Welcome Summer to our City with a cracking line-up of bands ranging from Gypsy-Jazz to Trip-Hop and Soul to Electro and Cuban Rhythms.

An all-day street party, Arboretum Records is giving you fantastic bands… on a BUS in Trinity Square (behind Waitrose)!

Maniere Des Bohemiens – www.myspace.com/manieredesbohemiens

Enjoying success as an exceptional Midlands gypsy-folk-jazz ensemble, they’ll have you begging for more. The Bodega Social was pumping full of Eastern-European energy in 2009’s Hockley Hustle: ‘the walls dripping with red hot fiddle playing, jaunty accordion sounds and had the audience almost literally swinging from the rafters. It was perfectly debauched sight with music to match (Leftlion)’.

Captain Dangerous – www.myspace.com/captaindangerous

The perfect blend of Rock n Roll with swing wizardry, this band will get you grooving to some seriously infectious summer vibes. Their happy-sexy pop will have girls feeling gorgeous and boys ready to woo! Their set up includes trumpet, double bass, accordion, violin!!

Basement Forte – www.myspace.com/basementforte

Formed in November 2009 this band have not stopped out-doing themselves with every performance. Completely unique in their hip-hop, trip-hop, drum&bass hybrids, they continue slashing stereotypes, and enjoy it thoroughly. There’s 5 vocalists, ranging from MCing to all out soul singing, a flute, saxophone and lots of effects pedals. The stripped down drum kit makes it raw, blues guitar sexy and versatile bass pumping.

Captain Cor Blimey and the Governors – www.myspace.com/captaincorblimey

Tropical and exotic, this band have a sizzling set that’s full of variety and spice. A combination of perfect timing and great attitudes from bass, guitar and brass section compliments the multitude of beats thanks to a great drummer and fantastic percussionist. Jazzy vocals from a female lead adds heat that takes you to Spain and back. Caliente!

Will Jeffery – www.myspace.com/willjeffery

Scintillating, smooth and sultry, Will gives a vocal performance even more beautiful thanks to honest, clever and refreshing lyrics. Playing with a humorous slant he entertains his audiences with great stage presence and then wows them further with gorgeous Damien Rice-esque vocals. He’s often accompanied by a double bassist/accordion player and more recently, percussion!

Sam Kirk – www.myspace.com/samuelkirk

It’s really not hard to understand why Sam’s had such critical acclaim recently. We’re really proud to have him onboard the Arboretum Bus because he’s so genuinely talented that Nottingham needs to realise the treasure they’re hosting!

Jay Thomas – www.myspace.com/jayhannahthomas

I don’t want to do Jay an injustice by calling her Nottingham’s Amy Winehouse, but that’s the quickest way to get the point across. She’s strong, passionate, versatile and almost insatiable in her modern soul and jazz vocals. There isn’t another singer like her, it’s goose bumps from the power and butterflies from the beauty in her voice.

Yunoishi – www.myspace.com/yunioshi

Electric wizardry and funked up indie, they’re that band people name-drop. They’ve had TWO tracks used for different car adverts, been on Maida Vale, and played Trent FM Arena! They’re poppy yes, but more breaks and electro: it’s dance music with a bit more structure and less repetition, think Prodigy. You’ll love it, especially when friends like Korg and Kaoss come out to play.

Tim McDonald -  www.myspace.com/timmmcdonald

Moody blues laden folk from a Nott’s music veteran, despite his youthfulness.  Soundtrack-worthy tunes full of uplifting yet strangely dark vocals that put you in a certain mood, like driving through the dark with the windows down. It’s oddly exciting even in the down-tempo moments – for fans of Dylan, or for Nottinghamians, Hhymm.

So who’s got ideas? Maybe you’d like to perform at a fundraising gig? Or maybe you’re so kind you’ll donate us all the money?!

Answers on a postcard.

A bonus would be if you had a selection of cover songs, or were able to learn up to 5 in a short period of time (whether they be to your own musical style or true to the original is up to you!).

This is all going towards a new little venture of ours, and believe me when I say, IT PAYS TO PLAY!

So hurry, either email us MP3s to:
music@arboretumrecords.com
or
post us your CDs to:
c/o Arboretum Records, 257 Mansfield Road, Nottingham, NG1 3FT.

No wonder everyone’s excited for 2010 – can you imagine what’s coming next?! First things first, and that’s a massive thank you to everyone who helped make 2009 such a rip-roaring success. Thank you artists, producers, designers, printers, distributers, work experiencers and venues. Thank you Nottingham: this city is about to bust out all kinds of magic, showing the rest of the U.K. just how spectacular it can be working and living in such a humble town.

Arboretum Records would like to formally invite you, your friends, and everyone you know to potentially one of the best years in Nottingham’s music history. We’ve got front row tickets.

Thank you again, and Happy New Year.

Becky Syson is one of Arboretum Records’ favourite Nottingham artists and has a fantastic new 4 track EP ‘Weave Your Dreams’ due to be released this coming Sunday the 29th of November.

The title track of the EP ‘Weave Your Dreams’ combines Becky’s great voice, delicate guitar playing and wistful songwriting to create a wonderful wintery listening experience, both haunting and beautiful. We highly recommend it to all music lovers.

The EP was produced in association with Arboretum Records and produced by Ich Mowatt at Sounding Post. The 4 track EP will be available from Becky’s website from the 29th onwards priced at the bargain price of £4.99 plus P&P – Click here to Visit BeckySyson.com’s Shop to buy.

Launch Night

To celebrate the EP launch there is a FREE event at the Central on Huntingdon Street, Notts this coming Sunday the 29th November from 7.30pm onwards – See you there people!

SPECIAL OFFER: Buy the ‘Weave Your Dreams’ EP and Becky’s debut album H.O.L.L.A.N.D. (Hope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies) for just £9.98 + P&P – Click BARGAIN to go to Beckysyson.com and buy.

BeckySyson.com
Becky’s Myspace

Sounding Post Homepage

Parklive! is a FREE live music event hosted by Arboretum Records in association with Nottingham City Council and the Greater Nottingham Partnership at Vernon Park in Basford, Notts on Thursday the 27th August 2009…. did we mention it’s FREE!!!

The event will feature the international funk machines that are The Apples, one of the best live bands on the circuit, as well as some of Nottingham’s best musicial talent, including The Rugged Sound System, Old Basford, Fat Digester, Lois, Hhymn, Chris McDonald, Tim McDonald, and Dan Beswick, with more acts to be announced soon.

In addition there will be a number of music workshops during the day, so that you can try your hand at a variety of styles, from samba to Slovenian folk music.

Arboretum Records is a Community record label, set up to help and support local musicians, and like all our events, Parklive! is intended to promote Nottingham music and musicians, so get yourselves down to Vernon Park on 27 August and give us some support.

Almost forgot to say, the event is FREE. Yes, That’s FREE So you better have a good excuse! Parklive! will start at 11am , with live music starting at 1pm and running through until to 9.30pm.

Schedule for the day – Click on the artist/band’s name to listen to some samples:

• 11.00 – 11.40 – Ukelele Workshop!
• 11.40 – 12.15 – Trash Percussion Workshop
• 12.15 – 12.50 – Slovenian Music Demonstration
• 12.50 – 13.00 – Break
• 13.00 – 13.30 – Dan Beswick (of 25 past the Skank)
• 13.30 – 14.00 – Jake Bugg
• 14.00 – 14.30 – Tim McDonald
• 14.30 – 15.00 – Damon Downs
• 15.00 – 15.30 – Becky Syson
• 15.30 – 16.00 – Chris McDonald
• 16.00 – 17.00 – Apples Soundcheck
• 17.00 – 17.30 – Hhymn
• 17.30 – 18.10 – Lois
• 18.10 – 18.50 – Old Basford
• 18.50 – 19.30 – Fat Digester
• 19.30 – 20.10 – Rugged Sound System
• 20.10 – 20.30 – Break
• 20.30 – 21.30 – The Apples
• 21.10 – Last Orders
• 21.30 – Event Close

As always, these times are subject to change, check back soon for any changes closer to the time.

It’s going to be a great free day and night of amazing local and international music showcasing the great talent we have here in Notts, so don’t be shy, get yourself and some mates over to Vernon park on Thursday the 27th of August for a few drinks and some great live music!

How to get to Vernon Park:

Vernon Park is in Basford and is easy to get to on the local transport links, it is five minutes (or less) from the Basford and the David Lane tram stops, bus connections are also excellent with stops all along Nottingham/Vernon Road (B682) and Valley Road (A6514). If you do choose to drive parking is available locally during the evening and in the daytime (subject to restrictions) on the local streets. Click here for the Google map showing Vernon Park for directions.

Tickets:

This is a completely FREE event courtesy of Nottingham City Council and Greater Nottingham Partnership, no tickets are required!

We’ll see you all there, until then, take it easy.

All the Arboretum Records crew.

Arboretum Records was formed to promote the musical talent in and around Nottingham.

‘Welcome to the Arboretum’ is our first compilation album release showcasing thirty great tracks from singer-songwriters & bands in our city. The compilation has a strong summer vibe thanks to the wonderful mix of acoustic, folk, indie and rock; each disc of the release has a different sound and we think you’ll enjoy what you hear and be introduced to a few bands which you’ll be hearing more of over the coming months.

‘Welcome to the Arboretum’ samples:

‘Welcome to the Arboretum’ is now available! Follow the steps below to purchase the high quality download or click here for the double disc album.

Please note that tracks 3 & 11 on disc 1 of the compilation contain strong language.

Celebrating the launch of Arboretum Records first compilation release – ‘Welcome to the Arboretum”

All of us here at Arboretum Records are so excited about the imminent release of our first compilation album ‘Welcome to the Arboretum’ that we’ve asked some of the artists featured on the album and a number of other great midlands based artists to play a special acoustic led event – ‘Unplugged’ – at Vienna bar, one of Nottingham’s best live venues on the 31st of May 2009 from 12 onwards.

Those of you who attended our launch night at the Maze at the end of February will agree that the talent from in and around Nottingham is simply staggering, helping to make our first night a massive success. We’re aiming for more of the same from our ‘Unplugged’ gig but with a more acoustic summery vibe! So get yourself down there on the 31st of May, tell your friends, tell the neighbours and get ready for another great day of Notts music.

Artists playing/Running Order

• 12.00 – 12.30 – Aistiguca
• 12.30 – 13.00 – Tim McDonald
• 13.00 – 13.30 – Nick McDonald
• 13.30 – 14.00 – Chris McDonald
• 14.00 – 14.30 – Lucy Ward
• 14.30 – 15.00 – Becky Syson
• 15.00 – 15.30 – The Mighty Lupo
• 15.30 – 16.00 – Andy Whittle
• 16.00 – 16.30 – Jezz Hall
• 16.30 – 17.00 – Damon Downs
• 17.00 – 17.30 – Natalie Duncan
• 17.30 – 18.00 – Paul Walker
• 18.00 – 18.30 – David Jenkins
• 18.30 – 19.00 – Marceline Powell
• 19.00 – 19.30 – Owen Harvey
• 19.30 – 20.00 – Lisa De’Ville
• 20.00 – 20.30 – Hhymn
• 20.30 – 21.00 – Tasty Morsels
• 21.00 – 21.30 – Jake Henry
• 21.30 – 22.00 – Team Hughes

As always, these times are subject to change.

Tickets

Tickets are available from the Arboretum Records online shop here or alternatively you can pick them up from Vienna directly over the next couple of weeks for the bargain price of £4. A portion of the ticket sales are going to and collection boxes will be available for Jessies Fund, a leading childrens charity. Tickets on the night will be available for £5, still an absolute credit crunch bustin’ bargain for the amount of live original Notts music on offer.

Doors open at 12pm

Price: £4 advance / £5 on the door

Arboretum Records Online Shop
Vienna’s Website

Arboretum Records was formed to promote the musical talent in and around Nottingham.

‘Welcome to the Arboretum’ is our first compilation album release showcasing thirty great tracks from singer-songwriters & bands in our city. The compilation has a strong summer vibe thanks to the wonderful mix of acoustic, folk, indie and rock; each disc of the release has a different sound and we think you’ll enjoy what you hear and be introduced to a few bands which you’ll be hearing more of over the coming months.

‘Welcome to the Arboretum’ samples:

‘Welcome to the Arboretum’ is now available! Follow the steps below to purchase the double disc album or click here for the high quality download.

Please note that tracks 3 & 11 on disc 1 of the compilation contain strong language.

Thirty great artists and bands from Nottingham and the surrounding area, released 31st of May 2009.

UPDATE! – Samples just added – Please Click Here for more.

Arboretum Records are proud to present our first compilation album release ‘Welcome to the Arboretum’, thirty amazing tracks from the artists & bands from Nottingham and surrounding area.

The double disc album is being released on the 31st of May 2009 and will be available either on CD or high quality download from the Arboretum Records Online Shop and at selected outlets throughtout Nottingham, priced at just £9.99 for the CD and £7 for high-quality download.

We have worked really hard to produce this album and feel it represents some of the finest musical talent the midlands has to offer. ‘Welcome to the Arboretum’ has a strong summer vibe thanks to the wonderful mix of acoustic, folk, indie and rock; each CD of the release has a different sound and we think you’ll enjoy what you hear and be introduced to a few bands which you’ll be hearing more of over the coming months.

‘Welcome to the Arboretum’ features:

Model Morning, The Money, Royal Gala, Damon Downs, Red Shoe Diaries, Lois, Jake Henry, Nick McDonald, Hhymn, Lisa De’Ville, Satnam’s Tash, The Skagz, Green for Go, Tasty Morsels, Marceling Powell, Natalie Duncan, Tim McDonald, Russ Clark, Chris McDonald, The Tailshakers, Andy Whittle, Team Hughes, Unkle Wot, Mark Strawbridge, Ying, Becky Syson, Paul Walker, Owen Harvey, Jezz Hall and Cookie. Phew!

Launch Night

To celebrate the album launch we’re holding an acoustic led event ‘Arboretum Records Unplugged’ at Vienna on the 31st of May from 12pm onwards. Unplugged will feature many of the artists on the compilation performing songs from the ‘Welcome to the Arboretum’ and others, so far we have nearly 20 acts lined up so it promises to be another amazing event. For more details and tickets please Click Here

UPDATE! – Samples have just been added and the album is now available to pre-order from the Arboretum Records Online Shop Please Click Here for more details.

Until then keep an eye out for more details about the album release in the local press.

Arboretum Records Online Shop