gorky's, The Monks, Early Scritti Politti, The Fall, The Velvet Underground, Felt, Brian Wilson, Orange Juice, The Beatles, The Kinks,The Soft boys, The Television Personalities, The Stooges, Josef K, Ariel Pink....Plus everything else that seeped into our subconsious along the way...
Record LabelAll Mine Records
Type of LabelIndie




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Wotgodforgot @ Dry Bar Manchester, Northwest

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   About The Fountain
If you want to know more you have to buy the records and listen to the music. The girl voice is Maria. Despite the exterior she's actually very sensitive. Too sensitive. The boy voice is Ted. He appears to be quiet but deep down inside he's thinking. The other boy voice that accompanies drums is Alan. He's out partying with his friends but he knows what life is about. A lot more than you.

The Fountain have recently recorded many many songs the first batch are bundled here in the Basement EP.


Download it on the 27th of July from Filthy Little Angels

"...I challenge anyone to listen to “In My Brain I Can Hide” and not walk around singing the bloody thing for five hours afterwards..."
Whisperin and Hollerin

"...if you can imagine a female David Byrne duelling with Stephen Malkmus whilst Wire and The Fall have a Krautrock party...one of Manchester's most exciting underground bands..." Cath Aubergine, Manchestermusic.co.uk

"Very, very clever people who can play very, very quickly and very, very smartly. Very, very clever people who can take the piss out of Kate Bush, the entire punk thing and spare the time to slap down some riffs made from barbed wire whips" Review of "Fat Tax", Unpeeled.co.uk

for bookings email: theelegantpisser@gmail.com


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the 66 TONIGHT (MON) JABEZ CLEGG 8PM (in the city)





Oct 3 2008 12:02 PM

Alright lads, hope you can make this if you've nothing on yourself. t'will be grande!!!

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Cometh this Monday 6th October, at 8PM at JABEZ CLEGG

Cometh the 66 for their In the City Fringe show

We hope you can join an already guaranteed crowd for this immense event! x

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“Whilst the roots of the City’s last big scene date back almost two decades The 66 are the sound of today’s next generation.

"The bands Myspace page reads 'Good evening Wembley!', and I think they're only half joking; there's just something about these lads that says 'Massive' – Excerpt from Maps Festival Review – www. manchestermusic. co. uk


LOVE the 66 x
:: DIALOG :: Download my free MP3 mix CDs!





Sep 17 2008 9:43 AM

Hey there I hope your cool… and if not hopefully this will help brighten up your day and night! Now I know you must be sick of downloading crap mix tapes/ CDs and podcasts… So following up the success of my last three PROMO CDs – TOPPA TINGS is the next in the series of brilliant and WORTHWHILE mix downloads – PLEASE DOWNLOAD IT FOR FREE ASAP, it’ll be well worth the tiny effort… just follow the link!

http://dialog. podomatic. com/entry/2008-09-10T17_47_51-07_00

TOPPA TINGS: includes 37 brilliant up-beat tracks, from an eclectic array of musical talent... such as the EZ Rollers, DJ Mujava, Roman Flugel/Masters at Work, Shy FX, Sunship, the Lords of Acid, Skepta and many more... As ever if this is your kind of thing, or indeed even if it is not, please give it a listen: the free and easy quick download is there for your use and abuse! The full track listing is available within my profile blog!
PS: DONT FORGET TO JOIN MY FACEBOOK GROUP... for helpful info on all my mix-CDs, and worthwhile news on free parties and top events within the UK etc…

http://www. new. facebook. com/group. php?gid=6005049354&ref=ts

Nuff said,
Please don’t hesitate (for better or worst).. to let me know what you think of the mix ;)

As ever,
Thank you for your kind support!

NB: All my mixes are available for totally free download at:
http://dialog. podomatic. com/


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FictionNonFiction





Sep 15 2008 10:09 PM

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& then . . .


A SUNDAY SPECIAL

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www. myspace. com/StDeluxe

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Time For China





Sep 8 2008 8:35 AM

heya just a quick favour to ask, weve signed up for orange unsigned act, all we need now is for you to vote for us. it would be amzing if you'd vote, we could get to be on tv and get signed, yay,
To vote youhave to sign up for a fan account by going to
www. orangeunsignedact. co. uk then click onsign up to vote,Once youve signed up go to our page and vote for us...
our page is
www. orangeunsignedact. co. uk/acts/time-for-china

Remember to leave us a comment to say what you think, if you coud take this small amount of time to help us we would be really thankful, you can also vote for us again the next day...
hope your well
ben time for china
LONELADY





Sep 1 2008 1:04 PM

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come x
Time For China





Aug 24 2008 4:23 PM

heya best of evenings,xxxxxxxxx, just stopped by to check out your page and see how you are really...so how are you?
weve got a few gigs booked in october and november, you ca find details on our page, it wud be absolutely amazing if you could come to one of them,
weve also got a new ep that were giving away for free, you can downlaod it from here.

Hope your very well
all our love ben, time for china
Cloud Sounds





Aug 3 2008 1:22 PM

The Fountain in encore shock.

Cheers for playing.
Golden Lab Records





Jul 29 2008 4:06 PM



These three women from Tokyo came into our lives completely by surprise. Quite late too, being that they've been around since 1999. When we heard them, we wished we had hopped on this particular spacerock ship nine years ago, because these is some of the most staggeringly whacked-out, chugging, cloud-popping jams we ever heard. Take heed, because we figure we're in for the gig of 2008, here.
Ladyfest Manchester





Jul 19 2008 12:25 AM

Ill ease from New York coming to a garden party near you!
YdontU





Jul 18 2008 2:35 PM



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Golden Lab Records





Jul 15 2008 10:50 AM

hotpants romance





Jul 14 2008 5:05 PM

oh and i also left a red jumper if u saw one of them hanging around. oh man.
x
hotpants romance





Jul 14 2008 4:57 PM

i did leave a bag and a blue jacket and a phone yes. oops. atleast i went home with my hotpants.
Where do u live? i'll come collect! x x
FictionNonFiction





Jul 14 2008 12:39 PM

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FictionNonFiction at Tiger Lounge - Tues.22nd July

FNF Members Free Entry / £4
7pm til Late

featuring live . . .

TELEVISED CRIMWAVE (Ex - Black Wire) & KASMs (Ex - Test Icicles)

plus . . .

WITCHES & The NECROPHILIACS

with . . .

FNF DJs playing no wave garage rockversusroll experiments new und old, wow with whoah!?

www. myspace. com/FictionNonFiction

Think back to that day on pork chop hill, imagine my horror, imagine my disgust, imagine the chewing gum hoof and for the rest of your life!
hotpants romance





Jul 13 2008 5:08 PM

thanks for playing with us! You were ace!!! Have u got any cd's left, i want one.
Kaaate x
Bandstickers





Jul 11 2008 1:28 PM

Come Check Us Out
Click HERE for more details!!!
hotpants romance





Jul 7 2008 11:27 PM

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Jun 30 2008 10:20 AM

Greetings
Thanks for accepting Legion
Keep up the killer work!!
If you ever require pro screenprinted t shirts please give us a shout for a quote
All the best
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Mostly Toast Productions





Jun 27 2008 9:40 PM

Warm Widow





Jun 24 2008 9:50 AM

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Massive urban death-party. Bands and Dj's from 10pm till LATE. Secret venue... message us for directions!!!
Bad Marmalade





Jun 10 2008 9:53 PM

Hello there

We have a new podcast on our blog right now, and we're pleased to say you're on it.

Give it a listen - hope it's to your taste.
Golden Lab Records





Jun 8 2008 4:40 PM

Tues 17th June, Dulcimer, Chorlton, Manchester, 8pm, £5

SPECTRE FOLK (Pete Nolan of Magik Markers) + more TBC

It's extremely appropriate that Magik Markers' drummer Pete Nolan is currently in the country to play with Jandek in London (which is how this gig came about, coincidentally).
Because his solo Folk Spectre record on the Woodist label demonstrates a penetrating knowledge of what makes that great Texan loner so amazing. Lo-Fi in the early 90s Shrimper label sense (yes!), the record contains a clutch of fragile, skeletal songs that inspire a depth of relaxation self-help tape manufacturers could only dream of. Of course, we're not talking 'swimming with dolphins' here. It's the constant hum - of tape hiss, mellow feedback, room boom, whatever - that sits beneath these beautiful songs that gives them their dreamlike quality. The name has been switched around to Spectre Folk but the vibrations are the same.
The Folk Spectre record is something truly special and we anticipate this show to be one of the most enthralling of our 2008 calendar.

Here's what Pete's Magik Markers partner Elisa Ambrogio had to say about it all:

"Here drum-dilweed extraordinaire Pete Nolan takes on new dimensions of low-fidelity radness through the Woodsist imprint. The infamous label in charge of releasing other super-jammers such as Axolotl, Loosers and Blues Control, Woodsist put this mother out in the o 7. So many good songs, I don’t know where to start; it’s like Gene Clark in a manhole with Von LMO in Bushwick. This is another artist criminally unappreciated for his solo work, most probably due to his surly manner. Just ‘cause the man don’t hold doors for people doesn’t mean he doesn’t know how to build castle bridges of strangeness into the void. LISTEN."

www. myspace. com/spectreflux
The Bottomfeeders





Jun 4 2008 11:27 PM

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come along to the Night and Day with out reasure map and get in for a fiver to see us, Pete and the Pirates and Dutch uncles. were on at 8.30


Free Whiskey

Pirate Fancy Dress

Lots of other Competitions!
Strawberry Shortcake Festival





Jun 1 2008 9:23 PM

Blackberry shortcake Thursday June 12th at the Klondyke Bowls club! A fundraiser for Strawberry Shortcake! Featuring : First Black Precedent, A middle Sex, Gnu & A Shrew & Serpentine Pad



And Strawberry Shortcake Festival Sunday June 22 at the Klondyke Bowls Club...

Featuring:
Puzzle
Sad Shields
The Lovely Eggs
Amida
Le Tetsuo
Sparky deathcap
Peepholes
Jam On Bread
Plaaydoh
Les Enfant Bastard
Buen Chico
Klaus Says Buy The Record
Husbands
We're Not The Cool Kids
Hoe Cakes

Plus food, art, films and more bands tbc (keep checking the myspace) - all for £7.
50!
Warm Widow





May 21 2008 2:40 PM

time for filth
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David





May 21 2008 1:20 AM

Samantha





May 20 2008 4:46 PM

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UBiK Night





May 20 2008 12:05 PM

This Friday! (May 23rd)



plus

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with Hot Bone
Dangerous Aces
Apes Fight Back
The Bottomfeeders