The Real Tuesday Weld
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The Real Tuesday Weld are a British
band, fronted by lead singer and founder Stephen Coates. They are known for producing jazz
y cabaret
-style music with subtle electronica
influences, a style dubbed "antique beat" by Coates. They have six albums, several singles and eps and many tracks on compilations. Their combination of big band jazz era sounds with beats has been influential on the current range of 'electro-swing' artists and djs.
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 Crammed (Europe, Australasia, South America) and Six Degrees Records
(North America). They have previously released recordings with Antique Beat, 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 they are not related.
"The Clerkenwell Kid" is often cited as the band's producer / re-mixer but is an alter ego for Coates himself; Under the "Characters" section of "The Real Tuesday Weld" website Coates is named as "The Clerkenwell Kid". The 2009 album "The Clerkenwell Kid: Live at the End of the World" is an imaginary live recording of a concert on the 'eve of the apocalypse'. The Clerkenwell Kid is also the main character in a London based mythology Coates has developed around his love of the city's history and stories.
On the Arctic Circle show on Resonance Fm, a London Art radio station, on 10 December 2010. Coates stated that the next The Real Tuesday Weld album will be another 'soundtrack to a book' - the forthcoming novel 'The Last Werewolf' by Glen Duncan
to be published by Canongate
in the UK and Knopf in the US in summer 2011. He also stated that he had written and produced an album with Joe Coles of UK band The Guillotines for release under the name Lazarus & The Plane Crash in 2011.
Their live shows are usually accompanied by visuals in the form of bespoke films and animations.
by indie cult director Peter Sollett
(Raising Victor Vargas
). 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)
In 2007 the band 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.
A series of eight radio programs: "US and THEM: Sounds of Propaganda and the Cold War" was produced / presented by The Clerkenwell Kid for the London Arts radio station Resonance 104.4fm in late 2008.
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.
The band have had many tracks used in films, television shows and commercials and Coates regularly composes bespoke music. Their songs "I Love the Rain" was used in a commercial for Chevy in 2011. In the commercial, Chevy is promoting their car the Chevy Traverse. In the commercial, a mom and kids run to a car to try to get out of the rain, with this song as background music.
In 2010/2011 Coates was commissioned to write and produce the original songs for the Rockstar Games
title L.A.Noire. The recordings feature the German singer Claudia Brucken of Propaganda and ACT.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
band, fronted by lead singer and founder Stephen Coates. They are known for producing jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
y cabaret
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
-style music with subtle electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
influences, a style dubbed "antique beat" by Coates. They have six albums, several singles and eps and many tracks on compilations. Their combination of big band jazz era sounds with beats has been influential on the current range of 'electro-swing' artists and djs.
The band is named after American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
film actress Tuesday Weld
Tuesday Weld
Tuesday Weld is an American actress.Weld began her acting career as a child, and progressed to more mature roles during the late 1950s. She won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Female Newcomer in 1960...
. Coates once had a dream involving Weld and '30s
1930s
File:1930s decade montage.png|From left, clockwise: Dorothea Lange's photo of the homeless Florence Thompson show the effects of the Great Depression; Due to the economic collapse, the farms become dry and the Dust Bowl spreads through America; The Battle of Wuhan during the Second Sino-Japanese...
vocalist Al Bowlly
Al Bowlly
Albert Allick Bowlly was a Southern-African singer, songwriter, composer and band leader, who became a popular Jazz crooner during the 1930s in the United Kingdom and later, in the United States of America. He recorded more than 1,000 records between 1927 and 1941...
. Coates and others often cite the dream as inspiration for the band and its particular style.
Presently, the band is signed to Crammed (Europe, Australasia, South America) and Six Degrees Records
Six Degrees Records
Six Degrees Records is an independent record label noted for its catalog of recordings from international musicians and vocalists. It has been described by the journalist and producer Derek Beres as "one of the most groundbreaking labels of the past decade."...
(North America). They have previously released recordings with Antique Beat, Kindercore Records
Kindercore Records
Kindercore Records is an independent record label based in Athens, Georgia, which was founded in 1996 by Ryan Lewis and Daniel Geller to document the emerging music scene in Athens, Georgia....
, 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 they are not related.
"The Clerkenwell Kid" is often cited as the band's producer / re-mixer but is an alter ego for Coates himself; Under the "Characters" section of "The Real Tuesday Weld" website Coates is named as "The Clerkenwell Kid". The 2009 album "The Clerkenwell Kid: Live at the End of the World" is an imaginary live recording of a concert on the 'eve of the apocalypse'. The Clerkenwell Kid is also the main character in a London based mythology Coates has developed around his love of the city's history and stories.
On the Arctic Circle show on Resonance Fm, a London Art radio station, on 10 December 2010. Coates stated that the next The Real Tuesday Weld album will be another 'soundtrack to a book' - the forthcoming novel 'The Last Werewolf' by Glen Duncan
Glen Duncan
Glen Duncan is a British author born in 1965 in Bolton, Lancashire, England to an Anglo-Indian family. He studied philosophy and literature at the universities of Lancaster and Exeter....
to be published by Canongate
Canongate
The Canongate is a small district at the heart of Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland.The name derives from the main street running through the area: called Canongate without the definite article, "the". Canongate forms the lower, eastern half of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh's historic Old Town....
in the UK and Knopf in the US in summer 2011. He also stated that he had written and produced an album with Joe Coles of UK band The Guillotines for release under the name Lazarus & The Plane Crash in 2011.
Their live shows are usually accompanied by visuals in the form of bespoke films and animations.
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 each year since 2001. This discography is not complete, though it does cover the major releases.Albums
- At The House Of The Clerkenwell Kid, (2001, Bambini)
- Where Psyche Meets Cupid, (2001, Kindercore RecordsKindercore RecordsKindercore Records is an independent record label based in Athens, Georgia, which was founded in 1996 by Ryan Lewis and Daniel Geller to document the emerging music scene in Athens, Georgia....
) - I, LuciferI, Lucifer (Real Tuesday Weld Album)I, Lucifer is the third studio album by The Real Tuesday Weld and was released in 2003. It was intended as a companion soundtrack to the novel I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan. Bathtime In Clerkenwell is the song used by Alex Budovsky in the short animation "Bathtime in Clerkenwell"...
, (2002, PIAS RecordingsPIAS Recordings[PIAS] Recordings is the recorded music division of the [PIAS] Entertainment Group, a European independent artist and label services company.The record labels that operate under the [PIAS] Recordings umbrella are: Play It Again Sam, Wall of Sound and Different Recordings.Aside from the three London...
; edited and released 2004, Six Degrees RecordsSix Degrees RecordsSix Degrees Records is an independent record label noted for its catalog of recordings from international musicians and vocalists. It has been described by the journalist and producer Derek Beres as "one of the most groundbreaking labels of the past decade."...
). Soundtrack/companion to the novel I, LuciferI, Lucifer (Glen Duncan)I, Lucifer is a 2003 novel by Glen Duncan, told from the point of view of the eponymous fallen angel, who has taken on a human body formerly belonging to a struggling writer.-Plot summary:...
by Glen DuncanGlen DuncanGlen Duncan is a British author born in 1965 in Bolton, Lancashire, England to an Anglo-Indian family. He studied philosophy and literature at the universities of Lancaster and Exeter....
. Glen Duncan is a childhood friend of Coates.
- Les Aperitifs et Les Digestifs (2004). A live album that includes unreleased songs and covers.
- The Return of the Clerkenwell KidThe Return of the Clerkenwell KidThe Return of the Clerkenwell Kid is an album by The Real Tuesday Weld, released in 2005.-Track listing:#"Waking Up" – 0:34#"Anything But Love" – 3:30#"On Lavender Hill" – 3:54#"At the House of the Clerkenwell Kid" – 3:28#"L'amour et la morte" – 4:11...
, (2005, Six Degrees RecordsSix Degrees RecordsSix Degrees Records is an independent record label noted for its catalog of recordings from international musicians and vocalists. It has been described by the journalist and producer Derek Beres as "one of the most groundbreaking labels of the past decade."...
) - "Dreams That Money Can Buy", (2006 BFI). Alternative soundtrack to the 1948 surrealist cult film by Hans Richter
- The London Book of the DeadThe London Book of the Dead-Track listing:#"Blood Sugar Love" - 3:15#"The Decline and Fall of the Clerkenwell Kid" - 3:00#"It's a Wonderful LiE" - 3:10#"Cloud Cuckooland" - 3:15#"Kix" - 3:03#"Love Sugar Blood" - 1:08#"I Loved London" - 3:07#"I Believe" - 3:45...
, (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'
- The Last Werewolf, (2011, Six Degrees Records / Crammed Discs). Soundtrack/companion to the novel The Last Werewolf by Glen DuncanGlen DuncanGlen Duncan is a British author born in 1965 in Bolton, Lancashire, England to an Anglo-Indian family. He studied philosophy and literature at the universities of Lancaster and Exeter....
.
EPs
- L'amour et la morte, (2001, Kindercore RecordsKindercore RecordsKindercore Records is an independent record label based in Athens, Georgia, which was founded in 1996 by Ryan Lewis and Daniel Geller to document the emerging music scene in Athens, Georgia....
) - A Dream at the End of a Year, (2009, Antique Beat)
- Seasons Songs, (2010, Antique Beat)
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 SamPlay It Again Sam (record label)[PIAS] Recordings is the recorded music division of the [PIAS] Entertainment Group, a European independent artist and label services company.The record labels that operate under the [PIAS] Recordings umbrella are: Play It Again Sam, Wall of Sound and Different Recordings.Aside from the three London...
) - Bathtime in Clerkenwell, (2004, Play It Again SamPlay It Again Sam (record label)[PIAS] Recordings is the recorded music division of the [PIAS] Entertainment Group, a European independent artist and label services company.The record labels that operate under the [PIAS] Recordings umbrella are: Play It Again Sam, Wall of Sound and Different Recordings.Aside from the three London...
) - Bathtime in Clerkenwell, (2004, Six Degrees RecordsSix Degrees RecordsSix Degrees Records is an independent record label noted for its catalog of recordings from international musicians and vocalists. It has been described by the journalist and producer Derek Beres as "one of the most groundbreaking labels of the past decade."...
) - Still Terminally Ambivalent Over You, (2005, Play It Again SamPlay It Again Sam (record label)[PIAS] Recordings is the recorded music division of the [PIAS] Entertainment Group, a European independent artist and label services company.The record labels that operate under the [PIAS] Recordings umbrella are: Play It Again Sam, Wall of Sound and Different Recordings.Aside from the three London...
) - Kix, (2008, Six Degrees RecordsSix Degrees RecordsSix Degrees Records is an independent record label noted for its catalog of recordings from international musicians and vocalists. It has been described by the journalist and producer Derek Beres as "one of the most groundbreaking labels of the past decade."...
) - Last Words, (2009, Antique Beat)
- Ruth, Roses and Revolvers, (2010, Tongue Master)
Compilation Tracks: A selection
- The Days of You & Me (Remix) on Kindercore 50 (2000, Kindercore RecordsKindercore RecordsKindercore Records is an independent record label based in Athens, Georgia, which was founded in 1996 by Ryan Lewis and Daniel Geller to document the emerging music scene in Athens, Georgia....
) - I Like It That Way on Kindercore 50 (2000, Kindercore RecordsKindercore RecordsKindercore Records is an independent record label based in Athens, Georgia, which was founded in 1996 by Ryan Lewis and Daniel Geller to document the emerging music scene in Athens, Georgia....
) - 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, CarouselCarouselA carousel , or merry-go-round, is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders...
) - 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 RecordsSix Degrees RecordsSix Degrees Records is an independent record label noted for its catalog of recordings from international musicians and vocalists. It has been described by the journalist and producer Derek Beres as "one of the most groundbreaking labels of the past decade."...
) - Yes, I Love You (Shrift Remix) on Eden (2007, Six Degrees RecordsSix Degrees RecordsSix Degrees Records is an independent record label noted for its catalog of recordings from international musicians and vocalists. It has been described by the journalist and producer Derek Beres as "one of the most groundbreaking labels of the past decade."...
) - Paris Blues (Duke Ellington remix) on Cinematic (2007, Six Degrees RecordsSix Degrees RecordsSix Degrees Records is an independent record label noted for its catalog of recordings from international musicians and vocalists. It has been described by the journalist and producer Derek Beres as "one of the most groundbreaking labels of the past decade."...
) - Bringing the Body Back Home (Feat. Cibelle)) on Traveller 08 (2008, Six Degrees RecordsSix Degrees RecordsSix Degrees Records is an independent record label noted for its catalog of recordings from international musicians and vocalists. It has been described by the journalist and producer Derek Beres as "one of the most groundbreaking labels of the past decade."...
) - Kix on Buddha Bar X (2008, GeorgeV Records)
- Last Words on Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Soundtrack (2008, Atlantic RecordsAtlantic RecordsAtlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
) - Last Days on Songs for a Year (2009, Peppermill Recordings)
- Cloud Cuckooland on Swing Style Volume 2 (2009, Lola's World)
- The Sweetest Songs on Twisted Cabaret (2010, Volvox)
- Little Boxes on Indie Lullabies (2010, American Laundromat Records)
- Guilty, Torched Song, I Always Kill the Things I Love on L.A.Noire Soundtrack (2011, Verve)
Remixes
- After All for Bebel Gilberto (2005, Six Degrees RecordsSix Degrees RecordsSix Degrees Records is an independent record label noted for its catalog of recordings from international musicians and vocalists. It has been described by the journalist and producer Derek Beres as "one of the most groundbreaking labels of the past decade."...
) - Yes, I Love You for Shrift (2006, Six Degrees RecordsSix Degrees RecordsSix Degrees Records is an independent record label noted for its catalog of recordings from international musicians and vocalists. It has been described by the journalist and producer Derek Beres as "one of the most groundbreaking labels of the past decade."...
) - Paris Blues for Duke Ellington (2007, Six Degrees RecordsSix Degrees RecordsSix Degrees Records is an independent record label noted for its catalog of recordings from international musicians and vocalists. It has been described by the journalist and producer Derek Beres as "one of the most groundbreaking labels of the past decade."...
) - 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, VerveVerve RecordsVerve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve...
) - Makes Me Happy for Undersea Poem (2010, Six Degrees RecordsSix Degrees RecordsSix Degrees Records is an independent record label noted for its catalog of recordings from international musicians and vocalists. It has been described by the journalist and producer Derek Beres as "one of the most groundbreaking labels of the past decade."...
) - Step into Christmas for The Puppini Sisters (2010, Universal / Verve)
Other Work
The band have worked with many animators and filmmakers particularly the Russian animator Alex Budovsky on several international award winning animations. Their "Bathtime in Clerkenwell" cut (from the "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 PlaylistNick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is a 2008 romantic comedy film directed by Peter Sollett and starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings. Written by Lorene Scafaria and based on the novel of the same name by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, the story tells of teenagers Nick and Norah , who meet when...
by indie cult director Peter Sollett
Peter Sollett
Peter Sollett is an American film director and screenwriter known for his feature films Raising Victor Vargas and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist .-Career:...
(Raising Victor Vargas
Raising Victor Vargas
Raising Victor Vargas is a 2002 film directed by Peter Sollett, written by Sollett and Eva Vives. The film follows Victor, a Lower East Side teenager, as he deals with his eccentric family, including his strict grandmother, his bratty sister, and a younger brother who completely idolizes him...
). Coates has written music for several documentaries, short films and independent features under his own name including Paul Cotter's Bomber
Bomber (2009 film)
Bomber is a 2009 British comedy-drama film directed and written by Paul Cotter about an 83 year-old man returning to Germany for a long planned journey of atonement.-Plot:...
and the US indie "Meeting Spencer" (2009)
In 2007 the band 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
Dreams That Money Can Buy
Dreams That Money Can Buy is a 1947 American experimental feature color film written, produced, and directed by surrealist artist and dada film-theorist Hans Richter.The film was produced by Kenneth Macpherson and Peggy Guggenheim....
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.
A series of eight radio programs: "US and THEM: Sounds of Propaganda and the Cold War" was produced / presented by The Clerkenwell Kid for the London Arts radio station Resonance 104.4fm in late 2008.
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.
The band have had many tracks used in films, television shows and commercials and Coates regularly composes bespoke music. Their songs "I Love the Rain" was used in a commercial for Chevy in 2011. In the commercial, Chevy is promoting their car the Chevy Traverse. In the commercial, a mom and kids run to a car to try to get out of the rain, with this song as background music.
In 2010/2011 Coates was commissioned to write and produce the original songs for the Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games is a major video game developer and publisher based in New York City, owned by Take-Two Interactive following its purchase of UK video game publisher BMG Interactive. The brand is mostly known for Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, L.A...
title L.A.Noire. The recordings feature the German singer Claudia Brucken of Propaganda and ACT.