The Mekano Set

On friday I helped Mekano Beth beat up a couch. We kicked and ripped it to shreds. It put up quite a fight, but now it is dust, ribbons of floral fabrics and splinters of wood. It can no longer be described as a couch in any real sense.

It was a mercy killing. It wasn't wanted by its owners any more, and it was a fire risk. To try to sell it on or give it away would have been crueller.

So Beth put it out of its misery. I wish we'd have recorded the sounds now.

On a slightly more constructive note, we're playing live at The Brixton Telegraph on thursday. See the gigs page for details. There's a new box flyer for the night too.

I've been working on three new ideas. I hope that at least one of these will turn into a Mekano Set song. I have not played them to Beth and Saint yet. So far they consist of the usual dirty bass and wah-filtered feedback guitar noodling but no gated / cut up / random frill type things yet. On all three I think I've thrown caution to the wind and not worried about what the chords are {usually I try to work out what the chords are, and then do my best not to play them in the song}.

I find it kind of interesting that ideas tend to come in batches of three. Invisible Girl was one of three songs from a session {Invisible Girl, Something Wicked and Blue Eyed Christ: three songs based around relatively melodic basslines, more subdued / introspective / intimate vocals from Beth, and my first concentrated attempts at more abstract / liquified guitar sounds. Oddly, I really like all three songs, but feel that the beats on all three aren't my best at all}.

I will try to write more soon.