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EVER BEEN HOMELESS ?

THANK YOU FOR...
SUPPORTING US AND THEM

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COMING july 4th 2013 ... something special

 
WHY?
To raise cash for the increasing homeless in a very tough economic time
 To do something useful with the songs created whilst finding ourselves on a accidental, austerity, scarcity strewn trip into the prolific! 
  To attempt a ground breaking experiment in collaboration, creativity, and in the moment recording
 To take you the listener on a hell of a journey through tech, history and music genre
To maybe break the record for most (Charity) singles released in a single year by a recording band
 To help put us and UK Jam bands on the international map and save the soul of Rock n' Roll
 
WHAT ?
52 singles – 1 x per week for 52 weeks – with extra bonus tracks for full subscribers &  a few surprises a long the way!
 52 videos – 4 per month - Directed music promos over the year and weekly featuring music  and photographic images by the band
 Future live show events in aid of charities (date/venue to be confirmed) feat all the drummers who took part doing a 30 min set each.

WHERE ?

PRE ORDER & SUBSCRIBE NOW
A quick drop box password download service available from week one
If you get hooked or just want to show maximum support? 
 
One stop shop gets you all x 52 singles bargain bulk buy . Plus some extra special surprises and 
a much needed donation to Shelter - The Big issue in the north - Crisis Homeless charities.
 + you get to join the "Egocentrics" community & play a part in the direction & creation
of the bands future music and video projects etc.
 
52 tracks n more all for just a £20.00 donation via the Paypal button opposite.

* Both WAV and MP3 formats 
 * A unique weekly password emailed to you - Download from Dropbox at your lesiure.
* An end of year password to grab the whole lot again should you need or desire.

*All profits to be devided & donated to the 3 charitys)









The singles are also AVAILABLE  WEEKLY @ 70p per download through Band camp and Tunecore 

Each  MP3/WAV/FLAC release available every week via 
www.egokiller.bandcamp.com  and  www.tunecore.com/music/egokiller 


 Limited edition CD  versions can be ordered via Tunecore in a deluxe 6 disc package  for £(Price to be confirmed)

 
WHEN ?...
JULY 4TH 2013

WEBSITE COUNTDOWN WIDGET

WOW?
52 singles, one a week  for a  year?.  Worry not!  We try not to be your typical guitar band; expect  a true  journey via classic live studio recordings, some   Dance beats, Hip hop, and the odd DJ jam, all   delivered in the catchiest, hip shaking, mind waking, groove busting, 110% mean   it MAAANNN fashion. It’s unique, passionate and guarantees to take you on a
hook  crammed genre busting  musical  journey!

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WHAT'S TO LIKE?


Not your typical west coast/UK influenced multi genre hopping jam band?.  While we are inspired by accomplished improvisors in the spirit of Phish and The Grateful Dead etc , what we love and makes it special for us is the discovery of an uncanny ability to come up with hooks n' vibes for catchy singles in one take, on the spot, in the moment, without rehearsals, discussion, practise or usually any initial input. Couple this with talented guest drummers who we try in most cases to not meet and play with before we play. None of which were given the band name when responding to the bands ad. It had to be unknown and raw from the first beat.
  Often no suggestions were made on genre or tempo. It came out as it came out. No drummer was refused or pre-judged in any way. Born out of mixed age,  experience and influences we hope helps mark us apart from the usual American way of doing things. A real live improvisational "singles"  UK jam band ironically  maybe more "jam" so to speak in our songwriting process than many of our older school influences.

252 songs in 108+ hours of live studio time. 101 were written this year (2013) alone. Kinda says it all, though you would probably never know it when you hear the music. We are reaching for alive and ever mutating styles hanging over strong riffs, grooves, beautiful ambience and addictive melodies with cool lyrics a-wash with double meanings, wry and dark humour and heaps of heart felt energy.

Music is consumed faster and more easily than ever before. In an age of   austerity, no time and high speed ultra connectedness, we can't help but feel   this is an instinctive path to writing music and songs that reflects the moment and lyrically asks the odd question about life how we live in it
. When we get over excited (not uncommon) we stroke our chins and fantasize it's possible maybe we somehow ended up with some kind of telepathic connection between us (makes a great story:) . A collective subconscious unites us, etched with myriad influences and personal histories. Supernatural or just super evolution, one thing is for sure....after so many tunes it is certainly not some kind of super fluke!
 
The growth rate of new material takes us, and you, on a journey spanning many influences from Jam rock, Rock, Pop, Funk, Jazz, Reggae, Dub, Ambient, New wave, Dance, Hip hop, Blues, Soul, Folk, Disco, House, Indie, Post rock, Avant guard, Free music....you name it, we seem to do a whole bunch of stuff (bar Death metal and Gabba!...sorry we're not really that into Death metal and Gabba!) This egokiller is jam band music with some of the fat cut out, older subtle conventions cast aside, and the songwriting and panache elevated to the forefront.
 
As part of the process we are honoured to work with a multitude of multi style drummers, + incorporate some samples, DJ jams, hip hop grooves and as many intriguing sounds as three guys and (a half a dozen or so special guests) can muster from guitar, bass and keys.

With all profits going to Shelter, Big Issue and Crisis homeless charities, 
 To maximise the charity appeal the band will continue to collect money for the Homeless for the rest of the year after the
last release up to News year eve 2014. Having previously enjoyed your support for our charity single in aid of the Cancer vacine institute and played numerous shows in aid of charities like The Dogs Trust, Cloth Cat, Hollybush conservation, Unity Day,  thanks for supporting our latest endeavour getting behind it and hope the whole thing snowballs and
 us and you, can make a difference beyond just music.


If you like the following influences...PLEASE SUPPORT the coming tune-a-thon...
 In no particular order
 
The Orb, Talk Talk, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Julian Cope, The Cure, Moe, The Waterboys, Jane's Addiction, Flaming Lips, Pearl Jam, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band 1973 - 78, Van Morrison, The Doors, Love, The Funk Brothers, Kraftwerk, Gram Parsons, Wilco, Prince, J J Cale, Prefab Sprout, The Beatles, The Kinks, House Music, Gong, Ozric Tentacles, Hawkwind, Phish, The Chemical Brothers, The Stone Roses, Bonnie Raitt, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Dire Staits, World party, Porno for pyros, Tom Petty & The Heart breakers, Ella Fitzgerald, Chas n Dave, Ian Drury and the Blockheads, U2, Pink Floyd, Spacemen 3, Miles Davis, New Order, Irvin Berlin, The Pogues, Bob Dylan, Bowie, Elton John, The Smiths, Grace Jones, DJ Shadow, Kaleidescope, Daft Punk, The kinks, Daniel Lanois, The Beach Boys, Talking Heads, Ravi Shankar, The Velvet underground, Massive Attack, The Sex Pistols, Bob Marley,  James Brown, Glen Campbell, Stevie Wonder, Grateful Dead, Bjork, Levitation, John Martyn, Moe, Vangellis, Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Pixies,  Herbie Hancock, 808 State, Django Reinhart, Stevie Nicks, Henry Kaiser, The Police, Supertramp, The Avalanches, Galaxy 500, ACDC, Pure Prairie League, Richie Havens, Yes, Aerosmith, Al Di Meola, Bonzo dog do da Band, Delius, Prince, Chuck Berry, Eric Satie, Sonic youth, John Ireland, House of love, John Mayall, Brand X, The Who,  Leftfield, Carmen, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Consolidated, Donald Fagen, Steely Dan, Johnny and Edgar Winter, The Eels, Joni Mitchell, The Eagles,  Little Feat, Grand master flash, Peter Gabriel, 10cc, Tears for Fears, The Who, Jonny cash, ACDC, The Beach boys, Nirvana, Moe, Sandy Denny, Nick Drake, Marvin Gaye, Parliament, 
 

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