lara jacoski – and so she thinks

Chatting with The YuYa – and get Naked for free!

admin — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:36:51 +0000

Yuya was a powerful Egyptian courtier during the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Signed to Dayjob Records The YuYa are an inspiring and eclectic duo who’s almost reggae folk fusion and dreamy indie tunes have been making waves amongst those who like their music with a dollop of authenticity and avant garde. It’s All Happening catch up with Eliseo Soardi and Constance Dalrymple, The YuYa Super nice folks, they have offered up Naked, their debut single, as a free download for you. Lovely!
For those who don’t know The YuYa, describe the band and your sound.
The YuYa is me and her. The influences of the band are very mixed and draw on the world of music. From rumba to waltz, jazz to reggae, acoustic soul to ska..all with our touch. We think that in these days of internet and the freedom it gives, everyone has developed a taste outside their cultural roots. This is due to a diversity never seen before; music is part of the same system and needs to be as diverse as possible, reaching places and mixing things no one until recently knew existed. Our sound, if it could be a colour, would be red.
Your debut album A Boy, A Queen and A Fish was out on 24 Sept– tell us about it.
The debut album is lovely to listen to. Nice songs, and to be honest we didn’t know we could make such good music :). Jokes apart, the album was written over 6 months in a London warehouse (Arena Massive) and then recorded in a wonderful theatre in the middle of the Italian Alps, in less than a week. It was winter and bloody cold! But it came out quite summery and that’s something we still don’t understand :). Many thanks to the Council of Pieve di Ledro, which gave us the place for free and Nilo Santoni who did an amazing job mixing the album and playing percussion for us!
The title of the album is taken from an African children’s story for wannabe fishermen…. it ends with a boy capturing the biggest fresh water fish that ever existed and the Queen of Uruba sparing the fish’s life to teach the boy a lesson! The metaphor of the story is that boys don’t impress Queens with just a fish!
You were the first signing to Day Job records – what made you decide to team up with them?
They look good and when we walk down the street together people are generally very pleased with the sight of us. Eli and Greg at the moment are in a beard growing competition that started last October…. and their credo was spot on for us as poor struggling employees!
You do both have day jobs – why do music? What does music, and being an artist mean to you?
Most of all, why work full time? Music means freedom to both of us.
You have both British and Italian roots, and have played all around the world, from Europe to Africa. There’s also a very diverse range of styles in your music, and the album was of course recorded in Italy – how does the world and culture influence you?
Constance loves rice and Eliseo loves pasta: two worlds and two cultures come together. It was difficult at the beginning of our musical relationship to combine our differences but we naturally came together and that’s because it is in the nature of things to mix and develop into a new one.
I’ve heard that you met at a fancy dress wedding – sounds amazing! What were you wearing, and was it the great costumes or witter banter than drew you to each other?
Constance was Billie Holiday and Eliseo was Amy Winehouse. Have you read The Secret? It explains how these things happen……
It’s Better is beautifully whimsical and rhythmic, which fits with the video – are visuals important to you?
Yes, very and we think the It’s Better video really gives an idea of what we are. Although the day of the filming on the boat was a mission! Constance does not like water! We couldn’t pee for 6 hours, and we had to put a pigeon out of his misery for reasons we can’t really explain here. In the end we had to row one boat to push the other for the whole day… But thanks to Lara (Jacoski) for the magnificent editing it worked well. Visuals are very important but I think the story is even more important. Have you ever seen a great film without a great story? Even Avatar had to have a story, special effects can only do so much….
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mWMYInaooE]
What have your highlights of the year been, and what’s coming up next?
We run a Festival in Italy called Mand’stock Festival, not to confuse it with man’s cock…. Last year was the first edition and it went really well! We had 45 bands and djs, a skateboarding half-pipe, rock climbing walls and great Italian food and drinks! 2000 people came and we think this year is going to be even bigger! It’s great to organize a Festival so we can invite bands we love. Damian Rice was at the festival on the Friday and we had a chat about music and business, we’re now friends 🙂 DJR and The Harrison Pub (King’s Cross) are also involved in the Festival this year.
2013 is a promising year, with the album out and gigs coming up you should keep checking our website or join our mailing list for any updates! God Speed!

It's All Happening festival – the video is here!

admin — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:37:40 +0000

Here it is. Evidence that not only did the It’s All Happening festival did, er, happen, but that it was a damn good day to boot. Check out performances from Alessi’s Ark, Soulmates Never Die, The Ruby Kid, Silent Devices, and Fallingham Fair, and many others, marvel at the ambient surroundings of The Gallery Cafe, appreciate the delightful adornments and decoration, courtesy of Bronwyn Opland and the girls.
Again we would like to thank all the artists, be you of the music, art, spoken word, poetry or craft type, for your time, talent, and entertainment, The Gallery Cafe and St Margaret’s Settlement – good space and great staff, Rob Taylor & Aidan for making sound happen, Bronwyn & the girls for beautifying things, Lara for preserving the memories, The To Do List and everyone who helped spread the word, and all those who came down to enjoy the day.
Of course, the beauty of the visual art form is that you don’t have to read lengthy written musings – you can let the images do the talking. Here you are then:
[vimeo 45900953 w=500 h=281]

Films from the festival!

admin — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:54:00 +0000

On the afternoon of the It’s All Happening festival there was something rather special taking place in the chapel. Whereas most of the day was devoted to art of the auditory kind (we are a music blog after all…), taking place in the chapel was a screening of short films from some of the best independent and up and coming directors. Curated by Lara Jacoski, the 53 films were a mix of human interest and documentary, panoromic spans of popular culture. arty meditations and music videos (check out Lara’s blog on Day Job Records.)
All the films screened can be seen here…just follow the links!

FILM LIST curated by LARA JACOSKI

ALENXADRE CAJINHA “Hotel” Sabonetes
https://vimeo.com/16961043
ANDREAS LOHMANN “George” HutzPah
https://vimeo.com/9911162
ASTEROIDE FILMES (ALEXANDRE GUEDES, GUILHERME BIGLIA & GIULIANO BATISTA) “Vem Quente Que Eu Estou Fervendo” Sabonetes
https://vimeo.com/44351509
BRUNO FIGUEIREDO “Foto em Pauta Tiradentes”
https://vimeo.com/38987186
BRUNO FIGUEIREDO “Saravah Soul EPK”
https://vimeo.com/26076578
CAROL PISCO “Felicidade Inóspita”
https://vimeo.com/44529805
CAROLINE BIAGI “Partida”
DIRIJO CREW “Pra colá” SUJEITO SUJO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp4DFUmLlKU
DANIEL FERRO “Rock Falido” Sugar Kane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOSIPlnysvY
DAY JOB RECORDS “It’s Better” The YuYa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mWMYInaooE
DAY JOB RECORDS, LARA JACOSKI & ROSIE JONES “Kill Lucy” The YuYa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEwpgQN9218
DAY JOB RECORDS & LARA JACOSKI “A Day With Leisurama” Leisurama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKvG6_iYwy4
DAY JOB RECORDS & LARA JACOSKI “DJR a Record Label for People with Day Jobs”
(Coming Soon!)
FERNANDO FRATER “The Black Listed”
https://vimeo.com/14258250
GUSTAVO AMARAL “Ramon & Rimon – It’s All About The Process, Isn’t It?”
https://vimeo.com/42407199
JOÃO MARCELO GOMES “Alice” Lemoskine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efi3GZ6DidM
JOÃO MARCELO GOMES Polexia “Você Já Teve Mais Cabelo”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmD734uWRGU
JOÃO UNZER “Emotions Leak”
http://vimeo.com/23719159
JOÃO UNZER “Self Portrait”
http://vimeo.com/23737802
JOÃO UNZER “What Do You See in My Stripe?”
http://vimeo.com/24143078
LARA JACOSKI “Hackney WickED Festival 2011”
https://vimeo.com/31032249
LARA JACOSKI “Just Another One”
https://vimeo.com/14359671
LARA JACOSKI “Sem”
https://vimeo.com/3106884
LARA JACOSKI “Forever Young”
LARA JACOSKI “Hello Goodbye”
https://vimeo.com/35014395
LARA JACOSKI “Let’s Make a Baby”
https://vimeo.com/16464957
LARA JACOSKI “Mucha Tinta at Wonka Bar”
https://vimeo.com/10466363
LARA JACOSKI “Memoirs: Hvar Island”
https://vimeo.com/17972949
LARA JACOSKI “Memoirs: Croatia”
https://vimeo.com/18043207
MARCELO DEGUCHI & WAGNER KREUSCH “Biel Carpenter por Intento”
https://vimeo.com/30491408
MARIANA ZARPELLON “Sanfona” Ruído/mm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wmm113Ip_A
MATHY AND FRAN “Tall Buildings” Diagrams
http://vimeo.com/31893174
MATHY AND FRAN “Overtime Is a Crime” We Are The Ocean
http://vimeo.com/30103311
MATH AND FRAN “Elsewhere”
http://vimeo.com/35106217
NATHÁLIA TEREZA & RODRIANE DL “Bonfires” Rosie & Me
https://vimeo.com/12885373
NATHÁLIA TEREZA “Pontos” Je Rêve de Toi
https://vimeo.com/3312225
NOMAD INK “Asia 2008 Design”
https://vimeo.com/3725840
NOMAD INK & LARA JACOSKI “Got Merz: Doomedo”
https://vimeo.com/12066893
PAOLA DE RAMOS & LARA JACOSKI “Side”
https://vimeo.com/27835204
PAOLA DE RAMOS & LARA JACOSKI “Displaced (Teaser)”
https://vimeo.com/38037923
PATRICK BELEM “Samuríndios”
https://vimeo.com/41614832
RAFAEL KENT “Vivendo do Ócio” Meu Precioso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn-R-MB3L4U
RASPUTINES “The Flying Bicycle”
https://vimeo.com/19572630
RASPUTINES “O Pico do Paraná”
https://vimeo.com/19070388
RASPUTINES “Flor de Vedete”
https://vimeo.com/25154549
RASPUTINES “ProvoKation”
https://vimeo.com/28859923
RAUL MACHADO, RICARDO SPENCER, CESAR OVALLE, ASTEROIDE FLMES (GUILHERME BIGLIA & GIULIANO BATISTA), THIAGO DEZAN, CIA DE CANALHAS (LUCAS FERNANDES & CARLON HARDT) & TOMAS MOREIRA “Descontrolada” Sabonetes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdQWtbwWevg
RENATA CORRÊA, RODRIANE DL, ANA PAULA MÁLAGA, CAROLINE BIAGI & ALEX ROCCA “De Coração”
https://vimeo.com/35009927
RODRIGO FORNOS “Afinal de Contas” Banda Gentileza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzb3Hw9yF8c
ROSANO MAURO “Suportar o Tédio a Maior Façanha do Ser Humano”
https://vimeo.com/19354526
TATIANA BLASS “Mess (Teaser)”
(Coming soon!)
TERMINE G “Bowl”
TOMÁS VON DER OSTEN “Vó Maria”
https://vimeo.com/35318495
VITOR MORAES “Mariachi”
https://vimeo.com/33776294
WOUTER VANDERNBRINK “Satisfaction”
https://vimeo.com/43555149

It's All Happening! festival – Alessi's Ark!

admin — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:19:11 +0000

The very first It’s All Happening festival! A day of folk music, acoustic indie, original art, craft, spoken word, performance poetry and film – in short our favourite things. Taking place at the Gallery Cafe in Bethnal Green, on June 23rd, from 1pm til late, tickets are available now!
We’re thrilled that the lovely Alessi’s Ark will be headlining – the first of a run of festival performances for the charming folk singer.
Alongside the mix of solo artists strumming in the garden, bands captivating the cafe throughout the day and evening, and entertaining and enrapturing spoken word in the chapel, will be a craft market, delicious array of food and drink, a photography and art exhibition, and tunes to get you in the mood to dance til dawn. (Although not with It’s All Happening necessarily – cafe curfew!).
Anja McCloskey, Soulmates Never Die, Fallingham Fair and The Cooling Pearls will all be playing, alongside The Ruby Kid and Joshua Seigal, and acoustic artists Thom Byles and Larissa.
For any more information, please get in touch.