Glasfrosch to open for Damo Suzuki in Melbourne

Yeah. That's right. We're playing for Damo "Kraut rock legend" Suzuki at Fad Gallery in Chinatown on November 10th. Plus, I'll be playing bass in Damo's put together band for the night.

For those of you who don't know Damo, He was the singer in the seminal kraut rock band Can. Post Can, he has been touring, putting improvised bands together where ever he goes. So who knows what it'll end up like..? One thing is for certain, it's gonna be a great night. I'll supply more info as I get it.
xox

j.

MissPiggyJournalist has a little Glasfrosch interview...

Check out this first little piece of Glasfrosch press. Short and sweet info about where we're coming from.

http://misspiggyjournalist.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/rolling-stones-gather-no-moss/

Time to make good with this...

Glasfrosch

I've been looking for a band name for nearly 4 whole years. It's seriously hard work. To find something original, that fits your musical style, your personality, your culture. And on top of all that it needs to sound cool, invoke some kind of mental sonic palate and visual imagery.
I had intended to begin with "Justin Ashworth", eventually adding "and the (something cool)", and then eventually phasing out the "Justin Ashworth" part, leaving the "(something cool)" to remain. Alas, it didn't really happen that way, and I've been stuck with my name for ages. Which is ok when I'm doing guest collaborations or solo things, but when there's a whole band with me, I feel kinda silly.

Glasfrosch is the German word for "glass frog". I needed something Fragile, yet green. I've always been a frog man, and these little critters have semi transparent skin, so you can see their innards (how cool). The fact that it's German stems from the fact that my family background is Austrian, and also that German words are totally cool.

So I'll be phasing in this new moniker over the year. Probably keeping the current album in progress under my real name, and then moving on from there. Solo and band related projects will both take the name. We'll keep some of the older "Justin Ashworth" songs in our live band set while we still like them, but Adam, Ed, and I are focused on creating things more collaboratively now, and I really can't wait to get some new band material happening on stage.

Thanks for reading. Looking forward to playing for you all again soon.
xox
j.

New songs... getting out of town...

Home from touring and full of heaps of new passion for making new music. Been putting together a bunch of things slowly, lots of potential new song sections and sound ideas. So I'm heading out of town to the mountains to record and edit up my sounds and program some ideas, free from the distractions of city livin'.

So far there are 10 potential new songs. I've been putting the ideas into one of two piles, hoping to get enough for two 5 track EP's, with different but connected themes. So far so good. Getting 4 or so of these songs on the stage by the years end is my first point of call. Then following up the album with the 2 EP's as quickly as is creatively (and financially) possible.

The final mix of the album is nearly finished. So once we get that on the shelves, and tour, we can move on to a new, bigger, more eclectic sound. Ed has really changed the live feel of the band, and bringing that to the new recordings is a priority.

Thanks for sticky by us. we'll see you at Revolver, June 24th.

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New T-Shirts

Based around the new album's disc image by Andrea Kang and Nathan Jurevicius, we've designed some new T-shirts (girls and boys colours) that we'll be printing up soon for our future tours.

Requiem now available on itunes.

Get yourself to the itunes store and download our single and B-side.

CD versions featuring the full film clip as a bonus CDROM enhancement will be available from the 16th of May.

Single launch touring...

To promote Requiem as our new single, we're hitting the road. So once Melbourne gets the taste of things at the Northcote Social Club on the 16th of May, We're breaking in Ed on the 30th, and then taking Requiem to Canberra (The front gallery & Cafe) and Sydney (Lansdowne Hotel) on the 3rd and 4th of June (respectfully). More details, including supports etc, to come. XOXOX

Welcome Ed Crocker on drums

Replacing a band member is a painful task most of the time. We've had fairly rough time with drummers over the years. Some not working out, some just not right for the job. Nat Grant has played with us for over 2 years now, and been an invaluable asset to the music. But alas, she's had to move on for her own personal development, and well, good on her. I've left a few bands behind me to focus on my own sounds, it's just gotta be done if you want to be happy in your art.

So, enter Ed Crocker. A young, fiery drummer, full of passion, and solid as fuck. He was so quick to call me when I started looking for a replacement, and he really did tick all the boxes. But yesterday we got him on the kit and my god man, the guy can play. I don't think I've ever felt so good playing these songs.

Ed's debut is the Espy Gershwin room show. I'm looking forward to blowing some heads off there.

Also, we're stripping things down to a trio for a while, changing some sounds and songs around, to make things easier to travel. The new live line-up will be:
Ed: drums/percussion
Adam: keyboards
Me: guitar/vox/electronics.

See you soon.
j.

COMPETITION

You'll need some kind of camera/iphone etc. There are stickers all around Melbourne and surrounding inner suburbs. Be the first to snap up a pic of a particular location and post it on this facebook page, and you'll receive a prize. Be sure to mention where you took the photo, and to get the sticker in the shot.