Ibiza Rocks, Fearne Cotton, Jaguar Skills, Summer roundup

Photo courtesy of Ricky Allen (rca-photography@hotmail.co.uk)

Yes y'all...

It's been an amazing summer for us this year (despite the rubbish weather) as we released our first official singles, video, compilation features, magazine features, and Radio 1 plays.... 

------IBIZA ROCKS------

We were lucky enough to have our track 'LAST DAY' featured on the latest Ibiza Rocks compilation... disc 2 track 14 :)

Buy here from iTunes

If you've not heard the single yet, listen to clips below... 

 

------JAGUAR SKILLS------

The DJ with ninja-like skills also saw fit to include the track on the 'Jaguar Skills and His Amazing Friends' album that dropped on Ministry Of Sound in August...

Buy here on iTunes

------FEARNE COTTON------

Fearne Cotton played 'Duke Dumont feat. Extra Curricular - No Money Blues' on her daytime Radio 1 show.... listen again here (41 mins in)

Listen here

Alternatively, listen to it on the Turbo Recordings Soundcloud page....

We were really pleased Duke Dumont asked us to be involved in the EP and look forward to doing more work together in the future. Support the Duke and buy from iTunes HERE

-----SUMMER ROUNDUP/MIX-----

Finally, we want to say a big massive thankyou to everyone who made this summer special for us... the promoters, audiences, labels, magazines, and radio shows that have helped us really 'launch' the band this year... we did this little mix for y'all.... yours for free obviously ;)

Extra Curricular - Blue Summer Mix

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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If you've not copped our free download of 'Running Away' you can get it here! Just type in your email and we'll send it to your inbox. We won't send loads of other messages or any of that rubbish...promise.

--------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

BBC Exclusive And Acoustic Set, Recording News, Myspace Update, Summer Send-Off

Yes yes y'all,

Really fun but very tiring few days here at the EC camp...

---EXCLUSIVE PLAY AND ACOUSTIC SET----

On Thursday we dropped in to BBC Leeds to appear on West Yorkshire's Raw Talent with Alan Raw as part of BBC Introducing. We came straight from mixing one of our brand new tracks and gave Alan the first exclusive play of 'Home'. Later on in the show we played an acoustic set 'Don't Stop', 'Rain', and 'Intoxicating'. We were really pleased with how the show went and we are grateful for the support that the BBC (in particular BBC Leeds) are giving us at the minute!

Listen to the show again here -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p008944h/West_Yorkshire_Raw_Talent_17_06_2010/

'Home' is played at 1hr5min and the acoustic set starts at 2hr8min. We will try and make the acoustic tracks available to download once the iPlayer link expires.

-----SUMMER SEND-OFF--------

Big thanks to everyone who came to our show at the University of Huddersfield. It was such a pleasure to see such a great mix of familiar and new face and, I'm sure you'll agree, that it was a brilliant way to kick off our summer tour. We love ya Huddersfield!!

-----RECORDING NEWS-----

After appearing on BBC Leeds we dashed back to the studio in Castleford where we have been recording our tracks. We officially finished mixdown at 2am Friday morning - phew! This has been a major undertaking for the band and we'd like to thank Steve Whitfield for recording us, and his endless supply of wasabi peanuts! Nice one.... keep your ears and eyes peeled for news regarding these recordings.

-----MYSPACE UPDATES----

We've updated our pictures on myspace - there are lots of wicked new pictures up of our most recent gigs and some promo shots. Take a look here  http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums&friendID=328290513

----UPCOMING SHOWS-----

Ok, our next show is tomorrow at Leamington Peace Festival, Leamington Spa. We're on stage at 2.15pm and we're praying for lovely weather!!

20 Jun 2010 20:00	Leamington Peace Festival	Leamington Spa, UK, UNITED KINGDOM
1 Jul 2010 20:00	EOW UK Final @ Mass	Brixton, London, UK, UNITED KINGDOM
3 Jul 2010 15:00	Bradstock	Ripponden, GB
9 Jul 2010 8:00	Workhouse Private Party	Powys, Wales, UK
10 Jul 2010 21:00	Picturedrome	Holmfirth, UK, UNITED KINGDOM
26 Jul 2010 11:45	Manchester Jazz Festival	Manchester, UK
13 Aug 2010 20:00	Moor Music Festival	Skipton, UK, UNITED KINGDOM
14 Aug 2010 15:00	Crash Festival	Abermule , Wales, UK
28 Aug 2010 15:00	Limetree Festival	Grewelthorpe, N Yorkshire, UK, UNITED KINGDOM
29 Aug 2010 21:00	Greenbelt Festival	Cheltenham, Racecourse, UK, UNITED KINGDOM
25 Sep 2010 21:00	The Elbow Rooms	Leeds, UK
29 Sep 2010 20:00	Doncaster Civic Hall	Doncaster, UK
30 Oct 2010 20:00	Marsden Mechanics	Marsden, Huddersfield, GB

Read more:http://www.myspace.com/extracurricularband


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One Love,




JB

Summer Shows (LIVE Dates) and BBC plays

Ok,

So, as promised, here is our current (confirmed) summer schedule:

---------LIVE SHOWS-----------

4 Jun 2010,The Goldon Lion, Bristol, UK
19 Jun 2010,Luddfest, Luddenden, UK
20 Jun 2010, Leamington Peace Festival, Leamington Spa, UK
1 Jul 2010, Mass, Brixton, London, UK
3 Jul 2010, Bradstock, Ripponden, UK
9 Jul 2010, Workhouse Private Party, Powys, Wales, UK
26 Jul 2010, Manchester Jazz Festival (11.45am), Manchester, UK
13 Aug 2010, Moor Music Festival,Skipton, UK
14 Aug 2010, Crash Festival, Abermule , Wales, UK
28 Aug 2010, Limetree Festival, Grewelthorpe, N Yorkshire, UK
29 Aug 2010, Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham, Racecourse, UK
25 Sep 2010, The Elbow Rooms, Leeds, UK
29 Sep 2010, Doncaster Civic Hall, Doncaster, UK
30 Oct 2010, Marsden Mechanics, Marsden, Huddersfield, GB

If we're playing near you please come and show love, it means the world to us to see you at shows - make sure you come and say hi!!

We're always adding new shows so for the most up to date gigs check http://www.myspace.com/extracurricularband ORhttp://www.extracurricularband.com/

---------BBC PLAYS--------------


We've had the massive honour of being played on not one, but TWO BBC radio shows this week!!


Last night Alan Raw played 'Rain' on his West Yorkshire Raw Talent show (and he played the whole song, big look!) 


Listen again here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p007ysnn/West_Yorkshire_Raw_Talent_Insect_Guide_in_Session/
We're 1hr08mins into the show :)


Also, as mentioned before, we got played on DJ Target's 100% Homegrown show on on BBC Radio 1Extra
You can listen again here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008zckw (we're 1hr48min in)
Or download the podcast here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/homegrown 


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Hope you all have a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend!


One Love,


JB

BBC 1EXTRA, Studio news

Hey guys,

Soooo.... we've had a really exciting week this week.

First, we've found out that we're being played in DJ Target's (of ROLL DEEP fame) '100% Homegrown' show on BBC 1Extra this Sunday! The show is on between 7pm-10pm and we should feature somewhere in the middle.

We'll also feature on the 100% Homegrown Podcast which I'll post a link to when it appears. BBC 1Extra is available on the Internet here and through DAB. TVs with freeview or sky etc. can also get the channel.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE when you hear our track (which will be 'RAINBOW SHADES') email in at:

target1x@bbc.co.uk

and say how much you enjoyed listening to it!! :) Or text the show (I'll post the number when it's announced).

----------STUDIO NEWS------------

We've finished recording all the audio tracks so now we begin the long process of editing and mixing. Everything is sounding absolutely amazing and we're super excited about you guys hearing it in due course.

(We will be starting to play this stuff live soon so keep your ears open at shows and you might just hear something ***BRAND NEW*** )

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Keeping it short and sweet today, I will post more information soon about Sunday and give an updated gig list.

If you haven't already check out our new website at http://www.extracurricularband.com

One Love,

JB

BB6, Free Mix, and recent developments

Hey y'all

There's been loads of posts and blogs about the BBC's plans to close BBC6 Music and The Asian Network recently, we'd like to add our two penneth. As a band who've recently benefited from the exposure BBC6 Music has offered us we were very disappointed to hear the news about the BBC's plans to close down the station. If you want your voice heard in how your license fee is spent register your views at

http://www.petition.fm/petitions/6musicasiannet/1000/

takes all of 5mins (about as long as it takes to set up a direct debit to pay your license fee!) - if you're in doubt about how awesome 6Music is check out some of the shows, you won't be disappointed! http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/

On a lighter note, here's a super funky free mix by our good friend Oliver Maude listen Pure Fire Funk by Oliver Maude

EC NEWS: We're currently finalising plans to record this year and as soon as we have some definate details we'll be sure to let you know!

Here's a recently uncovered video from NYE:



Stay Cool,

JB