The Midnight CandymenMidnight CandymenPaul JohnstonPeejHello?About that trackOne of our more down-tempo reggae style numbersNot reallyUmGenerally most of our stuff is more kind of up-tempo dancefloor basedBut we do do all different kinds of stylesSometimes we'll do a hiphop track, sometimes do a disco track, sometimes a house trackThat's a more sort of reggae flavourAlex Traska from MyHouse YourHouseHiPleased to meet youWell the event is part of our monthly string of events that we're doing at Saltwater NottinghamErPart of the MyHouseYourHouse networkBy artists and DJs that are part of the MyHouseYourHouse networkOrErJust locally involved or even much further afieldMidnight CandymenNoWhatever's available to usActually this is going to be the first sort of live thing we've ever doneDefinately one to exploreIt's not 100% liveWe're DJ'ing because both Fran and myself are known primarily for DJ'ingWe're known for DJ'ingPartyHoweverComing downTo perform on top of a few things and to MC and singSo it's kind of slightly more than a DJ setSlightly let than a full live setNot so much an awardA really nice mention in this month's MixmagBest outdoor places to party in the UK and abroadNumber one, yeahSaltwater Nottingham (with a bullet)HaAnd umMyhouse YourhouseCharles Webster being a local Nottingham house music legendAnd Demarcus Lewis all the way over from Dallas in AmericaBut now hanging out in London mostlyHe's been involved in our eventsThe owners and the managers have a real passion for musicAnd even though they could save a lot of money by not putting these names on, they really want toBecause they're passionate about it as wellMyhouse Yourhouse in a nutshellUm2005ErMe and a chapUmIt was a drunken conversation one nightAll around the worldLet's put them on a web radio station which is actually quite cheap and easy to runPeople doing shows live from their own homes, studios or bars and nightclubsLet's do a record labelPaul JohnstonWhy don't we buy the record label to put some of their music out onIn the Myhouse YourhousePeople all over the world nowI don't know yetThat's basically a demo CDWe're approaching record labels at the momentHaven't heard anything solid back yetCan't really tell you any more about thatThankyouFingers crossed eh?That's correct yepKicking off at approximately 8pmIt'll be myself, Alex Traska, kicking things off with a varied selectionDiscoHouseFunkBit of broken beatEverythingFranwww.myspace.com/midnightcandymenWordWe have a web forum as well you can join in withwww.myhouse-yourhouse.netThankyouThankyouAlex Traska
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About Midnight Candymen
The Midnight Candymen are East Midlands musicians and DJs who one day realised that they had become bored; not bored with life (for their interests and imagination are far too broad), but bored with, for want of a less hackneyed and melodramatic phrase, the state of modern music. Beset on one side by the quick-hit but increasingly shallow pop formula (of which music forms only a superficial and increasingly irrelevant role), and on the other by po-faced stagnation within the realms of the underground, it was clear that something was rotten. Even their beloved "soul" music had become largely soulless.
After thinking, drinking and tinkering in the presence of all these ideas, they struck out on a quest of musical exploration through time and space, with the intention of creating something a little bit deeper than a ring tone and a little more enduring than a seven minute mixing tool with the shelf life of a cob (a cheese cob for those interested).
Whether they have or will achieve that is anybody�s guess (so long as it outlasts the cob)� The point is that it�s fun to sit down and create something from nothing and besides, making music is the second most enjoyable activity that a group of young people can do together (depending on one's personal proclivities).
They are also the people who are writing these very words, in the third person, which, in all honesty, is a bit strange, so maybe they/we should switch to the first (plural)...
When not putting our ideas into practice in the studio, we can be found putting them into practice in the club, bar, or whatever licentious party environment we are asked to perform at.
Our aim is to facilitate humanity at its finest and most magnanimous, generally on a dance floor, or even better, in zero gravity, drinking wine from a Camel-Bak. We would also like to travel to Sirius one day in order to have a Serious Sirius Space Party and though this ambition is looking increasingly unlikely, Fran claims to have been there - twice [I f*~@ing have! - Fran].
Essentially, we�re trying not just to tick the boxes.
We�re creating our own.
Then thinking outside them.
Then realizing that they are in fact, circles, and that we should get on with being East Midlands musicians who are bored with both the quick-hit pop formula and the seven minute mixing tool with the shelf life of a cob...
(If you think that sounds too clever by half, it should be noted that due to the mileage and not the years, we are now only too clever by 45%, so you would be wrong by 5%).
I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4
Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere
Tim Canterbury (from The Office UK)
Claire Ashcroft (Nathan Barley Series)
Doug Rocket (Nathan Barley series)
Midnight Candymen and myhouse-yourhouse.net
Jonatton Yeah? (Nathan Barley series)
Gareth Keenan (from The Office UK)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Car Park Catchphrase with Roy Walker - BBC Radio 1
Dan Ashcroft (Nathan Barley series)
David Brent (from The Office UK)
George W Bush - State of the Union 2006
