FOLLOWING ON FROM LAST YEARS EPIC PARTIES @ THE COLSTON HALL & ARNOLFINI

INVADA RECORDS ARE VERY PROUD TO BE PROMOTING AN XMAS SOIREE THIS YEAR WITH OUR BUDDY'S @ THE CROFT.

JOIN US ON DECEMBER 15TH FOR A PARTY / GIG / EVENT TO CELEBRATE THE END OF ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR THE LABEL( AND BASICALLY A MASS PISS-UP)

THERE WILL BE BANDS / DJ'S / CHEAP BEER / STUPID ANTICS'APLENTY'.

BEAK & ANIKA will be playing this event (neither of whom played last years Colston Hall Invasion) - Both of these acts will be supporting PORTISHEAD next year at the Alexander Palace ATP weekend event..

BEAK

BEAK were formed in January 2009 by three Bristol musicians, Billy Fuller, Matt Williams and Geoff Barrow. The band have very strict guidelines governing the recording and writing process of their work. The music was recorded live in one room with no overdubs or repair, only using edits to create arrangements. All tracks were written over a twelve-day session in SOA Studio's, Bristol. The album is to be released on Invada records UK and Europe. Sometimes a band can be no more than the sum of it's parts, but BEAK are an equation in which it's impossible to define equivalents or totals. Instead the meeting of three talent's form a foundation from which idea's assimilate and propagate. Those talents are: Billy Fuller. Reared in Bristol, on an aural diet of anything and everything, facilitated later by his time working in the cities top independent record shop Replay Records, and also playing with handfuls of bands including Invada's first signing: Fuzz Against Junk, as well as Massive Attack, Robert Plant, and Malakai. Billy is BEAK'S thoughtful pulse; his bass a forceful origin for their superlative narrative arcs. Matt Williams. Picked up a Yamaha keyboard aged three and never looked back, as Team Brick creates dissonance that immediately elucidates free forming thought, and impacts heavily on BEAK'S rolling landscape. He enjoys playing air drums whilst cycling, singing lines from a favourite Latin prayer and doesn't understand the music he makes himself. Geoff Barrow. Musician and producer born near Bristol. Best known for forming and producing popular music group Portishead and part owner of the independent record label Invada Records . Commenting on working in BEAK"its really good to create music under different conditions than your used too. ' "

ANIKA

The First Lady of Invada

'Anika' album released 25th October on Invada Records

Invada Records are proud to announce the release of the debut, self titled album by Anika, released on 25th October.

Living between Berlin and Bristol whilst working as a political journalist and music promoter, Anika met Bristol band Beak. Immediately it was clear that they shared the same musical vision; a love of punk, dub and 60's girl groups. The following week Anika and Beak went into the studio to begin recording ANIKA's debut album.

They recorded the album in 12 days. The album is a collection of uneasy easy listening.

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