We're hard at work on the follow up to 'The Fisherman's Daughter' and have five tracks in the bag already - a dance EP is also scheduled.
Thanks to Gabriel at Sin Sentido Radio (Magdelena, Halfway There, Isolated Individualism and Love in The East), DJ Ice from Radiogetswild.com and Laura at Radio Sonica!!!
"Shaken" is a no budget music video incorporating live action with 2.5D Animation. The project was started when Mark Sheppard of the Offering in the UK emailed Matthew Abaya in the SF Bay Area to make a music video from their album "Into The Hive". The result was "Shaken" borrowing inspirations from "Blade Runner", Cyber Punk Anime, and "The Bride of Frankenstein".
Check out his fantastic work! It'll be up on iTunes within the next couple of months.
It's being shown in the Summer Short Film Festival in Berkeley with more venues to follow!
Here are the details....
July 11th
8PM @ BCM STUDIOS CH28
2239 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY
BERKELEY
$10 admission. Doors open at 7:30PM
14th May, 2009
'The Fisherman's Daughter' has been released! More airplay, More Videos! Just more of everything!
Check Blog for Details!
14th March, 2009
Stop the Press!!! We're in Mick Mercer's stunning new book 'Music to die for'...click on the image below!
This is what the great man wrote...
Here we go:
My fifth book concerning Goth has now arrived. It is 624 pages long, containing individual entries on 3,581 different bands, from 70 countries, with 183 photos. It covers bands from the beginning of these scenes to the present day and wherever possible contains full line-up details and discographies as well as unusual facts revealed by many of the bands. This is the biggest guide ever printed about the underground scenes in which Goth, Post-Punk and all things noir co-exist with equal splendour.
My son's first track is up on iTunes! He's very impressed! Check it out by clicking on the image below!
6th March, 2009
Check out the latest instalment from Gabriel at Sin Sentido Radio on our special link on the left! He's got a really cool show with NIN, Ikon (Australia), Kirlian Camera (Italy), Nadia Sohaei, Persephone (Austria), Vigilante (Chile) and of course us! (Ima'gin remix of 'Stick it').
Tune in!
4th March, 2009
First up is a new audio release for a forthcoming Art project with Lauren Curtis in NYC - This Instrumental set is called 'The Sound of Art' and is out now on iTunes!
The track listing is as follows....
Lauren's Theme, One Step More, Dream of Trees , In Simple Dreams, The World I knew, Europa, of Angels.
I'll keep you posted on the DVD when it comes up for sale....I've been a tad busy putting it together and finishing off the new album, which hopefully will be out by May.
Many, Many thanks to TrippyGraphics.com for putting together the highly trippy video for 'Luna'! It's mesmorising!!!
30th December, 2009
Well we're well into the new year and it's been a busy one on all fronts and things are moving forward!
First up is a new Project with Gary Flanagan called 'The Electric Twins' - the track listing is 'It doesn't Matter' (with vocals from me and instrumentation from Gary) and 'Forever Children' with Gary's vocals and my instrumention! A genuine 50:50 Project!
Click on the link below to check it out on iTunes!
A new album with the incredibly talented Joy Shannon is almost finished - the title is to be confirmed but the project will go under the moniker of 'Joy Shannon and the Offering', and the track listing in no particular order (so far!) is as follows.
Your Lies, Magdelena, The Day You Knew Me, Halfway There, With All Of My Heart, The Fisherman's Daughter, Leaving All But Love (All Behind), The World I Knew, Love in the East, of Angels, The Divorce and Don't Let Me Go..with one more track tbc.
It's shaping up to be a very cool and interesting album with all kinds of textures and moods!
'Into the Hive' is now available digitally on the Femme Metal Store for those of you who don't like iTunes!
Also, a selection of Offering lyrics are up on Rosebleed (Dark Poetry and Arts Ezine) in the poetic gallery. I posted them under Stompeii - 'of God and Gasoline', 'Vampyrrhic' and 'Tears and Chocolate'
A big Thank You to Sir William Welles of New Goth City for spreading the word about 'Into the Hive' in NYC! And a big Thank You to Diana Sworig in Germany for doing extreme amounts of Promo for us!!!
Scot from TrippyDVDs has made a really cool Video for 'Luna' and that will be up on the site and Youtube soon! He;s also hard at work making a really Trippy video for 'Your Eyes (Snake Mix)'! - They're really hypnotic pieces of work!
Madt from I dont care Films has shot a live action video for 'Shaken' on green screen and is going to put together a Bladerunner meets Ghost in the Shell type video! It'll be excellent!
The Fantabulous Fiona Hughes and I have also started another project under the name of 'The Spangles' and our first track, 'Wrong Place Wrong Time' will be up on iTunes soon...once we get the cover art together. This song will be used as a track to coincide with an anti-death penalty book coming out in Germany - which is edited by Lili.
My son, Alex is also getting is first track up on iTunes soon! it's called 'Groovey Doodey' and it really is hyper catchy! Not bad for his first go!
Three more song projects are in various states of completion as well.
'Heartbroke and Blistered' with Malgorzata of 'The Siren Project' in Colorado
'Before I'm Dead' with Lauren's (Beautiful Dark) side project, Anaesthesia
'The Last Breath of God' with Siren of 'Amy's Arms' in Toronto
Last but not least! The simply fabulous art project DVD, 'The Sound of Art' with Lauren Curtis aka Talon in New York is almost done! It features Fine Art and Photography from the talented Artist herself, with music from the Offering. Some tracks of which are embryonic versions of what later developed into the new album with Joy Shannon. The track listing is as follows and these will shortly be up on iTunes as well.
Lauren's Theme, One Step More, Dream of Trees, In Simple Dreams, The World I Knew, Europa, and of Angels.
Apologies for not doing more updates, but something has to give and it's better that I make music than tapping away on a keyboard! Until next time!
There have been many changes since the Offering started in 1999, both musically and personally. Since setting up Fierce Kitten Records we have explored the possibilities of Web promotion. The only way is forward and it really is an interesting world out there! So here we are setting a course. Following the Dogstar.
Establishing the Offering band in 1998, I (Mark) teamed up with Julie Watkins to produce the Illyria CD. Recorded at Kite Studios (Cambridge), it was a promising start full of Kate Bush-esque vocals and twisting Guitar, which failed to set the world on fire. Initially called Cara and the Offering the duo increased their number with the addition of Gary Bailey who shaped the live sound and added keyboards to the mix over the period (1999-2005).
After an acromonious split with Julie in 1999 the Offering soldiered on and looking for a singer was harder than expected. After offers from Pole dancers, Dwarfs and Girls with Snakes, Heather finally joined the band.
She added some wonderful ethereal vocals to the two releases which followed - Three broken threads (2001) and Light in the Darkness (2003); both Recorded at Vertical Rooms. All recorded and mixed in three days due to financial contraints. Illness took its toll on her strength and she felt that she needed to retire from the band in 2004.
A search for another vocalist was carried out and 140 contenders later, Kara Sultan joined the Offering in 2004. A singer with Intense and the Clandestined, she brought a different dynamic and intensity to the band. Recording was started and abandoned over this period up to April 2005 when this incarnation of the Offering ended. In the meantime I worked on a number of collaborative works with Sue Zmoelnig and Martin Walkyier.
Maria Coppola helped bring the Offering back from the brink of extinction in 2005 and added her vocal talents and design skills to the mix.
Something which I am truly endebted to her for. She put down some fine vocals with Heather on 'Monsters and Angels'.
Kara is now back in the fold and is bringing her considerable talent to the fore again. We're making some very interesting music again and 'Into the Hive' is taking shape..we're stretching out and trying some new things.
After an acromonious split with Julie in 1999 the Offering soldiered on and looking for a singer was harder than expected. After offers from Pole dancers, Dwarfs and Girls with Snakes, Heather finally joined the band.
