Chris pendecraft

Electric Company Presents DIY or DIE Vol 1 

A collaborative multi-format split release that takes a glazed eye'd gaze behind the neon veneer of the Glasgow's famous live circuit.
Discover four ballsy surf/garage/punk bands with shit names, bad attitudes, obnoxious talent and the unhinged dedication to spill blood (whatever it takes baby) for your musical entertainment on any given night in Scotland’s music capital. 

The result is a 4 track release featuring contributions from -

FUTURE GLUE//TWIN MIRRORS
DEATHCATS//SECRET MOTORBIKES

Incanting the punk ethos of yesteryear, each track has been recorded & mixed in Electric Company's own ramshackle recording suite in the loft of Dixon Street Studios. 4 bands, 4 tracks recorded over 4 intensely supercharged days in the grimmest winter Glasgow could muster. 

We hope you'll join us to celebrate this glorious release, our 11th since our inception, and also have a few bevs with us to mark our 1st Birthday.

Cassette

FUTURE GLUE - Time To Kill

Written and performed by Electric Gardens

Produced and recorded by Robbie Gunn at Dixon Street Studios



ELECTRIC GARDENS - Piano Mouth

Phil was kind enough to do some work on this song. 
Hope you enjoy. Check out his marvelous collection.
https://soundcloud.com/phil-mcwalter

Medicine
John Delk 2013

4th fret capo, C w/ my pinky on 3rd string then G

There's red and green, black and white
They all taste the same on a restless night
If you need something to thin your blood
A shot of Jack will get you out of the mud
It's Medicine, it's good for the soul
It's Medicine, when you're feeling low
If you got a little something down in your throat
If you're trying to sing but can't hit the note
If something's got you tore up inside
If your best friend's old hound dog died
Chorus
Stop by the clinic up there in town
See Doctor Jack he's the best around
Don't be shy or start acting the fool
Don't get drunk that ain't cool
Chorus x 2

Medicine - The McWalter Blend

"Wait A Minute, are we straight up back in the 70's? NayJ. & Mike Spring channeled something extra funky for this slick strutin' workout. NayJ is full on attitude as she sings with soulful sass, warning all the young women out there about the lip licking ways of the dog. Mike Spring drops some greasy riffs on his Fender Strat while his Fender jazz bass locks you deep into the funk groove! This is mad funky y'all! Now get up and dance! -CKP"  (http://musiciselation.com/  https://soundcloud.com/plastic-inevitable  https://www.facebook.com/musiciselation)

"An exceptional Funk track in the best tradition of Motown and P-Funk and who could sing it better and cooler than NayJ? Extra compliment for the groove, which is not just straight 16th, it seems to swing a abit"  https://soundcloud.com/heartscore 
 
Supported by http://www.funkycorner.it  

Personal note: 
NayJ, thank you most dearly for making this original production so worthwhile. You did it again girl!

Here you all can find our earlier collaboration https://soundcloud.com/nayj-2/empty-bucket-nayj-mike-spring
 
Commentary:
When I'd recorded the funky instrumental I asked NayJ if she was interested making a song out of it. She appeared to be excited immediately :))) And oh boy what a song she made! The lyrics point out to how shallow young girls can be aiming for a life in luxury. Obviously she has a message to them… 

Instruments for this original:
•	Fender Strat 3x
•	Fender Jazz Bass 
•	Programmed drums NI Abbey Road series
•	Midi keys
Recorded and mixed in Cubase Pro 8, mastered in Ozone7adv.

The vocal arrangement is created by NayJ https://soundcloud.com/nayj-2 next to the writing of lyrics and the recording of thevocals.


Lyrics:

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO hey
This song is to all the young girls out there
Who's living life like you just don't have a care
Wait a minute wait a minute

Oh
You say you looking for a man
You said you're running out of time
He's gotta have that curly hair
You say he's got to be fine as wine
You said you're looking for a man
Who's going to give you diamond rings
Shower you with bling bling
And promise you everything

Wait a minute, wait a minute, better hear me wait a minute, better hear me, wait a minute

Oh uuuuuuuuu
Oh girl
That ain't the way
You better listen to me
You better hear every word that I say
You better listen real good
You better make sure that it's understood

Cause It's some dogs out there
Wait a minute, wait a minute, better hear me wait a minute, better hear me, wait a minute

Oh girl don't be a fool
While you're starting out nice and fresh
Just make the wrong moves
And you'll be branded with the rest

If you let the wrong guy
Don't you know he'll use you up
Then he'll lick his lips
And be ready for his next sup

Oh yeah yeah wooooooooo yeah yeah
Oh can you hear me, you better hear me girl
You better listen to what I say
Cause It's some dogs out there
And they're headed your way

Oh
They really don't give a care
Just looking for a little play
They will ruin your reputation
And it will become your identification

Oh wooo oh ouw
Girl you wanna a man
A man who will treat you right
You want a man who will put a ring on it
A man who will make you his wife

Don't you know the diamond rings
They don't mean everything
Cause baby if you ain't got love
Girl you ain't got nothing

Wait a minute, wait a minute, better hear me, wait a minute, better hear me, wait a minute

Do you hear me girl
Do you understand
Well if you understand
Then it's time to do your funky future wedding dance

Take you're veil off
Blow a kiss to the left then to the right
Wave your hands up high
Like you're reaching for the sky hey ya
Slide your foot to the left and then to the right
You're gonna take it down real low
Funky Future Wedding Dance
When you know you've got a good man

This song on YouTube: https://youtu.be/O7OTJjn1n4s

Support & Buy

Wait A Minute --- NayJ & Mike Spring ---

Lyrics:

I hold these trues to be self-evident 
that all men are equal, take a look 
at a list of presidents, garden spires, sussexville
take a look at resident, so for me, it looks only hope
that a quote could represent cause it enters
through the lends and its filter trough the man
and all his dispositions before it ever reach the mind
then the ink to the paper gotta read between the lines
Got a dusty pessimism just a victim of my time
and it's telling me, get to shooting at a star
if you really wanna shine. Cause we living in relation 
only knowing that i'm poor cause I got a television
from the village to the block, you can say I'm on a mission
and the buck is gonna stop when I reach the seventh digit

hook:

But now i'm broke af, and my momma couch 
my resident, he said that we were equal, check my 
bank account for presidents (check the bank accounts of presidents), I think i'm being haunted by Jefferson's slaves
cause he never thought to free them, worked them
well into his grave. I hold these trues to be self-evident  

TJ Slaves

Eat Out Of Your Lungs

Janis Blues (take 1)

This is a really fun jam - done in record times ! -  with David (https://soundcloud.com/davidmcwilliams2) , very much inspired by  Master Django https://www.google.fr/?ion=1&espv=2#q=Django+aall+of+me

It's wonderful to be able to  jam like this  between USA and France thanks to SC !!  Our dear Django must be smiling up there ;-)

Jamming friends welcome  ! I'd be more than happy to mix in your stem  for another longer version ! Here's 
- one base track with guitars only (4 turns)
https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/all-of-me-base/s-CnT0x
- complete base track with second clarinets (7 turns, you can play 1/3/5/7 solo (impro or theme) and play with background clarinets/guitars !
https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/all-of-me-complete-base-track-with-second-clarinets/s-CvUrZ 

Live jam after this ! : https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn/all-of-me-live-at-the-kustom-cafe

All Of Me -  with David Mac Williams

Jekyll Island (2011)

Sun Dogs - Dream and Machine.  Taken from the self titled EP. 

Available on Electric Company Records in April 2013

SUN DOGS - Dream and Machine

Taken from EP Static Lips.  Released digitally and via exclusive orange cassette on 19th April 2013 on Electric Company Records

STILL CAVES - Great Recession

Taken from the Transmissions EP available exclusively on Electric Company Records from 27th April. 

DEAD - No Place For Us

post industrial punk / psychedelic trio from Glasgow

New Single EP out on 22nd Nov

Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnMuwlqvjZU&feature=youtu.be

Eat Out Of Your Lungs

The New Fabian Society

Recent comments

Chris Pendergraft

Chiara Gala

Chiara Gala

Chiara Gala

Related tracks