= j a z z b e a r d r e c o r d s =

2 Oct 2005 :: Jazzbeard Rekkids and Ultimate Sound present...
- Kenscanna, 2 Oct 2005

23 May 2005 :: HOO HA! Part Chimp and Todd on the beard!
- Kenscanna, 23 May 2005

Thats fucking right baby! Jazzbeard is releasing a limited Edition split 7" single featuring two of the UK's most heavyweight bands Part Chimp (Rock Action Records) and TODD (Southern Records). Its going to be pressed up on brown "sludgey" vinyl with hand pressed covers. Both bands are providing there own artwork and we are hoping a good friend of both bands will be providing nice live photo's!

Caretakers "Sign of Four" EP is going out to the press hounds of the UK and Europe this week so keep an eye out for reviews all over the show for that! Should be in the shops sometime after the reviews, and you can pick it up from the band when they play. Make sure you keep an eye out for escanna's Benny Llewellyn and Paul Phillips in their new band Meet me in St Louis, they are still looking for a bass player so if you think you are up to the task contact them through their website at www.meetmeinstlouis.co.uk.

23 May 2005 :: HOO HA! Part Chimp and Todd on the beard!
- Kenscanna, 23 May 2005

22 March 2005 :: WHAT THE HELL?? The Beard on the BBC??
- Kenscanna, 16 Mar 2005

"Jazzbeard Records, which could well be the best ever title for a record label..." - Hugh Stepens, BBC Radio One's "One Music" show. Check it out here.

The Robot Vs. have split up into 2 new bands, so we potentially have 2 more bands to add to our roster later in the year...much love to those guys for they rocked!

Caretaker's new EP "The Sign of Four" is coming our through the beard as BRD#02, the comp is stuck in legal hell right now BUT will still be coming out real soon, Sign of Four will hopefully be in the shops around May/June and hopefully will be released in conjunction with Function again.

escanna were played on Radio 1 last night (15/03/05), the track "Quiet as a House" from the Jazzbeard released BRD#01 which also appeared on the recently released (and hence the play) Function Records sampler, which hit the airwaves at around 12:15, this is the third track from the split to be played on the station and we thank Hugh Stephens for supporting both Function/Jazzbeard and escanna!

BRD#03 or 04 (depends on the comp) will be a split 7" vinyl featuring 2 VERY VERY VERY cool bands, its not been wrapped up properly but its really exciting stuff so keep your eyes peeled for news on this.

Get your ass down to the Function site and download the sampler if your too lazy to pick one up, it has some very niice tracks including our old pals Lebatol and rockers like Push to Fire (feat ex escanna drummer Paul), For Trucks and Menendez!

08 February 2005 :: Behold!!!
- Kenscanna, 07 Feb 2005

Behold! The free J Beard show at the Rock Box in Camberley on the 10th March is fully booked so i hope you got your name down on there... There may be some spaces available on the night so come down and take your chances!!

Behold again! Million Dead, You're Smiling Now But We'll All Turn Into Demons & Melitzer are playing the next Jazzbeard show at The Star on the 18th Feb... View flyer here ... It's gonna be the biggest thing gig-wise we've ever done, so show your support and get yer ass down to the Star for one of the most intense and intimate gigs you'll see this year!

Also, check out the new Escanna website: www.escanna.com

03 November 2004 :: All hail the new scene!
- Kenscanna, 03 Nov 2004

Jazzbeard have just enlisted the mighty "The Robot Vs." onto their roster of rock! This release is scheduled for Spring to early Summer 2005. Check www.therobotvs.co.uk for some free MP3s and info on the band.

Also "Schumacher Levy" will hopefully be releasing their debut release on the mighty 'Beard, this is still un-set, but you will know when we do - the 'Levy feature ex- and current members of escanna and rock it 'Cult of Luna' stylee, check em at www.schumacherlevy.co.uk

Also the comp is fully in place and almost ready to go out to be mastered then pressed and rushed into the shops for your rock needs. The mighty Kaada fronted Cloroform have been added to the listing! www.mycathatesyou.com have given us some angry pussy pics to put on the cover! The title of the comp will be "Meow, thats what I call music - Volume 1".

And finally, Dave our mighty webmasters gothtastic band Season's End will be a rockin' the Star in Guildford on 13th November, check em out, all the Beard Staff will be propping up the bar drinking Absinthe Poppy Z Brite stylee! Check the End's website at www.seasons-end.com

30 September 2004 :: Beard-Fest Bands Confirmed
- Kenscanna, 30 Sept 2004

Hey you fruity bastards! The full lineup for Beard-Fest is complete:

Friday 22nd - Todd, Melaleuca, Hey Collosus! and Silo Zane

Saturday 23rd - The Robot Vs., The Ben Hendry 4, The Edmund Fitzgerald and The Eraserheads

It's all going down The Star in Quarry Street, Guildford (just off the bottom of the high street) and is the first in a series of gigs and fests coming up from Jazzbeard and Spill.

27 July 2004 :: Revenge of the Beard - Jazzbeard is back!!!
- Kenscanna, 27 July 2004

Party Time!!!

That's right party people! Jazzbeard Records, Spill Magazine (www.spillonline.com) and The Church of The Subgenius (www.subgenius.com) are hosting a launch Party of maximum rock action!

Friday the 22nd of Roctober - Hey Colossus/Windom Earle + 2 more tbc + Preachers from The Church of the Subgenius will be there to save your slack!

Saturday the 23rd of Rolltober - The Robot vs./Ships a Goin' Down + 2 more tbc will be rocking you into the night!

Both nights will take place from 07:30pm - 12:00am @ The Star, Quarry Street, Guildford. Keep your eyes on the Jazzbeard Forum for updates/new bands on the bill!

Party People!!!

Escanna are on a temporary hiatus so that the members can flex their musical muscles in other guises, Kenny and Benny W are rocking under the suspicious and sinister guise of Windom Earle. Benny L and Pauly P are also available in all colours as the band Schumacher levy (not a Grand prix car cleaning cloth but a comet I'm told!).

Windom Earle are in talks with London based Ships a Goin' Down to release a split 7" single, each playing songs named after the consecutive bands! This is all rather vague at the moment but is planned to be co-released by their label and the mighty beard!

All is quiet in camp Demons at the moment, though I hear a whole truck load of releases are about to hit the shops/distro's/£1 bins! - I have their track (a cover of escanna's "Checkmate") for the Jazzbeard Comp CD...and it rocks hard and loud!

Keep your eye on www.functionrecords.com for more news on Jazzbeard Happenings!

27 July 2004 :: Little Updates
- Kenscanna, 30 June 2004

Comp
So we nearly have all the tracks now! Kayo Dot have contributed a radio session track from A New York radio station and it sounds amazing! Hey Collosus and Econoline got their tracks over and they are great to.

Escanna
Have a new drummer called Nick Bowers, he is taking over from Paul Phillips who's shoes are hard to fill but we think Nick is the man for the job! Nick from Disoma is going to be contributing his throaty and electronic skills to the new escanna stuff which is amazing so keep your eyes on that...escanna are playing on Ken's birthday @ the Cave in Winchester (24th July)

Demons
Demons are still waiting to release their stuff on Beware the Preist Records, they have also provided a track for the Jazzbeard Comp in the shape of a cover of "Checkmate" by escanna with some fruity new lyric!

13 April 2004 :: Finally! An Update!
- Kenscanna, 13 April 2004

FINALLY!! A new release is scheduled for late June. It is an as yet unnamed Compilation CD. We have some AMAZING talent on this plastic masterpiece including Secret Chiefs 3, The Ghost, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Estradasphere, and of course new tracks from Jazzbeard's own escanna and Your Smiling Now but we'll all turn into Demons (apparently covering the escanna song "Checkmate"), and a couple of AMAZING bands still to confirm!

escanna have a new album in the pipeline. It's still in the writing process at the moment but it's a 10 song concept album going under the title of "Short Stories - del sexo y el asesinato". This should hopefully be out in late summer! The band are in the currently recruiting a new drummer and appearing on extreme sports shows!?!

We are also pleased to announce that at some point this year we will be releasing the debut album from the mighty [band formerly known as] Strobe 45. Once they have a new bass player they will commit to a date and you'll be the first to know!

The last record did pretty well for a debut label offering, both bands were played by the mighty John Peel on BBC radio 1, we got plenty of national press and fanzine write ups...a big thanks must go to the mighty Function Records who handle Jazzbeard's PR and helped it all happen!

29 October 2003 :: John Peel Loves The Demons
- Johnny Jazzbeard, 29 October 2003

On the 23rd of October John Peel played one of the '...Demons' tracks from the Jazzbeard release on his Radio 1 show! If that isn't good news then I bloody well don't know what is.

29 October 2003 :: UK Distribution Confirmed
- Johnny Jazzbeard, 29 October 2003

Distribution in the UK for Jazzbeard Records is now handled exclusively through Cargo! You should be able to pick up the split album and all future Jazzbeard releases from all good record shops or buy them online from the following sites:

[Amazon] / [HMV] / [Tower Records]

19 June 2003 :: Split CD Released!
- Johnny Jazzbeard, 18 June 2003

The CD is now finally upon us. The eleven track masterpiece is now available from Collectors Records in Guildford and the Rock Box in Camberley so run out and buy it NOW!!! UK distribution is being worked on and any further developments will be announced on this very page. If you can't reach either of these fine outlets you can get one straight from the Jazzmans mouth for £8 including P&P, just drop us an e-mail for payment details.

18 June 2003 :: Escanna Live Dates
- Johnny Jazzbeard, 18 June 2003

July 4th - Guildford, Star
July 8th - Camden, WKD Bar
July 20th - Guildford, Ambient Picnic
July 24th - Winchester, Railway Inn
July 25th - Kingston, Peel

02 June 2003 :: First Release Cover Revealed!
- Kenscanna, 01 June 2003

Here is the cover to the first Jazzbeard release!

YAY! We will have the CD's in our sweaty palms on the 20th June!

08 May 2003 :: Jazzbeard Zine Up
- Jazzweb Dave, 08 May 2003

Today we have added the Jazzbeard Zine

So far we already have great interviews with Burning Brides, The Ghost, Prong, Shellac and You're Smiling Now, But We'll All Turn Into Demons.

Also you can find the beginning of the soon-to-be infamous "Emo Diaries" series. Take a look, enjoy.

30 April 2003 :: Escanna CD Update!
- Kenscanna, 29 April 2003

The CD is almost into the final stages of production. We are waiting for the artwork and the mastering to be completed and at a rough guess, it will be available from this site and at Escanna / 'Demons gigs from the end of May and through record stores a month or so later (distribution house TBA). More news as and when we get it. Woohaaaaa!

29 April 2003 :: Escanna T-Shirts Now Available!
- Johnny Jazzbeard, 29 April 2003

Thats right, now you can be the envy of all your post-haircore chums and get yer mitts on the T-Shirt of the decade. The T-Shirts come in small, medium and large sizes and are available in 3 fetching colours: yellow, tan and white. Each are adorned with the camp bear logo.

These shirts are gonna go faster than an Iraqi looter in Baghdad so you'd better skip on down to the next escanna gig or get one direct from us for £10 including postage - please e-mail us for payment details.

29 April 2003 :: Website Incoming
- Jazzweb Dave, 29 April 2003

After a brutally long wait, the full Jazzbeard website is nearly upon us.  A few tweaks and some content to add, then all will be here for your (dis)pleasure.  Please be patient!

The Forum is up and has had nearly 2000 posts to date.
Some MP3s ::
     Escanna - [Didn't We Meet Somewhere Like This In '98]
     You're Smiling Now But We'll All Turn Into Demons - [The Black Plague]

Archived News :: Escanna / Demons Split-CD Announced!
- Johnny Jazzbeard, 29 April 2003

At last, we've done something. We're one step closer to having a CD out! If you know anywhere that can press up T-Shirts, Records, CDs and general helpy things please e-mail. Cheers!

Due the amazing demand for badly played noisy guitar rock we have taken it upon ourselves to release a split CD. It features the crazy piratecore of "You're Smiling Now But We'll All Turn Into Demons" (not from Farnborough) and the twisted meercat of guitar that is the Eakins fronted "Escanna" (more from Guildford really). Who knows what kind of musical creatures will follow in their footsteps into the unknown and fruity world of Jazzbeard Records. Tracklisting to follow, so keep 'em peeled you cheeky little rock scamps.

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