Latest News...

My new CD 'Melancholia' is now available to buy here.

'Melancholia' combines many of my musical inspirations, African rhythms, post-punk guitars and vocals, cut-up poetry, the heavy bass of dub reggae, Indian drones, repetition and sound collage.

There's loads of new art here which has recently been published in a few magazines including the wonderful Platforms Magazine and the equally wonderful Mungbeing.

Copies of my execrable comedy CD 'A Conglomeration Of Jockstraps' are also available now. There's only just over 18,000 copies left so you'd better hurry up. There's a review of 'Jockstraps' here

The 12 Bar Club in London describes me as 'one of the funniest men at loose in his own clothes, his is a Northern English nightmare of puppets, explosions, mental illness, wigs, music and sausage fat. He is unlike any other performer you have ever seen. If you enjoy masochistic laughter: weeping, aching ribs, stomach cramps and peeing yourself, hey, come on down!'...

My monthly band gig at the Blues Bar in Harrogate (1st Sun afternoon of every month) is going great. It's a rare chance for me to play with a full band (brass section an' all) and to play a wide variety of some of my favourite covers...Specials, Clash, Jam, Iggy Pop, Velvet Underground to name but a few...Come down and join in the fun!


Keep Well!

Ashley

London comedy gigs next week 10th-13th March

I'll be performing darkly comic songs, poetry and noises from my execrable new CD 'A Conglomeration of Jockstraps' at some London venues next week...

Mon 10th - A Spoonful of Poison! at The Rhythm Factory, 16-18 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1EW...
Wed 12th - Blang! at the 12 Bar Club, Denmark Street, London WC2...
Thurs 13th - The Perserverance - 11 Shroton Street, London, NW1 6UG...

The 12 Bar Club in London describes me as 'one of the funniest men at loose in his own clothes, his is a Northern English nightmare of puppets, explosions, mental illness, wigs, music and sausage fat. He is unlike any other performer you have ever seen. If you enjoy masochistic laughter: weeping, aching ribs, stomach cramps and peeing yourself, hey, come on down!'...

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to you all ...I'm presently feeling like dogshit as I have the flu and a gross sore throat which is pissing me off something rotten...Hopefully it wont stop me beginning my monthly residency at the Blues Bar in Harrogate which begins this Sunday 6th January at 2.30 pm and then monthly on the first Sunday afternoon of every month. It's a rare opportunity for me to play with a live band these days and we'll be playing soul, ska and reggae classics as well as some punk songs and a smattering of late-Beatles later in the set.

I've been making some art recently in pen and ink , one of which can be seen above and loads more on my website or at .

Melancholia

I'm in the process of recording some pieces of music, collectively known as Melancholia. I have that Seasonal Affective Disorder thing, though in my case it's Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn when depression takes hold of my fragile psyche. Anyhow, in Winter i find myself listening to dub reggae, Steve Reich and PIL and watching 10 hour long films on the history of air. 'Melancholia' uses all these elements as well as spoken word, odd time signatures, nursery rhymes, stoner rock...I describe it as ambient punk. It features the wonderful vocalizations of Maria Jardardottir and the saxaphones of Ian Peak.