FOR BANDCAMPERS…

FOR iTUNERS…

…ENJOY! xoGg.

LAST YEAR I KEPT RELATIVELY QUIET ON THE RELEASE FRONT, MOSTLY TO DUE BREAKING A FINGER AND WRITING SOUNDTRACKS FOR TWO FEATURE FILMS, BUT NOW! FINALLY! MY 1ST INSTALLMENT OF SOUNDTRACK WORK WILL BE UNVEILED!

THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE DYING WILL PREMIERE THIS WEEK AND THE SOUNDTRACK WILL BE RELEASED DIGITALLY VIA iTUNES AND BANDCAMP… LINKS TO FOLLOW!

THE FILM FEATURES A RE-WORKING OF ‘HUMBLE PUNK ROCK’… ALIGNING IT SOMEWHAT CLOSER TO ITS NAME, THERE’S ALSO A COUPLE MORE INTERPRETATIONS IN THE SOUNDTRACK, BUT IN THE MEANTIME CHECK no. II OUT HERE!

HELLO HELLO HELL… OH, THERE’S HEAPS THATS HAPPENED/HAPPENING AT THE MO’. BACK IN AUGUST I HAD AN ORCHESTRAL PREMIERE! ‘EXISTENCE-AETHER I’ WAS PERFORMED BY THE NZSM ORCHESTRA & GUESTS FROM THE NZSO, CONDUCTED BY KENNETH YOUNG…

ADMITTEDLY I’D KEPT RELATIVELY QUIET ABOUT THE PIECE BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE PLAYING MY FIRST SOLO SHOW ALL OVER AGAIN (OH, THE ANXIETY), BUT HEY! IT WENT WELL, AND BELOW IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE PIECE…
I COULD RATTLE ON ABOUT ITS CONCEPTUAL RELATIVITY TO A DÉRIVE BUT… I WON’T! JUST IMAGINE THE EXCERPT OVER EIGHT MINUTES… OR THE UNPERFORMED ‘FULL SCORE’ LENGTH AT FOURTEEN MINUTES.

EXISTENCE – AETHER I (EXCERPT) by graysongilmour

ALSO, I CAN’T SAY MUCH ABOUT THE FILM THAT I’VE BEEN WORKING ON RECENTLY (VERY HUSH HUSH), BUT IT WILL BE NEXT YEAR BY THE TIME THE SOUNDTRACK IS RELEASED… A WHOLE 60, 70, 80? MINUTES WORTH OF MUSIC. …AND BECAUSE I LIKE TO KEEP MYSELF OVERWHELMINGLY OCCUPIED, I’VE ALSO STARTED WORK ON ANOTHER FILM SCORE… MORE ON THAT LATER!

FINALLY, SHOWS!… NEW SONGS!… SWAMPFEST – P.NTH, OCTOBER 7TH & THE FLYING NUN 30TH ANNIVERSARY – AK/WG, NOVEMBER 4/5TH.

ZANG, Gg.

RUBAN NIELSON, UNDER HIS NEW GUISE ‘UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA‘ REMIXES ‘I AM A LIGHT‘ FOR A FADER MODCAST…WORDS CAN’T EXPLAIN HOW MUCH IT BLEW MY MIND! HAVE A LISTEN & FOLLOW THE SKULL FOR A FULL TRACKLIST… ENJOY! Gg.

GREETS! ITS BEEN A WHILE! WHY THE SILENCE? … OVER A MONTH AGO I BROKE A FINGER AND AS A RESULT HAVE BEEN SPENDING MY DAYS IN ORTHOPAEDIC REHAB LISTENING OUT FOR NEW & INTERESTING SOUNDS / DIGGING FOR UNTRACEABLE SAMPLES / SCRUTINISING & REINVENTING MY NEW MATERIAL POST NO CONSTELLATION… SO IT HASN’T BEEN ALL THAT BAD. I’VE ALSO BEEN BURROWED IN MY STUDIO WORKING ON A FILM SOUNDTRACK WHICH WILL BE RELEASED IN EVERYONE’S FAVORITE YEAR OF THE MAYAN CALENDAR; 2012.

WHILE MOST OF THE MUSIC I’M WRITING FOR THIS FILM IS NEW, THERE ARE POTENTIALLY A COUPLE TRACKS FROM YOU SLEEP, WE CREEP MAKING THE CUT, WITH A FEW EDITS / ADDITIONS… THE REASON I’M BRINGING THIS UP IS BECAUSE IN RE-MIXING THE WORKING I’VE REDISCOVERED THE SONIC WARFARE GOING ON AT THE END OF THE TRACK… SO I THOUGHT I’D SHARE A SALUTE TO MY FEEDBACK FUELED TEENHOOD… ENJOY! Gg.

THE WORKING (FEEDBACK OUTRO) by graysongilmour

…A NEW VIDEO FROM THE SILENT COLLABORATIONS OF JESSE TAYLOR SMITH & I… PLANNED, SHOT AND RECORDED WITHIN A DAY!

…OTHERWISE KNOWN AS VINYL IS HERE! CLICK ON ABOVE TO GO TO THE FLYING NUN SHOP!

THIS IS WHAT YOU MAY / MAY NOT SOUND LIKE, ENJOY! Gg.

FOR THE PAST FOUR / FIVE YEARS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE HAD BEEN LOOKING AFTER MY DOWNLOADS ON SELLMATES. TIME HAS COME FOR A CHANGE AND I’VE NOW JUMPED SHIP TO BANDCAMP, IN FACT, I’VE MOVED MY ENTIRE SHOP THERE… PERUSE, STREAM, DOWNLOAD, ENJOY! XOGG.

H   T   T   P   :   /   /   G   R   A   Y   S   O   N   G   I   L   M   O   U   R   .   B   A   N   D   C   A   M   P   .   C   O   M   /

THANKS TO STUART PAGE FOR THIS PIC… FROM THE ‘GREAT BLEND’ AT THE CIVIC THEATRE IN AUCKLAND.

FIRST OFF! A BIG, BELATED THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO A SHOW ON MY LAST TOUR… HAD THE SOUTHERN FREEZE NOT KEPT ME & THE BAND FROM GETTING TO DUNEDIN IT WOULD’VE BEEN THE PERFECT TOUR! …FURTHER ACCOLADES ARE DUE TO -

JEMMA CHEER – RETREAT/RETREAT – SETH FRIGHTENING – (GLASS) VAULTS – DEAR TIME’S WASTE – JOE BLOSSOM & WET WINGS!

SOME MORE SHOWS ARE IN THE WORKS, DUNEDIN INCLUDED!… WELLINGTON CITY GALLERY? JAPAN?

NO CONSTELLATION NEWS! TWO FRIENDS OF MINE HAVE, IN TWO UNRELATED PROJECTS, MADE SOMETHING NEW OF THE TRACK ‘OH, STASIS‘. A MAN, LAST NAME SARUBIN, HAS BEEN SLAVING OVER A VIDEO FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS… IT IS, BY EVIDENCE OF THIS PHOTO, GOING TO BE SOMETHING SURREAL!

…ALSO, A MAN, LAST NAME WEBER, AKA PAPERGHOST, HAS PULLED THE SONG TO PIECES AND REASSEMBLED IT IN HIS OWN CHARMING, GENIUS WAY .

IN GOOD TIME THESE WILL BE ONLINE FOR EVERYONE TO SEE & HEAR – EXCITING.

…THE VINYL PRESSING OF NO CONSTELLATION IS ON ITS WAY! CURRENTLY SOMEHOW / SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE US & NZ DARE I SAY “IN GOOD TIME” IT WILL BE READY!

FINALLY, I LOST A BANDMATE TO THE LURE OF EUROPA (RUMOR HAS IT HE WAS ACTUALLY DEPORTED) SO IN THE MEANTIME I’VE BEEN CONJURING UP ALL SORTS OF WAYS TO REPLACE HIM WITH THE WONDERS OF TECHNOLOGY WHICH HAS INADVERTENTLY LED TO NUMEROUS IDEAS / DEMOS / NOODLING ≈ HEALTHY.

XO GG

AS HAPHAZARDLY REPORTED BY THE DOMINION POST, YES! THE NEW ALBUM WILL BE RELEASED MAY 10TH ON FLYING NUN RECORDS.

I GUESS FOR THE RECORD I SHOULD MENTION THAT I WAS ACTUALLY ASKING FOR A SURNAME WHEN SAYING “ROGER WHO?” & THAT I’M NOT SURE WHERE THE ‘SALES’ QUOTE CAME FROM… NEVERTHELESS, MISQUOTES ARE A VITAL PART OF JOURNALISM, MAYBE NEXT TIME THEY’LL WORK OUT IN MY FAVOR… OH, AND THE PHOTOS MIGHT NOT BE FROM SIX YEARS AGO.

BUT HEY! LETS STICK WITH THE POSITIVE FACTS… HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT AFTER A LONG WAIT ‘NO CONSTELLATION’ WILL BE COMING OUT ON CD/VINYL/DOWNLOAD WITH LYRIC ZINE… AND AND AND! I WILL BE TOURING!

MAY 7TH – PALMERSTON NORTH – STOMACH w/ Jemma Cheer and Retreat/Retreat
MAY 8TH – WELLINGTON – BODEGA w/ Seth Frightening and Vaults
MAY 21ST – AUCKLAND – WINE CELLAR (SOLO) w/ Dear Time’s Waste (solo)
MAY 22ND – AUCKLAND – WINE CELLAR (W/BAND) w/ Joe Blossom
MAY 28TH – CHRISTCHURCH – DUX w/ Wet Wings
MAY 29TH – DUNEDIN – CHICKS HOTEL w/ Haunted Love

TICKETS ON UNDERTHERADAR.CO.NZ NOW… 10+BF OR 25+BF FOR THE SHOW & A CEE DEE / LYRIC ZINE!

Gg

SO… THERE’S BEEN HEAPS GOING ON!

LETS START WITH BEING BACK IN THE COUNTRY AND PLAYING @ SFBH WITH DEERHOOF! …FUN! YES! INDEED! IF YOU HAPPENED TO MISS OUT THEN FRET NOT – THE SHOW WAS BOOTLEGGED AND IS AVAILABLE AT PAPAITIS BOOTLEG PAGE!

…NOW, THE ALBUM… ‘NO CONSTELLATION‘ SHOULD, NO… WILL BE OUT IN MAY! (HOPEFULLY) ON BOTH CD & LP THAT COME WITH LIMITED LYRIC ZINES WHEN ORDERED ONLINE AND A DOWNLOAD CODE FOR BSIDES, REMIXES AND DEMOS!

A A A N N N D D D… AN ALBUM RELEASE TOUR! YES… I’M ACTUALLY GOING TO PLAY A SUCCESSION OF SHOWS WHICH CAN BE DEFINED COLLECTIVELY AS A ‘TOUR’ …DUNEDIN/CHRISTCHURCH/WELLINGTON/PALMERSTON NTH/AUCKLAND IN MAY!

EXCITED? YES.

XOGG