Fresh from Dead Fly Recordings comes the mysterious Xevious Cuboid's Cityscapes, complete with Blade Runner-esque artwork. The album strikes a happy balance between stargazing, brooding electronica, and more playful, often heavy techno.
There are real moments of beauty in the former; 'Song For Zero' pulsates along on a simple yet satisfying bassline and enchanting lead before a swathe of melody washes over the final minute. A smooth arpeggiated guitar sound leads 'Song For Booniums', which accompanies a nice snappy drum beat. 'Dolphin Soup' has a great Acid vibe with swirling pads and dissonant bass swells.
Of the more playful side of the album, tracks like 'Twilight Racer' certainly sound like the title suggests, evoking real Tron-like imagery (and more accurately than Daft Punk's recent soundtrack at that). 'Toe Jam Football' could easily be the soundtrack to a shelved Sega classic, and houses a splendid drum solo in the mid-section.
The impressive thing about 'Cityscapes' is the attention to detail throughout. Indeed, the inclusion of a Yellow Magic Orchestra cover points to a passion analogue equipment and stereo field experimentation, which makes for a very satisfying listen.

Richard A Ingram and Michael J Vennart. Ex-Oceansize. Nice People. Electronic Music.

Greetings and welcome to the "all downloadable" BigKiv archive! As I have recently upgraded to the Sybot  known as Xevious Cuboid, Mrs BigKiv insisted I prepare this vault of old stuffs. 
This page features all of my work (good and bad!) from 1992 up to around 2005, being updated regularly. 
It was a turbulent journey to get from the beauty of  "Flatulent Opulence" to  the depressing statement that is "Machoman" and I hope this page will give a snapshot of my development as a thingy. Have a rummage around and don't be shy to try random tracks - it's not all gloomy M1 electro ya know. As a heckler once shouted at me "there's a danger of too much variety if you're not careful!" Please bear in mind that a lot of these recordings have been ripped from tape so the quality may be "questionable"...

Anyhoos,  feel free to join the Facebook page and comment and I hope y'all enjoy the tunes, me eld bum chummages.

Kivvers

Ghengis Grimes were formed from the ashes of local band Kiss The Prezident in 1994 when drummer Fen left. 

The name Ghengis Grimes was taken from a nick name that Reg Holdsworth gave to his battleaxe Mother-in-law 'Maud Grimes' in Coronation Street. 

The existing members Messer, Gaz, Phil, Knocker and Kiv decided to take a fresh approach and composed a new set.

After two drummer changes (Daz and Dicko) and bassist Andy Pennington replacing Big Phil in 1996, Ghengis settled into it's most successful and longest manisfestaion as 'Mark II + III' with drummer Knocker leaving to be replaced by Ant Fildes in 2000. 

Tormented/demented keyboard player Kiv left to finally go nuts in 2001 and the band split to form the jazz infused Second Sunset.

Ghengis reformed for some gigs in 2008 with guitarist Timmy Howard and powerhouse drummer 'Knocker' Neil James...

Ghengis have now come full circle and are back to the Mark II line up of Messer, Gaz, Andy, Knocker and Kiv and have been playing a few undercover gigs since 2012.

Some very rough sketches made in FL Studio for a project that wasn't to be. 

A collaboration of three minds creating Music & Multimedia Art.

Organic Planets create music from the mind, all improvised at the point of conception.

Ben Cunliffe
Bass & Bottom

Mali the Greek Davies
Synthesisers, Design and Photography.

Mark Peel
Drums, Percussion & General Baldness

This recording was created from a live desk in one rehearsal session purely as a give away CD at a one off gig at The Citadel Arts Centre (St Helens) in 2011 while supporting Nik Turners Space Ritual

Vocals - Stephen (Messer) Baker
Guitar - Gary (Seddo) Seddon
Guitar - Graham (Rothers) Rotherham
Bass - Andy (Penny) Pennington
Drums - Mark (Peelo) Peel 

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