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Coney Island Sound is a new project started by Ewan Gordon that mixes a variety of musical elements. A patchwork of found sounds and environmental recordings forms a backdrop for a variety of acoustic and vintage instruments. Accordions and Harps rub shoulders with Casios and Kaoss Pads. Acoustic guitars and unusual rhythm sources construct more familiar song structures. Friends from across the world contribute vocals and lyrics and allow songs to develop in all sorts of directions.

The music follows a more experimental direction and began alongside his endeavours with Olympic Lifts. It was whilst playing and DJing with the likes of Four Tet, Royksopp, Ladytron, Mina, Notwist, Lo-Fidelity Allstars and Ugly Duckling that he first started mixing environomental audio with folk elements collecting ideas on Dictaphone tapes.

Coney Island Sound's first posting is Bring My Love's Unwanted Arrows featuring a vocal from Bod of Fonda 500. It evolved from cutting together found Maori folk song records and is currently available on the acclaimed I Can Count Vol.2 compilation. The compilation recently featured on Huw Stephens and Rob Da Bank's BBC Radio 1 shows and brings together a host of upcoming electronic talent.

Outtakes from a promising career gone Feral:

Try the still rather sweet Olympic Lifts Album at www.itunes.com & HMV Digital. Singles and rarities from Bungalow Records Berlin (first label on the moon), www.bungalow.de , Escalator Records Tokyo, Syft Records Tokyo.

Previously?:

A Melodic Triumph-Q Magazine
A Beautiful Noise-Dazed & Confused Magazine
A Devastating Blitzkrieg of Cut-up samples-NME
Think Beastie Boys/Avalanches with Style and Swagger-Rough Trade
As Slick and interesting an album as youll hear this year-XFM
XFM/Rough Trade Album Of the Week
Ewan Your Soul Food is Too Much Baby-The Make Up (About his Cooking)

Remixes Past ...... for Skint Records, Escalator Records Japan & Bungalow Records Berlin

Remixed by lovely folk including Cubismo Grafico, Jupiter Ace, Only Child, Ugly Duckling......

Lately!:

".......Using an array of synthetic instruments, keyboards, pianos, found sound, and a slew of guest vocals, Ewan is creating an awesome sound all his own. Sure comparisons can be made to practically anyone who uses those elements to make their own electronic type of music, but that seems to dim the creativity behind a project like Coneyislandsound....."-Pop Tarts Suck Toasted NYC

Second Olympic Lifts album recently released in Japan on Rimeout Records featuring Ewan's Music on a number of numbers.Get it from www.hmv.co.jp or Napster. Music on the Forthcoming Butternut album (DJ Payback, former Olympic Lift has a Block Rocking new group!) also on Rimeout Japan.

Remixes for O' Fracas, Leeds finest angular rock superstars (Marquis Cha Cha Records) available soon, watch this space.....

All Coney Island Sound Tracks have notched up radio plays across the U.K. and Europe (Thank you DJ's and friends!).

A seasonal series of Limited Edition E.P.s on vinyl, CD and USB Memory Stick are to commence this summer.

Much Love From The Island

Friends - see all 86

Blog - see all 4

Brian Eno Cover? Jul 7

Yes indeedy:

The piece expands upon a couple of the themes but tries to keep the number of instruments down to a minimum. There are multiple layers of treated sound and guitars but hopefully they all gel together.....Serve nicely chilled for a quiet Saturday afternoon

Nautical Pictures 2007