LouisVause' Discography.

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DVD

Mechanicatastrophe

Release date: 9th October 2006.
Catalogue No: SABRECD 2023.
Label:High Coin.
Distribution:Cadiz Music Ltd through Pinnacle.

In 2006 we see the long-awaited release of Mechanicatastrophe and find Louis recording with a band this time round on all but 3 of the tracks - tracks 3, 8 and 14 feature Louis' trademark virtuoso solo piano playing. This is what Louis had to say about his new album, and his rhythm section... "What struck me listening to the playback of what we'd done for the first time was that the titles of the tunes had become more than tags; they expressed who we are, what we've heard, where we've been... and why we bother."

  1. Mechanicatastrophe
  2. Omdurman Express
  3. Finger Snapping
  4. Five O Clock AM
  5. Moonshine
  6. For Jubs
  7. Harlequin Blues
  8. The Road's had one too many
  9. Gumshoe
  10. At The Pavillion By The Sea
  11. Requiem For A Flugel Horn
  12. Dark Dark Night
  13. Mechanicatastrophe Revisited
  14. Where Is Aretha?

Produced by Mike Pelanconi and Louis Vause.
Recorded by Mike Pelanconi at Eastcote Studios, London, January 2005.
Except tracks 3, 8, 14 Recorded by Chris Wyles at The Stone Rooms, London May 2005.
Featuring
John Eacott : Trumpet and Flugel Horn.
Louise Elliot : Tenor Saxaphone and Flute.
Gareth Huw Davies : Double Bass.
Dave Bryant : Drums and Percussion.
Louis Vause : Piano.

All compositions © Louis Vause 2006.


Pianophernalia

Released 18th November 2002.
Recorded and Produced at Blue Stone Studios.
Produced by Louis Vause and Chris Wyles.
Engineered by Mat Hempel and Phelan Kane.

Louis' first solo album was recorded in July 2001; a last ditch attempt to avoid bankruptcy and an album that he wanted to express his deep feelings about all that had happened in the previous three years. 'Pianophernalia' is all about capturing the magic of the exact moment of recording and expressing emotion on what is a combination of plastic, wood and strings. "I gave everything I had recording it" he has said.
'Pianophernalia' felt like a new beginning. Well received by the Press he promoted it on National and Local Radio and nearly dropped his teapot when he heard a play on Radio 4 which featured his music throughout.

  1. Melody
  2. The Long Goodbye
  3. Fast Show Slow Drag
  4. All Fingers and Thumbs
  5. Gershwinesque
  6. The Girl with the Almond Eyes
  7. Easy Street
  8. Skinners Blues/Texas Boogie
  9. Henry's Shuffling Hungarians
  10. Gatemouth


All compositions © Louis Vause 2002.

DVD

boogie piano dvd

Boogie and Blues Piano - The All New Beginners Guide.

Includes 24 Page Booklet.
Running time: 1 hr 15 mins.
Director: Jeff Baynes.

Presented by Louis Vause and Seamus Beaghan.

This is truly The Ten Commandments of the Blues and is an indispensable addition to the library of the amateur enthusiast and professional alike.
If you have ever wanted to play Boogie Woogie and Blues piano this is the place to start.
It has expert guidance on all the tricks of the trade with a dash of some amusing advice and anecdotes.
The DVD is excellently made, with an introductory spiel by one or other of the presenters, followed by a demo of what has been spoken about with an overhead view of the keyboard set at the bottom of the screen, so that you can see the fingering. The pictures are clear and the presentation exemplary. The whole is divided into chapters, each of which is expanded, in the ‘Transcription Booklet’, using regular notation on a standard stave with detail of what is being played and spoken of.
If you enjoy boogie, but don’t want to play, you can still find out a wealth of stuff about what you are listening to.

Chapters:
Introduction;
The Blues Scale;
Basic Boogie Left Hand;
The Groove;
New Orleans Groove (including a section on Professor Longhair’s style);
The Split Octave Boogie;
Bass Lines;
Intros, Breaks And Endings;
The Riff Directory (which includes nine riff variations such as; cascade, foldback, whiplash and so on).
Finally there are three full-track extras:
‘Card Shuffle Boogie’ (Beaghen);
‘Effervescent Boogie’ (Vause);
Seamus’s ‘New Orleans Blues’ (Beaghen).
The first two of those were filmed live as Vause and Beaghen state in their introduction...
“It is important to emphasize that this style is an oral tradition and this DVD has been designed with that in mind. Think of us as musicians who are making helpful suggestions culled from a lifetime of listening to, and playing this music and you can’t go far wrong.”

Between them Louis Vause and Seamus Beaghen have performed and worked with an impressive array of Artists including Madness, Graham Coxon, Iggy Pop, Desmond Decker, Paul Weller, Supergrass, Tom Jones and Morissey. In addition Louis' teaching talents have been sought by George Harrison, Beth Orton and Suggs to name but three.

© 2008 A Loumus Production for Eye Eye Ltd.


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