Conquering Animal Sound

Conquering Animal Sound - Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow, Fri 29 Mar 2013

A late album launch from the divine bedroom experimenters turned revered live act

Kinning Park Complex doesn’t get enough recognition on account of its versatility and slightly tattered charm. As much the ideal setting for dance classes and community meetings as it is for grassroots punk shows, and intimate musical experiences off…

Interview: Conquering Animal Sound's James Scott and Anneke Kampman

'We like that place where experimental and pop music meet'

A few things you might not know about Glasgow’s beautifully skewed electronic pop duo, Conquering Animal Sound. One: they only had one pint of milk to hand when taking this press photo (above). ‘The pressure was definitely on to get it right’, says…

Singles and downloads February 2013

Conquering Animal Sound, Steve Mason, Sparrow and the Workshop and Jonnie Common

Conquering Animal Sound - The Future Does Not Require (Chemikal Underground) Gloriously g-g-g-glitchy exponents of machine music with a human heart, CAS are readying a doozy of a second album in On Floating Bodies, and here’s the first proof. It’s got…

Conquering Animal Sound - On Floating Bodies

Duo's second album is full of daring and with gloriously rich palette

(Chemikal Underground) Glasgow-based Conquering Animal Sound’s mosaic aesthetic bristles with invention on this their second full-length effort. There are times here when the term, a cornucopia of sounds, seems like damning with faint praise; but…

Top music artists and events to look out for in 2013

New albums and tours from Atoms for Peace, Frightened Rabbit and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Conquering Animal Sound. Jamie Scott and Anneke Kampman return with the follow-up to the stunning debut, Kammerspiel. On Floating Bodies is out on Mon 18 Mar on Chemikal Underground – who will also be releasing albums from Holy Mountain, RM Hubbert and…

Ten collaborative music, theatre and film projects from Scotland

Including Speed of Light, Pass the Spoon and Whatever Gets You Through the Night

Pass the Spoon. It sounded like an unlikely dish, with ingredients including off-beat artist David Shrigley (who wrote the libreto), modernist composer David Fennessy and Magnetic North director Nicholas Bone working with the Red Note Ensemble, but when…

The ten best Scottish albums this century

Featuring Primal Scream, Remember Remember and The Twilight Sad

Primal Scream. XTRMNTR. (2000, Creation Records) If the Scream’s 1991 classic Screamdelica was a night out clubbing, XTRMNTR was the acid-fried come down. An overtly political, aggressive rock assault packed with searing electronics, paranoia and guitar…

Various artists - Whatever Gets You Through The Night

Impressive collection of songs released as part of wide-ranging multi-media project

‘The night’s getting colder’, sings Withered Hand on opening brass-folk serenade ‘A New Case’, and his words reflect the moon-lit backdrop of this terrific pop anthology. Its exclusive songs explore contemporary Scotland at 4am, as part of Cora Bissett…

Music Language - Various venues, Glasgow, 1 & 2 Sep 2012

Glasgow festival of challenging and uniquely entertaining music

The all-dayer festival has had mixed fortunes; in Glasgow at least. Fortunately, sometimes folks get it right. Launched last year by celebrated Glasgow promoters Cry Parrot and Tracer Trails, Music Language has been ambitious in its attempts to gather a…

Music Language Festival 2012 - a weekend of music, art and partying in Glasgow

Alasdair Roberts, Richard Youngs, Happy Particles and Conquering Animal Sound

Music Language sees Scotland’s finest DIY promoters Cry Parrot and Tracer Trails team up once more for a giddy weekend of underground music, art and partying. Keen not to repeat themselves, the organisers have opted for a completely fresh line-up…

Interview: Cora Bissett and David Greig on Whatever Gets You Through the Night

Night-themed project brings together theatre, music, film and a book

Cora Bissett, David Greig and Swimmer One have stayed up past their bedtimes to hang out with some of Scotland’s coolest actors, bands and artists. Anna Burnside takes an extra slug of coffee to find out Whatever Gets You Through the Night

SAY Award shortlist announced

Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat, Mogwai and Rustie nominated for inaugural Scottish Album of the Year

The Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) shortlist has been announced today. After some toothcomb sifting and careful deliberation, the judging panel have whittled down the nominations from a beefy 20 to a lean top 10. Through some hi-tech gadgetry, savvy…

Eye o’ the Dug - St Andrews, Sat 14 & Sun 15 Apr 2012

Fantastic bill featuring Django Django, Malcolm Middleton and more

They may have quadrupled the size of their show, and conscripted beefcakes to man the doors, but the spirit of Fence chiefly prevailed at the inaugural Eye O’ The Dug – a musical hoopla which (kind of) filled a Homegame-shaped hole in the calendar (and…

Scottish Album of the Year Award 2012 long list announced

Includes Remember Remember, Rustie and Conquering Animal Sound

The long list of nominations for the inaugaral The Scottish Album of the Year Awards has been announced, after 12 months of organisation and deliberation. The 20 albums chosen cover a wide range of genres and include many well-known bands - from…

Tinderbox Orchestra, Teviot Debating Hall, Edinburgh, Sun 25 March 2012

Successful 'classical electronica' experiment

If there’s a slight school concert style to Tinderbox Orchestra’s Teviot show – word processed programmes, arts and craftsy venue design, uniform dress and branded music books - it’s quickly blown into another realm by stunningly executed…

FOUND win the first ever List Award

Edinburgh arts collective claim prize, while Cargo Publishing collect Best Newcomer

Edinburgh-based band and arts collective FOUND have won the first annual List Award. The Award, presented on Thursday 15 December at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery as part of The List's Hot 100 Party, recognises achievement in the arts over the…

The List launches new cultural awards

The List Award 2011 shortlist includes David Greig, Karla Black, Aidan Moffat and David Mackenzie

The List introduces its own end-of-year cultural award, plus a Best Newcomer award. The awards complement The List's annual creative talent list The Hot 100, the 2011 edition of which is published on 14 Dec The winners to be announced at a Hot 100…

Eastern Promise brings live music and record fair to Platform, Glasgow

To Rococo Rot, Tarwater and Conquering Animal Sound

The second Eastern Promise builds on the good work of last year’s festival by bringing an admirably eclectic bill of Scottish and international acts to Easterhouse. Underground pop legends The Pastels play their first show in over a year on the Sunday…

T in the Park: T Break 2011 act profiles

The up-and-comers earning slots on this year’s T Break stage

We profile the up-and-comers who have gained one of the fiercely contested slots on this year’s T Break stage Lady North Mathy electro for fans of Errors’ complex disco beats, or Battles’ stuttering drums. Despite the misleading name, Lady North has…

The Japanese War Effort - Surrender To Summer

Hazy, iridescent offering from Conquering Animal Sound's Jamie Scott

(Song, By Toad) Portobello surf-pop; Meadows skate-rock; Leith Walk chill-wave; call it what you will: this hazy, iridescent offering from Jamie Scott, aka The Japanese War Effort and one half of Conquering Animal Sound, is gorgeous: a lo-fi…

Photo gallery: Stag and Dagger - Sat 21 May 2011, Glasgow

Toro Y Moi, Clinic and Ghostpoet captured at Glasgow all-dayer

Photography from Glasgow leg of the fourth annual multi-venue Stag & Dagger festival, featuring Conquering Animal Sound, Warpaint and Ghostpoet. All photography by Alex Woodward at Crimson Glow Photography

Doune The Rabbit Hole music festival 2011

Polar Bear, The Vaselines and Zoey Van Goey set for rural Scottish festival

The family-friendly festival, Doune The Rabbit Hole makes a welcome return next month with a plethora of live music including The Vaselines, Zoey Van Goey and recently-headliners announced, Polar Bear. Situated at Old Newton, near Doune in Stirling…

Jonnie Common - Deskjob launch, Captain’s Rest, Glasgow, Wed 6 Apr 2011

Guests include Panda Su, Meursault and Conquering Animal Sound

Honing his multifarious craft as curator, producer and alt-pop svengali, bespectacled tech-wizard Jonnie Common has pulled a sonorous blinder with Deskjob. It’s a compilation that showcases and rewires many of Scotland’s pre-eminent independent acts…

Johnny Lynch of Fence Records talks exclusively to The List about Home Game 2011

Fence Records’ annual Anstruther-based shindig Home Game is approaching once again, offering three days of intimate musical adventures for anyone lucky enough to get their hands on one of the 400 highly-coveted tickets. ‘We’ve spent 8 years building…

Conquering Animal Sound - Kammerspiel

Compelling and gorgeous debut of eerie and astral electronica from Glasgow duo

This gorgeous debut from Glasgow duo Conquering Animal Sound is draped in eerie, astral electronica, iridescent guitar ripples and heavenly, disembodied vocals. Evoking the pastoral machine music of Mice Parade and Múm, and fusing it with DIY pop and…