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Yossarian - The Recessive Allele:

These tracks were considered for the album, but didn't make the final cut. If you haven't yet got a copy of the album itself, order a free copy from the shop.
  1. My Brother's Secret (Alternative Version) features awesome guitar antics from Mike 'Dunbar' Bray and a joyous bassline provided by Rob 'ex-PFC Wintergreen' Jackson.
  2. New Words 4 New Song was originally meant to be like something Muse would come out with, but I ended up asking Dunbar and Wintergreen to recreate the guitar and drums off the song Lion's Teeth by the Mountain Goats. The title is just what I wrote at the top of the piece of paper. The vocals were recorded when I was slightly drunk.
  3. Idiosyncrasies & Hidden Depths features guitar by Dunbar once again. Many of these tracks were recorded before I started learning to play the guitar.
  4. I Don't Want Your Hope is a very early one with bass by Wintergreen and horrific double-tracked vocals.
  5. How To Be
  6. Get Well Soon (To Unspecified) is part of a series that began with RSVP (To Emily) and also includes Get Well Soon (To Kate). I'm rather proud of how the organ part interacts with the piano chords.
  7. The Selfish Song is the earliest song that was considered for the album, and one of only two featuring real piano. It was written in 2002, before I even realised that I could be a singer-songwriter. Originally it had a third verse about Robert the Bruce. In those days the grandeur of my visions knew no bounds.
  8. Gaol is the first recording on which I played guitar myself. As you can hear, I hadn't yet learnt to allow the plectrum to move between my fingers.
  9. The Matrix is a pretty crazy one. Listen out for the microphone rolling down the speaker of the keyboard.
  10. Fighting For Peace is another early one, featuring almost unbearably pretensious lyrics.
  11. The Fog features beautiful vocals by Maria 'Nately's Whore's Kid Sister' Longson, bass by Dunbar, and real piano. It's really quite lovely. I just wish I'd done the drums on the 8-track a bit better.
  12. The Kill is a song about when you spot an attractive member of the opposite sex across a crowded bar and manage to build up the courage to go over and chat them up. This isn't something I've ever experienced, but the song describes what I imagine it would be like.
Download the tracks individually above, or the whole lot in a zip file here.

Keyboard Rebel 'My Lordship' video:

High resolution version, right click here and 'save as' to your computer.
For medium and low resolution versions automatically on screen, visit www.myspace.com/keyboardrebel.

Keyboard Rebel All FM interview 22/7/06:

To download the 30min interview (29MB) with Keyboard Mike and Rob Jackson on the Standing In The Shadows Of Lev show, right click here and 'save as' to your computer.

Slick Nine Film:

The label's newest venture for 2005/2006 is a cheeky outing into the realm of cinema shorts. Slick Nine Film will be a regular series of visual vignettes from the artists on the label and assorted friends and associates.

Biscuits Biscuits BBC (SNF001)
The first film in the series is entitled 'Biscuits Biscuits BBC'. Filmed in summer 2005 on location in rural France, watch out for all your favourite Slick Nine stars from The Bedford Rascals and Keyboard Rebel, plus close friends Soul Minister Hill, Jah Bundy and label photographer Michelle Adhemar. The film is in Windows Media format, to download it, click here.

Rocola Supersound (SNF002)
Rocola Supersound, by Slick Nine's The Bangkok Huskies, receives a top drawer animatronic makeover courtesy of none other than lead singer Denis Osborne's mum. The video is in Window's Media Format (to download/view, click here).

'White Christmas' - Keyboard Rebel
All FM exclusive:

Download the exclusive version of 'White Christmas' recorded by Keyboard Rebel in December 2005 for the excellent 'Standing In The Shadows Of Lev' show (Sat 9am - 11am) on Manchester's All FM 96.9. Right click here and 'save as' to your computer.

Keyboard Rebel mixtape:

To tie in with the release of the Northern Sherpa single, Angryape.com invited Keyboard Rebel's Keyboard Mike to compile a fantasy mixtape as a part of their ongoing mixtape series. You can peruse the Rebel selections here.

'Northern Sherpa' podcast appearance:

The good people at One Rotted Note kicked off their latest podcast (One Rotted Note Volume Six) with Northern Sherpa this month, listen in here.

'Ghost Lady' remix:

The fantastic Kreeps (Output Recordings) have remixed Keyboard Rebel's tiptop 'Ghost Lady' track, originally from the 'Slick Nine Records presents' EP. Download this remix exclusively here!