Lippy Kid Music

It's been a while, but there's a new release available from the Lippy Kid Electronica Project very soon. It appears on the forthcoming compilation 'And In The End...' pulled together by Writer and Radio Free Matlock presenter, Simon Tucker.

The tracks is titled 'Tomdachi No Tameno Sanbika (A Hymn For Friends)'.

'And In the End..' is a fundraising album for the charity Help Musicians UK with every penny (after Bandcamp/Paypal fees) going direct to the charity. They help at times of crisis, but also at times of opportunity, giving people the extra support they need at a crucial stage.

The album features over 80 contributing artists and is available via Bandcamp here.

You'll find a new release from the Lippy Kid Electronica Project on the forthcoming compilation album "From Perpetuity" curated by Daniel Crompton.

The track is titled 'B_L_M_'

The idea behind the project was for each musician involved to take a 5 second sample and create an entire piece of music using nothing other than the sample as an audio source.

All proceeds from the release are being donated to the Alzheimer's Society, and is available from Bandcamp here.

Thanks to the wonderful Radio Free Matlock there will be a LIVE Stream performance of the album Thought Forms taking place on Sunday 17th May 2020. There will be tracks from the album, plus a few from others releases. The live stream is free to listen and you can do so by simply going to radiofreematlock.co.uk 

Saturday 1st February 2020, the Lippy Kid Electronica Project makes an appearance as part of the first "Live" Independent Electric Group night of the year, at the Chesterfield Labour Club. Along with Lippy Kid, the lineup will feature musicians My Pleasure and Ichabod Wolf, along with poet Matt McAteer.

It all starts at 8pm, entry on the door is £5.

On Saturday 7th December, the team from Radio Free Matlock host their most ambitious project to date...

Taking place at the Grand Pavilion in Matlock Bath, they host the "GET DOWN", their 2019 Christmas party. Over Fifteen DJs, across three different spaces, covering all genres of music.

Adv. Tickets cost £5, pay on the door price of £7. With all proceeds being split between the radio station and the Grand Pavilion restoration fund.

Lippy Kid will be performing a DJ set at the "Vanishing Point Cafe".

Tickets available here

On the 8th November Radio Free Matlock released their first ever compilation release. Titled "AUDIO TRANSMISSIONS: VOL 1", the aim of the release is to raise much needed funds to help cover ongoing costs for the volunteer run station. The album consisted of 39 tracks, generously donated by a wide range of artists covering genres from Post-punk, alt-rock, spoken work, folk, electronica and more...

Lippy Kid donated the track "24 Hour Reboot" to help support the cause.

The full album is available for download and costs just £5 right here.

Lippy Kid makes an appearance at the Vanishing Point record store on Friday 10th May. Appearing alongside the folk singer Katie Spencer, and electronica artist Emzae, he'll be helping launch Corey Lavander's new store based in Chesterfield.

Entry is free, the music starts around 5pm, with Lippy Kid on stage around 7pm.

The Scottish artist and poet Clare Archibald has created a 'docupoem' that will be displayed as part of this years Not Quite Light Festival in Salford, and Lippy Kid has created the accompanying soundtrack for it.

Titled 'Space Of Doglessness' the film will be shown on a loop at the Salford Museum and Art Gallery on 31st March throughout the day.

Entry to the exhibition is free. More details can be found here.

Writers at Louder Than War have been declaring their 2018 Albums of The Year.....And Lippy Kid's "Thought Forms" is included in the list!!

Described as 'One of the most exciting new voices to emerge in the electronic music scene. Thought Forms is the sound of the classics brought back through the brain of an artist who knows his history and uses it to forge a new future'

The full list of albums can be found here

Sometimes The Night is a spoken word/electronica collaboration between Derbyshire poet Sophie Sparham and Lippy Kid.

The track is available as a FREE download, but any proceeds raised from its sale will be equally divided between the following charities currently supported by Sophie:

- www.samaritans.org
- www.padleygroup.com
- www.derby-womenscentre.org.uk

The track is available from Bandcamp

Via Chesterfield's Independent Electric Group, Lippy Kid has linked up with Radio Free Matlock to host and curate a regular 'Midweek Electronica Show'. 

The show will broadcast every Tuesday, from 8PM to 10PM BST. The aim of the show will be to showcase a range of music connected to the Electronica genre, and putting a spotlight on new and emerging sounds.

It's usual format will be for 'hosted' show followed by a mix from a guest connected with the electronica world. However, there will be some occasional 'special shows' that alter this template a little.

You can join and listen to the broadcast every Tuesday, via the Radio Matlock site: www.RadioFreeMatlock.co.uk

You can also catch up on all past shows vie the Independent Electric Group website.

Lippy Kid will be joining other artists at Independent Electric Group in support of this years "YardsFest' in Chesterfield.

The event takes place on Saturday 28th July, with Lippy Kid expected to perform at 6pm.

The event will be an instore performance at Vanishing Point Records, and will be the second LIVE outing for the Thought Forms album.

More details here.

As we reach the midpoint of the year, Writers at Louder Than War have been declaring their 2018 Albums of year so far. And Lippy Kid's "Thought Forms" is included in the list!!

Described as 'One of the most exciting new voices to emerge in the electronic music scene. Thought Forms is the sound of the classics (Underworld, Orbital) brought back through the brain of an artist who knows his history and uses it to forge a new future'

The full list of albums can be found here

The Independent Electric Group have teamed up with online internet station Radio Free Matlock to host a series of mid-week mixes curated by Lippy Kid.

The mixes are provided by independent musicians, producers, DJs, artists and musical obsessives and each one demonstrates the textures and emotive range that the genre allows.

Tune into Radio Free Matlock every Wednesday at 21:00 BST to hear a new and exciting mix.

The series kicks off 4th July with a mix by Lippy Kid himself.

Saturday 28th April will mark the debut LIVE performance of the latest Lippy Kid album, Thought Forms.

The gig will take place as part of Art collective, The Independent Electric Group, at Chesterfield's Labour Club.

Appearing alongside Lippy Kid, will be Derbyshire poets Sophie Sparham, Kworyl Tories-Bane and Matt McAteer, together with singer-songwriter Ichabod.

The event starts at 8pm. Entry is £5.00 on the door.

Fill details for the gig can be found here.

March sees the release of 'Music From The Dark Outside Volume Two', a collection of tracks featured as part of the Dark Outside 24 hour FM radio broadcast of 'unheard sound'.

The release features 'The End And The Start' a collaboration between Lippy Kid and the Chesterfield poet Matt McAteer. 

The track features along an incredible set of artists from The Quietus' Luke Turner, to Mogwai's Barry Burns who features along with Antoni Maiovvi as part of Modern Hunting. In addition there is a track from Tom Bradshaw who was inspired to submit a track after hearing his heroes Plaid had previously taken part.

A very limited number of 100 are available

Details of how to get hold of one are here.

Friday 26th January 2018 sees the release of THOUGHT FORMS, a new album representing a collaboration between Lippy Kid and the Leeds based abstract artist Greg Farndon.

The project is inspired by a series of 'Remix' photographs produced by Greg. Photographs of every day objects, but distorted to create something far more abstract and arguably more beautiful. The essence being that the more time spent in the company of something, the more you're able to to appreciate something beyond the sum of its parts.

A digital booklet accompanies the album release with all artwork created by Greg. It contains a selection of images, each named as part of the project and used to drive the music.

You can discover more about Greg Farndon and his Art practice here.

The full track listing for THOUGHT FORMS is as follows:

• Thought Form I (Scintilla)
• Thought Form II (Flawed)
• Thought Form III (Scalar)
• Thought Form IV (Phosphor)
• Thought Form VI (Palisade)
• Thought Form VII (Locus)
• Thought Form VIII (Corolla)
• Thought Form IX (Audible)
• Thought Form X (Unspoken)

Following on from contributing to Graingerboy's critically claimed album "Enemy Forward" from 2016, Lippy Kid has now created a mix for his latest EP.

"Shadowformerself" is a recently released EP incorporating a single from the album and arrives accompanied by an ambient mix of the song plus two remixes by Drum and Bass duo Deuce and Charger and Lippy Kid.

The EP is available now in digital stores

You can also find a full review of the EP over at LouderThanWar

Lippy Kid has teamed up with Chesterfield poet Matt McAteer to produce "The End And The Start", a spoken word piece backed by an electronic soundtrack.

The original 'draft' version of the track was premiered over the weekend of Sept 23rd/24th 2017 as part of the 'Dark Outside Radio Broadcast' at Galloway Forest, Dark Skies Park, Scotland and was destroyed directly after airing.

The final mixed version is now available to hear via Bandcamp

Lippy Kid is pleased to announce the formation of the Independent Electric Group.

Independent Electric Group is an Art collective formed in conjunction with Chesterfield based performance poet Matt McAteer, and Chesterfield based singer-songwriter Ichabod.

It's principle aims are to provide a platform to Independent artists of all genres, and will look to stage a series of events throughout the year.

The first of these takes place on September 9th at Chesterfield Labour Club featuring Ex-Ludus/Distractions and one-time Fall member Pieter Egriega, the renowned poet Matt Black and Poke O'Swedgers.

Ichabod will also perform a set and the night will be MC'd by Matt McAteer.

Lippy Kid will soundtrack the night via a DJ set.

Lippy Kid has released a new exclusive track 'Thought Form V (Irpinia)' as part of a new charity compilation curated by Simon Tucker.

The album released as a download on 28th October, #MoreInCommon is a compilation that aims to support the charity HOPE Not Hate.  Founded in 2004, the charity exists to provide an antidote to the politics of hate.

The new #MoreInCommon compilation brings together a diverse range of artists who have donated songs to help raise funds for Hope Not Hate.  Contributing artists to the huge compilation include Beak>, Chris and Cosey, The Membranes, Ani Glass, Jupiter C, Graingerboy and current Welsh Music Prize nominees Datblygu.

Further details of the release are featured on Louder Than War.

The album is available for Download now.

Lippy Kid has collaborated with electronic music veteran Simon Grainger (aka Graingerboy) for a track on his forthcoming release Enemy Forward.

Recorded over the space of two years between London and Yorkshire with Ian Catt (St Etienne), Graingerboy’s new album is a call to arms from its author and is an aural and symbolic representation of Simon’s long battle with M.E.

Louder Than War refers to the album as Triumphant, joyous and full of optimism.

Enemy Forward is available to download now.

For the second time this year, Lippy Kid will be teaming up with the Bristol based DJ, Mixless to deliver a guest mix on Future Music FM. 

The mix goes out on Monday 10th October and will again feature as part of Nick Wilkinson's Inner Depths show.

You'll be able to listen to the entire show from 8:00 PM GMT via the Future Music FM website. 

You'll also be able to join into the live chat here.

On Thursday 9th June, Lippy Kid will be the host at Glossop Record Club where they'll be paying their respects to the music of Prince.

Glossop Record Club is curated by the wonderful Simon Galloway and can be thought of as the musical equivalent of a book group or a film society – coming together once a month to listen to albums on vinyl and in full on a decent hi-fi, in a relaxed environment as free from distraction as possible.

It’s a place for music fans to share old favourites, discover something new and of course discuss the merits of what’s being played.

Full details of the night together with information about Glossop Record Club can be found on their website.

On Monday 29th February, Lippy Kid will be delivering a guest mix on Future Music FM as part of Nick Wilkinson's Inner Depths show. The mix is a collaboration with Bristol based DJ, Mixless.

You'll be able to listen to the full mix via the internet link at Future Music FM at 8:00pm GMT on Mon 29th February, or you can catch up with the entire show via Mixcloud here.

The Lippy Kid Electronica Project has teamed up with Derbyshire's incredible Poet Laureate, Helen Mort, to create a brand new track for this years Dark Outside FM broadcast. 

Once again Frenchbloke has pulled together 24 hour's of unheard sound to be broadcast from the Galloway Forest Dark Skies Park over the weekend of 26th and 27th September. 

This year sees the event growing further, with contributions from Portishead, Plaid, Chris Carter, Scanner, Martyn Ware and many other artists.

For more details on Helen Mort's work see her website.

Further details of this years Dark Outside broadcast and how to hear it can be found here.

Echoes And Answers has just been reviewed by Simon Tucker over at Louder Than War. And what a fantastic review it was!

Described by Simon as "A Wonderful And Life-Affirming Listen" you can read the whole of his excellent review here.

You can also catch up on many of Simon's other reviews via the Louder Than War website.

The wonderful Mary Anne Hobbs has recently featured the Lippy Kid Electronica  Project on BBC Radio 6 Music.

The track '24 Hour Reboot' from 'Echoes And Answers' closed out her '6 Recommends' show in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Featuring alongside other artists such as Nils Frahm, Kendrick Lamar and Scuba, you can hear the full show for a limited time here.

The Lippy Kid Electronica Project has a brand new release titled 'Echoes And Answers'.

As with previous releases, the album is a collaboration of sorts. The album is guided by a simple query.....

"We Search The World To Find...."

Many people on social media have kindly responded and it is their collective thoughts that have helped to inspire the finished work.

Additionally, all photography for the album has been provided by Antony Theobald, better known in the Social Media world as Mixless.

You can see more of Ant's photography here.

The full track listing for Echoes And Answers is as follows:

• Sidewise In Time
• Purpose & Surface
• 24 Hour Reboot
• Skinny Lit Horizon
• Falling Feeling
• Form or Dot
• My Restricted Movement
• We Search The World To Find.....

The album is available here.

The broadcast takes place in Galloway Forest Dark Skies Park. 

Sound artist, Frenchbloke, curates 24 hours of previously unheard music donated exclusively for this project by musicians and producers from all over the world. The site-specific transmission will be of specially composed work, forgotten recordings and alternate versions of existing work, none of which have been heard in public before. These sound works will be on air for the duration of the broadcast, then deleted.

Further information, together with details of all the contributing artists, plus how you can take part can be found here.

We can confirm that the Lippy Kid Electronica Project will be appearing at the Chesterfield Community Arts Festival late spring. 

The festival will take place over the May bank holiday weekend 4rd-6th May with the Lippy Kid performance taking place on Saturday 4th May between 6pm and 11pm.

The precise details are being finalised, but the appearance will be at the Winding Wheel in collaboration with "Charity Shop DJs".

You can read more about their work here.