The Real Tuesday Weld

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The Real Tuesday Weld
Background information
Origin	United Kingdom
Genres	Indie pop Jazz Electronica
Years active	2000-present
Labels	AntiqueBeat
Website	www.tuesdayweld.com
Members
Stephen Coates Jacques Van Rhijn Clive Painter Don Brosnan Jed Woodhouse
Former members
David Guez Brian Lee

The Real Tuesday Weld are a British band, fronted by lead singer and founder Stephen Coates. They are known for producing jazzy cabaret-style music with subtle electronica influences, a style dubbed "antique beat" by Coates [1].

The band is named after American film actress Tuesday Weld. Coates once had a dream involving Weld and '30s vocalist Al Bowlly. Coates and others often cite the dream as inspiration for the band and its particular style.

Presently, the band is signed to Antique Beat (UK) and Six Degrees Records (rest of the world). Some older recordings were with Kindercore Records, Dreamy Records, Bambini Records, PIAS recordings and Motorway Records. There was a band by the name of Tuesday Weld that released a CD "Starscene 98" on Glitterhouse Records but is not related.

The band has also complemented The Puppini Sisters in their burlesque style re-makes of modern popular classics such as Crazy in Love by Beyonce Knowles and have collaborated widely with Brazilian electronic chanteuse Cibelle, English nu-folk diva Mara Carlyle, Guillotines vocalist Joe Coles, The Tiger Lillies and others.

They are generally regarded as being critically rather than commercially successful but their music has been used frequently in films, TV, advertising and arts contexts. In 2007 they were commissioned to write music for the Rothko room at the Tate Modern in London and have re-scored the surrealist cult film Dreams That Money Can Buy for the British Film Institute. Other commissioned arts projects include 'Propaganda from the State of Love' first performed at London's Victoria and Albert museum in connection with the 'Cold War Modern' exhibition.

They have worked extensively with animators and film makers particularly the Russian animator Alex Budovsky on several international award winning animations. Their "Bathtime in Clerkenwell" cut (from their "I, Lucifer" album) appears as the soundtrack for Budovsky's innovative short animated film of the same title, to be found as the opening film on the compilation DVD "Avoid Eye Contact Vol. 1". The song "Last Words" (from the album "The London Book of the Dead") plays over the final scenes of Sony pictures' 2008 film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by indie cult director Pete Sollett (Raising Victor Vargas). Stephen Coates has written music for several documentaries, short films and independent features under his own name including Paul Cotter's Bomber and the US indie "Meeting Spencer" (2009)

"The Clerkenwell Kid" is often cited as the band's producer / re-mixer. "The Clerkenwell Kid" is an alter ego for Coates himself; Under the "Characters" section of the "The Real Tuesday Weld" website Coates is named as "The Clerkenwell Kid"^[1]. A series of eight radio programs: "US and THEM: Sounds of Propaganda and the Cold War" was produced / presented under this name for the London Arts radio station Resonance 104.4fm in late 2008

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 Albums 1.2 EPs 1.3 Singles 1.4 Compilation Tracks 1.5 Remixes 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Discography

Most albums have had multiple versions released for different territories. The band has issued several private releases including an audio Christmas card with three exclusive tracks every year since 2001. This discography is not complete, though it does cover the major releases.

[edit] Albums

• At The House Of The Clerkenwell Kid, (2001, Bambini)
• Where Psyche Meets Cupid, (2001, Kindercore Records)
• I, Lucifer, (2002, PIAS Recordings; edited and released 2004, Six Degrees Records). Soundtrack/companion to the novel I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan.
• Les Aperitifs et Les Digestifs (2004)
• The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid, (2005, Six Degrees Records)
• "Dreams That Money Can Buy", (2006 BFI). Alternative soundtrack to the 1948 surrealist cult film by Hans Richter
• The London Book of the Dead, (2007, Six Degrees Records / Antique Beat)
• At the End of the World, (2008, Six Degrees Records / Antique Beat). Limited live recording made by The Clerkenwell Kid 'on the eve of the apocalypse'

[edit] EPs

• L'amour et la morte, (2001, Kindercore Records)
• A Dream at the End of a Year, (2009, Antique Beat)

[edit] Singles

• Trojan Horses (1999)
• The Valentine EP (2000, Dreamy Records)
• I Love The Rain (7") (2001, Dreamy Records)
• Am I in Love? (2001) Motorway Records]])
• The Meteorology Of Love (2002) Bambini Records
• The Ugly and the Beautiful, (2004, Play It Again Sam)
• Bathtime in Clerkenwell, (2004, Play It Again Sam)
• Bathtime in Clerkenwell, (2004, Six Degrees Records)
• Still Terminally Ambivalent Over You, (2005, Play It Again Sam)
• Kix, (2008, Six Degrees Records)
• Last Words, (2009, Antique Beat)

[edit] Compilation Tracks

The band has appeared on many compilations. here are a selection

• The Days of You & Me (Remix) on Kindercore 50 (2000, Kindercore Records)
• I Like It That Way on Kindercore 50 (2000, Kindercore Records)
• The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid on A Wish Upon a Star (2001, Dreamy Records)
• I love the Rain (Stormy weather mix on Little Darla Vol. 17 (2001, Little Darla)
• At the House of the Clerkenwell Kid (carousel mix) on Carousel Vol3 (2002, Carousel)
• Declan's Bad Days on Comes With A Smile Vol. 8 (2003, Comes With A Smile)
• Declan's Little White Birds on Comes With A Smile Vol. 8 (2003, Comes With A Smile)
• One More Chance on Little Darla Vol. 20 (2003, Little Darla)
• Bathtime in Clerkenwell on Transmusicale 26 (2004, Transmusicale)
• Bathtime in Clerkenwell on Luffkasellet 3 (2005, Music for Dreams)
• The Ugly and the Beautiful on The Thrill of Collette (2005, N.O.I.S.E./Collette)
• The Eternal Seduction of Eve' on The Thrill of Collette (2005, N.O.I.S.E./Collette)
• The Ugly and the Beautiful on Siddhartha (2005, GeorgeV Records)
• The Day Before You Came on Backspin: A Six Degrees 10 Year Anniversary Project (2007, Six Degrees Records)
• Yes, I Love You (Shrift Remix) on Eden (2007, Six Degrees Records)
• Paris Blues (Duke Ellington remix) on Cinematic (2007, Six Degrees Records)
• Bringing the Body Back Home (Feat. Cibelle)) on Traveller 08 (2008, Six Degrees Records)
• Kix on Buddha Bar X (2008, GeorgeV Records)
• Last Words on Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Soundtrack (2008, Atlantic Records)

[edit] Remixes

• After All for Bebel Gilberto (2005, Six Degrees Records)
• Yes, I Love You for Shrift (2006, Six Degrees Records)
• Paris Blues for Duke Ellington (2007, Six Degrees Records)
• Asa Branca for David Byrne / Forro in the Dark (2007, Nublu)
• Crazy In Love for The Puppini Sisters (2008, Universal / Verve)
• Good Morning Blues for Count Basie (2008, Verve)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Antique Beat UK label
• Official website
• Myspace site
• Youtube site
• Six Degrees Records
• The Clerkenwell Kid's weblog
• The Real Tuesday Weld. Just Wonderful! An interview in Moscow for Podstantsiya.ru
• Feature in The Guardian