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NEWS FROM THE RHOMBUS ROOMS, 2010 ============================================================================ 27/08/10 SWEET BABOO VINYL HAS ARRIVED! PREORDER TIME ============================================================================ The vinyl stock has arrived for 'I'm a Dancer / Songs About Sleepin'. Here it is being modelled by one of the musicians who played on the album, can you guess who it is yet?
============================================================================ 25/08/10 SWEET BABOO + ISLET AT GREENMAN ============================================================================ Sweet Baboo ended up playing 3 times at Greenman Festival including a last minute slot the mainstage which was caught by youtube user 'palefoxrecords' here: Here is a snap of Sweet Baboo on the mainstage and big TVs. Photography by Kirsten McTernan, nicked from facebook:
============================================================================ 16/08/10 SHPILLERS RECORDS ============================================================================ The all new Spillers Records in Cardiff is now fully stocked with the Shape stock. This includes the Failed Nasa Experiment tape cassette EP and Islet's mini-album.
13/08/10 ISLET AT YES WAY ============================================================================ Islet are playing at an event called YES WAY on Saturday night. YES WAY is they type of event Shape wishes it had the guts to put on. It's a a three day celebration of the verdant underground art and music communities across our Sceptred Isle. It is run by the awesome 'Upset The Rhythm' people and is entitled 'YES WAY' in the spirit of venture and positivity. It all happens in a place called 'Auto-Italia' in Peckham. The space used to be a car showroom and is now an art space. 41 different bands are going to perform and many artists will exhibit over the whole weekend. Munch Munch are playing tonight who have played at two or three Shape Functions is the past and rule. Need any more reasons to go?
11/08/10 NEW FUNCTION ============================================================================ ================== SHAPEFUNCTION021 ================== WICKES H HAWKLINE DJ'S - GUTO 'SFA' PRYCE (BASS) VS CARL 'DIG' RYLATT (FUZZ) VENUE: Rockin' Chair, Riverside DATE: Monday 13th September TICKETS: £5 on door
============================================================================ 03/08/10 SHAPEFUNCTION020 POSTER ============================================================================ Below is the poster for the Sweet Baboo album launch also featuring Truckers of Husk and Ceri Frost.. TICKETS are £4 in advance and £6 on the door. CRAZY SHAPE DEAL ALERT!!!!
27/07/10 TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE FOR SWEET BABOO ALBUM FUNCTION ============================================================================  £4 ADVANCE TICKETS HERE Advance ticket holders will be able to buy the Baboo album at the gig for £6. Without an advance ticket it will be £10. ============================================================================ 23/07/10 SWEET BABOO ALBUM FUNCTION ============================================================================ New Shape Function alert - it's the album celebration for Sweet Baboo's 'I'm a Dancer / Songs About Sleepin'. ================== SHAPEFUNCTION020 ================== SWEET BABOO TRUCKERS OF HUSK CERI FROST VENUE: Clwb Ifor Bach DATE: Saturday 4th September 2010 TICKETS: £4 adv from Spillers etc - There will be a sweet album deal for ticket owners at the event (most likely all ADV ticket owners will get the 12" for £6) ============================================================================ 21/07/10 LA-DI-DA-TUDE ============================================================================ Sweet Baboo and Islet both enjoyed triumphant sets at Latitude Festival all the way over there in Suffolk. There are vinterviews (video interviews) with both acts by Bethan Elfyn on her BBC blog. Click on the below picture to witness the fitness:
15/07/10 ISLET AND SWEET BABOO AT LATITUDE FESTIVAL ============================================================================
Islet are on The Lake Stage - Fri 16th July, 19:30 - 20:15 Sweet Baboo is on The Lake Stage - Sat 17th July, 17:15 - 18:00 ============================================================================ 12/07/10 FATA MORGANA EP OUT TODAY ============================================================================ FAILED NASA EXPERIMENT - FATA MORGANA EP OUT NOW ON 40 LIMITED EDITION TAPE CASSETTES.
AND LISTEN TO IT HERE ============================================================================ 10/07/10 SHAPE011 ANNOUNCEMENT - It's Sweet Baboo! ============================================================================ We are over the moon to confirm that we will be releasing Sweet Baboo's new album - I'm A Dancer / Songs About Sleeping. It's out on 6th September on 12" vinyl and on the downloads and all that. Below is a picture of Sweet Baboo celebrating the Shape release news:
03/07/10 SHAPE010 ANNOUNCEMENT ============================================================================ We are delighted to announce the next Shape release will be the Fata Morgana EP by The Failed Nasa Experiment. It will be out on July 12th (next Monday) on 40 limited edition tape cassettes. Here is a sneak preview:
16/06/10 ISLET GET A TIDAL BARRAGE MAKEOVER AND A EWANS JONES MORRIS VIDEO ============================================================================ YEP - a fantastic remix by TIDAL BARRAGE of Islet track 'Holly' has been made available on the latest Turnstile newsletter which you can see HERE CLICK THIS LINK FOR a quick access download of the remix for FREE, WARNING it will begin with immediate effect.
============================================================ 14/06/10 ISLET - CELEBRATE THIS PLACE OUT NOW ============================================================ The debut Islet release - Celebrate This Place is out now and can be streamed from the Islet website. Click here to listen. Click here to buy on 12". Please note that it is not available on CD despite what it says on that link. It is also available as an MP3 on all the regular MP3 shops. There is a free download of IRIS taken from CTP available here. ============================================================ 01/06/10 ISLET EMBRACE THE WEB ============================================================
============================================================ 25/05/10 ISLET - CELEBRATE THIS PLACE - SHAPE009 ============================================================ The vinyl stock from SHAPE009 has landed! It will be available for the first time at tomorrow's launch (we're allowing ourselves to call it a launch now that the stock is back;-) and it will cost a £6 + a free digital download!! As mentioned previously this release is in association with TURNSTILE MUSIC, here is a 'photograph' of the back of the sleeve to prove it:
MAY 26 CARDIFF, CLWB IFOR BACH (SWN & SHAPE FUNCTION W/ YUCK + TEAM BRICK) 28 ANGLESEY, THE TRIP FESTIVAL 29 BRISTOL, DOT TO DOT FESTIVAL 30 NOTTINGHAM, DOT TO DOT FESTIVAL JUNE 2 OXFORD, THE JERICHO TAVERN 3 LONDON, BARDENS BOUDOIR (UPSET THE RHYTHM W/ MI AMI) 4 HAY-ON-WYE, CHAPEL (HOW THE LIGHTS GET IN FESTIVAL W/ CATE LE BON) 5 SHEFFIELD, THE HARLEY (2 POOR 2 PITCH) 6 WYCHWOOD FESTIVAL, GLOUCESTERSHIRE ============================================================ 18/05/10 ISLET // YUCK // TEAM BRICK NEXT WEDNESDAY 26TH MAY ============================================================
============================================ 17/05/10 SHAPEFUNCTION019 HAPPENED ============================================ ============================================ 08/05/10 SHAPEFUNCTION019 POSTER NOW INCLUDES KING ALEXANDER ============================================ It's true - it's been updated to include King Alexander:
08/05/10 KING ALEXANDER WITH GANGLIANS ============================================ KING ALEXANDER! will be main support to Ganglians on May 16th in Cardiff Arts Institute. Get in! ============================================ 06/05/10 FLASHING GANGLIANS POSTER ============================================
============================================ 04/05/10 WE LOVE YOU KRUGER MAGAZINE ============================================
Kruger Magazine was a brilliant success story of originality and innovation. They have always done things their own way, always used original photography, always had a interesting idea for a feature, kept it 100% free of charge right up to the end and it always looked and felt fantastic. It was all done with a wonderful spirit and a lack of pretence. We would like to thank Kruger for being so constantly supportive of Shape and all of our bands and music. Good luck to Mike, Joe and Data in the future, we salute you, our hat's are off x ============================================ 30/04/10 GANGLIANS TO PLAY SHAPE FUNCTION ============================================ Ganglians will play at SHAPEFUNCTION019. Momentously, it is the first ever Shape Function in Cardiff Arts Institute. It will take place on Sunday 16th May 2010 and will cost £4 on the door. Listen to them on myspace.com/ganglian and there are some free downloads over HERE.
============================================ 28/04/10 ISLET - CELEBRATE THIS PLACE ============================================ We are delighted to announce CELEBRATE THIS PLACE the debut release by Islet will be out on 14th June. It is being released in conjunction with Turnstile - see what they said about it HERE
25/04/10 ISLET / YUCK / TEAM BRICK - POSTER ============================================
23/04/10 LINKS TO THREE FREE YUCK TRACKS ============================================ As mentioned in the last post below, YUCK will be playing with Islet at the Shape / Swn Function in May. Here are some links to tracks of theirs, as promised: Automtic Georgia Suicide Policeman GET TICKETS HERE for £6 Get them soon as they are shifting like this:  ============================================ 19/04/10 YUCK PLAY WITH ISLET AND TEAM BRICK ============================================ FANTASTIC NEWS JUST IN : YUCK will be playing at the Swn and Shape Functions ISLET gig in Clwb Ifor Bach.
SWN and SHAPE FUNCTIONS present: ISLET YUCK TEAM BRICK Wednesday 26th May Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street, Cardiff (tel 02920232199) £6 adv from www.clwb.net / Spillers Records (029) 20224905 TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE HERE AND THEY ARE £6 ============================================ 13/04/10 ALEX DINGLEY WITH CRYSTAL ANTLERS ============================================ Alex Dingley has been added to the Crystal Antlers Function, hooray!
============================================ 11/04/10 SHAPE RECORDS IS ON TWITTER ============================================
============================================ 30/03/10 SHAPE-IFY ============================================
============================================ 26/03/10 BEHOLD CRYSTAL ANTLERS POSTER ============================================
============================================ 18/03/10 CRYSTAL ANTLERS TICKETS ON SALE NOW ============================================ TICKETS COST £6 AND ARE AVAILABLE TO BUY HERE - BUYING IN ADVANCE IS GOOD FUN CRYSTAL ANTLERS HAVE GOT TWO BRAND NEW TRACKS FOR FREE ON THEIR WEBSITE CRYSTALANTLERS.COM GO AND GET THEM, THEY ARE HIGHLY ADDICTIVE. ========================================== 16/03/10 SHAPE FUNCTIONS RETURN ==========================================
Below is a picture of one of their hand made tee shirts and then a small picture of them.
14/03/10 CULTURE VULTURE // TIDAL BARRAGE // ISLET ========================================================
ALSO, a new Shape Function has been unveiled. Islet will be playing in Cardiff's Clwb Ifor Bach on Wednesday 26th May 2010 and tickets are on sale HERE AND THEY ARE £6. ========================================== 28/02/10 ISLET in London ========================================== Islet are playing in London next Friday at a night hosted by Rockfeedback.com. No, I'm not joking! Look, below is the poster to prove it:
21/02/10 ISLET TOUR UPDATE ========================================== To celebrate the fact that ISLET are 47.36821% through their tour the remaining dates have been re-posted followed by a lovely moving photo of Alex from the band: 21 Feb Cambridge, Junction 22 Feb Norwich, Arts Centre 23 Feb Brighton, Audio New Slang Night 24 Feb Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms 25 Feb London, KOKO 26 Feb Falmouth, Princess Pavillion 27 Feb Bristol, Thekla 01 Mar Birmingham, The Rainbow 02 Mar Northampton, Roadmender 03 Mar Reading, Plug & Play 04 Mar Kingston, Banquet New Slang
========================================== 27/01/10 SHAPE RECORDS FEATURE//INTERVIEW ========================================== Neil from Los Campesinos! has written about Shape Records for the Drowned in Sound website. It can be found HERE, YES, HERE. ========================================== 13/01/10 HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM SHAPE RECORDS ========================================== Yes, happy new year to one and all. Recently we have been wondering at the Rhombus Rooms what the etiquette for saying 'Happy New Year' is? When is its expiry date? It seems that people say it to each other if they are yet to see each other in the new year, though if we all went along with that then we'd be screwed. Anyway, this is all one big crow bar made of words so we can shoe in a mention of the Happy Huw Year Tour (CAN YOU SEE WHAT HE DID THERE?!?!??!?! ALSO SEE THE MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WITH HUW COMPILATION CD)
09/12/09 Islet ========================================== We are very pleased to announce we will be releasing a record in 2010 by Welsh group Islet. Islet contains many Shape Records affiliates: myself (Mark) fellow Shape operator/founder, John (also a member of A+D and Them Squirrels), Emma (responsible for much Shape artwork over the last 12 months) and Alex (from Fredrick Stanley Star and a Them Squirrels live member). I.e it's S H A P E T A S T I C O ! Excitingly, the upcoming release involves Shape working alongside Turnstile Music. Islet will be playing on the 'Happy Huw Year' tour on the following dates in 2010: 22 Jan Bournemouth, 60 Million Postcards 23 Jan Bristol, Start The Bus 24 Jan London, Lock Tavern Then with Los Campesinos and Swanton Bombs on the following dates: 11 Feb Wrexham, Central Station 12 Feb Liverpool, EVOL@O2 13 Feb York, Fibbers 15 Feb Aberdeen, Tunnels 16 Feb Dundee, Dog House 17 Feb Edinburgh, Bongo 18 Feb Derby, The Venue 19 Feb Leicester, The Musician 21 Feb Cambridge, Junction 22 Feb Norwich, Arts Centre 23 Feb Brighton, Audio New Slang Night 24 Feb Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms 25 Feb London, KOKO 26 Feb Falmouth, Princess Pavillion 27 Feb Bristol, Thekla 01 Mar Birmingham, The Rainbow 02 Mar Northampton, Roadmender 03 Mar Reading, Plug & Play 04 Mar Kingston, Banquet New Slang ========================================== Want more? See the Rhombus Rooms news archive here: old news ========================================== |
