Spekki Chris

20th December

A Spekki Chrimbo Message

At this special time of the year, when one’s thoughts turn to one’s family and loved ones… blah blah blah…My spectacles and I… blah, blah blah… anus horribilis… blah, blah, blah

Ah yes, the enormous turkey that is Christmas is upon us once more, and I have as usual left it far too late to defrost myself. As lurghy and sub zero temperatures have made coherent messages impossible for me, I’ll let someone else say it for me – better than I ever could. This is, of course, from back in the day when you could write a song with only 11 words and still get on Top of the Pops:

Happy Christmas and see you in the New Year!

19th December

And while we're at it...

7th December 2009

This month, let's let the pictures (and explanatory words) do the talking...

3rd June 2009

25th February 2009

Monkey madness!

New tracks this month come from our very own Rommy Turtev and Richard Kazakh (aka TK Max), who have delivered a crazy, schizophrenic cover of ‘Monkeys’ with a nu-jazz flava (as I believe it is spelt), possibly for a bet. It’s completely unlike any SpekkiChris music – and different is good! To help remind you of the original you’ll also find a (very badly mixed at this stage I’m afraid) quiet version of the same song that was recorded live during the porn studio sessions late last year. Just take a look on the music page.

12th February 2009

Last week John Martyn died. He was a truly great musician and performer and I can honestly say that if I'd never heard his music my own music would be considerably poorer than it is. (Yes that's right. Even poorer!) Anyway, I hope the music's good wherever he is now. The nicest tribute I've seen has been posted by Dave Einstein of the Virtual Open Mic. It's a beautiful clip of John performing a blinder at a time when most people considered him to be past his peak. Here it is - enjoy it:

http://www.virtualopenmic.com/jm.html

29th January 2009

Dirty pictures.

Late last year we did a little bit more recording with the wonderful Steve Honest at his new big ole' Surrey studio. We had a wonderful time and I have posted some picures of the experience up on the myspace page (www.myspace.com/spekkichris). The studio is part of a film company and persistent rumour has it that they make films of the more 'adult' variety. I can't possibly comment, but it would explain some of the more interesting objets d'art present. You'll find pics of a couple of those on myspace too. Sadly a couple of the images breached myspace's obscenity policy, so you'll just have to imagine those.

We should be returning later this year for more recording. Obviously the longer we spend in this particular studio, the more the second album will begin to sound like a 70s porn soundtrack. And of course, that's no bad thing...

4th December 2008

Yesterday I signed a petition against Form 696.

This is a form that people who want to stage any musical event in any venue in London (21 boroughs actually - where it is being trialed) are being required to fill in. It asks for names, ages and addresses of performers to be given to the Police two weeks before the event is due to take place. It also contains some vague and disturbing 'racial profiling' questions.

As you know, my age is a closely guarded secret, and there is no way I'm just handing it over to the Police without so much as a by-your-leave. And of course, combined with the insanely complex and expensive new licensing system this just makes it harder to make music for everyone concerned. Obviously, I have yet to hear of any piece of legislation being binned because of a petition sent to No.10 - but there's got to be a first time right?

Anyway, you can learn more about it here

and sign the petition here

20th October 2008

The nights are drawing in, and so we're about the business of recording again to keep us occupied. While we're doing that, as a special autumn treat there's a new live track available for you to download from the music page. Well, it's not really new - more re-animated and somewhat revamped. The recording comes courtesy of the lovely Mark & Chris from Musicborn (visit their website: www.musicborn.com). Recorded at the Zenith Bar in Angel last September. Hopefully that'll keep you occupied for a while (well about 5 minutes and 13 seconds anyway).

3rd September 2008

Well folks, the bad news is: INTERNET THIEVES HAVE STOLEN MY NEWS!

This is actually a lot more serious than it sounds. I now have absolutely no idea what has happened between 2004 and last week. I mean, I can see a couple of guitars lying around my room but I haven’t got a clue what to do with them. There appears to be an album out (of which there are still some copies remaining I might add) and a hot (in the musical sense) band hanging around, but to be honest the rest is a big blank.

Quite what they wanted with my news is beyond me, and they didn’t even have the decency to leave a rude or frightening message, along the lines of:

“We got ur news, u four-eyed fascist. Stop making ur racket or we’ll take ur gig listings 2!”

They just wrote this: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, which is not very illuminating.

The good news is, everything else is intact and backed up, we have new gigs and we’re booked in for some new recording in November. Plus we all have our health, and that’s the most important thing isn’t it?

Meanwhile, if anyone can remember what Spekki Chris has been up to between 2004 and 2008 please let him know. Email info[AT] spekkichris[DOT]com with your memories.

1st September 2008

Where's the news gone? I have no idea. I'll find out...

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