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Fate. Smile, At It’s Funny Little Ways.

Published on August 18, 2008 in Music. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Yet another post in a series of bad news about bands that Onebrow and I are very fond of.

This time the spotlight falls to iLiKETRAiNS, or more specifically their cornet player/animator/projectionist, Ashley. I posted a few months ago about the DVD that iLiKETRAiNS brought out to accompany their debut album Elegies to Lessons Learnt. This DVD was soley the work of Ashley or his animating alter ego Broken Pixel. I always thought that the animation brought something unique to iLiKETRAiNS, and the addition of the projection screen to their gigs was always very interesting. I remember the first couple of times we were lucky enough to see iLiKETRAiNS live, Ashley was using an old slide projector and one of the most haunting but beautiful things I have ever seen was BEFORETHECURTAiNSCLOSE (Part i I think) being shown with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing to the beat on the projection screen. The projections were then upgraded to digital versions, and videos animated by Ashley accompanied the songs, making for a truly unique live experience.

However, Ashley announced at the end of July that he would be leaving the band. It seems to have been a mutual decision in the end and I think it was mostly so that that Ashley could have more time to pursue his animating and further the success of Broken Pixel. I personally wish him the best of luck, and hope that the unfortunate break with the band can open up new doors for him and he can continue to do what he loves.

His website can be found here and YouTube channel here. Hopefully there will be a future collabiration with iLiKETRAiNS but we can only see. For now we are told that iLiKETRAiNS are working on their second album so there is good news to be found somewhere in the music world at least.

Here is what I consider to be one of the best examples of Ashley’s work with iLiKETRAiNS. Enjoy.

iLiKETRAiNS – Elegies To Lessons Learnt DVD Release

Published on April 9, 2008 in Music. 1 Comment Tags: , , , .

iLiKETRAiNS will be releasing a DVD version of their debut album, Elegies To Lessons Learnt on the 21st of April 2008. The DVD will feature a full length film, telling the stories of all 11 tracks on the album. This will be done with the aid of the stop motion animation shorts, that have served as music videos for the majority of iLiKETRAiNS’ singles. The band’s cornet player/projectionist, Ashley, is the one responsible for these great animations, and he deserves a lot of credit for the hard work and effort that has clearly gone into making them. The videos for the singles taken from Elegies… are starting to make more sense, as we are told that the film tells the story of one man travelling through the different events. The We Go Hunting video, for instance, shows a man in a sort of ghost train, and the video for Spencer Perceval has definitely become more clear. There was a third person in the scene where Perceval is shot, so now we can see this making sense in the context of the film.

Also, we will apparently find out the significance of the telegraph pole that seems to crop up in a number of the videos…

The DVD will also include videos from previous releases such as the fantastic Terra Nova, and lots of other extras. So it would seem that the DVD will certainly offer value for money, especially for die hard iLiKETRAiNS fans such as myself.

Here is the first trailer for your viewing pleasure:

There is also a second available here.

The DVD is available for pre-order from recordstore, and is apparently limited to 1000 copies, so get in there quick!