74 Miles Away

Releasing Gear change

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:12:00 +0200

Two years after their eponymous album, we celebrate the release of 74 Miles Away’s second effort “Gear Change”.

Changing gears

It’s always a pleasure to announce a new album, like a newborn baby that is being introduced for the very first time amongst friends and relatives.
After 2 years of relative silence (since the release of our first eponymous album on Melting Pot Music back in 2011), 74 Miles Away slaps back with a full-grown and anticipated sequal. This time we decided to go for a full “in- house” production (without record label), in collaboration with our trusty partner from Laid Back. Distribution though, will be handled by the fine people at Pusher Distribution (vinyl) & Fine Tunes (digital).

As we were (and still are) too eager to play and please, we put emphasis on our dynamic live shows during the last 20 months. Having the honour to play a dozen of nice venues and several awesome festivals (national & international), resulted in this new album entitled ‘Gear Change’. An 8-tracks, fully instrumental album mostly based on our live-gig experience.

We’re also glad to welcome flutist Stefan Bracaval as fourth band member. With other words, changing gears on the staff was nescessary to make this album happen. The input of Stef, his background and experience, his expressive flute sound, and the symbiosis with lead keyboard player Pierre Anckaert (they are playing together for years now in several other jazz-related projects) made it possible to elevate this project to another level. On the other hand we must admit that our full time day jobs various musical projects, kiddies and other time-consuming activities,… didn’t make it easier to gather everybody for the recording sessions.

Live recording

As our material was written for the live gigs, we had to work the other way around during the recording process. By decomposing every song into suitable and studio friendly layers. With the help from our engineer, Jean Vanesse (owner of Greenhouse studio), we managed to record the album in 2 days. Though often less precise than practiced studio-arrangements, a live recording offered us a more realistic, exciting and raw feel (all musicians & instruments took place in the same room, beside the amps). Very few overdubs were executed to keep that organic and unpolished sound.

We all love the live album format, the idea that the moments or evenings they document are epochal and worthy of preservation, the narratives they aim to present and the stories they sometimes tell in spite of themselves. A lot of influences can be found on ‘Gear Change’, from 70’s jazz-funk to stomping boogie joints, all drenched in vintage analogue synths with a 2013 modernist feel.

This is what “Gear Change” is all about. An album without words where the music speaks for itself.

Credits:
Pierre Anckaert : Fender rhodes piano – Korg leads – Nord Stage
Louis Van de Leest : Moog – Wurlitzer piano – Synths
Eric Paquet : Controllers - Sampler – Guitar
Stefan Bracaval: Flutes

All tracks written & produced by 74 Miles Away
Recorded and mixed by Jean Vanesse @ Greenhouse studio
Mastering by Vincent De Bast @ Sonar studios

Distribution by The Pusher Distribution & Fine Tunes

Vinyl (06/06/2013): HHV – Juno
Digital (17/05/2013): iTunes – Bandcamp

Bookings & contacts: futurestandards.be

74 Miles Away - Little Fatima (by monkeyrobotmusic)

Mon, 13 May 2013 16:22:13 +0200

74 Miles Away - Little Fatima (by monkeyrobotmusic)

djdavince: Digging The Blogosphere 2 - 2LP + Poster + Booster...

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:54:26 +0200

djdavince:

Digging The Blogosphere 2 - 2LP + Poster + Booster card (Heavenly Sweetness)

8th of May 2013 Gear Change - Live Album Preview More...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:14:00 +0200

8th of May 2013
Gear Change - Live Album Preview

More info :http://www.ccstrombeek.be/programma/3556/club-s-5/74-miles-away

Pierre Anckaert (Fender rhodes, Nord Stage, Korg leads)
Louis Van De Leest (Wurlitzer piano, Moog synth, Microkorg)
Eric Paquet (Controllers, Sampler, Gitaar)
Stefan Bracaval (Dwarsfluit)

Full track stream of the single “Gear Change”, taken...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:48:00 +0200

Full track stream of the single “Gear Change”, taken from our upcoming and self-titled album.

Release on the 17th of May, Digital & limited 12” vinyl.

Picture by Kmeron

Playing together with Brussels based BRNS at the Hertinfarct...

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:16:39 +0200

Playing together with Brussels based BRNS
at the Hertinfarct Showcase Festival in Turnhout on October the 12th.

More info about the line-up can be found HERE

Our set -up at Green Urban Jazz - july 2012, Leuven

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:29:20 +0200

Our set -up at Green Urban Jazz - july 2012, Leuven

Guzz Festival

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:40:21 +0200

GREEN URBAN JAZZ -a new concept by the orginators of Piknik Musik and Café Congé.

We’re playing this jazz & funkfest next weekend, on the 28th of july, on a very special outdoor location in Leuven.

More info on Facebook!

Line-up:

15:30-17:00 Macka Fat (Moonshack)
17:00-18:00 Alpacas
18:00-19:00 Blast Kid & Teddy Tendertouch
19:00-20:00 74 Miles Away
20:00-21:30 Orsii (Jazzman Records, UK)
21:30-22:30 BRZZVLL
22:30-00:00 Mr Critical

On May the 26th, 74 Miles Away played at ELBjazz, a festival...

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:12:25 +0200

On May the 26th, 74 Miles Away played at ELBjazz, a festival organized in Hamburg’s harbor with over 50 concerts at unique venues – in the cargo hold of an old freight ship, at a small theatre in Hamburg’s famous Speicherstadt, or at the huge Blohm+Voss shipyards… Incredible setup that turned out into a brilliant weekend.

During 2 days, the port of Hamburg will be the place where...

Mon, 07 May 2012 18:43:00 +0200

During 2 days, the port of Hamburg will be the place where international Jazz meets. We’re honoured to make part of this year’s line up!

74 Miles Away will play on saturday 26th of May, apparently on the official stage in a cargoship. We already played unusual locations but this will be something special…for sure.
Looking forward to this festival aside bands as Jazzanova, Mulatu Astatke, Gonzales, Robert Glasper Experiment, Kenny Wheeler and many others.

All info on: http://www.elbjazz.de/en

The future beat king of Diamond city…don’t sleep on...

Mon, 07 May 2012 18:36:00 +0200

The future beat king of Diamond city…don’t sleep on this one

74 miles away @ ‘t Archief - Take two. Warm up for a new...

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:00:00 +0100

74 miles away @ ‘t Archief - Take two. Warm up for a new season…
Shouts to Glen Ramaekers

This saturday, the 3rd of March, the kind people of the ‘t...

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:20:00 +0100

This saturday, the 3rd of March, the kind people of the ‘t Archief in Mechelen, asked us to perform for the second time in thier cosy resto-bar. Come over and have a blast with us. Free entrance

Treat your ears right ! After being highly anticipated and...

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:14:00 +0100

Treat your ears right ! After being highly anticipated and airplayed during the last months , our brother in crime at laid back decided to give this track away for free. You just need to sign up and the track will be yours. Enjoy

On sunday the 27th of november we’ll play our currently last booked gig before hitting the...

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:50:00 +0100

On sunday the 27th of november we’ll play our currently last booked gig before hitting the studio again during the upcoming wintermonths.

We were asked to do the musical finissage of a lecture which will be held by none other than Chris Dercon, curator of the Tate Modern in London.

We’ll play early, at noon and on a sunday ! First timer for everyone we guess :-)

Thanks to Luk Lambrecht for booking us.

More info ?

http://www.ccstrombeek.be/programma/3254/bksm-lezing-2-een-nieuw-museum-een-nieuw-publiek-een-pleidooi-voor-de-publieke-instelling/chris-dercon

111012 74 Miles Away @ Ancienne Belgique, a set by Kmeron...

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:58:54 +0200

111012 74 Miles Away @ Ancienne Belgique, a set by Kmeron on Flickr.

Photo report by Kmeron from our gig at the Ancienne Belgique on the 11th of october 2011, Brussels.

Our first album was an introduction to the sound of both Pierre...

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:25:00 +0200

Our first album was an introduction to the sound of both Pierre Anckaert and MonkeyRobot but live we are fully blending both styles …

Playing at Dour Festival is always an incredible experience....

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:33:00 +0200

Playing at Dour Festival is always an incredible experience. Thank you Lefto for booking us.

Free download on SoundCloud

Mon, 23 May 2011 19:29:00 +0200

Free download on SoundCloud

After celebrating the release of our first album on MPM with a...

Mon, 23 May 2011 19:23:00 +0200

After celebrating the release of our first album on MPM with a series of concerts in Ghent, Hombeek, Mechelen and Brussels, we got invited by Lefto for a live session at Studio Brussel. Out of the four tracks recorded that day, we picked “Seven Four” for the Laid Back compilation album and decided to offer you “Brusseleiro”.