MEGA Weekend Coming Up, BBC RAW TALENT, The ECEP

Hey guys,

We've got another action-packed weekend coming up at Limetree Music Festival and Greenbelt Music Festival. For those of you who are coming or thinking of coming here's the lowdown!

Limetree (28.08.10): Extra Curricular are playing at 18:45 on the Green Man (Main) Stage

               Also appearing are The Blockheads, Utah Saints, JD73,and The James Taylor Quartet

Greenbelt (29.08.10): Extra Curricular are playing at 20:45 on the Underground Stage

                Also appearing are Beverly Knight, Gil Scott Heron, Courtney Pine, and Shed Seven 

As you may guess we're more than a little excited about these two!

-------BBC RAW TALENT-------

Alan Raw and the BBC West Yorkshire Raw Talent team played one of our tracks again on their show. The track is called 'Home' and cannot be heard anywhere else for the minute as it has not been released yet! Listen HERE from 1hr25min - apparently we are 'fantastic'; thanks guys!

------The ECEP------

Last up The ECEP is still available to purchase via download or physical form from our Bandcamp page 

               

Or, if you're lucky enough to be coming to one of our shows they can be purchased directly off any band member.

Here's what a kind person wrote on our Facebook Group's WALL recently:

£5 spent on those five songs was the best fiver i've ever spent on music! Your lyrics are inspired, the musicianship on You should Know Me By Now is achingly beautiful, Here We Go is motivating, even when there's no sunshine! Rain is chilled-out but thought-provoking...all brilliant...I made my mum listen to it, and she was glad to have lent me the fiver at the festival! (I paid her back later!)

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

And finally, the all-important LIVE dates coming up:

Limetree Festival, Grewelthorpe
28th August 2010, 15PM

Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham
29th August 2010, 21PM

Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
17th September 2010, 20PM

The Elbow Rooms, Leeds
25th September 2010, 21PM

Doncaster Civic Hall, Doncaster
29th September 2010, 20PM

Cafe Ollo, Media Centre (acoustic), Huddersfield
20th October 2010, 20PM

Marsden Mechanics, Marsden
30th October 2010, 20PM

Mr Wolfs, Bristol
12th November 2010, 21PM

The Wardrobe, Leeds
20th November 2010, 22PM

The Hifi Club, Leeds
8th December 2010, 20PM

Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
10th December 2010, 21PM

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One Love,

JB

EC

Extra Curricular Win BOTB, Muddy Fields, Bumpstarts, Carry On Camping

Hey guys,

We've returned as a very happy band from our muddy festival trip across the country! 

We started off last Friday at Moor Music Festival in Skipton. The weather was rubbish, but there was a good crowd there and the Homespun tent we played in was rammed by the time we started. Big ups to 91DB who played before us, some really cool live liquid DnB stuff going down :)

We came straight off stage, into the cars (like real rockstars except we have to drive ourselves!), and then headed down the country to Presteigne in Wales where we were headlining the Dome Days Festival (formerly Sheep Music). The stage looked beautiful all lit up with fairy lights and we had an absolute blast playing. We felt so well looked-after, particularly when we got dragged down to the infamous 'Dukes' pub afterwards. After a drunken stagger about 2miles up the road to our campsite we finally crawled proudly into our sleeping bags, 2 shows and 300 miles done in the day.

The next morning started slow and we went for a lovely breakfast in 'Emily's' tea-room in the picturesque centre of Presteigne. A few gallons of tea and a around 30 rashers of bacon (there are nine of us you know!) later and we were ready to hit the road to Abermule for Crash Festival.

Crash Festival was a Battle The Bands event and it gives me great pleasure to say that we won the top prize of £1000. A big thankyou to Dianne in catering who looked after us all by making sandwiches, tea, and apple pie(!) for us :)

Of course, no trip would be complete without a few car issues - we had to bump-start Greg's Clio in a muddy field full of cars (you know how cars are parked in festival carparks) - and, what's more, his car decided it would only do it backwards! We got it going though, but later in the evening (morning??) Rory's Peugeot broke down - luckily only two minutes away from his house!

What a weekend! We had loads of fun and would like to thank the organisers of Moor Fest, the organisers of Dome Days, and the organisers of Crash Festival for putting us on. What's more we'd like to thank all the awesome people of Skipton, Presteigne, and Abermule for showing us so much love - you guys make this the best job in the world!

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

If you want to see us playing in a field we've still got a few festival dates left before music goes back indoors again at the end of summer - make the most of it!

Limetree Festival, Grewelthorpe
28th August 2010, 15PM

Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham
29th August 2010, 21PM

Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
17th September 2010, 20PM

The Elbow Rooms, Leeds
25th September 2010, 21PM

Doncaster Civic Hall, Doncaster
29th September 2010, 20PM

Cafe Ollo, Media Centre (acoustic), Huddersfield
20th October 2010, 20PM

Marsden Mechanics, Marsden
30th October 2010, 20PM

Mr Wolfs, Bristol
12th November 2010, 21PM

The Wardrobe, Leeds
20th November 2010, 22PM

The Hifi Club, Leeds
8th December 2010, 20PM

Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
10th December 2010, 21PM 

 

Hit us up on Myspace, Facebook, or Twitter for the most up-to-date news :)

Stay Cool,

JB

EC

http://www.extracurricularband.com

MJF Interview, LIVE Videos, LIVE Dates

Hey guys,

Earlier this week we played Manchester Jazz Festival and had an awesome time! We played in St. Anne's Square, it was really weird playing a gig right in the centre of a city with people all around us going to work etc. We pulled a great crowd and, by the end of our set, had everyone singing along! Here's a little interview Ruby and Thabo did straight after the show:

---------LIVE VIDEOS---------

Next up we've got a couple of videos that were recorded at our show at the Holmfirth Picturedrome. The first of these two videos is 'Full Circle' - we've not got round to properly recording this track yet so, if you haven't been to a LIVE show yet (get to one soon!), this will be new to you!

The next track is 'Get Involved'. There are quite a few videos floating around of this at the minute but this is the one we're most proud of (for the minute hehe!).



--------LIVE DATES--------

We're just about to begin one of the busiest months we've had; in August we are playing a MASSIVE 6 Festivals in 1 month - we're so excited about this! A few more dates are appearing towards the end of the year when we're planning on doing a UK tour:

Mannifest, Isle Of Man
7th August 2010, 14PM

Moor Music Festival, Skipton
13th August 2010, 15PM

Sheep Music, Presteigne, Powys
13th August 2010, 21PM

Crash Festival, Abermule Wales
14th August 2010, 20PM

Limetree Festival, Grewelthorpe
28th August 2010, 15PM

Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham
29th August 2010, 21PM

Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
17th September 2010, 20PM

The Elbow Rooms, Leeds
25th September 2010, 21PM

Doncaster Civic Hall, Doncaster
29th September 2010, 20PM

Cafe Ollo, Media Centre (acoustic), Huddersfield
20th October 2010, 20PM

Marsden Mechanics, Marsden
30th October 2010, 20PM

Mr Wolfs, Bristol
12th November 2010, 21PM

The Wardrobe, Leeds
20th November 2010, 22PM

Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
10th December 2010, 21PM

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And that's it for now! Make sure you download some free tracks and our BBC Introducing session from HERE and check our Myspace for the most up-to-date listings. If you're a 'Twit' add us HERE and, if you use Facebook, come join our FB Group. Basically, just come talk to us! We love talking to people who come to our shows or who have checked out our music online - you guys make this journey even more amazing!

One Love,

JB

EC

The Throwout Volume 5 (FREE Mix), Show Announcement, EC Recommends

Hey guys,


Gonna get straight down to business with this post. Our very own DJ Illas and his fellow wax spinner/fondler DJ Heritage have finished number five in their ever-popular 'The Throwout' series. So, here it is 'The Thowout Volume 5' - and it's FREE!

It features brand new tracks from Method Man, Raekwon, Reflection Eternal, Curren$y, Big Sean, El Da Sensei, Logic, Jehst, IronBraydz, Poison Pen, The Roots, Skyzoo, Emilio Rojas plus many more! If you know your hip hop you're gonna love it and, if you don't, you can get to know!!

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

Ok, in the last post I gave you the updated gig list. As Jack Flash is still on official business (as an EOW representative) in Germany, we are going to be doing a slightly different show at Manchester Jazz Festival. This was always the plan as we're on at 11.45am in St. Anne's Square, 26.07.10 (more details HERE).

So, for MJF we are going to be doing a more chilled out set, with more room for us to kick back, change the pace of songs (seeing as it's a 'jazz' festival!), and add a few new sections. It should be a lot of fun but please don't come expecting to see our usual 'high-energy' set - this is going be different, but we've been working hard at it and feel it's going to be the most suitable thing to do at 11.45am on a MONDAY morning!!

P.S the rest of our live show dates can be found on our Myspace :)

------EC RECOMMENDS-----

Every so often an album comes along that the whole band agree is, to put it simply, AMAZING! Well, we feel that 'Janelle Monae - The Archandroid' is definitely one of those albums. We're sure you're going to hear alot more from this artist as she reaches towards global mega-stardom but, whilst we wait for the sun to come back out, get your ears round this :)

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And finally,


I hope to be able to bring you more news on our own recordings soon, we're currently in the process of getting them mastered - I'll report back when we have things confirmed!


As always, for the most up-to-date LIVE show listings please see our Myspace or Official Website


Big Love,


JB
EC

LIVE Videos, Upcoming Shows, Special Pressies!

Hey guys,

A few weeks ago we played at the 'End Of the Weak UK Finals', providing the entertainment following a freestyle competition ('8 Mile' styleeee!). Well, we've got some awesome footage back which I've just got to share with you - if you're a fan of real UK Hip Hop, scrap that, if you're a fan of REAL MUSIC you're gonna love this.

The first video is of Jehst and Micall Parknsun performing their tracks 'Bluebird', 'Under The Weather', 'Thinking Crazy', and 'All for Hip Hop' with us at Mass, Brixton - it was an absolute pleasure to share the stage with these two legends of the scene and we were really pleased with the results!



The next video is of Stig of The Dump (who later went on to win the competition - I guess this shows why!) and Mystro rocking some serious freestyle verses over our take on 'The Next Episode' by Dre and Snoop Dogg. This whole track was done completely off the cuff and we had a lot of fun rocking with these guys!



"Yo we don't need no drugs, party people where we at?! E O DUB!!!"

Again, massive thanks to everyone involved in organising EOW, we were honoured to be invited to play. Flash is flying out to Berlin tomorrow to judge the WORLD FINALS so, hopefully, he'll bring back some pics and videos from that!

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

So, I promised an updated gig list in the last post and here it is:

Manchester Jazz Festival, Manchester
26th July 2010, 11:45AM

Mannifest, Isle Of Man
7th August 2010, 14PM

Moor Music Festival, Skipton
13th August 2010, 15PM

Sheep Music, Presteigne, Powys
13th August 2010, 21PM

Crash Festival, Abermule Wales
14th August 2010, 20PM

Limetree Festival, Grewelthorpe
28th August 2010, 15PM

Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham
29th August 2010, 21PM

Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
17th September 2010, 20PM

The Elbow Rooms, Leeds
25th September 2010, 21PM

Doncaster Civic Hall, Doncaster
29th September 2010, 20PM

Cafe Ollo, Media Centre (acoustic), Huddersfield
20th October 2010, 20PM

Marsden Mechanics, Marsden
30th October 2010, 20PM

Mr Wolfs, Bristol
12th November 2010, 21PM

The Wardrobe, Leeds
20th November 2010, 22PM

Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
10th December 2010, 21PM

As usual http://www.myspace.com/extracurricularband has the most up-to-date listings as these can change from time to time!

-------SPECIAL PRESSIES---------

Finally, if you haven't grabbed the FREE music on our website go HERE and get involved! There are two free tracks as well as our BBC Introducing session with Alan Raw - here's what he said about our special acoustic performance:

"That was a very wonderful thing - That was Extra Curricular live in session... I'm absolutely dumbstruck, I loved it! The way they use the vocals together is an art."

Alan Raw (BBC Raw Talent)

We loved playing for BBC Raw Talent and gave them an exclusive play of our new track of ours :)

One Love,

JB

EC

Big thanks, FREE EC Music, FUTV

Wooowwweee, it's been a hectic couple of weeks for us here at camp EC - we've been hitting the festivals hard and loving every minute of it! Big shouts to the crowds at EODUB, Beat-Herder Festival, Bradstock, and Workhouse Festival - the energy and support you give us is what makes us get up early and drive the length and breadth of the country - BIG LOVE :)

---------FREE EC MUSIC AND BBC SESSION------

To say a big thank-you for the support for these shows, all the other shows we do, and the love we get online we have decided to give you all some pressies! We've made a special section on our website called EXTRAS - this has FREE MP3s of 'Where The Problem Lies', 'Don't Stop', and our BBC Leeds Introducing session with Alan Raw. As well as these lovely mp3s we have also got some snazzy backgrounds for your computer so you can all make that computer screen that tiny bit better hehe ;)

-------JACK FLASH ON FUTV--------

When we played our show at the EOW UK Finals, Jack Flash took some time-out to do a quick freestyle for FUTV (Stig of The Dump's new online show). This video is raw and filmed outside the venue we later played at that night (Mass, Brixton)

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Just a final note to say that due to the promoter worrying about numbers at our show tonight (Holmfirth Picturedrome) we are sorry to say that this has now become a private event and can be attended by invite (by the promoter) only. We're obviously as disappointed as you are about this and are vowing to book additional Huddersfield/Leeds shows to make up for this. Hopefully the new EXTRAS section on our website will give you your EC fix. Apologies

I'll post all our new bookings along with existing ones next week when they are all confirmed - in the meantime please check our MYSPACE for the most up-to-date listings.

One Love,

JB
EC