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?
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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."
