Toffeetones Live & Direct are on the road in early December! (it says here)...

Me, Tenek and the Lost Controllers are playing on the 9th and 10th December in Nottingham and Camden (see this myspace homepage for gig details and flyer images).

Nottingham on the 9th.
Bodega Social Club
23 Pelham Street, Nottingham, Nottingham, NG1 2ED

Tickets available from:

http://www.gigantic.com/alttickets/event_ate_10883a.html

Camden on the 10th.
Camden Rocks
18 Kentish Town Road, Camden, London, NW1 9LJ

Tickets from:

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/62505

Dave Charles (102.3 HFM) is the guest DJ at the Camden show and Matty Toffee will be joining me on stage for this show.

Looking forward to seeing some of you there

Lou x

Just added a new unreleased track called Miracles.  Some of you might have heard it being played at my live gigs this year.  Dubby has done a crafty desk mix of it and it should be on the new Retrospective album due out next year.

You're looking at a miracle

Lou x

Toffeetones are doing a deal on the EST (Special Edition) album over the next four days.

Buy Louis Gordon's album "E.S.T. (Special Edition) for £12.99 and get a free mp3 download of the "This Air" single.

Save £ 4.99

You can get it by visiting the following link (only available on Myspace, Facebook & Twitter).

EST Deal Page





As some of you know, I'll be supporting John Lever's Second Skin (The Chameleons) at the Academy 3 in Manchester on Saturday 19th September.

The gig is sold out, (has been for some time) but for those of you that managed to get tickets, I look forward to meeting some of you at the show.

Talking of gigs, it looks like I'm going to be out on the road with label mates Tenek playing Nottingham and Camden in December.  I'll let you know more details when they're confirmed.

Be good

Lou x

Loads of us "muso's" are having a spot of bother with myspace at the moment.

It seems that if you ask someone who doesn't appreciate your music to be friends they can click a spam button and drop you in the doggy doo with the interweb traffic wardens.

Can you just click ignore instead please.

I resent being compared to a tin of processed pork

Lots of love,

Lou x

Just to let you know, I'm doing another interview with Dave Charles on 102.3 HFM in Leicestershire on Sunday 19th July between 7:30 and 8pm.

I'll be on my way back from the Shrewsbury album launch party (see front page for flyer) so I won't be in the studio this time.  We're doing it over the phone... wonders of modern tricknology eh?

Click here to listen online

Long term John Foxx collaborator Louis Gordon releases his solo album “E.S.T.” on 20th July 2009.....

Drawn from a diverse range of key influences, (encompassing electro/glam rock, psychedelia, techno, movies, aliens, fishing, his hometown of Manchester and his dear old dad); what first appears to be eclectic chaos, makes complete and beautiful sense as Louis presents us with a musical road-trip of teasing wit & musical intelligence.

The opening track “Stretford Meders” rips into psychedelia, playfully repeating upon itself with trademark ‘60s reversed guitars circling in the distance.  As this song fades into the blue "Crash That Car" smashes through your windscreen! A mechanical, laid-back, big beat beast with the seductive robotic warning “Slow down...!”  This is followed by the title track “E.S.T.” which fuses glam rock with heroic, defeated panache - an anthem for the unsung among us.  “Purple Dancer” spirals into rich endless guitar loops accompanied by fat synthetic bass and beats with the simple plea: “'dance with me”.  “Occupants” is an account of a rather odd “close encounter” delivered with a hint of Jarvis Cocker wit and a chorus that breaks into a ludicrous, yet perfectly placed Capenter-esque melody whilst “Strawberrymaggotsforever” does exactly what it says on the tin!

Louis’ recent single “This Air” dips effortlessly into deep evolving ambient techno.  Overlaid with sincere, heartfelt lyrics and a killer chorus, it is reminiscent of something from the ..Blue Nile..'s songbook and is arguably the most striking track on the album.  By contrast, “Thunderbirds Alright” propels us into orbit with an irresistible spiky acid-groove that plants itself firmly under your skin. This provides an interesting counterpoint which leads us into “With My Magic Eye”.  A guitar based drone laden mantra that take's you straight back to the swirl of ‘60s psychedelia where this album began.  Leading nicely into the album’s penultimate track, “Dance With Me” is a melancholic reprise to the plea of “Purple Dancer”.   Our final destination has now arrived and as we take our leave, we’re lamented by the romantic strings of “Mostbeautifulmanintheworld” a hauntingly moving closing theme.

The first edition of this release is presented as a special limited double CD with a splendid gatefold art pack and an additional album “The Motion Picture Event Of The Year”.  A companion piece  that perfectly extends the themes of “E.S.T”.

Just a quickie to let you know that the new double album "EST/The Motion Picture Event" can be pre-ordered from the toffeetones shop. It's released officially on Monday 20th July and it's limited so don't miss out...

Lou x


http://www.toffeetonesrecords.com/EST.htm