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  • Dinosaurs, Boxes and Riots!

    Hello! I don’t want this to be one of those blogs were the poster just apologises repeatedly for not posting for ages but, erm…sorry…

    Anyway, a fair bit has happened so let me fill you in. First of all a downsized Tiger Mendoza consisting of Dan and I played a couple of gigs last month with a kind of best of Tiger Mendoza type set with me on controls and vocals and and Mr. O’Driscoll on guitar. To be honest we weren’t sure if it was going to work but it seemed to go down really well. The idea was a king of Amon Tobin / Soulwax type set with lots of TM tracks mixed together in to a continuous 30min mix with Dan playing guitar on top. I suppose it was like trying to convince people to mosh to a DJ set. Which they did. Which was nice. Cheers to Oxbox.tv for having us @ Fat Lil’s in Witney and to Fred Toon for letting play the 2nd and last Psychotechnic League night at The Wheatsheaf, Oxford. You can see some footage and an interview we did at Fat Lil’s by going to the video page. And talking of Mr. Toon…

    I’ve been helping Fred and Jo and Tim from Space Heroes of the People (aka The Modernist Disco) put together a compilation of some our favourite Oxfordshire electronic acts which is coming out MONDAY 2ND MAY (with CDs to follow a week later). Here’s the cover:

    We Do Not Have A Dinosaur

    And here’s a list of the acts involved:
    Cez
    Coloureds
    Death Of Hifi
    King Of Beggars
    LeftOuterJoin
    Sikorski
    Space Heroes Of The People
    The Evenings
    The Grudle Bay Riots
    The Keyboard Choir
    The Kinetic Wardrobe
    The Manacles Of Acid
    Tiger Mendoza
    TYSTYNAPYSLU
    We Are Ugly….

    There will be some CDs available too from Rapture Records and Truck Store. All profits from sales of the album will be going to the Red Cross Japanese Tsunami appeal. Go to via http://plmd.bandcamp.com for more info.

    Oh and the Riots? More on that soon…

  • Red Cross Japanese Tsunami Appeal

    I’m sure by now you’ve all seen the images in the media that have come back in the wake of the earthquake and Tsunami that hit Japan. It seems as though things are going pretty crazy around the world with the troubles in Egypt and Libya and the earthquake in New Zealand but this has hit a little closer to home. Helena lived in Japan for a while and her experiences in the country influenced the lyrics to our songs ‘Tokyo Triangle’ and ‘Last Train To Chiba’ and it’s a place that is still very close her. We also have other friends with very strong links to Japan so I thought I would put a message out.

    I appreciate that money wise, things are a tough at the moment and there are a number of high profile charities trying to get your money for different causes but if you can spare anything and would like to donate to the Red Cross’ Appeal, click on this link or on the image below.

    Cheers, Ian

    Red Cross

  • ACOUSTIC GIG THIS SATURDAY!!!!!

    Hello!

    A belated Happy New Year to you all! Just a some good and bad news for you. The gig we had lined up for March has unfortunately been postponed however hopefully it’ll be rescheduled for soon after.

    The good news is that I’m playing a solo acoustic set THIS SATURDAY (29th) at Oxford Cycle Workshop. Go here for the Facebook event and more details.

  • Pre-Christmas Thank Yous and Stems!

    The past year has been pretty crazy for Tiger Mendoza. We’ve managed to play gigs, record an album and recruited 2 new members. I’d say that was a big win of a year. The gigs we had over the past couple of weeks were a really good experience. It’s fair to say that the 2nd gig was a lot tighter (and to be fair a lot more fun) but a big THANK YOU to Daisy Rogers and Swiss Concrete and Gappy for having us. And obviously THANK YOU to all of the people that came to see us. Dan Paxton has some great pics from the gigs up on Flickr profile.

    In a return of good will and good Christmas spirit I’ve uploaded some remixable stems to the Aim For The Head page which you remix to your hearts content. If you do create anything please do share it via Soundcloud or Official.FM.

    As for what next year will hold, Tiger Mendoza will continue and there will be more music but the lineup will have change as Helena and Sally are going off to do other things for a bit. We have got a show lined up for March in Oxford but full details are still TBC for that. But trust me it will be great. Oh Yes.

  • Aim For The Head – OUT NOW!!!!

    For anyone that wants it, the new album is out now to download from bandcamp. There are also a limited number of CDs available too which you can purchase from us via band camp or out our upcoming gig at The Wheatsheaf next Friday.

    Check out the minisite for more info.

  • Aim For The Head: Cover and Tracklisting

    Aim For The Head album cover
    Click on the cover for more info.

    Tracklisting:

    1. Mellotron
    2. Dark Maybe Darker
    3. Last Train To Chiba
    4. 2 Rings (w/ Will Scarlett)
    5. The Circus
    6. Don’t Hate Me (w/ Lee Christian from Smilex)
    7. My House
    8. D Song
    9. Kalimba

    So there you go. The cover was based on this piece by street artist Pahnl (and by the way you NEED to check out his new short film!). It will be available to download from bandcamp on Friday 10th December and we’ll be selling CDs at our gigs at The Jericho and The Wheatsheaf in the next couple of weeks.