Superczar news
Will Dockery
Hello folks and Czar heads, We master the new album "Pop Art" October
30th, We should have it available to the public around January.
Merrie Lockwood whose album Art has graced alot of Albums covers
like, (Idiots Vision-SFB,Folk Art-Jones Ave,Stress Signal and 6 lives-
Superczar) has returned with her best cover yet. Superczar "Pop Art"
we spent 6 months on and one more step and this album is ready to
ship and be available to you the fan and friend soon. If you haven't
joined our forum yet please do so it is on the home page, you can get
late-breaking news and comments from all the bands including
Jefferson Airplane member Bob Harvey, who by the way played auto-harp
on a track on the "Pop Art" Album. Gabe played alot of synth and
therimin synth on the album, i played some acoustic bass,mandolins,
and alot of flat-picking gtr on my Martin D-15. There is some
mandolin on the album, electric mandolin thru distortion, as well as
camoes by master Jimmy Holland on tru mpet. He has appeared on
Superczar albums before guesting on tracks like "Haunted" and "Kiss I
send". He appears on 2 or 3 tracks on this record. We are mastering
at Larry Rose Studio in Phenix City Alabama. He has some excellent
mastering equipment. We produce our own albums ourselves so there is
no outside influence, We just boost levels and add effects to the
final mixes at Larry's.Superczar will be featured on buzzlighter 6
the track "Only Minds are Worth Reading" The compilations are on sale
at Zeitgeist, they have 1 Superczar songs and the rest are other
bands, some of the bands Whenbreathing Stops and Whitelight motorcade
are great bands and anyone wanting to hear new, fresh music the
Buzzlighters are a good way to hear them. plus by purchasing a
buzzlighter you are helping Superczar keep these indie rock albums
coming to you every year.
Pop Art!!!
Superczar's new album will be available in January!
1. Devil's Advocate
2.pop Art
3. Catalyst
4. C.O.W.
5. One way Ticket
6. Miss Indecision
7. Unchartered by Thieves
8. Crazy
Sept 2003 News
Hello and welcome to the world of SUPERCZAR, this is Follicle, I want
to update you on all the latest news for Superczar.
We will be on another compilation from Shuteye records going for
College radio Adds, the Compilation is called "Take Out".Zeitgeist
has available for sale the first 2 compilations w/ Superczar music.
Melodic marvels has "House of No Windows" and Buzzlighter 4
has "Haunted On it. Take Out will have "Only Minds are Worth Reading"
Which will be our third single released on College radio. "Haunted"
is doing well on radio, being played from Coast to Coast. We are
slowly chipping away at radio, trying to get something to get into
heavier rotation. Buzzlighter 6 will be out in a month or so. It will
be a nice follow up to Haunted. Our new album "Pop Art" is racing
towards completion, and it's the best thing so far we have done.
Merrie Lockwood called me and the cover art is almost done. This will
be the best sounding album we have done so far, We are going to
master it at Larry Rose Studio's. Larry Rose has some great equipment
vintage and new. We are going to mix it thru Willie Nelsons old Board
and we should get a pristine sound.We have mastered all of the
SUPERCZAR songs in his studio.There are 9 songs on this album, add
them to the 14 we have available and our catalog is growing.Pop Art
will be our 3rd album out w/ 3 Compilations as well actually 4 if you
count the Umbref Records Soundtrack to "Chaos God and the Sun
Monster" they have the song Superczar on the film and the Soundtrack.
You can pick that up thru UMBREF Records. The song "Superczar" is
available on the Stress Signal" in the Shop Section. Buying the song
thru here enables the band to keep it going, thanks for all the
support w/ anyone who has ever bought a Superczar CD. Pop Art is
sounding good, the guitars sound bigger w/ the new Strat
called "Elephante" the Seymor Duncan pickups growled in the mixes.
Gabe added some Therimin Synths and it added alot to the album, The
Therimin was the one of the first synths made. Gabe plays it w/ sound
waves and takes it to new levels. Master Jimmy Holland, Gabes father
played some monster trumpet on the album, Superczar keeps it in the
family for real, Merrie Lockwood my mother has done almost every
cover for the band as well as my side projects JONES AVE. and SAN
FRANCISCO BLUE.The writing was easy as usual, me and Gabe have
a "vibe" together, We don't even hardly talk in the studio, we just
laugh and jam.One night Stan is a little ditty we have recorded. It
has a driving mandolin w/ a ragtime back drop, I envision the
Charleston when I hear this song, The influences are all over the map
on this album. If you listen to the albums they draw from many
influences from Can to Bill Monroe, to Coltrane to Bowie. Look for a
Nov/Dec release. Superczar "Complete" will be out here shortly, It's
a compilation of the first 2 albums w/ a B/W picture of us on the
front. Also Zeitgeist has Buzzlighter 4 w/ haunted available, There
are song other good bands on this album like Whitelight Motorcade and
When Breathing Stops. Complete catalog of Albums w/ Gabe Holland or
Brian Fowler
Gary Cothran "On the Right Track" 1993 w/ Brian Fowler mandolin and
writer
Scatter Album w/ Brian Fowler on mandolin 1995
http://www.linox.com/linox/CDs/Scatter/scatterCD.htm
San Francisco Blue "Idiots Vision" 2000 W/ Jefferson Airplane's Bob
Harvey
Jones Ave. "Folk Art" 2002
Superczar "The Stress Signal" 2002
Melodic Marvels Compilation w/ Superczar 2002
Superczar "6 Lives" 2003
Buzzlighter 4 Compilation w/ Superczar 2003
Buzzlighter 6 w/ Superczar 2003
Superczar "Pop Art" Coming Soon in 2003
Mac mccormick builds the mandolins and Gtrs that Brian Fowler plays
http://www.mccormickguitars.com/about.html
If you are looking for a Luthier to build you the instrument you need
to sound good by taking your input and his expertise, contact Mac you
will not be sorry.
If you want late breaking SUPERCZAR news straight from the Horses
mouth join our forum, There is a invite on the homepage. Join and
connect, w/ the music. Below are some links to Superczar and some
reviews of our music. take care. Brian and Gabe
From Modern Dance:
SUPERCZAR. 6 Lives. www.sfblue.co.uk.
This is my second 'session' with Superczar, and to be perfectly
honest, this release is just as impressive. Interesting set of songs,
as it's definitely got a soul vibe going on here; the opening track,
Haunted, has your interest caught in a flash. Superb trumpet playing
adds such an authority to the song, as well as those little guitar
licks and super smooth bass lines. There's nothing really flashy
here, just damn fine songs. All originals, written by the two main
guys: Brian Fowler on guitars, bass and mandolin, and Master Gabe
Holland on vocals, and keyboards. All six songs are really good, but
The Flight and, as I've said, the opening track, Haunted, have to be
highlights. Amazing . (Dw
Buzzlighter 6 "Take Out!" (October/November/December 2003) coming
soon with Pat Walsh, Lucky Chan, The Milwaukees, Deron 5L, Linda M,
Superczar, The Sleestacks, Putty, The Defog, Slice, The Everyday
Visuals, Lynda McLaughlin, Jeremy M. Dukes, RS3, barfly, Noam
Weinstein, Making Planets and more!
Superczar - "The Stress Signal"
(self-released 2002)
From Aural Innovations #22 (January 2003)
Superczar is a duo project from Brian Fowler (guitar, mandolin, bass,
vocals) and Master Gabe Holland (vocals, keyboards, synths,
programming) of Jones Ave (see AI #20). Fowler and Holland formed
Superczar because they wanted to create music that was more
electronic and less folk oriented than what they had been recording
with Jones Ave (and Fowler with San Francisco Blue. See review this
issue.)
The set opens with the quirky electro-pop tune "Nature". "1000 Times"
is a decent rock tune. "Kiss I Send" is a catchy folk-psych song with
trumpet embellishments by Master Jimmy Holland. The Jones Ave
elements are still present, particularly on songs like "Sunshine
Ends" and "House Of No Windows", though the electronics are certainly
active players. But my favorite tracks are "Superczar", "Table
Monkeys" and "Ricochets". "Superczar" and "Table Monkeys" are very
cool trip-psych tunes with a pounding bassline and totally freaky
acid guitar and alien synths. And "Ricochets" starts off as a song
but gradually evolves into a jamming freeform psychedelic freakout
that is probably the highlight of the album. A nice blend of songs
and instrumental jams
NEWS FROM THE OVERFLOW RADIO SHOW WITH GARRY LEE ON RADIO CAROLINE
(Netherlands): www.radio-caroline.nl
To mark the 50th edition of The Overflow,a Top 50 chart of the most
played bands and artists on the show,has been compiled. It was put
together using the playlists for the first 49 programmes (Dec 2002-
July 2003),therefore reflecting accurately who has had the most
airtime.
Here's the Top 20 with special attention drawn to No 14
20 - THE HITCHERS (ENGLAND)
19 - THE LEVELLERS ( ENGLAND)
18 - NOTHING 2 DECLARE (ENGLAND)
17 - SUPER MASSIVE OBJECT (ENGLAND)
16 - DOG SALAD (ENGLAND)
15 - FARSE (ENGLAND)
14 - SUPERCZAR (USA)
13 - THE VANDALS (USA)
12 - KWABENA (ENGLAND)
11 - JESSE MALIN (USA)
10 - RICK RAY (USA)
9 - HAWKWIND (ENGLAND)
8 - JOHN BARTLES (USA) (includes credits for Bartles & Arpad)
7 - GONG (UK/AUSTRALIA)
6 - THE CLASH (ENGLAND)
5 - THE DISTILLERS (USA)
THERE IS NO NUMBER 4 POSITION - A TIE AT NUMBER 3!
3 - CENSUS OF HALLUCINATIONS (ENGLAND) / 3 - MYSTERY JUICE (ENGLAND)
2 - THE RABBITS HAT (ENGLAND)
1 - OZRIC TENTACLES (ENGLAND)
Superczar news: July 4th, 2003 The fireworks are blasting and the
guns are still blazing, I hate war, I have a right to say because I
am a Veteran of War.. One of my friends was injured in Iraq, Sad and
scary this earth can be. Superczar is currently rehearsing the live
show and sorting out alot of recordings we have just made. We have
our Radio Interview on Album 88 Atlanta that we will be posting to
the mp3 sites, and some live Superczar at the Eyedrum in Atlanta
Georgia for the Chaos God and the Sun Monster movie, Directed by Kreg
Thornley,
If you want to see the movie and hear the SUPERCZAR track go to
www.thunderbubble.com and stream the very funny movie. Kreg Thornley
has many good movies that he has there to stream.Kreg helped us out
w/ a projector at the eyedrum and made us have a very nice visual. He
shot movies over us and different colors.
We have some live recordings Stan Stephens our sound friend has made
of Treadmill,Superczar,Sunshine Ends,Flight. David Wisdo(Jones Ave.)
Plays Bass and he really cooks on these recordings, David played bass
on some tracks on Folk Art. Josh Railey and John Joiner(Jones Ave.)
rounded out the line-up at Eyedrum. We are going to clean up the
tracks and may release them on the Mp3 sites, They are pretty good,
Gabe plays some outerspacial Therimin, and I played with my wah-wah,
Damn that don't sound right but the crybaby wah, Hendrix loved it and
I do too, its a fun effect. In the studio we have recorded C.O.W.
Causualties of War, it is as heavy of a song as we have done and it
has a big riff and fun to play, Gabe does some nice synth so far on
the album, We are getting some clean recordings w/ alot of spirit in
them. We have combined "Six Lives" and "Stress Signal"
into "Complete" which is basically both of the first 2 albums
combined, 63 minutes of Superczar that show pretty much what we do.
the new album has slide guitar,therimin,trumpets,congas, alot of new
sounds are being added. We are on Buzzlighter 4 as well. Shuteye
Records has released these Compilations, We have already been on
Melodic Marvels Compilation released by them as well. Zeitgeist has
both of these compilations in stock now, There are very few of them
left, They have some hot bands on College radio like Whitelight
Motorcade and WHENBREATHING STOPS. Haunted is the single on
Buzzlighter 4 and House of no windows is on Melodic Marvels. We also
have "6 Lives" and "Stress Signal", These are Superczar albums
available here on the Zeitgeist. Both have Merrie Lockwood
Psychedelic Art, Merrie Lockwood also has done the Album covers for
Jones Ave. Folk Art and San Francisco Blue. These cd's Six Lives has
a pressing of 100, and the Same for Stress Signal. The album is being
repackaged together so these will be available until they are gone,
Great Covers.
Superczar is currently recording their new album and working on the
live Show. The new Live performance or Disturbance as MASTER GABE
calls it will be at the Cannon Brew Pub on Sunday Sept 7, and 14th
2003. Superczar will be doing a set live. The new album will be ready
probably before the first of 2004. If you don't have any of the
Albums pick one up, It will go to a great cause, the life and heart
of Superczar. The album sales help us record and get the INDIE rock
thats required out. Thanks to anyone out there who has helped along
the path.
The radio interview went fine except for Kreg Thornley pissing off
the Interviewer by mentioning all the Corporate names like MAC and
Coke. We will post the mp3 so you can hear the interview, we talked
about the film, "Chaos god" as well as other film. The Intergalactic
Cowboy was there as well. Gabe said he was going to stream it from
MP3.com.
Thats all folks from the Superczar Camp....Follicle....
Both links have Superczar music as well, as other great Zeitgeist
Distro Artists.The buzzlighter link for our single is
http://www.shuteyerecords.com/buzz4.html
It has the info about the cd.
Please join forum so you can get news about the happenings of the
Family of acts here at Zeitgeist. Atlanta is population of 4 million
so a hour radio spot on college radio at Georgia Tech is excellent.
Check out Kregs other movies at www.thunderbubble.com Kreg is going
to do a video for us as well. Alot happening in the CZAR camp as we
speak. 6 Lives is out now, a 25 minute mini album, there was 9 lives,
but some technical diffculties shortened the life of the cat
Mirror Twins MP3, produced by Follicle, free preview:
http://www.lulu.com/content/29085