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Rolling Blackouts - Instrumental Version
Tuesday 31st January 2012

On the first anniversary of the fantastic Rolling Blackouts being released, a new version of the album has appeared! Well sort of. There's currently a promo CD of the album doing the rounds which is completely instrumental - i.e. no vocals on any of the tracks at all. We've yet to get hold of one but can confirm its existence and we're obviously very intrigued to hear it. No doubt, as with the original album, it will leave us...erm, speechless. Hope to have some more news soon...
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Sample Examples
Wednesday 18th January 2012

Many thanks to Richard Russell for a link to the Who Sampled website, which pairs up tracks containing samples with the source material from which the sample was taken. There's a whole bunch of Go! Team ones on there including a fair few from Rolling Blackouts on the second page here. Fascinating stuff and well worth checking out. Cheers Richard.
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Roudou Can't Fail
Friday 13th January 2012

'Roudou Sanka' the track co-written and arranged by Ian Parton for Japanese girl group Momoiro Clover Z, covered here on its release last November, apparently got to number 7 in the Japanese singles charts with sales in excess of 45,000. If you are interested in tracking down the single (and we certainly were!) it came out in three CD formats (see below) and is available from most on-line Japanese record stores. Here's the details...

Limited Edition A (Cat No KICM-91372)
Roudou Sanka
Santa-san
Roudou Sanka (off vocal ver.)
Santa-san (off vocal ver.)
Roundou Sanka video

Limited Edition B (Cat No KICM-91373)
As edition A above but with Santa-san video in place of Roudou Sanka

Regular Edition KICM-1374
Roudou Sanka
Santa-san
Bionic Cherry
Roudou Sanka (off vocal ver.)
Santa-san (off vocal ver.)
Bionoc Cherry (off vocal ver.)

Here's the link again to the video and check out this MCZ vs The Clash mash courtesy of KM Bonelab here.
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Do Believe The Hype
Thursday 5th January 2011

The Go! Team have selected some of their top tracks of 2011 for the Hype Machine site - check them out here.

The full tracklisting is:

Kitty Kat - Jim Noir Vs Azaelia Banks - 212
Buy Nothing Day - The Go! Team
Super Duper Rescue Hands - Deerhoof
I'm His Girl - Friends
Load Your Eyes - I Break Horses
Babys Arms - Kurt Vile
Go Outside - Cults
Blood Never Lies - Thurston Moore
I Feel As If I Might Be Vanishing - The Caretaker
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Ffunny Ffriends
As The Crow Flies - The Advisory Circle
Bust Out Brigade - The Go! Team Vs Otis - Jay Z + Kanye West
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We Just Won't Be Defeated
Friday 23rd December 2011

There were some really great photos of the band published by Gregor Andrews recently which I thought were well worth highlighting - please check them out here.

So that's it from Titanic Fandalism for another year. A very big thank you to the band, management, crew, fans and contributors to this site for making this weird old year so much more bearable. Hope everyone has a good Christmas/holiday and great 2012.

Very best wishes to all...
Pooh x
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Independence Day
Sunday 11th December 2011

Had a really fantastic day at the Independent Label Market held at Spitalfields in east London yesterday. Loads of labels, their bosses and artists turned out to promote their amazing range of music on offer, and to sell (or in some cases give away!) rare and collectable vinyl, CDs, badges, books T-shirts and posters. Matt and (pictured above) Ollie, founders of Memphis Industries together with Ninja were manning the Memphis stall throughout the day - and it was also great to meet the splendid Dan Le Sac on the Sunday Best stand and Aidan Moffatt from Arab Strap on the Chemikal Underground stall - as well as picking up some some real gems and rarities.

Many thanks to Ninja and the Memphis chaps for signing a copy of Ladyflash for me, (Ninja - while I remember, DHOH), cheers to Dan Le Sac for the signed records and poster for myself and my sister (who I must also thank for the splendid midday Brick Lane curry) and to all the labels that turned out. Given the awful circumstances that lead to yesterday's event happening, the atmosphere at Spitalfields was incredible and phenomenally positive and I hope everyone had a really productive day. Here's a few photos...

                                          Saturday Best - Dan Le Sac

                    Arab Strap's/Chemikal Underground's Aidan Moffat

                                     Ninja working the crowds, as always

The only stock markets that matter

            Ollie planning next year's Go! Team tour schedule (we hope!)

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Independent Label Market - Saturday 10th December
Monday 5th December 2011

This coming Saturday (10th December) sees the second Independent Label Market, to be held in London. The event at Spitalfields Market in East London is for the many independent record labels distributed by PIAS who lost stock in the Sony Distribution Centre fire during the London riots back in the summer. Labels participating, amongst many others, include One Little Indian, Chemikal Underground, Rough Trade and Memphis Industries. The event gives people the unique opportunity to go and buy vinyl, CDs, T-shirts, poster etc (including some rarities, signed stuff etc) direct from the label bosses themselves and we understand that The Go! Team's Ninja will be helping to man the Memphis Industries stall. There's more info about the event here - should be a great day.
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Happy Go! Lucky
Friday 2nd December 2011

A fantastic evening on Wednesday at the Memphis Industries 'Lucky 13' birthday bash at Koko in London, culminating in an ace headline set from The Go! Team. There's some photos here, some bits of memorabilia here and a set list here.

Many thanks to my sister Abi for the photos and Chi, as always, for the wonderful hospitality - and not least for a priceless guided backstage tour of this legendary venue that I've been going to as a punter for nye-on 30 years. A bit more about that in my usual diary blurb here.

A great night. Happy Birthday Memphis Industries!
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London Koko: Last Gig 'For A While'
Sunday 27th November 2011

According to the band their gig this week, at Koko in London, is set to be their last 'for a while'.

The six years I've spent following The Go! Team has been an amazing experience and a lot of fun. The Go! Team's music has pretty much dominated my life since 2006. Both live and on record they never cease to astound and uplift in equal measure and music will be a much duller place without them around. I've been very lucky to get to see the band play live quite a bit and I, for one, will miss that aspect of The Go! Team enormously. It's also been a real privilege to have undertaken a little bit of website admin work for the band and Memphis Industries since 2007 and to have met the band and their management on occasions - they're a really great bunch and my sincere thanks go out to Kaori, Jamie, Chi, Ian, Ninja, Sam, Matt and Ollie for all the kindness they've shown towards me over the years and I wish them the very best for all their future activities, both in their personal and professional lives. Thanks guys!

Titanic Fandalism will continue, albeit on a less frequent basis I guess, but I hope that it will still provide an enjoyable resource for Go! Team fans. And if and when The Go! Team are ready to kickstart things up again, in whatever form, we'll be right here, ready and waiting.

So that just leaves Koko. Ironically the venue of my very first Go! Team show, back in March 2006. A gig that literally changed my life and my outlook on music. I'd like to say that come Wednesday I'll be back once again - dancing badly and getting the words wrong and but who am I kidding? I'll be the one sobbing at the back. I hate goodbyes. Especially ones with 'go's in them.
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Archive Articles/BBC 6 Music Interview/Momoiro Clover Z
Thursday 17th November 2011

Many thanks once again to Chi from The Go! Team for very kindly contributing yet more material to the Titanic Fandalism archives. There's some some further posters - two from the recent festivals the band performed at in China and two rare, numbered limited edition prints from the bands charity show at the Duke Of York's cinema in Brighton in 2008 - and some fascinating early press articles including one from June 2003, a year before The Go! Team played live. I have grouped the articles together here but they are also included on the interviews page (see the menu bar above). The poster are on Chi's dedicated page here. All very much appreciated Chi - thank you.

There was some news from the band earlier this week that Ian and Ninja are guests on the Radcliffe and Maconie Show on BBC 6 Music tomorrow afternoon (Friday 18th November) from 2pm GMT. You can listen live via the 6 Music website here.

And lastly Ian has written the music for the new single from Japanese girl group Momoiro Clover Z. The track's entitled 'Roudou Sanka' and is released in Japan on the 26th of November. There's a video for the track on YouTube here. Thanks very much to Chris Thomson for the info.
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Rolling Blackouts Artwork
Tuesday 8th November 2011

Here's the cover artwork to the promo CD single of Rolling Blackouts. Click the above image to go to the release page. The version on the CD I picked up is an edited version of the track. No more info at present.
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Rolling Blackouts Single
Sunday 6th November 2011

While I don't have any further details at present it appears that the title track from The Go! Team's album is getting some sort of a single release. Rolling Blackouts has picked up some airplay on BBC 6 Music in the last week and promo CDs are also doing the rounds. Hopefully some more info soon...
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Stereolab : Spiral Scratches Sub-Site
Tuesday 1st November 2011


I've put together a small sub-site dedicated to the vinyl releases of another of my favourite bands, Stereolab. If you're also a fan please check it out here. If you're not familiar with them here's three songs but really, they did so much great work in the 19 years they were active, it's impossible to sum them up other than to say they were a fantastic band...
Jenny Ondioline
Valley Hi!
The Light That Will Cease To Fail
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Free Download Compilation with Lucky 13 Tickets
Wedneday 26th October 2011

Each ticket bought through Memphis Industries for the band's forthcoming London show at Koko will include a redeemable code to download 'rare and fourthcoming tracks' from The Go! Team, Field Music, Dutch Uncles etc.
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One
Saturday 8 October 2011

Lucky 13.
Feelgood by numbers? Erm...no, not really.
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Three
Monday 3 October 2011

Titanic Fandalism is 3 today. Thank you to everyone who's contributed to the site over the last three years - very much appreciated as always - and I hope it remains a useful and enjoyable Go! Team resource. Cheers all.
Pooh
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Yuri Landman Workshop/China Dates
29th September 2011

Not much on the news front recently I'm afraid - but a couple of things to remind you about. Firstly, as previously reported, The Go! Team's Sam Dook is involved in organising a workshop in Brighton on Saturday 22 October where you can build and buy your own amazing 'radical instrument' under the tuition of designer Yuri Landman, who has built guitars for bands such as Sonic Youth and Deerhoof. The deadline for places on the two workshops closes on the 6th of October. Click on the above poster for a better look - and well worth googling for images of some of Yuri's other creations to realise what a fantastic and unique opportunity this is. Link here.

Secondly, just worth noting that the band are making a rare return trip to China this weekend for two festival dates. Wishing them - and Chinese Go! Team fans - a great few days.
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Simian Mobile Disco/Ninja Teenagers Remix
Friday 16th September 2011

Forgive me for banging on recently about the various activities of the band members outside of The Go! Team, but there's not much else going on at the moment so... I have now concluded that that there were 17 different official remixes/versions of Simian Mobile Disco's track 'It's The Beat' featuring Ninja on vocal, released across 30 physical releases. However my favourite version of the track (apart from the original) was always a remix by The Teenagers which weirdly, to my knowledge, was never actually given an official/physical released by SMD so it ended up all over the internet for a while as an online mp3. However, it has since surfaced on a German CD compilation called 'Atomix'. You can listen to the track on-line here, but if you are of the collecting persuasion there's a few copies of the CD still knocking around at places like Discogs. A nice little anomaly - check out the CD and artwork here.

Back to The Go! Team - has anyone else wondered what happened to the remainder of the Rolling Blackouts videos - Back Like 8 Track, Yosemite Theme, Bust Out Brigade and Lazy Poltergeist - or did I miss them somehow? Somebody let us know please.
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Thanks & Things
Monday 12th September 2011

A very big thank you to Chi for some additional pieces of memorabilia she kindly picked up for me recently including a Bingley Music Live Festival T- shirt and laminate and a Highfield Festival poster. Check them out under the relevant pages in the Memorabilia section here. Cheers Chi!

Thanks also to Jonny Trunk for supplying me with a tracklisting for his OST show on Saturday featuring guest Ian Parton - a really enjoyable two hour's worth of eclectic and engaging TV, movie and other music selected by Ian himself. The show is due to be repeated this coming Wednesday (14th September) at 3pm UK time on Resonance FM here - and hopefully will be available as a podcast at some point in the future. Check out the playlist here (last entry on the page).

Further thanks to August Krater for another really nice scan, this time of the reverse of the original 2004 LP release of Thunder, Lightning, Strike. Check it out, along with all of August's other great work, here.

On the subject of record sleeves, if you're wondering about the photos at the top of this entry, it's the sleeve to a limited edition 12" released on Junior Aspirin Records a little while back featuring three bands, one of which was Same Things, Sam Dook's long-running music project with DJ Scotch Egg. I've always been interested in checking out the non-Go! Team activities of the various band members and Sam's work is probably the most extensive, including bands 100 Pets, I'm Being Good, Same Things and Cuz, his   collaboration with Stooges' bassist Mike Watt, who I understand may be releasing something next year. Check out Sam's extra curricular stuff via the Discography here. There were only 100 copies of the above 12" pressed but Junior Aspirin do still have a few copies for sale via their website here and it comes in a fantastically bizarre hand made sleeve as shown above, featuring the police arrest-shots of Nick Nolte and James Brown.

And lastly just a quick shout-out and thank you to www.rarerecords.com.au/ in Australia for some splendid customer service recently. Thanks folks!
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China Dates Added/Irish Rumours Rejected
Friday 9th September 2011

The band have announced a rare return trip to China with dates there on the 2nd and 4th of October. Check out the live dates section on the right hand side of this page for more info.

Sadly, the band also confirmed through its official news letter today that the London Koko gig on the 30th of November will be 'probably be our last for a while'. They also added that reports of the band splitting up, which stemmed from articles published following a press conference in Ireland as part of the Electric Picnic festival last weekend, were 'wide of the mark'. Read a couple of the articles here and here.
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Electric Picnic Interview
Wednesday 7th September 2011

Ian Parton: "...even now I think, god, there's so much more mileage in this idea of schizophrenic music...". Let's hope so. Interview here.
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Bingley Photos
Monday 5th September 2011

Many thanks to my friend Anya Reid for sharing her ace photos of The Go! Team taken at Bingley last Friday. Check out some more here.
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Saturday Afternoon At The Movies
Sunday 4th September 2011

Ian Parton will be a guest on the Jonny Trunk OST Show on Resonance 104.4 FM next Saturday (10th September) between 4.30-6.30pm playing a selection of his favourite music from the world of TV and movies. Should be a really interesting listen as Jonny Trunk is somewhat of a connoisseur in this field too, having reissued a variety of weird and wonderful stuff in this genre on his own Trunk Records label. You can listen live on the station's website here.
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Bingley
Saturday 3rd September 2011

Great evening at Bingley last night (but let's not mention the journey up, eh). A short but sweet set (well it was free!) and lovely to meet up with friends Eddie and Anya from Leeds (hopefully some photos from Anya at some point as she's a proper photographer and all that), and great to catch up briefly with Chi, Kaori and Sam. A big thank you to Chi for sorting the three of us out with passes for the posh bit of the site - much appreciated, not least for the amazing designer toilets! (I have photos). More later.

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Check out the News Archive here for older news from October 2008 to the present. For a Go! Team chronology go here.