I've made a mix for WALLS. Have a listen below:


01 Günter Schickert - Apricot Brandy
02 Sturm - Untitled V
03 Suzanne Ciani - Clean Room
04 Todd Terje - Swing Star (part 1)
05 Peter Baumann - Romance
06 Arnold Dreyblatt - Animal Magnetism
07 Träd, Gräs Och Stenar - Sanningens Silverflod
08 Robert Fripp - Water Music 1
09 Bochum Welt - Feelings On A Screen
10 Moondog - Tugboat Toccata

Hey everyone

Hope you're doing well. 

Banjo is been quiet for a while since I've been quite busy with WALLS but don't despair! 

Banjo will be reactivating soon, more news to come...

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DAYTROTTER SESSION

We did this daytrotter session while we were touring the US last year and here's a video from it.

You can listen/download the whole session on the Daytrotter website. I apologise for my badly out of tune vocals.

rip ben gazzara

WALLS INTO OUR MIDST 12"

GO AHEAD VIDEO

After releasing the first Banjo album a year ago and doing absolutely nothing in the way of getting a video done for Go Ahead, finally Yang came along and made one for me! Very very kind of him. The video premiered on the NME website a few days ago but you can also watch it in a better definition below.

XA2011

In ongoing banjo tradition here's my xmas album for the year.

It features 9 songs that you might have heard before or not and it comes a little later because I wasn't really going to do a xmas album this year but then since I was sick at home for the last week I decided to have a go at it.

Being ill I wasn't really able to sing but then it's not that I am that great of a singer anyway. (In 'Winter wonderland' you can really hear my voice breaking and dying but I thought that was quite funny to hear!)

This year's album is quite different from the previous ones... some of these songs are way less popular than the ones I've covered before and in general this one is a bit more 'crazy' but I think it goes quite well with the other two...

I had fun doing it. I hope you'll enjoy it!

First 1000 downloads are free then you can name your price.

xx

alessio

LISTEN/DOWNLOAD XA2011 HERE.

01 Wonderful christmas time

02 It's beginning to look a lot like christmas

03 I saw three ships

04 Winter wonderland

05 Frosty the snowman (reprise)

06 Back door santa

07 When christmas comes to town

08 Carol the bells

09 We wish you a merry christmas

Recorded first take at home between December 15th and December 18th 2011.

IDIOT RAIN (ESPERANZA REMIX)

Here's a remix of Idiot Rain by Esperanza.

It was supposed to come out ages ago but for a reason or another I kept pushing it back.

I thought it would be perfect timing to release it now that Esperanza has an album out that you should absolutely check out. Check it out HERE.

Also check out the remix WALLS did for their track Jaipur and the song Sirena in which I sing for them. I love these guys!

october mix

01 Perc - Choice
02 The Field - Then It's White
03 Jurgen Muller - Sea Bed Meditation
04 Colin Stetson - Home
05 Bachelorette - Grow Old WIth Me
06 Lucio Battisti - Separazione Naturale
07 Faust'o - Orange
08 Poison Dwarfs - Nachtmahl
09 Wolfgang Voigt - Frieden

absolutely mind blowing. go check it out if you are in london!

WALLS 'RAW UMBER/TWILIGHT' + TOUR DATES

Download 'Raw Umber/Twilight' from our new album 'Coracle' on Pitchfork.

Here's a list of our next shows. See you around!

25 Sep Leeds, Nation Of Shopkeepers UK

27 Sep London, Shacklewell Arms UK

29 Sep Mercury Lounge, NYC USA
01 Oct Cameo Gallery, NYC USA
02 Oct Royale Nightclub, Boston USA +
03 Oct Le National, Montreal CANADA +
04 Oct Phoenix Concert Centre, Toronto CANADA +
05 Oct Grog Shop, Cleveland USA +
06 Oct VIA Festival, Pittsburg USA +

07 Oct Vic Theater, Chicago USA +

08 Oct Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis USA +
11 Oct Wilma Theatre, Missoula USA +

12 Oct Neptune, Seattle USA +
13 Oct Wonder Ballroom, Portland USA +

15 Oct Hemlock Tavern, San Francisco USA

16 Oct Bootleg Bar, Los Angeles USA

17 Oct Mayan Theatre, Los Angeles USA +

26 Oct Nottingham, Rescue Rooms UK

27 Oct Bristol, Start The Bus UK
04 Nov The Hague, Rewire Festival HOLLAND
15 Nov Paris, La Machine FRANCE +
16 Nov Sheffield, The Plug UK +
17 Nov Cork, Cypress Avenue IRELAND *
18 Nov Galway, Roisin Dubh IRELAND *
19 Nov Dublin, Twisted Pepper IRELAND *
20 Nov Liverpool, Kazimer IRELAND *
21 Nov Manchester, Now Wave UK *
23 Nov Brussels, VK BELGIUM *
24 Nov Amsterdam, Studio K HOLLAND *
30 Nov Barcelona, Apolo SPAIN +
01 Dec Madrid, Joy Eslava SPAIN +
02 Dec Bilbao, Café Antzokia SPAIN +
05 Dec Trezzo sull’Adda (Milan), Live Music Club ITALY +
06 Dec Hamburg, Golden Pudel GERMANY
07 Dec Berlin, Postbahnhof (w/ Battes) GERMANY +
10 Dec Minehead, ATP UK

+ with Battles

* with The Field

WALLS 'SUNPORCH' VIDEO

WALLS SUNPORCH 12"

RECORDING PERCUSSIONS FOR THE NEW ALBUM. PLAY THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME!