Dear All,
There have been some exciting developments with the Another VU project recently!
Our new website is now live: https://www.anothervu.net/
To coincide with the website going live, we have just released two more short video clips from our previous rehearsal on YouTube, of us playing the songs ‘Guess I’m Falling In Love’ and ‘Sister Ray’ - these can be viewed via our homepage, or Cam’s YouTube channel.
Please share our new website & videos with others if you are able to, and help spread the word about us and our work!
In other news, we have invested in a beautifully appointed, custom-built electric viola, and Bobby has spent the last month painstakingly transcribing and perfecting the pivotal and rarely replicated drone tonalities of John Cale’s playing - another short video clip of us playing 'Venus In Furs' and 'Heroin' at our most recent rehearsal on Monday, has just been uploaded to the website/channel today, and is linked below!
British-Norweigan contralto vocalist Caroline Dawson - who previously collaborated with Cam for his 'All Tomorrow's Parties', 'Femme Fatale', 'I'll Be Your Mirror' and 'Sunday Morning' YouTube videos - has also been in touch recently, and confirmed her interest in taking part in our show later this year, and performing the parts of Nico.
We have chosen what we think will be the perfect venue for the show in central London, and enquiries are currently being made to obtain funding towards booking/hire - more information on this as it transpires.
Cam has also invested in the final equipment items needed for the light show, and trials will soon begin at rehearsals in order to eventually generate a multimedia experience as similar as it can possibly be, to the original Exploding Plastic Inevitable.
To make a donation towards the project, please visit our Ko-Fi page: https://ko-fi.com/camforrester
We look forward to bringing you further news!
Much love,
Cam, Bobby, Kyle and Ella x
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In the interests of research and authenticity, how many violas did you break the neck of when stringing them with guitar strings....?
Looking and sounding good; remember there are music fans outside of London and the likes of Liverpool and Manchester could have some good venues for you to play!
Looking and sounding good; remember there are music fans outside of London and the likes of Liverpool and Manchester could have some good venues for you to play!
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Haha, Bobby's using standard viola strings in this case.
I believe Cale mainly used guitar/banjo/mandolin strings, because they allowed for better distortion/feedback, via the pickup he was using, but that's not an issue with Bobby's custom viola, as it's electric (not a modified standard viola) and therefore it's easier to achieve distortion with via a pedal or amp.
Thanks - we will definitely be looking to perform at other venues around the country, it's just that London is central of course and a good place to start!
I believe Cale mainly used guitar/banjo/mandolin strings, because they allowed for better distortion/feedback, via the pickup he was using, but that's not an issue with Bobby's custom viola, as it's electric (not a modified standard viola) and therefore it's easier to achieve distortion with via a pedal or amp.
Thanks - we will definitely be looking to perform at other venues around the country, it's just that London is central of course and a good place to start!
TJeffriesUK wrote: ↑23 May 2025 21:18 In the interests of research and authenticity, how many violas did you break the neck of when stringing them with guitar strings....?
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NEWSLETTER #3: “A style that grates...”
Dear All,
Last Sunday we had our first rehearsal session at a new venue, which we’ve appropriately nicknamed the ‘Gymnasium’ - since it literally is one! - and made several recordings of the set, which sounded fantastic in a larger space, similar in size to venues the Velvets played back in the day.
Photos from the session can be found on the new 'Gallery' page on our website.
Also, please follow our new social media profiles, so that going forward we can engage with you all more closely, and offer pictorial updates and other sneak-peaks of our progress.
A short clip of us playing 'Venus In Furs' at the Gymnasium rehearsal session demonstrates how the familiar, grating sound that we all know and love, is really coming together:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anothervuband/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@anothervuband
We've also just uploaded another video from the session on YouTube; a full performance of ‘I’m Waiting For The Man’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ6PHSssmfo
Please let us know your thoughts in the comments section, and share the video with others if you are able to - help us spread the word about our work!
Venue enquiries and funding applications are in progress - more information on this as it transpires - but for now, let’s just say that we fully intend to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Velvet Underground’s first concerts in style, and can’t wait to see you all there!
We look forward to bringing you further news!
Much love,
Cam, Bobby, Kyle and Ella x
Dear All,
Last Sunday we had our first rehearsal session at a new venue, which we’ve appropriately nicknamed the ‘Gymnasium’ - since it literally is one! - and made several recordings of the set, which sounded fantastic in a larger space, similar in size to venues the Velvets played back in the day.
Photos from the session can be found on the new 'Gallery' page on our website.
Also, please follow our new social media profiles, so that going forward we can engage with you all more closely, and offer pictorial updates and other sneak-peaks of our progress.
A short clip of us playing 'Venus In Furs' at the Gymnasium rehearsal session demonstrates how the familiar, grating sound that we all know and love, is really coming together:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anothervuband/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@anothervuband
We've also just uploaded another video from the session on YouTube; a full performance of ‘I’m Waiting For The Man’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ6PHSssmfo
Please let us know your thoughts in the comments section, and share the video with others if you are able to - help us spread the word about our work!
Venue enquiries and funding applications are in progress - more information on this as it transpires - but for now, let’s just say that we fully intend to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Velvet Underground’s first concerts in style, and can’t wait to see you all there!
We look forward to bringing you further news!
Much love,
Cam, Bobby, Kyle and Ella x