We shot this film during Napoleon IIIrd’s triumphant performance at Hoxton Hall last month. Usually one to perform completely solo, using backing tapes, loops and a mass of pedals to re-create the sounds on record – here, Mabbett employs talent from the Brainlove Records fraternity including members of Internet Forever, Keyboard Choir, A Scholar and A Physician and Stairs To Korea. The results: jaw dropping.
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Napoleon IIIrd to tour with iLiKETRAiNS
Napoleon IIIrd has announced he will be touring next year with iLiKETRAiNS.
Napoleon IIIrd – Koko, London 19/11/10
Borrowing drummers from AKDK, horns from Stairs to Korea and Internet Forever, and keys from DreamTrak, tonight’s album launch at Koko sees Napoleon IIIrd blow the lid off his own carefully crafted soundscape.
Napoleon IIIrd – Christiania
Tiffany Daniels on why you’d have to be clinically insane not to fall at the feet of Napoleon IIIrd’s second album Christiania.
Brainlove Tour 2010 – CAMP Basement, London 28/09/2010
To round off TLOBF’s week-long obsession with Brainlove Records back in September, Lauren Down trotted off to City Road and the line-up bursting with talent there-in.
BRNLV Tour Week Interview // Napoleon IIIrd vs Lone Wolf
It’s BRNLV Tour Week here on TLOBF, and we have each member of that tour being interviewed by their friends. Today we’ve got the lovely Lone Wolf firing questions at his mate Napoleon IIIrd.
Napoleon IIIrd announces new album, free track and live dates
Napoleon IIIrd makes his return, find out about his live dates and how to receive a free track here.
Brainlove Festival – Brixton Windmill, London 30/05/09 [Photos]
If there’s one thing London label Brainlove Records could never be accused of, it’s being predictable. The label’s annual one-day festival held at Brixton Windmill featured a prismatic cross-section of amazing bands.
Napoleon IIIrd – KOKO, London 20/03/09
Yorkshire based Napoleon IIIrd pumps the auditorium full of his energetic loops and riffs, sneaking up on the audience and pounding them with a nimble performance of his particular brand of off-kilter alternative pop.
Woolfire Festival ’09 dates and lineup revealed
Woolfire Festival is back in 2009 for an unmissable weekend of groundbreaking live music, visuals and décor, set against the beautiful rural backdrop of Vicarage Farm. Festival highlights so far include the return of DIY indie label Brainlove Records…
Duels Give Away Album, Gain Whiskas, Napoleon IIIrd Remix
Tomorrow (14th February) marks a year since the digital release of Duels’ second album, ‘The Barbarians Move In’. To celebrate this, the band are giving away the whole record FREE via their official website.
Napoleon IIIrd – Hideki Yukawa
Wakefield’s one man band of bedroom glitch lo-fi develops his ideas and works up new ones for a seven track EP that, Simon Tyers reckons, is no mere stopgap.
Napoleon IIIrd mini-album announced, tour with Wild Beasts
Napoleon IIIrd returns next month in support of brand new EP/mini-album Hideki Yukawa, the first release since the cult success of his 2007 debut ‘In Debt To’. Download an EXCLUSIVE track inside..
