goodluck/badluck

from their site

“Pirate Cat Radio is a studio, performance space and community asset located at 2781 21st Street, San Francisco. We provide a 24/7 program stream accessible on on the web by individual listeners. See Listen/Live.

Pirate Cat Radio from time to time has been downloaded from the web and transmitted over the air as an extra-legal (unlicensed) service in Los Angeles, in Vancouver B.C., in Berlin, and in San Francisco using 87.9 fm and possibly other frequencies.

The Federal Communications Commission is charged with promoting “the larger and more effective use of radio in the public interest.” Pirate Cat Radio believes that the FCC has failed in that mission by not creating a practical means for local and neighborhood program services like ours to gain access to the air. We have sought licensing in the past and been ignored or turned down. The FCC appears to have no path of access to air, except for parties having millions of dollars to invest. This is wrong.

We do not try to regulate the use and re-use of our program service, and are not able to do so. Pirate Cat Radio will continue to look for ways to obtain legal broadcast authorizations for our service.”

I like pirate cat a lot.  When I first heard they were using some loophole about broadcasting during wartime as a way to transmit their radio station I was immediately intrigued.  They are located on a quiet corner in the Mission district of San Francisco and serve as both a beacon for local arts via radio and as a pretty sweet coffee shop.  It didnt take long for them to write back and show mutual interest by excepting my cds and extending an offer to come in and do a live set on air along with an interview.   If youre in San Francisco or anywhere Im sure it would be worth getting in touch with them, having a listen, or just popping by for a cup of coffee (obviously not so easy if youre not in SF).

Here’s what theyve got to say about the badmammal tapestop ep.

“Badmammal (alias of Chris Matule) is inspired by UK post-punk dance in Tapestop EP, where he pays tribute to the tunes he grew up listening to on his old cassette-playing Walkman. Fusing vintage new wave with contemporary new wave, Badmammal uplifts your dancing blues with “Down And Up”, “Another Bed I Know” and “Sidecar”. “Go On” and “Short Days” equip the EP with a softer ambient sound, reminiscent of The Cure, sans vocals.

Especially repeatable:
2. Down And Up
3. Go On

Sounds like:
The Clean Shaven Grins, Kick Evrything, Doyle & The Fourfathers, The Cure”

and you can grab the radio set plus interview here

Anthony Bourdain visits!

So Ill be performing at the Lazertits and D-Structure event here in San Francisco at “Submission” (2183 Mission St, San Francisco, CA).  There’s gonna be lazers, booze, live music, and fun people.

“A Murder of Lilies” and “Lurv” will be performing after.

Tittastic

August 27 at 9:00pm

@ Submission

and of course forget to check out the reason behind this event… LAZERTITS!

I’m  (chris matule, badmammal) currently working on a new album.  Its gonna be really dreamy, spacey, psychedelic, and have words! yes words.  Its been an interesting (embarrasing) process but definitely worth it.  Kind of silly playing all these instruments except for the one that we all carry somewhere between the chest, vocal chords, mouth and all that.  So yea, not totally sure if its gonna be a badmammal release or under a different name (or even on goodluck/badluck).

in other music news goodluck/badluck has adopted a french garage rock outfit consisting of a man (louis putain) and woman (jacqueline leveque) who call themselves Louis XIX.  theyre currently trying to record some tunes for either an EP or full length.  we’ll do our best to get them exposure/signed and if we cant we’ll just do what we always do, self release that ish.

So far things have gone quite well with the Blu Mar Ten Natural History remix series.   The Seba and Bop remixes made the Juno August recommendations for drum and bass  and the badmammal remix made the Juno august recommendations for Rock/Indie.  The review is below

“The first part of this remix project sees Bop, Seba, and Badmammal each transforming Blu Mar Ten tracks into a new and altered state. Washing, rippling rhythms with hints of jungle textures creep into Seba’s fantastic re-work of “Overwhelm”, before being carried away on a tide of sound. Bop strips it back with his usual stark, Slavic style in “Believe Me”, with howling Siberian winds prevailing in the atmospheric intro. Finishing up with “Above Words”, it’s all about the pristine, lacquered beats and gentle easing rhythms of Badmammal’s sombre yet incredibly evocative interpretation. Punctuated by warm harp flourishes, plucking strings and glistening xylophone-like effects, the textured layers are beautifully evocative and bring the EP to a melancholic but intensely satisfying close.”

look out for the next part of the series. sounding very nice

stray remix

kastle remix

klute remix

A little bit of news from The Gimps..

We’ve been working away at our cover version of Madonna’s “borderline”.  We will be releasing it soon for free and hopefully making a video for it in the near future.  The Gimps will also be making a video for the song “why worry?” off of their latest release, The Gimps -EP.  We’ve also been busy pecking away at a full length release. More news and clips soon

Above Words (Badmammal remix) by Blu Mar Ten

Part 1 of the Natural History Remixes is out now on vinyl and mp3 in all good stores.

This release features remixes from Seba, Bop & Badmammal.

Vinyl is extremely limited and usually sells out in the first week, so if you want a copy grab it quick.

The tracklist for part 1 is:

Overwhelm (Seba remix) - Vinyl & digital

Believe Me (Bop remix) - Vinyl & digital

Above Words (Badmammal remix) - digital only

Buy it on vinyl in all good stores including:

Redeye

Juno

Chemical

Breakbeat Science (US)

Buy mp3s in all good stores including:

iTunes

Digital Tunes

Drum & Bass Arena

Juno

Beatport

Trackitdown

OVERWHELM (SEBA REMIX) - Vinyl & digital

BELIEVE ME (BOP REMIX) - Vinyl & digital

ABOVE WORDS (BADMAMMAL REMIX) - Digital only

Info on Part 2 of the Natural History Remixes, (featuring reworkings from Klute, Stray & Kastle), will be coming soon.

At last I get to share some audio of my remix/reworking of Blu Mar Ten’s “Above Words” which will be available digitally in July.  Accompanying the remixes are some lovely videos from ithinkitsnice.

More news as it comes..

from www.blumarten.com

ABOVE WORDS (BADMAMMAL REMIX) - Digital only

‘Above Words’ is completely transformed by San Francisco’s master of quirky folktronica, Badmammal, who rewrites the tune’s Autonomic-via-Detroit stylings into a gorgeous montage of dusty acoustic Americana. A hypnotising, waltz-time guitar rendition of the original loop builds up into crashing waves of chiming bells and choral vocals, taking the listener on a breathtaking and emotional journey.

more info here

-chris

Quick recap if you havent been following..
im releasing a new badmammal EP called “tapestop” , its an homage of sorts to my favorite english guitar/synth bands (post punk/rock, dance, whatever). it will be available in mp3 format from itunes, amazon, cdbaby and the usual avenues of digital distribution as well as in limited (15 copies) cd format with handmade collaged packaging.

here are the cd cases

“bo jackson was here” $?

“Cigar Twins” $?

“Columbia Harmony” $?

“Deion Schefter” $?

“Emmanuel is Insecure” $?

(more…)

threw togther a little vid for out song “black beauties” off of The Gimps “E.P.” available now on cdaby and itunes.

-chris

If you haven’t already read about the upcoming badmammal ep “tapestop” then Ill give a quick explanation.  Aside from being available in digital format it will be available in limited quantity cd format (10-15) with handmade collage packaging.  the first five cd purchase will include a version of “tapestop” on cassette tape.

So, the other day I went out and purchased some fun tapes to record on and began the recording process.

while all that stuff is going on ive been working on assembling the cd packaging and doing some collage work.

here are two almost finished cds

more news and pics as they come

-chris