May 08, 2008
Remix EP Coming Soon
Final touches are being made to a remix EP of songs from Leigh's critically acclaimed "Red Tornado" album. Due out in June, the "Twister" EP (get it - "Twister"?) will feature remixes from some of Leigh's circle of international dub compatriots... as well as a rumored appearance by a mysterious "Dr. Marble".
May 01, 2008
New Band Member!
We are pleased to announce that Mr. Jesse Emerson (of Amelia) will be adding his mighty bass guitar to the Leigh Marble live ensemble. If you attended the Portland Music Awards in January, you may have noticed this handsome gent, draped in velvet finery, joining Leigh on stage for his performance of "Baby Ruth". Jesse will be assuming his role as Master of the Low End starting with the May 5th show at Doug Fir.
Mar 17, 2008
Nominate Leigh for PDX Pop Now!
PDX Pop Now! is currently taking nominations for their 2008 festival. You can help Leigh play the 2008 festival by taking 5 seconds to pop over here:
http://www.pdxpopnow.com/requests
And type "Leigh Marble" into their nomination form. That's it! You're done!
PDX Pop Now!'s annual summer festival is a free, all-ages, three-day event featuring some of Portland's finest bands.
Jan 09, 2008
Remix Madness
Leigh Marble's side career as a remixer has begun to gather steam. The first official release of one of his remixes is out now as a track on "N.I.C. In Dub", a compilation of dub remixes of the Oslo band Necessary Intergalactic Cooperation. Credited as Dr. Marble on the record, Leigh shapes a funk jam into an Eno-esque instrumental titled "This Love We Had Dub", transforming a single, off-the-cuff vocal muttering into a haunting hook. "N.I.C. In Dub" was released on the French label Hammerbass; plans for a domestic release are in the works.
Closer to home, Leigh's recent remix of a Pay The Coyote song received a great writeup on Localcut.com. The song, "Take Me Over Tonight", caught Leigh's ear off the band's Myspace page, and lucky for him, the band was game for a remix. Localcut had this to say about the track:
Marble has remixed Pay The Coyote’s stark, Churchian ballad towards a fully-realized (in the barren, hollow sense) frigid dystopia and lulling disquietude — winds gust, icicles chime, drummer boys brave notice, vocalist Whitney Walker’s authoritative, Ian Curtis-nudging fragility trudges through a paean to submission desperate and weary but not without hope.
Visit the Pay the Coyote page to hear the remix and read the full press coverage.
Dec 27, 2007
Red Tornado a "Best Local Album of 2007"!
At the close of each year, the Willamette Week music writers make a list of their picks for the best local albums of 2007. Lo and behold, there was "Red Tornado," which was declared therein to be "a burning, angsty folk-rock masterpiece"!