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----------------Latest News-Autumn 08 ----------------


The last year has seen a real gearchange in Whimwise gig activity.
A seven date tour with the reformed Dutch chartoppers Focus - plus concerts opening for Curved Air , Stackridge and Nick Turner from Hawkwind, are just a few of the highlights in an extremely busy year for the band.
A year that has also included performances in Germany and Switzerland, a return visit to Glastonbury and even (courtesy of the aforementioned Focus) a debut performance at Londons prestigious Astoria 2 !


-------------------Latest News-June 07--------------------


Some exciting Whimwise gig news -

Whimwise have been booked to play Glastonbury Festival on The Mandala Stage in The Green Futures field - held from June 22 to June 24 .
Whimwise were added to the line-up for this stage at extremely short notice , so at the time of writing have not yet been informed of the exact time they`ll be playing . Festival attendees will be able to find this out at the festival itself , from The Mandala Stage area in The Green Futures field.

Other dates upcoming include a show at Portsmouths "Fawcett Club" on Friday August 24th (176 Fawcett Rd , Southsea , Portsmouth P04ODP ) and Summers End Festival on Sunday September 16 ( The Robin 2, 20-22 Mount Pleasant , Bilston, Nr Birmingham ).


-------------------Latest News-May 07--------------------


Whimwise have some live dates coming up.

Friday May 25th they will be playing live at the Peel , - and later on at The Summers End festival , in Bilston - near Birmingham. More details on the latter coming soon.
In the meantime, - the Kingston date is a dual headline show with a band called "Jump". It`s likely that Whimwise will be on first however , so an early arrival at the venue is advised.

A further piece of news - is that Whimwise are once again being featured on a magazine covermount CD . This time it`s Powerplay magazine which is available in selected UK shops , or via mail order see www.powerplaymagazine.co.uk
The Whimwise featured track in the current issue ( no 87) , is called "The Spiders Understand" and it`s already been receiving a good response from the mags regular readers .

Recent gigs have gone very well and some video footage from our date at Southamptons "Joiners" supporting The Groundhogs Tony McPhee , has been posted on Youtube enabling people to get a taste of the Whimwise live approach to things . See the live band in action here -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3YsZ5HME0A

or here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x4AvFPp1bQ

The upcoming Peel date at the end of this week will feature some new personel performing and also some new repetoire with a hitherto unperformed piece from the original Whimwise album . Many people have described this tune as their favourite and expressed regret that it`s never been played live . So don`t miss the debut performance of this popular epic "Not In My Name".


Whimwise keyboardist and vocaliser Alquimia, has been busy with performing her own solo music recently . She`s been doing concerts in London (at the Swiss Church in Covent garden ) and Germany ( for the national German Bank ) and she has another show of her own coming up very soon after the Whimwise Kingston date . It`ll be on May 30th at Ivy House in Stuart Road, Nunhead . Check out her excellent solo material there.

Whimwise full time drummer Steve Hughes, (ex Enid and Kino) has recently featured in a professional video shoot for Paul Wiffens "Fire In The South" project . Paul Wiffen is a well known session musician/ programmer having collaborated with many big names in the music business in the past.
Although a one off , Steve enjoyed working with Paul and you can see the resulting video with Steve playing drums here -

www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7GeXsHGxN4



In the meantime back in the physical world , we`ll look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at next weeks Peel gig . Two bands for just £6-00 - can`t be a bad deal for a full evenings entertainment .

Here are some directions on how to get to the venue.-
The Peel is situated on the Cambridge Road in Kingston-Upon-Thames, which is ten minutes walk from both Norbiton and Kingston rail stations. You can also get to it by bus 131, 213, 85, 65 and N77. The nearest tube station is Wimbledon, and you can catch the 131 that goes from there straight to the door.
Also a map can be seen here

www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=519387&y=169038&z=0&sv=kt1%2B3hh&st=2&tl=Postcode%2Bkt1%2B3hh&pc=kt1%2B3hh&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf


Hope to see some of you at this show .




-------------------Latest News-March 07---------------------------




Whimwise have been booked to play at "The Peel" in Kingston-On-Thames on Friday May 25th 2007 .
More details soon.

This will involve an early start , so a prompt arrival at this venue is advised .

Venue address - 160 Cambridge Road , Kingston , London .



-------------------Latest News-Nov 06--------------------


Following a succesful tour with David Cross and Peter Banks of King Crimson and Yes respectively , more live shows have been undertaken . These have included opening for well known Canadian band , Saga at Londons "The Garage" in Islington and then back with founding member and ex Yes guitarist Peter Banks again , this time at "Club Riga" in Southend .

The next show to come , will be on December 10th with Tony McPhee of The Groundhogs at The Southampton "Joiners" .



-------------------Previous News-Dec 05--------------------


Exciting plans are being made for Nick to team up as part of a triple bill with ex members of King Crimson and Yes and play concerts in the spring of next year .


-----------Previous News-Nov 05--------------------



Finally Whimwise is here .

After all the delays and holdups Whimwise finally exists in physical form .
The full mastered pressing has been delivered from the manufacturers today and is now available to purchase . This makes today , November the 14th 2005 the official release date .

All advance orders will be posted out immediately .


-------------------Previous News-June 05--------------------------


The recording of Whimwise is now complete and the music has been launched at a special evening of live performances of acts connnected with the AMP MUSIC record label ( through which Whimwise is to be released ) .

At this debut concert Nick was assisted musically onstage by Gonzalo Carrera , Alquimia and Lukax Santana .
More information on them and their role played will follow soon .


- So then there were four...


-------------------Older News----------------------------------------------


Composition and arrangement of all the musical parts for Nick Mays first proper solo album , - "Whimwise" , is now finished and recording of the album itself is also 99% completed .
A last minute surprise was Nick being contacted out of the blue by his old Enid alumni fellow member , drummer extraordinnaire - Steve Hughes . Steves enthusiasm for the project was so great , that it was only natural that they should consider him coming on board to add some very welcome live drumming to Whimwise .

- So then they were two ...


An official launch show is being planned for May 29th , at the Spitz club in London , at which Nick will be helped out on live synthesizers by his great friend. The massively talented keyboardist , Gonzalo Carrera .
You can read more about Gozalo and Steve and their contributions , both live and recorded - to Whimwise, on the "collaborators" page .












"To the world , I bequeath a whim".





Nick May, Webmaster