 Year 2010 ROBOT123 RECORDS WELCOME to the NEW home page for ROBOT123 RECORDS, where we crank out music Tiny Little Blackouts can now be heard on Pandora! See Tiny Little Blackouts LIVE HERE September 18, 2010 Free Song Download when you sign up for our mailing list  OR TINY LITTLE BLACKOUTS join our mailing list NOW  Listen and BUY HERE TINY LITTLE BLACKOUTS MYSPACE PAGE THE BAND Named in part after a particularly dizzying trip to the refrigerator, college radio darlings Tiny Little Blackouts crashed the Bay Area music scene in 2009. Led by eminent SF songwriter Cameron Ember on vocals and rhythm guitar, with former Red House Painters Anthony Koutsos behind the drum kit, Michael Papenburg on lead guitar and Greg Merriman on bass, the band quickly rose to prominence playing to enthusiastic crowds on the local club circuit. And after just a handful of shows, their highly-melodic, dreamy American indie pop generated a healthy dose of A&R interest and nabbed the attention of renowned San Francisco engineer and producer Damien Rasmussen (Cibo Matto, Four Non Blondes, Dance Hall Crashers, Oranger, etc., etc.). The result: 2009's "idea of Alice", an atmosphere-rich masterwork released on Robot123 Records that somehow pays homage to bands as diverse as Fairport Convention, Led Zeppelin the Cocteau Twins. Ember’s jarringly-sweet, saintly voice is nothing less than riveting, especially when layered over Papenburg's lavish melodies and Koutsos' exacting work on the drums. "idea of Alice" quickly earned rave reviews in the zines and on the blogs that matter, and is already in heavy rotation at college and alternative radio stations across the country. All this, in only one short year of existence. The second release from Tiny Little Blackouts is currently in pproduction. This time, TLB is planning a less-subtle approach to their seductive warp and drift, with a definitively harder sound that travels even higher (and lower) than their debut record. -Jeff Heath wrote this. ******Radio Results from AAMINC April 2010 Wrap-up The following is the wrap-up tracking report for Tiny Little Blackouts Idea Of Alice full-length CD. We contacted WUMM reporting Tiny Little Blackouts in heavy rotation this week. Additionally, we contacted ten [10] stations reporting Idea Of Alice in medium rotation with strong support coming in from KALX, KHSU, WBWC, WRUR, WICB, WRTC, WWUH, WMHB, WSBU & WNSU. Overview: Tiny Little Blackouts winds down their college radio campaign this week with a solid debut at WUMM in Machias, ME at #14. Additionally, Idea Of Alice maintained support at stations such as WMHB [Waterville, ME] @ #21 and WNSU in Ft. Lauderdale, FL at #27. Tiny Little Blackouts are also is receiving big spins at stations like KALX [Berkeley, CA], KHSU [Arcata, CA], WBWC [Berea, OH], WITR [Rochester, NY], WRUR [Rochester, NY], WTUL [New Orleans, LA], WXDU [Durham, NC], WWVU [Morgantown, WV], WUMD [North Dartmouth, MA], WCHC [Worcester, MA], WIXQ [Millersville, PA], WRTC [Hartford, CT], WWUH [West Hartford, CT], KANM [College Station, TX], KDUR [Durango, CO] and WSBU in St. Bonaventure, NY. With a good base of fans already spinning Tiny Little Blackouts at radio and more likely converts on the way, Idea Of Alice is poised to see a continuing increase is CMJ Radio 200 Chart support. Thanks to all the MDs, DJs and stations for supporting Tiny Little Blackouts! Reporting and promo from Advanced Alternative Media. Thanks for the excellent work! 3rd review: many thanks to Abbey K Davis READ REVIEW HERE "Tiny Little Blackouts is what indie musicians often strive for and fail at, which has turned the genre into a cliche: delightful music with just the right amount of irony...Tiny Little Blackouts say they make music they like and they hope you'll like it, too. They've definitely done their job -you'll love it." 2nd Awesome review now out thanks to Absolute Zero Media Magazine Very nice online zine, please READ REVIEW HERE "Tiny Little Blackouts are making me fall in love with pop music for the 1st time in years." 1st review is out! Thanks to Unpeeled Not sure where the review went but it used to be there, we swear it: "They're from San Francisco and they're adding beautifully disquieting touches to slick indie guitar slow burn on their debut album, "Idea Of Alice"." **************************************** Comprised of experienced San Francisco musicians, Tiny Little Blackouts makes sweet music. It's pretty, but not vacuous, slightly mournful, but not sad or dark. Tiny Little Blackouts, formed in 2009, is 50% sound-based and 50% lyric-driven, with the best comparison based on Cocteau Twins meets Elliot Smith, with some Led Zeppelin thrown in for good measure. We make music we like and we hope you like it too. **************************************** Buying individual mp3s can happen by clicking HERE Instrumental versions are available by request. ********************************************************** This is original, ethereal, atmospheric stuff. Tiny Little Blackouts is highly melodic and structured. Cameron Ember writes words and music. Everybody writes their own parts, though occasionally the specific efforts are collaborative (as they often are in general). Tiny Little Blackouts was formed in 2009 and has released their first album in December. The whole album was made at low cost, relative to Major Labels. Damien Rasmussen engineered and produced, along with Tiny Little Blackouts. "idea of Alice" was recorded in a garage called the Catacombs located off Capp Street in San Francisco. Damien's thing is callled smokeandmirrorsaudio and he has recorded tons of people, including Tom Waits. Chris Mayrena at HyperRaje Productions works on pre-production and also live events. Some of the recent reviews: "Tiny Little Blackouts is what indie musicians often strive for and fail at, which has turned the genre into a clich�: delightful music with just the right amount of irony." Abbey K. Davis of Muzikreviews.com From Absolute Zero Media Magazine 1/23/2010 "This is very much a shoegazer meets Dream pop sound that Tiny Little Blackout create. The lush soft but very well sung female vocal with the droney, lazy, bluesy fuzzed out guitars a warm deep bass line and very jazz meets post rock drumming is whats going on. Think bands like Belly, Curve, The Gathering and The Cardigans is all the bands that really come to mind here. Tiny Little Blackouts have a very 60's Pop feeling to the over all sound to what there creating . I'm really impressed by what I'm hearing. The production is monstrous as well " Idea of Alice" as that Phil Spector production to it if you know where I'm going from. This is another label I'm not heard from before on any regular basis but if there material is all like this then more power and send more releases for review as Tiny Little Blackouts are making me fall in love with pop music for the 1st time in years. As I go through this review you know who this band most sounds like to me is when the band LOW has female vocals going on. I finally got to pinpoint the sound I was hearing. Fantastic work here." http://azm-magazine.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-reviews-1232010.html Review from the UK's Unpeeled It's still half-past January and that means that a new edition of 'The Indie Bible' has hit the streets. This is a directory that "contains 4,000 publications from around the world that will review your cd!". All that means to us is a flood of very earnest and very average music from America and this year, we're still going to listen to all of it, but we'll only be reviewing the very bad and the very good and, yes, it's often a fine line, but we'll get really wasted and crack on and... recommend Tiny Little Blackouts. They're from San Francisco and they're adding beautifully disquieting touches to slick indie guitar slow burn on their debut album, "Idea Of Alice". http://unpeeled.net/ Tiny Little Blackouts LYRICS ********************************* ANGRY SANTA when will I learn to see the world as a wondrous place not just a bitter taste, preview of the end angry Santa, don't you believe your own thoughts you were never raised nor taught to live in your head and every song is one drop of blood in the actual fiction or fact think of people living lives they'd never lead of neural pathways that wither and recede swallow, swallow, festering taste in my mouth each bottle I'm better no doubt, tour guide for the dead stomach, stomach, feels like a rock in a vice takes all I have to act nice, like a hemorrhage or missing limb and every song is one drop of blood in the actual fiction or fact think of people living lives they'd never lead of grace and comfort, while the rest of us just bleed (x2) HAPPY IS DEAD FOR NOW we think we might be animals, turning in a mill or higher beings yet, radiant and still biology is a force, makes me forget what was I thinking? seems tragic, and yet... I am blending more and more into the wine I drink things that used to matter so mean less than I used to think I am swimming in a different kind of everything my raft has taken to open sea hold me down and count to three troubled breathing while I try to swim throw me a line and pull me in I thought I would be free at last from the tyranny of social scenes past from the symphony of others' thoughts from opinions that are sold and bought my raft has taken to open sea hold me down and count to three troubled breathing while I try to swim throw me a line and pull me in LAMB44 and 68 little lost lamb little lost lamb left on the plain end up as ham better stay close to your brother we have to lead one another pack your things, live in your heart these brittle days break us apart listing ship listing ship rudderless vessel wandering adrift better stay close to your brother we have to lead one another pack your things, live in your heart these brittle days break us building a dam building a dam breach in the wall head for dry land better stay close to your brother we have to lead one another pack your things, live in your heart these brittle days break us *************************************************** Some of Cameron Ember's solo and collaborative past recordings/collaborations have been included in feature film (Wayne Wang's "Center of the World"), and compilation CDs ("Invocation" on Six Degrees also featuring Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and "Fireworks" on The Unquiet Grave compilation put out on Cleopatra Records). 2 songs were recently sold to a company that does music for shows like TMZ and Blind Date. They were sold in their entirety, including the master, so those two went bye-bye for good. Oh well. 2009 Episode of Roatrip Nation Action Sports/ Fuel TV features music by CAMERON EMBER! Check the closing credits of Episode 5 HERE Be sure to scroll down and click on EPISODE 5 The song is at the END, sorry Thanks Roadtrip Nation! From their release: Entering its fifth season on PBS, Roadtrip Nation is a documentary series featuring the summer journeys of twenty-somethings as they roadtrip across America, seeking words of wisdom from people who have defined their own paths in life. Past roadtrip participants have interviewed everyone from the CEO of Starbucks to Manny the Lobsterman in Maine. Music has always played a key role in the films of Roadtrip Productions (RTP), and this year will be no exception. RTP is committed to supporting independent artists by exposing their music to wider audiences and showcasing it on the RTP website. They do not use major label music! Artists you may have heard of that have been featured on their show include: Caribou, Jack Johnson, Sufjan Stevens, Xavier Rudd, White Buffalo, Brett Dennen and many more. This year, Roadtrip Nation has expanded from a 12 part documentary series on PBS to include a video hub on MSN.com, an online exclusive series (roadtripnation.com), a nation wide college campus tour (where they distributed over 3,000 soundtracks featuring their favorite musicians from the 2007 series), and more. The documentary will air on PBS and other formats in the fall of 2008, and the DVD release will follow. SEPT-OCT 2008: CAMERON EMBER Videos are now onYOUTUBE These are from Cameron Ember's "Sea Creature" days, an album produced in collaboration with Erik Ian Walker. Videos include "Serotonin", "Sea Creature" and "For You". Feb 2008 New live studio recording album is now available: The Vengeful Pigeon http://www.cafepress.com/cameronember Available on iTunes ********************* To listen to the sounds of Cameron Ember, just click on STORE and you will be taken to Cafe Press. When you click on a specific album, you will be able to listen to 1 minute clips of individual songs. Many of these songs are available for purchase on iTunes & other digital outlets. Or you can purchase the album at CafePress and it will be mailed to you! ********************* Nov 2007 WHAT Does Cameron Ember SOUND Like? Let's say you went to the Iceland Airwaves Festival and the Blue Lagoon and drove around looking at cute Viking horses and fluffy sheep. Then you headed home on Iceland Air and began listening to the In-Flight Music Channels 1-10. Cameron Ember would most likely be heard on Channel 5, "SMOOTH EASY LISTENING". No, Cameron Ember does not sound like Sting, Rod Stewart or the Goo Goo Dolls, who all have songs played on Channel 5. But Cameron Ember could be played comfortably next to some of the other artists on this channel: Elliott Smith (Punch and Judy), Jeff Buckley (Hallelujah), Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Into My Arms), Radiohead (Fake Plastic Trees), Jose Gonzalez (Heartbeats), etc. It would either be Channel 5 or 8, "SOUND GLACIER (New Age), which plays Sigur Ros, Bjork and Enya...probably stick with 5 because of the songwriting. All tracks on the latest 2 Cameron Ember eps were recorded & engineered at home by Cameron Ember. No vocal effect (other than multi-tracking), non-linear editing or pitch correction was used. New Review on CHURCH OF GIRL "What All Schoolchildren Learn" is now for sale on iTunes! Cameron Ember's new album, "What All Schoolchildren Learn/ The Convenience of Fascism" is now available. Check the Music page to hear 1 minute clips. Cameron Ember now has digital distribution and songs for the new album can be purchased and downloaded individually on various websites. Cameron Ember is now featured on Dig This Real http://www.digthisreal.com. |
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