We had a recent Myspace message from a chap in Rock Hill South Carolina named Travis Broome (he must have been at The Alamo, no??)
Anyhow, what he said about us hit the proverbial nail on the head....and basically caught (at last) what we are and what we aim for, tho perhaps we couldnt put it into words ourselves..
"Brilliant! I think your band has a very interesting sound. Somewhat familiar yet unique in that it doesn't sound like someone regurgitating they're favorite band. Absolutely awesome."
Yes, thats cool, we like that. Thankyou Travis Broome..you can write our PR spin from now on.
Uni You
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Glasgow Gig at 02 Academy
After last weeks gig in Kirkcaldy we are now looking forward to the 02 Academy in Glasgow on friday 12th June..should be good! Supporting us are Las Tuesday.
We have some spare tickets to give away so if anyone wants one (or two) leave us a note and we will do what we can...
Cheers Paul
http://www.o2academyglasgow.co.uk/index.php
Hometown Gig
No, its not a gig in Kazakhstan, tho if anyone wants to fly us there we will 100% take up the gig.
So instead its Kirkcaldy and a gig in Harlem which is quite cool cos we have been keen to play locally for some time but never found the right time or venue. Tomorrow should be good, especially the drive home which will be 5 mins :] Thanks to Quinny (Raith Rovers maddest fan)for doing the promoting duties.
So for all those folks who say Edinburgh or Glasgow is too far to go for a gig...now's ur chance as its down the road off the High Street! Is that another excuse I hear??!?!?!
At the beginning of the week it didnt look like we could play the gig as I was floored by some bug that attacked me at Nickelback in the SECC (who were awesome btw) last saturday and left me in ma' bed for a couple of days..Gulzhan too has been fending it off with mega doses of Vit C and paracetamol..you see we do everything to get up on that stage darlings.
So all Ok now and I just spent the last hour setting up our setlist on the laptop...its easier than phoning drummers and bassists..I just point a mouse and they play where (and when ..oh!!!) I want them to. Sooooooooo much easier...I suggest every band investigates this, and guarantee less arguments, less falling out, less mumbling behind backs and a tighter performance where it counts..only Chad Smith and Flea at my door will make me think of changing now!
See y'all tomorrow for beer and very loud guitars. Paul, Gulzhan and Mark aka Universal You
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Gigs n stuff
A recent rejiggling of dates means we are now playing our homecoming (:] gig in Kirkcaldys Harlem next friday 29th May...thanks to Quinny for sorting it out. Of course any friday night in any bar in the UK should be good, but with us playing well can it get any better??!!?! Beer, massive guitars and Gulzhans gyrations??!
On saturday coming Gulzhan and I are heading to Glasgow to see Nickelback at the SECC and whats more Black Stone Cherry are supporting..awesome ..two of my fav bands on the same bill, now the only way to top that would to be first out of the SECC carpark after the gig....and as we ALL know that is pure fantasy cos everyone takes 2 hours to get out of that place.
As a little reminder you can still take some free tracks from the Music Glue link under here and have Universal You play to you on your ipod anytime, anyplace etc etc. Are we good to you or what??!!
Tonight we head back to Substation Studio for more recording which is great, I just luv all that artistic discussion about the right hi-hat sound etc Our man in the studio Graeme Deas always shortens my songs...but it is always for the better..I think we should re-name him 3-minute Graeme...not into 7 minute prog stuff is Graeme. So last week he was on that computer of his cutting with very little pasting..I think we lost half the chorus and for a time the guitar solo, but we got the solo back..ProTools undo undo undo!
Thats it. But lastly good luck to Adastra cos they have a big gig on saturday with Viking Skull at Studio 24 in Edinburgh...just take public transport guys and get there in one piece!! Rock that metal crowd like BSC and Nickelback will be doing in GLW!
Paul
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Some Kazakh Press
For our Russian speaking folks.
Gulzhan has a rather large interview in her home city newspaper in Aktobe, Kazakhstan..."Evrika". This is I am told the most popular paper in the city and as Aktobe has a population of over 300,000 we hope a few will come onto the website and have a listen!
http://www.rikatv.kz/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=5002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktobe
Also a new link of our last video.. :]
http://www.musicscotland.tv/music-scotland-tv-live.html
Cheers
Paul
Kinross, Salman Rushdie, Un:Scein and RBRBR
Last saturdays gig at The Ark was rather cool ye know. StillMarillion took us back to the days of Fish and weird trousers and THAT Kayleigh riff..! Gulzhan was a wee bit in the dark with it all of course not having lived through the 80's/90s in Scotland!
She also doesn't know about Archie Gemmill either and that goal...we will brainwash her eventually. The crowd was really receptive and appeared to enjoy our rocknpopnelectronicanmetalshredded songs. We now finish with an oldie The Answer which has been completely rearranged since it was first recorded...I grew tired of the sugar coating and decided it need to be rocked up a bit..so far it works well. A live version of it is on the Music page if you want a listen.
Ive also been taking a few pix on the mob and sending them to the VideoBlog page...some from The Ark (where we also met some Kazakh folks) and one taken of Gulzhan from the stage itself during our set...you see Im not JUST the average rhythm guitarist :] A multi-tasker.
What else? Oh yeh I was at a Promotor launch party (Broken Jukebox) at The Wee Red Bar in Edinburgh on wednesday night and finally caught up with Yoshi who have been doing well around the scene and also saw RBRBR who were really, really great...great sound, look and everything..you see guitars and electronica do work! (just like us).
Last night we were in the studio (The Substation, Rosyth) doing some more recording and our pal John Need popped along to deliver us a groovy bassline for a new song. Cheers John!!! He also showed us some skills on the piano (Vid Blog Page)..and he now knows Kinross is not near Kirkcaldy...time for SatNav John???!?
http://www.johnneed.co.uk/people.html
(See Gulzhan sandwiched between Salman Rushdie and Sean Connery...dont like the thought of that actually)
Lastly we have another Record Label showcase gig lined up..this time for new Edinburgh label Un:scein Records on 16 May..and we hope to be premiering a new piece of exciting stage kit there ..more later on that..
Paulo
Label Gig
Following on from a showcase gig late last year we have been lined up for a further Label Showcase gig in Edinburgh for RCA/Arista...which is pretty cool. Its on 4th July, venue yet to be confirmed.
One not to be missed.
(Dont forget we are playing at The Ark, Edinburgh tomorrow night (Saturday)...dont miss that either)
Cheers
Paulo
One not to be missed.
(Dont forget we are playing at The Ark, Edinburgh tomorrow night (Saturday)...dont miss that either)
Cheers
Paulo
Back live
Friday past saw us back gigging, this time in Glasgow at the ABC2. Two other good bands were on with us, The Trade and Junkyard Shift. Often a promoter can get it completely wrong by pitching completely different styles together but this time PM got it spot on with all three of us into big guitars and big melodies! Makes it good for the paying punters too!
Thanks to The Trade for letting us use their guitar rigs and thanks also to Junkyard Shift being such nice talkative guys in our shared dressing room.
As a threepiece things are a lot easier with us than other bands...logistically speaking, it means one vehicle to the gigs, not a lot of gear (Gulzhan carries the drummer, bassist and electronica guru on her shoulder...the laptop), no-one going awol, shorter soundchecks, or at least more time to soundcheck and less setting up time etc etc. It really makes a difference ye know. I wish I had listened to Gulzhan earlier..it was her idea to become a 3. I'm just hanging on in there being nice to her as much as possible cos she might want to make it a 2-piece next. Ye never know what's around the corner.
So that was us back in the gig routine and it went well, we all feel really comfortable up there now since getting together in Autumn last year. We had some really nice comments after the gig from some folks and we hope they like the CDs we dished out too. (special hi to Pirate Promotions...give us a call!)
As usual we hit Glasgow on friday rush hour, load-in the gear then soundcheck and then look for some pre-gig food. This is where one of Marks pre-gig rituals kicks in. We have SatNav in the bus to find the venues and Mark has built-in Sat-Subway-Nav to find the nearest Subway sandwich outlet. Strange, but he knows where they all are..in every town or city we play...and for anyone who knows Sauchiehall Street its fair to say that the ABC may well be Marks fav venue in the city as a Subway its straight across the road....
So a quick bite then the other two usually have some dutch courage before hitting the stage...as the driver and teetotaler (is that how u spell it??) its just lo fat coke n nerves for me....but whats to be nervous about? Everyone always likes us..well they usually take a couple of songs to work out what the hell we are about!!..and I'll always say standing alone on the first tee of a golf competition is much more nerve wracking than standing next to yer pals hitting a few E or D chords .
On the way home Mark and I got Lost in Rock talk (Holy Diver, Rainbow, Dio and Doug Aldrich rock poses...you will need to Wiki some of that I suppose) and in doing so also Lost Gulzhan as this stuff is not on her available wavelengths, but when the talk comes back to Justin Timberlake or Michael Jackson she come back from the Classic Rock Abyss. Actually on the subject of JT, friday was the second time we played a cover of Cry Me A River ...its obviously in the Uni You style with some large guitar work and of course the tasty vocals of GI (Mark and I only sing in the car)..and maybe in the next gig we will hit on some Doug Aldrich poses..so get there...The Ark, Edinburgh on saturday coming!!!
Paulo
Thanks to The Trade for letting us use their guitar rigs and thanks also to Junkyard Shift being such nice talkative guys in our shared dressing room.
As a threepiece things are a lot easier with us than other bands...logistically speaking, it means one vehicle to the gigs, not a lot of gear (Gulzhan carries the drummer, bassist and electronica guru on her shoulder...the laptop), no-one going awol, shorter soundchecks, or at least more time to soundcheck and less setting up time etc etc. It really makes a difference ye know. I wish I had listened to Gulzhan earlier..it was her idea to become a 3. I'm just hanging on in there being nice to her as much as possible cos she might want to make it a 2-piece next. Ye never know what's around the corner.
So that was us back in the gig routine and it went well, we all feel really comfortable up there now since getting together in Autumn last year. We had some really nice comments after the gig from some folks and we hope they like the CDs we dished out too. (special hi to Pirate Promotions...give us a call!)
As usual we hit Glasgow on friday rush hour, load-in the gear then soundcheck and then look for some pre-gig food. This is where one of Marks pre-gig rituals kicks in. We have SatNav in the bus to find the venues and Mark has built-in Sat-Subway-Nav to find the nearest Subway sandwich outlet. Strange, but he knows where they all are..in every town or city we play...and for anyone who knows Sauchiehall Street its fair to say that the ABC may well be Marks fav venue in the city as a Subway its straight across the road....
So a quick bite then the other two usually have some dutch courage before hitting the stage...as the driver and teetotaler (is that how u spell it??) its just lo fat coke n nerves for me....but whats to be nervous about? Everyone always likes us..well they usually take a couple of songs to work out what the hell we are about!!..and I'll always say standing alone on the first tee of a golf competition is much more nerve wracking than standing next to yer pals hitting a few E or D chords .
On the way home Mark and I got Lost in Rock talk (Holy Diver, Rainbow, Dio and Doug Aldrich rock poses...you will need to Wiki some of that I suppose) and in doing so also Lost Gulzhan as this stuff is not on her available wavelengths, but when the talk comes back to Justin Timberlake or Michael Jackson she come back from the Classic Rock Abyss. Actually on the subject of JT, friday was the second time we played a cover of Cry Me A River ...its obviously in the Uni You style with some large guitar work and of course the tasty vocals of GI (Mark and I only sing in the car)..and maybe in the next gig we will hit on some Doug Aldrich poses..so get there...The Ark, Edinburgh on saturday coming!!!
Paulo
Gig on friday
Glasgow, here we go again :)
This time Uni You will be playing in ABC2, Sauchiehall Street on Friday, 17th April.
There will be two more bands: Junkyard Shift and The Trades!
Start time is at 1930.
See you there then!
ps. Oops, forgot to mention, that the gig will be filmed. Must buy Ultimo Shapewear which is opposite of glamour but promises to transform my shape, slim the body, contour problem areas and smooth out bulges. More so, bottom will be lifted and tummy will be flattened!!! Bring that camera on!!
This time Uni You will be playing in ABC2, Sauchiehall Street on Friday, 17th April.
There will be two more bands: Junkyard Shift and The Trades!
Start time is at 1930.
See you there then!
ps. Oops, forgot to mention, that the gig will be filmed. Must buy Ultimo Shapewear which is opposite of glamour but promises to transform my shape, slim the body, contour problem areas and smooth out bulges. More so, bottom will be lifted and tummy will be flattened!!! Bring that camera on!!
Weekend in London
Heading Doon Sooth this weekend for a gig at Club Aquarium, Old Street, Shoreditch.
The gig is on sunday 5th April and is a charity daytime gig for Womens Aid Organisation. The event is being organised by ex-gangster Dave Courtney who is now an actor, best selling author and patron to many good causes. Remember Lock Stock &...? well Vinnie Jones character is based on Dave..nuff said. Dave is a sound guy.
Our mate Dave has a particular soft spot for Universal You and has asked us to come down from Scotland and play at the gig which kicks off at 2pm, ..of course you dont say no to Dave.
Universal You are on for the first of two sets at 3:30pm, with Suzi Quatro (whose leather trousers helped shape my youth...) and other bands sandwiched in between.
Tickets only a fiver from the Club and at the door. A good cause and a chance to catch Uni You's electric live set on a rare visit into London. The Asian Babe, The Skinhead and The Shredder...it looks weird, but it works..! Come along if you can.
Remember to say hi in the Guestbook and also grab those free tracks via the MusicGlue links in thos previous Blog entries of mine.
Im gonna try and keep some video/pix updates of this weekend sent from my phone direct to the website on the VideoBlog page..technology is great innit!?
Paulo
PS Bring your swimming cossie to the gig..
http://www.clubaquarium.co.uk/
