Well the Ritz was something special, really it was, we gave it everything and the response we got back from everyone was truly astonishing :D

Thank you to everyone who came along and cheered us on, this was the biggest gig we've done so far and we hope we gave you something a little special ;) The fabulous Katie Dervin took photo's of the night (she did our rather bizarre promo pix) so as soon as they've been whipped into shape they will be promptly uploaded!

We've already confirmed a date for In The City, one of the biggest events on the Manchester and UK music scene, which is up on our page for all to see, and we will be announcing more gigs in the coming weeks so watch this space...

Awesome Sauce.

Team PMG

Hey ho,

We're feeling generous tonight :D

So, anyone who wants to get our awesome track Neonistic for free goto the link below! We've been giving cd's of this track out for free around Manchesters City Centra (you may have seen us around doing so!) but we didnt want to leave everyone else out!!!

http://www.box.net/shared/vhz33a4rlg

We'd have a fancy link box for you but myspace for some reason wont let us link to it!

No matter, just go to THAT place and get free stuffs!

Team PMG

x

Hungry Pigeon was fun wasn't it? We had a reet larf and hope you did too :)

Now some time back we did an interview with 4q magazine, this is available for free at various venues around the northern quarter as well as the usual haunts (HMV and the like),  there webpage is still being updated with the article, but the author Alf Cowan has kindly emailed it over to us so we can pop it online! This is the extended version as the one in the mag needed cutting down to fit on the page (yes we had THAT much to say!)

And so, here it is;

Post Modern Geisha (PMG) are a five piece band from Manchester who began life as a solo project for Kris Keep their lead singer. This later evolved into the band 4Q are sat with on a Sunday morning on Canal Street in Manchester talking to Kris (Vocals/Guitar), Claire (Vocals/Viola/Keys), Beaver (Guitar/Vocals), Andy (Drums) and Robb (Bass/Vocals)  from the group.
 
Kris had been playing in bands within Manchester since he was 15 and then went on to study music at university where he began to develop his ideas. He then returned from university, recorded a few home demos and eventually formed a group around these recordings. This formed the foundations for the band, as Kris explains: "It gave us a starting point by playing my songs but now it's a band rather than a solo project. Everyone chips in and it's much better that way".
 
The relationship between the band members could not be any tighter either with each member meeting in their teenage years at music college. Understanding the band member's backgrounds it's safe to say that these guys like to make things complicated and use that to their advantage. When you listen to PMG you can tell that this is the sort of group who would walk into a tidy room, mess it up and then put everything back where it was originally but stick it to the ceiling in order to make things sound better, whilst clearing room for their amplifiers. For some of the band members it was a complete change as Claire tells us: "I was a classical musician up until I joined this band, I went to Cheethams College of Music and then the Royal Northern College of Music, when we compose music I tend to lean on my theoretical background to make the band work and I love it."
 
The music is a fascinating combination of un-Mancunian influences and this is what makes the group interesting. On listening you feel like you've entered a game of rock n roll tennis between Placebo, Tool and Hot Club de Paris all of whom are wearing big shoes, using viola's as rackets and wearing glow sticks around their heads. That sounds pretty crazy and shouldn't really work but these guys are making it happen.
 
Its not all doom and gloom for those who are patriotic about Manchester though, the bands name is about as Mancunian as you can get, Kris smiling recalls: "I was sat in front of the TV one night and was watching coronation street, one character was being locked away in a room by this guy and she was also in love with him. I just commented to the person I was with at the time that she was like some sort of Post Modern Geisha. That's when I realised that was an awesome band name and it's stuck ever since."
 
The band are musically chaotic at times but also extremely disciplined with their approach, this comes from the group leader Kris and influences can come from absolutely anywhere: "I am a perfectionist" Kris says "my two favourite bands in the world are Radiohead and Muse, everything they have put out I've been impressed by. I've always thought that everything is an influence though, not necessarily a positive one because sometimes you need to know what you don't want to sound like. I take elements from things I hear when I'm just walking down the street. Sometimes you are walking past a bar and can hear a loop that gets stuck in your head and eventually subliminally putting it into a song. My own personally musical tastes do tend to go to more towards more progressive styles, that's from growing up listening to bands like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. The thing for me has been about trying to take something like that and make it more accessible so that it's taking all of what I like about progressive music and putting it with pop music"
 
PMG have been playing live for the last 8 months and they have been going from strength to strength. Claire describes how fast the band have come on since their first gig in Macclesfield: "On our fifth gig we were headlining the academy which was pretty amazing, our first gig was in Macclesfield and just that experience made us want to do more and play bigger gigs. We have some big plans on our agenda, we are going to get some new songs on the Myspace and are going to launch a single for October so it's a pretty exciting time".
 
Its hard to see how in a day and age when Manchester is predominantly filled with Courteeners tribute acts that a band so diverse and eclectic would be able to break through the current set of Manchester Pop graduates, however Kris has his own ideas about where he thinks the band are best suited: "I see us fitting into that grey area with the Manchester music scene. I don't think that there are many bands that are trying to pull from what is a more experimental medium and make it something that is more accessible to the (inverted comma's.) laymen!" Claire chips in laughing: "I think we will rephrase that to general public!".
 
With big plans on the horizon PMG are trying to keep their feet firmly on the ground and are going to take it one gig at a time before they take that next giant bound, Kris concludes: "At this stage in our gigging we are focused on making each gig bigger and a bit better than the previous one, the proof in the pudding is the fact that we are playing one of Manchester's most popular club nights next month, and that's the basic goal, to keep just getting better and better."

...awesome :D

The photos weve recently popped online were taken at the photoshoot for that interview (courtesy of Katie Dervin's considerable talent). As part of this we're also being featured on Converse's Fresh Meat music site,  heres the link if you would like a look;

http://conversemusic.co.uk/?cat=16

So with that installment complete, we bid you adieu, auf wiedersehn, ciao and a whole host of assorted goodbyes!

See you at the ritz ;)


Team PMG

So another gig comes to pass and we make it through to round 3 of Surface Unsigned :D

Awesome.


So, to comemorate (is that spelt right?) this joyous occassion we are making our re-record of Neonistic available to everyone on t' myspace :D

We were going to hold onto it and keep it all hush hush till later this year, but as we're feeling dead nice, we thought we'd put it up now. So enjoy!


NEXT STEP - HUNGRY PIDGEON FESTIVAL @ NIGHT N DAY - THIS FRIDAY :)


Ticket are 6 of your english pounds, over 18's, shall be onstage at 7:30 - its also possible to upgrade to full day ticket for a further £4 or a weekend pass for £13.50 - bonza.



SOOOOO, c'mon!


Team PMG

There been something of a graphical overhaul of our lovely myspace :) dunnit look the epitome of awesome?

(the correct answer is, of course, hell yes)

Many thanks to the splendiferous Katie Dervin and everyone at 4Q Magazine for taking the time to snap our pretty faces and commit them to digitized filmographicals.

Speaking of which, we have an interview in the aforementioned magazine coming out in the coming weeks, so keep your eyes peeled for it ;)

Hope to see many a shining facemas at Sonic Boom on Fri!

Toodle pip,

K x

Hi peeps :)

I've been without internet for sometime due to my moving to the centre of Manchester, which is brilliant being less than 10 mins walk from the Northern Quarter!

Anyways, we've done a few gigs, got through the first round of Surface Unsigned, and are now looking to play Vman Events very popular Sonic Boom night. Its a sell out every time its on, so if ya wanna come lemme know asap! Also, a little further down the pipe we have the second round of surface unsigned, so busy times!

We will have some big announcements over the next couple of months, so watch this space, and thanks for reading my good chaps!

K x

Hello all!

I just want to send a personal thank you out to everyone who was around and about for my birthday, and the mayhem associated therein!

It was literally the most fun ive had on this day in years, so thanks to all of you (and the guys in t'band an all!) for coming along for the ride :)

Hopefully catch some of you on the 8th at Moho ;)

Much love,

K x