Tuesday, 25th December 2012

I've been writing a lot in my notebook but not so much on here. Recent loves: Philip K. Dick's Exegesis, coincidences (which aren't a mistake), trying to keep the channel to the universe open.
I'm cutting my hours down at work in the New Year which will mean I will basically have enough money to pay rent and possibly eat but no more. I have however saved up a little money which is going to be put into a project I'll talk more about when it's properly on its way.
New year aims: work less at my job, write more music and words, work more on what is now 4 music projects, continue the journey into the soul of the universe, eat healthier, finally get over my fear of doing public exercise (one of my biggest fears is doing anything new and untesed in public, my anxiety has a field day with that), love more fear less, make myself bored which I believe is a gift of time to create something, make money from music, continue to believe in magic, succeed, be the best.

Merry Christmas everyone, hope all your dreams come true.

Sunday, 11 November 2012

I had an unexpected encounter with mind expansion again the other night when I smoked the tiniest bit of marijuana on my own. Amazingly I've never actually smoked it on my own before so never gave it a proper chance to do it's own personal work on me. All I ever remembered were the occasional laughing fits, the tiredness, the paranoia, and generally not feeling to good, but after the experiences with Heavenly Blue Morning Glory seeds a few months ago I am now well aware of just how spiritual and intense a drug experience can be on your own if you're setting yourself a specific goal.
So this time I was quite relaxed, I had a whole day off work and had just been gifted a little marijuana from a friend, I had nothing pressing or urgent that needed doing so I thought I'd just try it out and lie on my bed. At first it was just the general sleepiness, I started to doze off, then suddenly I was smacked in the head with this overwhelming feeling of people calling to me and pulling my soul up from my body. I thought I'd try a little experimenting with astral projection or combining dreamstate with consciousness. It all gets a bit blurry as (just like back in July with the HBMG seeds) I was being transported through space and communicating with the universe/god/me. All reality was once again stripped away, instead of seeing walls in my room I was taken back to July's image of being Ken Kesey in a mental ward, instead of seeing a hook on shelf I was taken back to the door in Berlin. I called out names, I revisted faces, I saw (better to say 'felt') the connections between planets and people once more. How planets feel the same as we do about love, how they spend so long waiting for that moment when they get to see their true love again (the orbiting on axis), how 'as above, so below' is true that on every level of creation the same rules play themselves out, that everything we see around us right now is a direct link to everything larger and smaller than us, that the same relationships play their parts no matter where we are in the universe.
I died I again like I did in July and felt millions of years pass, I was being asked to go back but I really didn't want to. Why choose once more to forget all the knowledge that we have stored within us? The truth that we know somewhere deep down that has been forgotten by choice. We chose to forget all we knew in an attempt to be able to recognise the beauty and magic that we have stored within us and which is all powerful and limitless. But the game has gone on too long, we have not only forgotten but can now not even believe that we could be capable of such power. Yet we are.
So after these millions of years passed and I lived many different lives all once again going through the motions of unawareness I was suddenly brought to the choice again to recreate my universe. I would wake up in the same room I died in, I would most likely go to work the next day, I would have to have conversations that would no longer make sense. Each day we must get up and go to work. Each day we recreate our world and each moment we have a choice between fear and love.
I actually made a promise that I wouldn't be able to tell anyone about what I experienced but I disagree now as it was based upon the fear of being regarded as losing my mind. I don't think I am losing my mind, I simply feel like I'm beginning to remember where I put it down.
Nothing is clear yet and this is only the beginning of the path which could end tomorrow. Maybe this is as far as I will go, but maybe not. I feel more hope and love than I have done for a good many years, and I am aiming to keep hold of it. In fact I will fight for it. Everyone has to start working on their own highest goal whatever that may be. Your highest hope and most outlandish desire. I put it to you: what if all of this were a lie and the thing that you most want to believe in was true with unrestricted potential? If it were given to you right now would you be able to believe it? Because doubt will destroy that hope. Maybe we've all had it before and lost it due to that doubt.
I may still have doubts and restrictions placed on me by this world that we have all helped create, but I am going within, I am going on an adventure to find the purest best part of myself and attempting to bring it up to the surface. Who knows where we go from here...

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Thursday, 8 November 2012

Exciting talks with David Goo tonight about future projects. A new EP could be on the way soon and by the looks of it it'll be the most intensive recording session I've ever been involved in, plenty of studio time and lots of musicians. Might even have a little Bikini Smith reunion. 7" single perhaps?

Think I may have an artist by the name of Amber for my up coming cassette only releases too (buy the cassette which will have unique artwork to pin to your wall with free download code included). I'm not sure which should come first: the songs, or the artwork. Hmmm.

Wednesday, 22 August 2012

So unfortunately Dan has had to pull out of the show tomorrow at the Scream Lounge which means I'll be doing this one solo. I can't blame him however, as he is hopefully having a meeting with Tim Heidecker about some illustrations Dan drew for him. Anyone that knows about Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, will understand what kind of a big deal that is.

But don't forget he'll be joining me on 16th September at the Spice of Life. That is unless he is being flown all around the world in Tim & Eric's private jet or somethingorrather.

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Monday, 20 August 2012

I've been back in London for 12 days. Those 12 days have included 2 weddings of Asyet members, (Miss Jo Williams last Saturday, and Roxy Rawson yesterday); a room found for me to live in with James Boston the keyboardist from David Goo Variety Band; a job to pay for my existence; and a new musical project with Mr. Goo.

On top of all that I have a show of my own this Thursday being joined by my old friend Dan Mulcahy at Scream Lounge, Croydon, and Jeeps have a show on the 27th August at the Spice of Life, Soho. Busy times. I just wanna say thanks to all my friends and family that have been helping me with somewhere to sleep and food to eat these past couple of weeks. Love you all.

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Thursday, 9 August 2012

After a brief (1 night) stint in a psychiatric ward in Berlin, having eaten some flower seeds, hallucinating and walking down the street naked, I am back in London.
Finally able to add my parts to the new Jeeps ep of which we've been working on these past 2 days, and it's all sounding great. Keep up to date with the progress at http://www.thebed.co.uk/jeeps.html and come to the shows either on Saturday (Powers Bar, Kilburn) or Monday (The Wheelbarrow, Camden) where I'll also be joining them.

In other news, if anyone knows of any jobs going (I have experience in retail) or some place where I could live, let me know.

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Thursday, 26 July 2012
 
Brief History:

August 2011: Made redundant at HMV and decided to move to Berlin for 2 months with my bandmate from JEEPS, Glen Strachan. (Ended up living there til August 2012).

August 2010: Met a girl for 5 minutes at a bar in July and went on a tour around Europe for 2 weeks in her van. (many photos can be seen on my flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/williamnein99/)

August 2009: Sold everything of worth I had and borrowed money off of friends and family to go back to Potsdam, USA to get back to the girl I loved. (http://williamnein.bandcamp.com/album/homeless-2010)

August 2008: Went and stayed at a farm in upstate New York on a whim to work on a family run organic farm. (http://williamnein.bandcamp.com/album/moth-hobbles-drunk-2008)

August 2007: Fired from my job as Assistant Manager and events organiser at Satchmos, Dalston, London. Went on to become a temporary Christmas assistant at HMV where I met Oli Averty and Dan Wainscoat. (http://williamnein.bandcamp.com/album/jesus-is-my-man-2007)

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Thursday, 26 July 2012

I'm moving back to England as my time in Berlin seems to be done for now. There's a show in Croydon on 23rd August at Scream Studios where I will be joined by one of my old bandmates from Xyla: Mr Dan Mulcahy. We will be having live drums, drums played by the Mini-Pops, bass, and the occasional bit of saxophone. Very much looking forward to the rehearsals as we will be filming and audio recording them. And of course the show should be brilliant if all goes our way.

I have no idea what I'm going to do in London or how to survive, but the universe has been kind so far and hope it hasn't abandoned me yet, so here's to trust.

In the meantime take a visit to www.teatone.net for updates from one of my closest friends.

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Wednesday, 11 July 2012

Currently listening to the fantastic album by Mystery Invention released in 2010. Manic-Fun-Summer-Pop. Download for free here: https://oneinchrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mystery-invention



In other news I've got a show booked in England on Thursday 23rd August at the Scream Lounge in Croydon. I'll be joined on stage by my long-term collaborator Dan Mulcahy. Expect drums, sax, electric guitars, and the occasional blip and bleep. We're also planning on recording and filming our rehearsals for some kind of release.

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Thursday, 7 June 2012

As a clue to where my mind is at: currently reading/listening to:
Terence McKenna - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_McKenna
Rudolf Steiner - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Steiner / Lectures: http://wn.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA177/English/RSP1993/FalDar_index.html
Alvin Toffler: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Toffler

Mixing it in with some World Order info/documentaries; taking a break from alcohol; trying the lotus position for the first time today (and failing).

Thursday, 10 May 2012

A mixtape I made....

inthetimeslikethese by inthetimeslikethese


inthetimeslikethese

lost boy ? - Lemon Tree (2010)
Envelopes - Freejazz (2006)
Merchandise - Time (2012)
TheBed - Soma Riot Wave Machine (2003)
The Nerves - Hanging on the Telephone (1976)
ORKA - Betri tíðir (2011)
Dorine Muraille - triviana, nuire! (2002)
Tanner - Click Click (1995)
Shoppers - I - from Shoppers/Panzram split (2012)
Horror Me - How are you, Horror Me?

DOWNLOAD HERE:
http://www.mediafire.com/?xkl6n1zl6237iuy

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Tuesday, 8 May 2012

A veteran on the London music scene, William Nein has shared the stage with other notable acts such as The Wave Pictures, Emmy the Great, Serafina Steer, and The Mules. At his first solo show he bumped into Johnny Flynn outside The Tatty Bogle Club.

"He knew my name", William states, "this was back in the day of Myspace, and I had just changed my profile picture of a logo with a Santa's hat on, and he remembered me from that! I only found out later that he was the brother of Jerome Flynn (of Game of Thrones/Soldier, Soldier/Robson & Jerome fame), if I had known that before I would've talked to him about Sevenoaks. Jerome went to the same school as I did, The Wildernesse School. But of course that was years before my time"

The Wildernesse School closed down in July 2010, becoming part of the Knole Academy at the start of the autumn term in September 2010. "My sister went to Knole Academy, or I should say, the Bradbourne School as it was known then"

History doesn't stop there though with this now Berlin-based musician.

"Jamie Woon took my spot in the college band I was in. Me and some friends started this band called 'Superfish' when we were all 16, then of course some of us got girlfriends. Royce Wood Junior and myself were the two main songwriters, we were aiming to be the next Lennon/McCartney but couldn't decide which one was who. After we got girlfriends arguments started happening and finally I left. 6 days later I was replaced by Jamie Woon. He was in the year below."

Jamie Woon has since gone on to become a successful artist on Universal, with Royce Wood Junior co-producing/writing the debut album.

In 2005 Nein co-founded the 'Asyet Collective' with David Goo and Roxy Rawson, over the next year the collective grew to include fellow music-scensters Left with Pictures, The Zetland Players, Miss Jo Williams and many others.

"Basically we were all solo artists who would join together for shows to create a more dynamic stage-show" he explains. "We were all fed up of the stagnancy of playing open mics and booking shows where no-one would turn up, being put on the same bill as acts that had no relevance to the music we were playing, or the atmosphere we were trying to create. So instead of us all working alone and having to start from scratch each time we played a show we decided to create our own show, one big party."

The Asyet Collective also became a short-lived record label releasing EP's from Left with Pictures, The Zetland Players and a compilation 'Pixies, Crows & Cats in Hats: Tales from the Asyet collective' which was featured as part of 'Meat Magazine'.

"That really opened up alot of doors for me" he explains, "I was visiting a friend in New York and a girl got in touch with me saying that she had picked up a copy of the CD in Cambridge whilst visiting England, and that she really loved it but was going back to California soon. I figured that as I was already in the U.S.A I may as well take a little trip and fly over to California. This girl set up a show for me in a small cafe and I played for donations."

This trip to the U.S.A was also part of the 'Days of Disorder' documentary which followed William and his friends Glen Strachan, Jet Tea, and Mikey 'the Uxbridge Strangler' Talbot on their journey through the states.

"I first met up with Glen and the others in New York where we played a few shows and went to a lot of open mics. They then took trains all over the country, up to Niagra Falls, through Buffalo and all the way to the West Coast where I met up with them in Long Beach just after playing the show at the cafe".

Although they didn't know it yet, this trip together would become the beginning of Jeeps, the band fronted by Glen Strachan with William joining on bass.

"It all became a bit hectic after this time" he continues, "after coming back to England I lost my job had to go on the dole and moved back in with my mother, Glen decided to move to Berlin, Asyet was all but finished with each of us going off to do our own thing. It was a pretty dark time."

Eventually William managed to pick himself up, get a job and save some money.

"I decided that as soon as I could I would leave London, there wasn't much there for me anymore, so I saved some money and found a farm in northern New York where I could live and eat in exchange for working there."

Over the next year and a half William spent his time working in London and flying over to the U.S.A whenever he could, playing shows in small towns in upstate New York and farming.

"In the end it just became impractical" he states, "I wanted nothing more than to start a new life there but with the travel and work restrictions it was just impossible. So I came back to England and by this time Glen was also there, he had been splitting his time between New York city, Berlin and London. We finally got Jeeps together and played lots of shows, most of them ending up in fights with the venues, or our drummer getting naked and dancing on table tops. It finally ended when we sacked our drummer by mistake, which meant Jeeps had to re-adjust. We moved to Berlin together in 2011 and found our new drummer in the hostel we were staying at, who ironically then moved to London. Edvina who's from Sweden but lives in London via Berlin where Glen first met her joined us on backing vocals and keyboard. We played more shows there while we were together, then I moved permanently to Berlin where have been playing lots of solo shows. But they're all coming back here in June".

William Nein released his debut solo album in January 2012, 'No Heart's A Wasteland' captures the colourful essence of youthful wonder while maintaining a matured interest in the uncertainty of days to come. Sensitive if not brash, heartbreaking if not hopeful, the album dances with a varying, captivating pace. Having played more shows in the last 5 months than in the previous 2 years he is aiming to make 2012 the biggest year yet.

"I want to take over Berlin, I want to walk down the street and have people nod their heads in recognition, and when that gets too much then I'd like to go back to Manhattan and take that over too."