One of the deepest and most popular tracks from the last Amanda Whiting album on Jazzman Records gets a very special remix treatment from Brighton-based producer Chris Cracknell. But this really is much more than a remix. 

With two new vocal additions from PEACH. and Mat Lloyd, this is a reimagining in so many ways.

"The original track felt like it gave me space to reflect on the question ‘where would we be?’ We have such brilliant minds and have the solutions to most of the worlds problems, but yet, here we are. I’m guilty of spending a lot of time in my own mind imagining better futures, personally and globally, and I got thinking maybe if we were more present, instead of imagining these futures we could build them. I wanted to use Amanda’s original track to create a context into which I could present PEACH. and Mat, and their take on these ideas."

Hypnotic drums and bass leave endless space for the poetry to take a powerful centre here, all wrapped in the beauty of Amanda's beguiling playing. 

From Wales, the home of the harp, Amanda has taken her classical roots and forged them in the path of jazz harpists Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane. With her unique style resulting in a nomination for the Jazz FM “2021 Instrumentalist of the Year” award.

She has toured extensively with Matthew Halsall and the Gondwana Orchestra performing at Jazz festivals around the world. More recent collaborations have included recording and touring with Chip Wickham, Greg Foat, D J Yoda and Rebecca Vasmant, with performances at Ronnie Scott’s, Manheim, We Jazz Helsinki and XJazz Berlin to name a few.

Her debut album ‘After Dark’ sold out and was met with great reviews from DJs including Jamie Cullum with a Take 5 appearance on his BBC Radio 2 show.

Where Would We Be (Chris Cracknell Remix)

Amanda Whiting - Where Would You Be (Chris Cracknell Remix feat. PEACH. & Mat Lloyd)

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The Immediate are a three-piece indie, power pop band from Mold in north Wales.

We release our Mold EP on Friday 3rd March 2017. The EP will be available to buy on limited edition CD and digitally via bandcamp / iTunes etc.

Mold features 4 brand new recordings, 3 of which are exclusive to the EP.

Lead track, What’s The Matter Kevin Jones?, is a song about some of the kids we went to the Alun School with, who weren’t as fortunate as us and didn’t make it into their 30’s. 

Light Dimensions is the first song we wrote when we reconvened after a long hiatus.

Manbuoy is the title track of our forthcoming debut album, however it does not feature on the album itself. It’s a mostly spoken-word piece that exaggerates all of its writer’s worst qualities.

Mold was recorded at Orange Sound Studios in Penmaenmawr, North Wales by Russ Hayes, who has worked on recordings by Peaness, Campfire Social, Kidsmoke, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Billy Bibby and the Wry Smiles.

The sleeve design was done by Paul Maurice from Wrexham. It’s a detail of Shire Hall, the brutalist former seat of Flintshire County Council that sits on a hill, above Mold town centre.

The Mold EP will be launched at a hometown gig at Theatr Clwyd, Mold on Friday, 3rd. March. We’ll be joined by our friends Campfire Social and Skellums. Tickets are £7 and available here:

https://www.theatrclwyd.com/en/whats-on/headliner-rock-night/

Mold EP tracklisting (r/d 3rd March 2017):

1.	What’s The Matter Kevin Jones?
2.	Light Dimensions
3.	Tremble
4.	Manbuoy

If you have any further enquiries, please contact:

theimmediateband@gmail.com

http://facebook.com/theimmediate
http://twitter.com/the_immediate

There is a YouTube video telling the story of the band so far, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtERsE3ihDg

We originally split in 1997 due to frustration, an argument over a mouth organ and the success of Stereophonics.

We released one single (unaccountably popular in Sweden), made every conceivable mistake in the How To Be A Successful Indie Band handbook, toured with some excellent bands (Mansun, 60ft Dolls, Dodgy) and flickered out, leaving behind the memory of some great gigs, a few fine songs, and little else.

In March 2016, we reconvened to repair friendships and renew tinnitus. New songs came much more easily than the old ones, probably because we are playing to please only ourselves - with no thoughts of success or acclaim - for the first time in our existence.

There is more truth and resonance in our songs now than ever before. And power. And invention. We write songs about hope and love in the face of the moribund, daily grind. 

You will possibly hear fragments and echoes of the following artists in our sound (The Jam, Wire, XTC, Pixies, Badfinger, REM, Dr Feelgood, Small Faces, Husker Du, The Who, Ride, Big Star, The Cure, Joy Formidable, The Go-Betweens, Teenage Fanclub), but nothing has been plagiarised or misappropriated to mask a deficiency of our own ideas.

⥀ Dréa ☯︎ dark, feminine, introspective & Yang ☯︎ light, masculine, open ⥀

Storyteller. Groover. Sound collector. Eclectic Artist. All genres and no borders. 

Producer of Mental Tekno when Dréa eats her own tail like an Ouroboros, going back to nature and becoming one with it once again after shedding a layer of her soul. 

Lightworker when Dréa is in symbiosis with her Yang, healed, relaxed and sensitive side.

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Upcoming Dates:
● 3-6 July: Solomonari festival  
● 13-17 August: Mumush Festival
● 6 September - Gurlz in the HooD EP. 3


Past:
● 18 October 2019 - Nefiresc Vibes III - In The Art Room [RO]
● 14 December 2019 - Collective Artwork - Worlds Inspired By Mythology [RO]
● 8 December 2019 - Un Cluj mai Verde: Petrecere de final [RO]
● 25 January 2020 - PLay for Australia [RO]
● 17 May 2020 - Saturday Night Lockdown || Dance Culture [International Live Stream]
● 3-5 July 2020 - Sound Of The Wind - Freedom To Move III [RO]
● 1-2 August - Cyberdelic: No Time For Lockdown[RO]
● 22 & 30 August 2020 - Ambiental & Vegan Daytime Delight [RO
● 19 September 2020 - Cyberdelic III - Forest Realm [RO] 
● 1 October 2020 - Vibe & Tribe Jam Session [RO]
● 17 October 2020 - Fluid Art [RO]
● 6 February 2021 - Vertigo [RO]
● 15 June 2021 - Bagă Tek [RO]
● 18 June 2021 - ORM: Oracol/ Turiya/ Vichente Cerghit/ Hermetica/ Dréa Green [RO]
● 10 July 2021 - Viața pe Pământ - Lounge Dansant [RO]
● 24 July 2021 - Zen and Beyond w/ Dréa Green [RO]
● 8 August - Psychedelic Poems 4 @ Hibrid [RO]
● 13 - 15 August 2021 - Sky Dance [RO] 
● 19 - 23 August 2021 -  Mumush 1.0 [RO]
● 28 August 2021 - Welcome to Goa 26 [RO]
● 29 August 2021 - SUNday at Zen [RO]
● 18 September 2021 - Flow in Nature w/ aerialight & Dréa Green [RO] 
● 30 November 2021 - Jazz Fussion with Balázs, Bito si Dréa [RO]
● 23 December 2021 - MERRY TEKMass@No Name [RO]
● 1 January 2022 - NYE Private Party [RO]
● 19 March 2022 - TEKNO Overdose⁵ [RO]
● 24 March 2022 - Support the Locals: Edition 04 w/ Dréa and Nia-z [RO]
● 26 March 2022 - Beat by Beat [RO]
● 15 May 2022 - Bicycle Day, UFO Night [RO]
● 16 May 2022 - AZ-Tech Vibration @ Jungle Temple [RO] 
● 23 April 2022 - TEKNO Overdose⁶ [RO]
● 29 April 2022 - Sound Alchemy Vol. I [RO]
● 7 May 2022  - Temple Tech @ Jungle Temple [RO]
● 13 May 2022 - GIRLS Love Techno 16 @ Hoia Forest [RO]
● 14 May 2022 - Dréa's Birthday Bash [RO]
● 28 May 2022 - Psychedelic Jungle Travels [RO]
● 10 - 12 June 2022 – Do The Reggae Summer Camp [RO]
● 24 June 2022 - Synesthesia w/ Dréa / ABMR / JMG [RO]
● 2 July 2022 - Paradise Prelude  [RO]
● 22 July 2022 - KLOOJTEK [RO]
9 August 2024 - Synesthesia ◉ Senses & Arts ◉ 001 [RO]
● 15 - 19 August 2024 - Mumush Festival [RO]
● 29 July 2022 - Let's Get Psyched! [RO]
● 5 August 2022 - Synesthesia w/ Dréa / ABMR / Shuva  [RO]
● 13 August 2022 - Minimal & Melodic 2: Full Moon Edition [RO]
● 18 - 22 August 2022 - Mumush 2.0 [RO]
● 3 September 2022 - Synesthesia w/ Dréa / ABMR / Tamás [RO]
● 17 September 2022 - Teoria Perfekta | | Jungle Temple, Cluj Napoca [RO]
● 24 September 2022 - Noaptea Minții [RO] 
● 8 October 2022 - Keyword: Goa || Special Guest: Anoebis [RO]
● 22 October 2022 - Teoria Perfekta / Edition 2 | Jungle Temple, Cluj Napoca [RO]
● 11 November 2022 - The Call Of The Moods [RO]
● 18 November 2022 - Deep √ Tech 1 [RO]
● 20 November 2022 - Tekno Overdose8 @ HiBRID [RO]
● 2 December 2022 - OBSCUS | Ovexx - Bad Data - Dréa Yang [RO]
● 17 December 2022- Teoria Perfekta X-MAS Edition W. Cristopher Arcuri (IT) @ Jungle Temple, Cluj Napoca [RO]
● 29 January 2023 - DUBSYLVANIA # 02 w/NATTY NED / DRÉA YANG [RO]
● 2 February 2023 - Party | Space Travel [RO]
● 17 February 2023 - Teoria Perfekta W. NTHR (Special Guest) @ Jungle Temple, Cluj Napoca
● 24 February 2023 - Photosynthesis 1st Party @ Jungle Temple [RO] 
● 10 March 2023 - TEKNO Overdose¹⁰ w/ MADMATIK, MAICA-TA & DRÉA [RO]
● 31 March 2023 - TekNight V2: BioHazard w/ Keflat23, Kokko, Dréa, Rekuz & Fit23HZ [RO]
● 7 April 2023 - TEKNO Overdose¹¹ @ HiBRID [RO]
● 21 April 2023 - Bicycle Day, UFO Night 2.0 [RO]
● 22 April 2023 - Teoria Perfekta @ BlackBox Cluj [TBA]
● 28 April 2023 - The Heralds Of Spring @ Cotton Club Cluj [RO]
● 2 June 2023 - Synesthesia w/ Dréa / ABMR / Un Guru / Andrei [RO]
● 10 June 2023 - ATMA Live at HiBRID | Cluj-Napoca [RO]
● 8 July 2023 - Octopus Groove [RO]
● 29 July 2023 - The Heralds Of Summer [RO]
● 9 - 13 August 2023 - Apsara Festival [HU]
● 17 - 20 August 2023 - Mumush 3.0 [RO]
● 9 September 2023 - Synesthesia w/ DRÉA / ABMR / SACADAT / CEAI @ Cotton Club [RO]
● 21 September 2023 - Party | Rave On w/ Dréa, Ovexx & Rekuz @ Flying Circus Cluj [RO]
● 13 October 2023 - Friday the 13th @ Jungle Temple Cluj [RO]
● 20 October 2023 - Tekno Insanity1 w/ Teknokopilu23, Dréa & Side-S [RO]
● 27 October 2023 - Synesthesia | Halloween Edition w/  Dréa, AMBR, Spirit Soundz, Felicia & Kopilu [RO]
● 3 November 2023 - The Italian Job - Hard Techno Night w/ DJ Jakker, Dréa, Nah:Wooz, Mi:Bi @ Jungle Temple Cluj [RO]
● 11 November 2023 - Tekno Insanity2 [RO]
● 25 November 2023 - Trance & Acid *in the MushRoom* [RO]
● 9 December 2023 - Teoria Perfekta @ Urban Art Montis [RO]
● 15 December 2023 - Voodoo Rhythms [RO] 
● 27 December 2023 - Tekno Insanity3 [RO]
● 12 January 2024 - Hard Techno Night! @ Jungle Temple Cluj w/ Moonte, Dréa Yang & Rekuz [RO]
● 17 February 2024 - Hardtechno Para CLUJ by Teoria Perfekta @ Hibrid [RO]
● 23 February 2024 - The Italian Job 2.0 w/ Michel Garret [RO]
● 22 March 2024 - Tekno Insanity 4 w/ Madmatik, Teknokopilu, Dréa & HCMT
● 29 March 2024 - Dreams, Acid & Underground Sessions Volume 1 [RO] 
● 10 May 2024 - Dréa's Birthday Bash w/ Synchro [RO]
● 18 May 2024 - EnKore : Cluj Takeover [RO]
● 24 May 2024 - Soul Lift: Daytime [RO]
● Óperentzia / Dréa Yang / Vekt // Atelier Cafe // 25.05 [RO]
● 31 may 2024 - obscus by Audio Cybernetica w/ @technokoolmusic [RO]
● 23 June 2024 - Sunday Session @ Cotton Club Backyard
● 29 June 2024 - INDUSTRIAL PARTY ⛓️ OUTDOOR VERSION 🌳 [RO]
● 11 July 2024 - Thursday Grooves w/ Dréa, Un Guru & Radji  [RO]
● 24 July 2024 - After Work Grooves w/ Dréa, Un Guru & Virchill [RO]
● more TBA

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