Troopers For Sound

Sanguine Hum on the Interesting Alternative Show

Joff — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:07:52 +0000

Joff Winks and Matt Baber will be the guests on tomorrow’s Interesting Alternative Show with Steve Davis on Pheonix FM. Steve has been a long standing supporter of all of the music here at TFS so you can expect a healthy dose of Nuns/Nunbient/JWB, along with a selection of some of the key influences that were behind the early recordings, plus, we will also be premiering a brand new Sanguine Hum song called Diving Bell which is still in the “rough mix” stage, but will give everyone an exciting glimpse into what to expect when the full album is released later this year. Show time is between 10pm and midnight!

Eppy Gibbon Podcast Show: Best of 2009

Joff — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:43:17 +0000

The Eppileptic Gibbon Podcast Show has been a long time supporter of our work here at Troopers For Sound, and so we’re happy to report that the final release from Antique Seeking Nuns Careful! It’s Tepid, has made it to the number 8 slot in Eppy’s three part round up of the best music of 2009. Check out the whole show here:

http://epilepticgibbon.wordpress.com/

New european language reviews

Joff — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:36:06 +0000

As our audience at troopers for sound has been growing over the past few months we are getting more regular visits from Italy, the Netherlands and many more countries from around the world. This is largely due to the diligent work of a few dedicated prog bloggers and music writers who are helping us build a lager audience. So, in honour of the aforementioned writers, we are now listing all the european language reviews for our releases so you, dear reader, can enjoy finding out what the critiques think of the music in your native tongue.

Thank you to all the writers who continue to support our releases!

Sanguine Hum to open Winter’s End festival

Joff — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:13:42 +0000

Sanguine Hum have just been confirmed to open the second day of winter’s end prog festival on Sunday the 14th of March. This is a new festival organised by Stephen Lambe in collaboration with the Classic Rock Society and the team that brings you the Summers End Festival. The festival will be taking place in Stroud at a venue in the town centre called The Space, a 200 seat arts centre.

There will be more information about tickets and directions on the live page of troopers over the next few days, more info on the festival can be found at: winters-end.co.uk

Epileptic Gibbon best of 2009 poll

Joff — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:17:59 +0000

To kick the new year off with a bang we would like to ask for your support in winning a poll! This January on the Epileptic Gibbon Podcast Music Show we are fighting it out for the top position in Eppy’s best of 2009 poll. We have it on good authority that Antique Seeking Nuns/Sanguine Hum are doing rather well and this is where you come in. If you’re feeling generous and supportive then all you need do is send Eppy a message via e-mail stating your vote for two bands. We recommend Sanguine Hum and Nunbient, not that we’re biased in anyway you understand, thusly boosting our egos, umm, position to the number one slot!

Eppy can be found at: MySpace and www.epilepticgibbon.co.uk

Happy new year to all troopers for sound visitors and patrons and many thanks for all of your support in 2009.

Sanguine Hum : plays the nuns available now!

Joff — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:38:23 +0000

So, as many readers will know, a few months ago Antique Seeking Nuns released Careful! It’s Tepid, the final part in their Triple Burst saga that brought the band to a fitting full stop. However, as you’re also probably aware, Sanguine Hum is picking up from where the Nuns left off, which leads us to the first release under the new band name: Sanguine Hum – plays the nuns. This three track download only release features two live Nuns classics and a first recording of Cat Factory, which up until now has not seen the light of day on any other release. In many ways this is a transitional recording paving the way for a full length Sanguine Hum album scheduled for release early in the summer of 2010.

Nunbient – Pagans available 25th December

Joff — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:10:35 +0000

Nunbient – Pagans, will be available on the 25th of December as a single 23 minute track download from Troopers For Sound. You will be able to choose your preferred format, as with all our digital releases.

Mild Profundities Sold Out

Joff — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:39:08 +0000

The last of the second pressing of ASN’s Mild Profundities has now sold out. We have no plans to reissue the recording anytime soon but the digital version of the record will obviously be available. If you are still looking for a copy of the CD there may be the odd record floating about on the web or through a dealer we don’t have connections with. Happy hunting!

ASN at wayside music

Joff — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:02:50 +0000

We are pleased to announce that the last two Antique Seeking Nuns CDs, Double Egg and Careful! It’s Tepid are now available from Wayside Music online. If you have ever purchased rare and unique “progressive” music titles before then there’s a strong chance that you’ve already encountered Wayside and it’s sister label Cuneiform as they are often a prog/RIO/Zeuhl/Canterbury fan’s first point of contact for buying the finest music from around the world. Here’s what they have to say about us:

A band that managed to take some of the most quintessentially ‘British’ (and to my mind, the most charming) aspects of UK progressive rock (think the song stylings of Richard Sinclair with Caravan or Hatfield or early Robert Wyatt) and graft them onto a more contemporary sound that is perhaps a bit more avant-progressive in nature as well as including influences that have nothing to do with ‘progrock’ (Tortoise! Flaming Lips!, etc). What do you have? A total winner… Highly recommended!

And who are we to disagree with that! Wayside can be found here: www.waysidemusic.com

Nunbient tracks feature in radio New Zealand broadcast

joff — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:59:20 +0000

Music taken from Nunbient’s “Just Another Dark Age” album is to be featured in a radio New Zealand broadcast this month. The documentary, called Bowie’s Waiata is due to aired on the 22nd of November during the Music 101 show with Kirsten Johnstone. The documentary details Bowies visit to New Zealand and his meeting with the Maori. The shows he played in New Zealand had a huge affect on people and 25 years later the Maori he spent time with have been re-interviewed regarding their time with Bowie and the affect it had on their lives.

Nunbient | One – Just Another Dark Age is now available to buy at Burning Shed www.burningshed.com. Check the catalogue section at Troopers For Sound to see details on the new packaging designs by Carl Glover.