EC sign to Pigeonhole This!, Are You Onboard?, New LIVE Shows announced

Big news yo!

First of all, massive shouts to everyone who came and represented at Hootananny, Brixton on Saturday! Place was rammed, live, and full of crazy good vibes! It was an absolute pleasure to play for y'all and we definitely hope to be back in the not too distant future :) Props to DJ Snuff for pulling everything together and making sure it all ran smoothly.

-----EC sign to Pigeonhole This!------

It gives me great pleasure to announce that Extra Curricular have signed to Pigeonhole This!, a new 'genre less' label run by superstar DJ, producer, promoter, and now label boss Doorly. We're excited to be working with Doorly and the rest of the PT! team as we feel the 'genreless' concept of the label perfectly sums up what we are all about - music shouldn't be about boundaries or borders, the only definitions used should be 'good' and 'bad'.

Have a listen to his remix of 'Get a Move On' by Mr Scruff...definitely 'good' ;)  

Mr Scruff - Get A Move On (Doorly Pigeonhole This! Remix) by doorly

Keep your ears and eyes peeled for news of future Extra Curricular releases on Pigeonhole This! We'll make sure you're the first to know.

-----Are You Onboard?-----

We've got a massive summer planned this year where you will be able to see Extra Curricular at festivals, music venues, clubs, and even warehouse raves. We've got our fingers poised over the 'afterburner' button. The only question is...are you onboard?

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------Live Shows------

We're taking a couple of months out to prepare a new stage show for the summer. We've barely had a weekend off playing since January 2010 and feel in order to get something truly spectacular and fitting for the summer we need to take a little time out and hit the rehearsal rooms hard. We will be playing a few select shows but everything is going to start back up again for real in May. Our currently confirmed shows are:

Brudenell Social Club - W/ Polar Bear, Leeds
17th March 2011, 20PM

Black Lounge (acoustic), Huddersfield
1st April 2011, 21PM

Bar 1:22 (acoustic Extravaganza), Huddersfield
14th April 2011, 20PM

The Golden Lion, Bristol
6th May 2011, 21PM

Holmfirth Folk Festival, Holmfirth
7th May 2011, 18PM

The Yardbird, Birmingham
13th May 2011, 20PM

Pigeonhole This! Launch Party - Mint Club, Leeds
20th May 2011, 21PM

Afterparty Warehouse - Bates Mill, Huddersfield
21st May 2011, 23PM

Cosmic Boogie @ Nation Of Shopkeepers, Leeds
29th May 2011, 22PM

Sunrise Festival, Somerset
2nd June 2011, 16PM

Sounddhism, Bodega W/dj Format, Nottingham
4th June 2011, 21PM

Corbridge Music Festival, Newcastle
6th August 2011, 18PM

Limetree Festival, Grewelthorpe
28th August 2011, 18PM

That's it for now guys, things are looking really exciting for 2011 :)

One Love,

JB

EC

Where the f#@* are you lot from with your hats and your jackets!!?

Yes y'all!

So.... we've just about come round from one helluva weekend.....in Wales?!

We played a couple of dates down there, working our way down to Cardiff for a wicked gig at the Cardiff Arts Institute. However, first night we played in a crazy little place called Welshpool...

Now....you know you're going to be in for an interesting night when someone accosts you in the street by saying "Where the f#@* are you lot from with your hats and your jackets!!?" Needless to say the night would go down in EC history as one of the funniest evenings we've had. After spending most of the evening post-show wandering the streets, being followed by police, looking for somewhere to party we realised that our van with a PS2 and loads of booze was as close as we'd get. We all felt about 15 again, particularly when we then slept 9 people in two rooms at a local bed and breakfast....fully rock and roll! :)

Cardiff was a lot more 'straight forward', big ups to Starving Artists for putting us on, all the staff at CAI for keeping us topped-up with coffee, food, and smiles, and all the beautiful people of Cardiff for coming and showing mad love from the second we hit the stage - Salute!

Also...special shouts to Tim Garrud for mad driving skills and Aidan Shepherd for stepping in on keys!

-------LONDON-------

Our next gig in London is this Saturday 19th Feb, Hootananny, Brixton, London...FREE ENTRY :)

Our stage time is roughly midnight, check the event page HERE

--------HERE WE GO--------

Here's the latest version of 'Here We Go' - this version is even newer than the one on the ECEP so check it out...



--------UPCOMING SHOWS--------

Here are our currently confirmed shows, we have a lot of TBCs pencilled in the diary at the moment so be sure to check http://www.extracurricularband.com/gigs/ for the most up to date listings...

Hoootanany , Brixton, London
19th February 2011, 22PM

Black Lounge (acoustic), Huddersfield
1st April 2011, 21PM

The Golden Lion, Bristol
6th May 2011, 21PM

Holmfirth Folk Festival, Holmfirth
7th May 2011, 18PM

Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
20th May 2011, 21PM

Cosmic Boogie @ Nation Of Shopkeepers, Leeds
29th May 2011, 22PM

Sunrise Festival, Somerset
2nd June 2011, 16PM

Casa Summer Garden Party, Brighouse
4th June 2011, 16PM

Corbridge Music Festival, Newcastle
6th August 2011, 18PM

Limetree Festival, Grewelthorpe
28th August 2011, 18PM

One Love,

JB

EC

BBC Introducing Masterclass, Tales of London, Wales Wales, Upcoming Shows

WOW, what a week last week was!!!

First up, Noah and Ruby went down to Abbey Road studios in London to represent Extra Curricular at the BBC Introducing Masterclass event on Thursday Feb 3rd. The above picture is Noah having a go on the 'Gangascope' drum kit that Chase and Status use at live shows!!! During the day they got to meet and talk to world-famous musicians, DJs, and the all-important people behind the scenes that make things happen in the industry. We're really grateful that, out of the thousands of artists registered with BBC Introducing, that we were chosen to go down. I know I speak on behalf of Noah and Ruby when I say that it was a mind-blowing experience for the pair of them.

-------TALES OF LONDON--------

We had an absolute blast playing Vibe Bar on Sunday night. The atmosphere was just full of love and it felt real nice to know that there were so many of our friends, but also brand new faces to welcome us into, what for us, is a new venue. Props to Aly from First Word Records for inviting us down and taking care of us.  

Tim Garrud, the newest member of EC did a sterling job of driving the humongous van it takes to transport 9 people and all the live gear - despite London taxi drivers doing their damnedest to steal his parking spaces and block his racing line!

WE ARE BACK IN LONDON ON SAT FEB 19TH, HOOTANANNY, BRIXTON

-------WALES-------

It's been a long time coming but....yes.... we are coming BACK TO WALES!! We've had some spectacular times there and are looking forward to more of the same....

Fri 11th Feb, Moltos, Welshpool, Wales

Entry: £5

Doors: 10pm

Sat 12th Feb, Cardiff Arts Institute, Cardiff, Wales

Entry: £2

Doors: 9.30pm

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--------UPCOMING SHOWS---------

Moltos, Welshpool
11th February 2011, 21PM

Cardiff Arts Institute, Cardiff
12th February 2011, 20PM

Hoootanany , Brixton, London
19th February 2011, 22PM

Holmfirth Folk Festival, Holmfirth
7th May 2011, 18PM

Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
20th May 2011, 21PM

Cosmic Boogie @ Nation Of Shopkeepers, Leeds
29th May 2011, 22PM

Sunrise Festival, Somerset
2nd June 2011, 16PM

Casa Summer Garden Party, Brighouse
4th June 2011, 16PM

Limetree Festival, Grewelthorpe
28th August 2011, 18PM

One Love,

JB

EC