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Sunday, 10th March 2013

Selling the cassettes here too: http://williamnein.bigcartel.com/product/tape-a-includes-download-code
Would quite like to start recording a few other people and having a fun little tape club going on. I have a couple of people in mind for music and artwork. Spent about 10 hours recording music and making cassettes yesterday without stopping. My voice was also in amazing shape, I actually shocked myself. I've been missing that kind of motivation and obsessive behaviour for about 3 years, I actually thought it had gone completely but it seems like I can still get excited about creating things. Feels nice.

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Saturday, 9th March 2013

Making cassettes for the show tomorrow. I think I'll start with 5 copies and see if I manage to sell any. I spent the whole of yesterday rerecording some older songs and putting a new instrumental together for it. The idea is to sell the cassette with a download code included so you don't technically need a tape player to hear the songs but it will be limited to the cassette purchasers as I won't be putting them up online. I like the idea of that, the cassette being a novelty art piece as opposed to the actual product. It also means I have to make some good artwork for it. I wish I could draw better.
If you're also interested in buying one send me an email at booking 'at' williamnein 'dot' com. Probably sell them for £2/3.

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Wednesday, 6th March 2013

I see myself standing in a desert, I've been walking for thousands of years and yet I feel no closer to the goal (or even understanding what the goal is) than I did when I started. Occasionally signs appear that encourage me and seem to tell me that yes I am heading the right way, but too quickly the mirage disappears and I am once again staring at another sand dune next to a hundred others. I am tired, I am lost and yet I am immortal. I am obviously not the smartest being as I always seem to make the wrong choices or keep believing in the wrong things.
Part of me thinks that marrying myself to music was the worst decision I ever made because it locked me into a situation that should've been more flexible. If it weren't for music I could be living in India, or walking through the world anonymously as I have many times fantasied. I understand the argument that I could still do this, but stubborness kicks in and tells me that no, I cannot do anything until I have succeeded at my first aim. For if I cannot succeed at one thing than what chance do I have to succeed at another? No, This must be first!
In my teens I had strong deja vu, I had premonitions and a certain primitive psychic sense, but I managed to destroy those by cigarettes (I believe nicotine, or other drugs in tobacco inhibits psychic gifts), alcohol and general misuse of my body and mind. I also feel like I wasn't given much of a choice as to function as 'normal' in this society I felt I had to sacrifice many of my natural inclinations and reactions. My family generally gave the impression that to conform was the right thing to do, so as a child I tried my best to do that. I felt abnormal and so would teach myself to act as others did. It was probably in my 20's that I came to realise that this was more to do with the lack of confidence in my family to be who they really are than to conforming as a way to work under the radar to change things without being noticed. So that has long been my own personal goal, to work so below the radar that no one even knows that I am doing it. Unfortunately the idea is also so uncomfortably close to what we call delusion that I often doubt that I am actually doing anything at all. And when I look to see if anything has been acheived I am faced with yet another hundred sand dunes.
I have acheived little. I am doing something wrong. This I know. I don't think I've ever had a successful case, I am a dreadful detective, a poor psychologist, a lacking lyricist.
But still I march on, I have no other option. I don't believe this will be my last lifetime (oh, how I wish it were. I miss my wife) and so I must keep on until I hopefully figure it out. But really if anyone has any ideas about how to make all this stupidness seem a little more fun and enjoyable let me know.

"The view of the city and mountains from my sickbed seemed to me like a painted curtain with black holes in it..Disappointed, I thought, "Now I must return to the 'box system' again". For it seemed to me that beyond the horizon of the cosmos a three-dimensional world had been artificially built up, in which each person sat by himself  in a little box. And now I should have to convince myself all over again that this was important! Life and the whole world struck me as a prison..."

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Wednesday, 27th February 2013

We recorded bass and guitars for the new EP today, some more guitars and vocals are planned for Friday. It's sounding pretty great so far but it'll be perfect by the time of release as I'm not settling for anything less than that. It'll still be a while before release as once Friday is over there'll be a month or so of trying out ideas and adding parts, one of which will be Ellie Pile's vocals and accordian (she doesn't get back until April) and another is group vocals where I'm hoping 5-10 people will come and sing and shout on a couple of songs. I'm saying this now because once this project is completed I'll be removing all free albums and wiping the slate clean. Then it'll just be 'No Heart's a Wasteland' and this new EP that'll be available (if anyone ever has the urge to put the others up on mediafire, you're welcome to, I'm not against free music). So if you want any then now is the time to download. Check the link above.

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Monday, 25th February 2013

Once upon a time I had a girlfriend, I met her in upstate New York and for a few months it was great until it all fell apart it a mess of horribleness and pain (which is what usually happens right?). I came back to London, she moved to Syracuse and formed a band called Shoppers with her then boyfriend on drums.
I always followed their progress and thought they were great even though I found the whole thing difficult. The band split last year but they released a full length album on vinyl and a split 7" of which I bought both.

Here is the album via Bandcamp:


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Saturday, 23rd February 2013

Managed to finish this song today as well, a little more traditional than the last one.

Cold Bodies/Stars Above by William Nein
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Friday, 22nd February 2013

This is a little something I came up with today. Thought I'd try something new. Also, you should know I hate songs with 'song' in the title but I guess I'm just being lazy.

Overly Self-indulgent Song by William Nein
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Monday, 19th February 2013

Also, I'm playing a show in London on March 10th. Check the Live Shows page for more info.

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Monday, 19th February 2013

So I've spent the past 3 days in my affectionately called 'cabin', the smallest room in the world which actually wasn't a room 4 years ago but simply a space at the top of the stairs. I've left the house for maybe a total of 15 minutes in those 72 hours. The rest of that time has been spent drinking on average about 12 cups of filtered coffee per day, smoking a ridiculous amounts of self rolled cigarettes and sitting in front of my Pro-Tools covered computer screen. Yes, I've been trying to write music again and man is it a bitch. I haven't come up with a fully formed song yet but quite a few disjointed ideas, riffs and bad melodies. However, this has been my conclusion so far:
Even though I always thought of 'success' as having written a song, putting it online and having people hear it, I realise now that actually the process it just as important. For the past 2 1/2 years I've neglected my duties as songwriter and haven't really dedicated myself to it at all. I haven't struggled and strived for the idea; held my head in my hands out of pure frustration; shouted 'FUUUUCKKK' at the computer screen for not being able to play a guitar part I wrote when I was 19 (which I did today. sorry, I gave up so it's not finished. Goddamn finger picking), and so I've been doing my job a disservice, I haven't been working at all. I've been living off the fruits of my past labour.
Well, these past 3 days I have been working. They may have proved unsuccessful so far but what do I expect for being so lazy these past few years. I am out of shape. Flabby and breathless. Out of touch with the Gods and they are ignoring me, and rightly so. I do remember however that there eventually does come a breakthrough, finally the pieces fit and you're on a roll again. So that is my aim. I have another 1 1/2 weeks off of work (granted 3 days will be in a studio recording parts to a new EP of old songs which will be fucking brilliant, amazing and my key to success) to get my shit together. I pledge that I will not give up or choose films, listening to other people's music or getting drunk during the day over this. Nightimes are mine however.
I would like an album of at least 10 new songs to be possible by the end of my seclusion.

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Friday, 8th February 2013

Had 2 amazing dreams last night. The first where I was in a room with 2 people who were ganging up on me, one male and one female, being mean and insulting. So as revenge I started to think of ailments for them which they then commented on. I decided to speak through the female and prove to them that they were my creations. She was quite confused about what was going on but the male realised quite quickly what I was doing. They were then sad that they didn't exist and that this world wasn't real, but the love between us was so strong, we all hugged on a couch and I promised them I'd send others to them to keep them company. Then I disappeared and woke up.

Once awake I had another experience of ego death, very much like the 2 times of last year. I placed my right hand on my face just like I had done the previous 2 times. Suddenly I was aware that I had died again and that I hadn't done anything with my life. I can't quite explain the emotions that run through me when I experience these things, but each time there has been a sequence of emotions that run one after the other in a specific order. It always ends up the same which is one of complete loneliness but with the realisation that you must get up every day and get to work. Life is work. Creation is work.

The 2nd dream I was somewhere (it felt like America) where gangs with guns were shooting, I tried to hide behind a fence though I wasn't scared. One guy shot right at where I was so I felt like he could see me even though I thought I was hidden. As the bullets went through the fence where I was it became obvious that the bullets weren't hitting me or having an affect. Eventually I decided to float above the fence which threw them off as they hadn't seen a levitating being before. Floating in an upright position felt awkward so I decided to sit in the lotus position. I spoke to them briefly (by this point they had stopped shooting), and decided to explore this world.
I floated over a highway and then layers and layers below started to exist. Much like a mirror facing a mirror but with each layer forming in sequence. Heading below made me feel a little uncomfortable so I decided to head upward instead. I told myself I wanted to conquer this world and transported myself up. Light began to become brighter and brighter until it was almost blinding, I have no idea at what speed I was travelling but I was passing through each layer. For no particular reason I decided to stop and it was dark with an unlit stairway. Someone sat at a booth much like a ticket stall, I headed up the stairs and went through the door, very excited to be at a new place. I bumped into a demonic looking fellow and pleaded with him to let me visit. He seemed quite surprised at my request and his response was "This is the Gents". Suddenly I realised it was just a toilet, which made me laugh but also excited me. I was here! I was now outside of this other me's being and could see that I was red with horns, much like the traditional looking devil, but I was so happy to have found another dimension. (I think they 'look' of the devil has had a pretty bad rep).

I then woke up.

Dreams like these always make me feel pretty good, I can explore the universe without ever leaving my room if I so choose, actions in the physical world are important but I'm also trying to find a way to control my own physical existence through thought alone.

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Tuesday, 5th February 2013

Well, this was 5 years ago. I was 25. That's ridiculous because I can't say I've changed much. Still, good memories....




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Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Damn I really don't know how to feel, my emotions are everywhere: in the far past; in the recent past; in the present; in the future. I write too much about love but damn I can't help feeling love for every one of you fuckers. Every painful moment, every joyful connection, I just want to see everyone of you and spend a few hours with you, speak to you and get to see you again. The past is such a quicksand of emotion. Maybe that's how black holes get formed. The universe turning inside itself. But we must all keep moving forward, adventure lies ahead of us, not as a story to be told. Everyday I must remind myself that I still exist and that those future memories are still yet to happen. And I'm grateful for them. They are all amazing.

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Monday, 28 January 2013

God is a comedian and I am so grateful for it. These past 8 months have been a joy to behold, the universe unfolds and its gifts are there for you to see and take and be part of.
God is a pretty dark comedian where only extremes are funny but that's the way I like it. At every stage this past year the universe has kept on giving, if one thing changes there's been another circumstance just waiting around the corner. I haven't been left waiting or wanting, wondering on decisions. Everything has been good. Experiences have been forced onto me whether my natural hermit tendecy would allow it or not and I think that's because I have finally found a way to tune in, to not hold myself back from something that has wanted to give something to me.
Joy and sadness, it's all a drama, something you can be a part of or step outside of, but it's entertaining whichever way you experience it. Love is all around and you should grant yourself that love, let love take you and let yourself love the best you can. It's not always easy I grant you but that is the comedy of it all; love or fear: the only two choices you have. Humour or strife. Everything is funny, everything is dark, everything is beautiful. I find so much joy in pain nowadays that I can't see a difference.
Today I recorded 2 songs with Ellie in a matter of a few short hours. She had never seen a Kaoss pad before and so when we started experimenting with it with her voice and accordian this is what came out.



She's heading of to Nicaragua tomorrow for 10 weeks. Take a listen to this one and experience the less Kaoss pad Ellie here


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Friday, 25 January 2013

In honour of the return of Riley to London in 3 weeks I give you this:




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Monday, 21 January 2013

More twists and turns, no idea what's going on, everybody seems crazy but maybe that's just me projecting myself upon the world.
Still working what seems full time but that will all change soon and then it's rehearsals and recordings for a 5 song EP with full band collaborating with none other than the co-creator of 'No Heart's a Wasteland': Mr David Goo. Aiming to have it finished by the end of February. I'll have no money to press it to CD, or what I'd actually love, vinyl. Maybe I can get it on a label of some sort who will help with that.
March sees the return of our beloved Jeeps co-maniac Riley from California. Plans for an April tour round UK and some of Europe.
In May I think I'll be spending a few days in a Spanish villa with two other writers. One will be for music and the other will be for a musical. Maybe we will join forces and create a completely new collaboration. We will mostly swim in the pool, visit the beach and drink a stupid amount until we pass out in the street and get our shoes stolen. As always all these plans are subject to change.
Regardless of all of this, I love you all very much. I hope we can all speak again someday.
As we should all be living happily with each other and creating the most beautiful things.
Take care people and love truly.
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Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Now if what they call the big bang did happen within one instant and everything suddenly came into being all at once then we can be lead to believe that time is indeed just an illusion. The whole universe is a being that is growing as it get older and becoming more aware of itself as it goes through that process, but the process happened so quickly that all awareness is actually a past event. We are the universe looking at its history and trying to figure out what happened. The idea that God has a plan is ridiculous, God has no idea that it even exists. God is a natural event that is simply trying to understand itself just as we as humans are also trying to understand ourselves. And we do this by looking back at our past, everything we've been through, everything that ever happened and how we try to predict our futures usually to no avail. What we see as the universe is a moment after the big bang looking at itself to try to understand what has already happened. We are already dead, God has already understood itself but we are currently at the stage where it was still looking for answers. Our intuition and wisdom is simply a dragging effect from the past that spreads out ahead of us. We are still too slow to understand but it is all there and has already been done.
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Friday, 11 January 2013

If we are actually living behind the veil of memory then the more we view everything as a past event the better we can shape our existence. We will not be wishing for something specific to happen but will be remembering and thankful that it has happened and did already happen.

If it is a veil that holds back the knowledge of past memory then the assumption should be made that its possible to pass through different levels of it. Serendipity; coincidence; positive thought leading to positive outcome; psychic powers; understanding of people and situations both intuitively and fully consciously; expansion of power and love; spreading wisdom and knowledge. If all is past then the fact is we have already chosen and done what we decided to do in this life, however, the amazing thing is that if we can see it as already finished then we possibly could also have done something so magnificent and wonderful which we have still yet to enjoy in this state of consciousness. If we feel like we led an interesting and fulfilled life then we probably most likely did and so the best is still yet to come.

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Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Well it's been a pretty emotional past few weeks, I feel like I've travelled through the heights of heaven and into the depths of hell for days at a time but I'm beginning to level off again into the purgatory that we call the normal world.
New musical projects have started where I have been recruited as an 'experienced' musician/songwriter where I will be mainly helping to come up with ideas and shaping songs, playing a bit of guitar, singing a little, and it feels as if this could be the most exciting thing I've ever been involved in. It's a great music/social experiment that my friend has wanted to do for the past couple of years. We've only met up all together twice so far but I can feel the chemistry and I have no doubt that this will be both amazing and successful. Well done friend for having the inspiration.
Life continues to be a challenge, things I've been through and had to deal with in the past, when positive things go bad and my reaction to them makes them so much worse. Everytime it comes back I'm always embarrassed and ashamed for being so human. My mind feels like it's so far above all the human bullshit, but when it comes down to it I'm just a fucking idiot (read Fyodor Dostoyevsky's the Idiot, or Brothers Karamazov (Alyosha) for how I'd like to be). Self-consciousness and self destruction take over and I feel helpless to stop it, and maybe I don't want to. The universe creates and destroys and the universe is my teacher. Ying Yang. Light Dark. Good Bad. Positive Negative. I love both sides.


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Tuesday, 25 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.

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Thursday, 20 December 2012

3 Songs from a cassette I was going to make 2 weeks ago but didn't because not enough people cared.


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Saturday, 8 December 2012

I've been listening to this song on repeat for about 4 days now which means it's passed the William Nein 'Classic Test'. Even better you can download their whole album for free (which is what I did but am now going to re download and donate). Such a great song. I love it.

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Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Part 1.
Sometimes a few choice words can really make you remember and take you back to a place you forget time and time again. You glimpse the truth for but a moment and it's so beautiful, simple and altogether the saddest thing you could ever imagine. There is an answer to the riddle set before you were ever born but to hold onto it and fully understand it is most likely the hardest thing for any one person to do, for once you achieve that goal then your life will be complete and living will no longer be necessary. And how I long to finish the game, to cease the repetitive cycles of life and death and beauty and pain. I hope to never return to this place, I want to be shown something new and something that my imagination cannot create. I want to share my life with her once again and for her to teach me all those things I failed to learn on my own.

Part 2.
From http://gerdas-tanzcafe.blogspot.de/

William Nein, ein englischer Singer/Songwriter, stellt auf seinem Debüt "MiniPops Junior EP" gleich mal von Beginn an klar, dass er nur das macht, worauf er Lust hat. Kein falsches Einschmeicheln u

nd Honig-um-den-Mund-Geschmiere, keine triefenden Balladen, keine zwanghafte Tiefsinnigkeit. Die EP handelt schlichtweg von einer MiniPops-Drum-Machine, die darüber hinaus auch mehrfach Verwendung in seinen Songs findet, die er von einem Freund geschenkt bekam. Die Melodien sind nett, könnten auch Popsongs einer britischen Boygroup sein, nur das Nein nicht in einer Castingshow, sondern noch immer im Stimmbruch steckt. So hört es sich an, wenn eine Stimme roh und unbearbeitet ist. Natürlich eben. Obwohl er keineswegs ein schlechtes Organ hat, manchmal übertreibt er es eben gern - aus purer Lust. Da blitzen dann halt, neben seiner Singer/Songwriter-Folk-, auch die Punkwurzeln durch. Wer das ganze mit mehr (Instrumenten- und Gäste-)Vielfalt hören möchte, kann sein Full-Lenght-Debüt "No Heart's a Wasteland" über Bandcamp vorhören und sich bei Wohlwollen die CD bestellen. Oder ihr hört mal bei die William Nein Tea Party (Facebook, Myspace) rein, die Live-Version mit Bassist und Drummer.

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Tuesday, 4 December 2012

After what feels like a very long time I feel like I may be gradually getting there. The inspiration is still finger tips away but I can see her. She stands there over me waiting for me to awake and recognize my wife and little daughter. The more I let myself go with what feels true inside the closer I seem to get. Now, things might get strange and I have to give myself a bit of leeway on the standard judgement of sanity but I say things seem so much more magical and true than they ever have before. Miracles are possible and true feats of amazement are possible. Just let me show you....

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Saturday, 24 November 2012


saturdaynight by inthetimeslikethese

Download here: http://www.mediafire.com/?dufedzvx90xkh14

Tracklist:

Rose Cross - Message
Wipers - Mystery
Yuck - The Wall
Husker Du - Blah, Blah, Blah
The Ambulars - Teenage Hate
Roar - Poor Grammar
Blitz - Solar

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Sunday, 18 November 2012

One of my favourite artists around at the moment




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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.

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Saturday, 3 November 2012

So I've had a song uncompleted for over 2 years now. I recorded guitar and casiotone beats and some other stuff then added some bass and edited minipops drums, tonight i recorded some lyrics to a melody that my imagination forgot my voice couldnt sing but i still think the song is great. even if i'm the only one. i put it up on soundcloud and so here it is. maybe not for long though.
(yes, i am using uncapitalised letters because i am feeling meek and weak)




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Tuesday, 30 October 2012

For those of you that don't know I've been battling with demons and devils in my sleepstate for many years now. Most nights I don't remember my dreams, or they are filled with dreamlike situations that we've all had one time or another. Sometimes though I have spoken to the angel Gabriel, I've had intercourse with Lilith, been raped by succubi and incubi (including Pan I believe), had demons and angels sitting on my bed, and generally been fighting evil spirits trying to take over the world.

I also believe without doubt that demons and devils are running this world, and many people choose to look away or join in in the ruccus as it's easier and more fun to do instead of making a stand and fighting these spirits.

My plan over the next few years is to assemble a dreamlike psychedelic army which will (with the help of kind spirit lords) give guidance, assistance and protection from these evil beings and fight them on the ethereal plains of our conciousness.

The physical world is lost but the other world is still ours even if we don't realise it.

Suggested reading/listening/viewing:
Rudolph Steiner, Terence Mckenna, Baba Ram Dass, Duncan Trussell and his guests

If you're local to London, have had an experience or 2 on psychedelics and this idea means anything to you then please get in touch.

booking 'at' williamnein . com

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Thursday, 25 October 2012

The long awaited follow up to my previous mixtape. This one is called 'manicyeah', pretty much taken from two blogs I follow: icoulddietomorrow.blogspot.co.uk and mindintrusion.blogspot.co.uk and the occasional significant other.
Unfortunately soundcloud have updated their system and knew that I had used copyrighted material (for a mixtape, c'mon man, that's an older artform than you are), so now it's just available as a mediafire download.

http://www.mediafire.com/?qqqu5xdgqo99y8j

Tracklist:

Dinosaur Jr. - Freak Scene
Rat Traps - Tennessee Rock n Roll
Bomb the Music Industry - A Shine to it (Laura Stevenson cover)
Ulises Lima - Remember
Potty Mouth - Girls XL
Wiccans - Invocation
Sloane Peterson - Recover
Paul Baribeau - Boys Like Me
Mystery Invention - Electric Lizard
Merchandise - Thin Air

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Thursday, 25 October 2012

I've just spent the past 2 hours researching and trying to find any bands in London that I could actually like. I finally found this blog that has managed to hit on the spot I was looking for: basementfever.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/london
But before that I came across alot of 'punk' bands in London that seem to have a good following, but no good songs, and no good ideas. And alot of them seem to be sounding so well produced. I started to get annoyed by this and wondered why it was making me so angry and this is what I came up with:
Now, don't get me wrong, I know there's now no excuse for a band to be badly recorded. The idea of Punk is not what it was and we have equipment that is easily available to us which far exceeds that what the bands of a decade or 2 ago could have only dreamed about having but that doesn't mean that we have to lose the whole idea of it.
If a band spends 15 minutes writing some bad song which lacks melody or any interesting ideas then why spend a whole day making the drums sound good, using thousands of pounds worth of guitars and amps, mixing it to make it sound wonderful and sucking all the life out of it?
For me Fleetwood Mac's Rumours is a million times more punk than these guys could ever wish to be. Fleetwood Mac were taking loads of drugs, 4 out of 5 people in the band were getting divorced from each other, having nervous breakdowns and had to spend a whole year in the same recording complex as each other to get it done. And what resulted was an amazing album of stories about each other, soulful and heavy in emotion.
So basically what I'm saying is either stick a few fucking mic's up and record it in 1 or 2 takes, or take your fucking time and go to the other extreme. This mediocre bollocks just annoys me. Extremes is 'punk'.

Recording lo-fi might not be any less of a lie for the music than making it polished, but at least it's less of an OBVIOUS lie.

Take note, wannabe punks.

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Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Well here we are. It's been a while I must admit and though I'd love to say I've been busy I haven't really. Mainly working and drinking but all is coming good.

This is the only home for now. No more facebook page, no more free albums on bandcamp, I'm gradually trying to kill William Nein and bring in a new contender. Everything is still available to anyone that wants it, just email me or search high and low on the internet for mediafire links, but I'm simply not going to try to sell myself for now. If no one's interested then so be it. I find it kind of pathetic that I've had to try to be my own promoter and marketing agency for so many years and so I'm taking the 'fuck everyone, I'm great, so let them do the work' attitude. Or should I say I used to be great. I haven't written anything of worth for 2 years, I've been riding on the coat-tails of my own mediocre success as a little known alternative act. But NO MORE I say. Fuck it. All I've got to do is be great. It's that simple. All I have to do is write the best music I've ever written and record it and sell it. So that's what I will do.

I completed what I consider my first proper song in a while yesterday, it won't make you want to cry or dance or scream out loud but I did manage to inject a little soul into it and maybe that little soul will grow into a little baby or something.

And usually I put them online straight away or send them to friends but I'm hoping to write 10 songs in the next few weeks/months, then work on them a bit and see what happens. I'd like to get back to a proper creative state of mind where I'm writing and finishing songs before I even know what they're about. So wish me luck.

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Sunday, 7 October 2012

Yesterday I started drinking around 2pm, by 5pm and after a good listen to Pulp's first 2 albums and reading up on Jarvis' early career days I was posting up on my Facebook page a request for words. I was too drunk to be able to write anything of meaning or sense so I thought it better to leave that in the hands of others and for me to simply concentrate on trying to string a few chords and a melody together.
I have to admit it was slow going at first and it took over 2 hours to get my first submission, but after that they just kept flooding in. In the end I managed 5 songs written and recorded in 5 hours and honestly it would've been a lot quicker had my distortion pedal not been giving me hassle. I even went out at one point to buy a battery, trundled off down the road to Tesco and bought some more alchohol and much needed snacks but completely forgot about why I originally went out in the first place. Yes. The battery. Trying to fix electrical equipment when drunk isn't so easy to do but somehow managed to get everything working again in the end.

The entire EP is available here for download:
http://weareclothes.bandcamp.com/album/experiment-1
Obviously it's not my best work and I'm not sure how long I'll keep it up but as an experiment in internet sharing instant co-writing songwriting I have to say I'm very proud.

Playing a last minute show this Wednesday at Scream Lounge in Croydon. Free entry, will be on around 8ish in the evening.

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Friday, 5 October 2012

These past 2 days I've really been freaking out again, working full-time in retail, spending 2 hours travelling, barely making any money and constantly thinking: "this is my life". I've lost all perspective on the future and have no idea what I'm even aiming for, though I know I still want to write songs (I've just started trying to write again, it's been almost 2 years). I have all this ambition and desire to create a piece of art that I would be proud of and deem worthy of praise and yet it constantly stands opposed to my pessimistic nature and complete lack of faith in meaning in anything.

Today at work I toyed with the idea of co-writing a musical with a work colleague. He's an actor, also despising his existence (or maybe 'lack of creative existence' is a better phrase), writes scripts and enjoys musicals, so it seems to make sense. He's a fellow 'Music of the Night' fan. I've come up with a theme, setting, and a number of characters but I guess we'll have to see what form it takes.

In the meantime give my life meaning and make me extremely happy by buying No Heart's a Wasteland from iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/no-hearts-a-wasteland/id564647558
or you can buy a cd here:
http://williamnein.bigcartel.com/product/no-heart-s-a-wasteland

Thank you to those that have already purchased it, that has made me happier than you could ever know.

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Tuesday, 2 October 2012

First full day off in a week, and having had a couple of extrememly late/drunken nights within those 7 days I have to say I'm very happy to be lying in bed right now. I got far too drunk before the show at Scream Lounge having gotten there 4 hours early and had the great idea of saving money by buying a few drinks from the newsagent. It would've been smart except I forgot that you save even more by not drinking in the first place. Anyway, seeing as we were playing with 2 hardcore bands that evening I guess the slightly more punk version of the performance didn't go down too badly.

I also snagged some t-shirts off of Oli who designed and printed some for me. You can see it here in my aftershow state when I took a picture for Riley which I never sent him:

If you can't see it it's the Warner Brothers' logo but turned into 'WN' with williamnein.com in a little banner over the front of it.
It's available to buy from here: http://williamnein.bigcartel.com

In other news my old Asyetian comrade Adrian Zookrow from the Zetland Players has been working on his new album and he's given us the first hint of what the album could be like. Based on this track it's gonna be wunderbar.


Over and out.
WN

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Tuesday, 25 September 2012

So I just downloaded and listened to this: http://welastlonger.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/waxahatchee-american-weekend-2012.html and one thing I do when listening to a new band or solo artist is to read through their blogs and writings to try to get to know them a bit (http://katiecrutchfield.tumblr.com). I've heard some of Katie's music before having got both Bad Banana and PS Eliot on my computer, but I think I'm liking her solo stuff more, it is a familiar sound which I find comforting, obviously very personal and delicate. I'll have to listen a lot more.

The point of this is to say that she reminded me of a long forgotten dream of doing a little tour around the UK and Ireland. Various reasons have prevented me from doing so these past few years, mainly the fact that as soon as I got enough money I would flee the country, live some kind of weird dream for a few months, run out of money or visa status and have to come back to London to repeat the cycle of work, save and leave.

As I'm planning on staying in London for quite a while now, have a job and a room in a house, there seems to be no reason for me to not finally put the tour plans into action. I'm thinking of organising a UK tour for about 2 weeks around March/April 2013 time.

Here's where you can help:
If you know of any show I could play: houses, venues or cafes, little weird places or support slots for incredibly successful bands, let me know.
At the moment I'm hoping to be able to find places in Edinburgh, Manchester, York, Bath, Bristol and Dublin, but honestly I'll play anywhere if there's a place to sleep and even better if a little travel money was available.

Email me if you think of anything, any help is appreciated:
booking 'at' williamnein.com

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Monday, 24 September 2012

I eventually decided to put the album on iTunes and other mp3 sites. Not expecting many sales but you never know, and it is still somewhat exciting to see yourself on iTunes.

Next show is this Thursday at the Scream Lounge in Croydon. Dan will once again be joining on drums and omnichord. We may be trying a couple of other songs with drum machines and bass but we'll just have to wait and see how rehearsals go tomorrow.

In other news: anyone want to buy me this?:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JVC-GR-C1E-VHS-C-Camcorder-/290779456918?roken=gyY7r9&fb_source=message
It's the same make of camcorder they used in Back to the Future, and I really want a VHS type camera as I reckon it'd be the easiest to transfer to digital, and they're just obviously so much more fun.

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Thursday, 13 September 2012

The beginnings of the new project, I'm hoping this will morph and evolve with numerous band members, various genres and collaborative songwriting. But for now it's 3 previously released songs done slightly differently. I'll most likely be taking these recordings down after not too long so have a listen now.


And visit the Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/clothesband

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Wednesday, 12 September 2012

I'm looking for a female vocalist to join me and a drummer for shows, if you know anyone that might be interested contact me!

Also, this happened to my Jeeps bandmate Glen over the weekend:


Read up on the full story here: www.teatone.net

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Monday, 10 September 2012

My new recording equipment got delivered today. From the year of the great hurricane of England, which saw 6 of the 7 oak trees in my hometown of 'Sevenoaks' get torn from the ground; the year the Pixies recorded their first demos which would become 'Come on Pilgrim'; and the year in which the Michael J. Fox film 'The Secret of my Success' was released which had a large inpact on me during my formative years.
I give you the Fostex X-30:

Also, I didn't know because I was too young to remember, but this also happened in 1987 which I find simply amazing:

 

PS. I got to see Leonard Cohen perform last night for £2.50. How cool is that?

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 Tuesday, 04 September 2012

Waking up early is dangerous, I just spent £70 on a 4-track cassette recorder from the 80's, and 40 blank cassettes. Now all I need is someone to smash the hell out of some drums so I can make that unlistenable distorted nonsense that I've wanted to make for a while now. I guess a 15/20min cassette only release will be on it's way soon.

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Sunday, 02 September 2012

A lazy day in bed where I will probably stay, currently listening to the debut album from my long time friend Roxy Rawson, and it's is fantastic. Her voice is phenomenal, there's this part right at the end of 'God's Got Bones' where her singing is so intense that it gives me shivers every time I hear it.
In other news the Jeeps EP 'Hollering and Handstands' has also been finished and will be available to buy at the shows Glen and Eddie are playing in New York throughout September. There's no plans to put it online at present so buy it from teatone.net. The EP has been split into 2 parts. Part 1 is the full band with all 4 of us: Glen, Eddie, Riley and myself (and a 10 year old boy playing clarinet), Part 2 is Glen and Eddie doing their duo stuff which is sounding beautiful.

Next William Nein show: Sunday 16th September at the Spice of Life, Soho. 

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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: http://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).

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Tuesday, 5 June 2012

Down to the last 50 copies of the album, all uniquely numbered. It's unlikely to be repressed so if you'd like to get a copy buy it from here:
http://williamnein.bigcartel.com/product/no-heart-s-a-wasteland
Free postage to anywhere in the world

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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

Article taken from www.teatone.net
written by James Tulley 

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."

Keep up to date with his journey over at www.williamnein.com

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Thursday, 3 May 2012

Yesterday I came across this band called Merchandise http://merchandisetheband.wordpress.com/audio/ who have put up download links for each of their releases. Of course, what else could I do but spend the next 4 hours listening to the entire back-catalogue. I actually built this website to them.
They just released their newest album 'Children of Desire', and while there's an element reminiscent of Ariel Pink's 'cleaning-up' of his audio, 'Children of Desire' both sits nicely with their previous more lo-fi releases, and a strong standalone album itself.
My assumption is that this band will get quite big, quite quickly and by the end of the year their fanbase will have grown exponentially.
Have a listen: