For the past few years I've been playing in a 5/7-a-side football team - Molton Bonderas - which has seen a host of awesome guys come through its roster. During the summer we usually expand to a larger collective of guys playing in Regents Park in London.
Recently I was thinking how amazingly prolific and diverse musically our team and the wider group of guys we play with have been, so I thought I'd dedicate a bit of space on Fucking Chill to highlight the phenomenal and varied talents of my football compadres:
1. Ed Godden
Position: team captain; absolute hero of the pitch with a penchant for blind rage.
Music: Jason and the Astronauts - ace post-punk with electronic flourishes and shouty vocals. Check it.
He's also put out some great compilation CDs to fundraise for Homerton Hospital.
2. Evan Morgan
Position: Rock in defence; rugby tactics.
Music: Dubious Caesar - beautiful future-folk duo of soaring harmonies and macabre anthems. More on them here.
3. Alex Gordon
Position: Midfield maestro; chilled gait.
Music: DJs as Gongon, some awesome future bassy and tech mixes. Plays with Deadboy as D&G.
4. Allan Wootton
Position: Regent's Park football crew; gangly antics!
Music: DJs as Deadboy - now getting massive and deserved acclaim. His Fact Mag mix was voted mix of the year I believe. It's fucking ace: check it out here.
5. Alex Jackson
Position: Fill-in keeper; wonder shot-stopper.
Music: Dynamo Garage - Bewilderingly good drummer in this great alt-indie outfit; ace live show.
6. Luke Massey (yep. me.)
Position: Undoubtedly the fulcrum of the team; playmaker and striker extraordinaire. :D
Music: Green as a Primary - we're not making tunes anymore but this is what we were doing back then - drifty electronica with ambient instrumentation with Evan Morgan and Alex Massey of Dubious Caesar (above).
7. Leon Marks
Position: I forget where he played, but play he did ;)
Music: Shit and Shine - crazy noise-rock; wowing live experience.
Leon also made tunes for a while as Hyper Black Bass which to this day is the best name I've ever heard for a DJ (ref to the fishing game on the Game Boy circa '95).
8. Matt Parker:
Position: Hotstepper; silent assassin who played with us a couple of times (so I thought he should get an honourable mention here!).
Music: Nedry - great bass-fuelled tunes with shimmering guitars and beautiful vocals. Blogged about them a while back.
-L
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