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I thought we’d give you a bit of ‘Sparknotes’ on each of the songs in the album, starting with:  Jazz Breakfast. This song was written by Paul about his pre-Gecko3 days with the mid-90s acid jazz disco funk sensation that was The Ugly Groove Movement.  As Captain Funk, Paul was one of the driving forces […]

Okay, it has taken a while, but the mastering is finished and the artwork is being created as we speak. The intention is to release the album formally in October, but we will have some advance copies available at the Fringe shows. Track listing will be as follows: 1.Jazz Breakfast 2.Get Back in the Van […]

We are delighted to return to the Fringe this year. We are playing on two Fridays: 9th and 16th August, 2013 in the multi-award winning Jazz Bar on Chambers’ Street. It’s a slightly earlier start than normal – at 12 midnight (technically we playing in the early hours of Saturday but the ‘Fringe day’ runs […]

Well, the mixing and mastering is very, very nearly completed!  Paul’s just got a few wee tweaks to make – which he assures us will only take a couple of hours – and we’re done.  Very excited by the way the songs are sounding.  Havana has some beautiful piano on it from JB.  He’s also […]

Thanks so much to everyone that came to the Jazz Bar shows during the Festival! I felt I had to post because I had a great chat with Cameron (I think… it was very late) who works at the Norton House Hotel and he gave me a row for never updating the website. He’s right […]

So those of you not too weary of our long running album saga may be interested in a wee update.  After deciding for a second time that we didn’t like what we had down a couple of years ago, we went into Colorsound studios for a few days last year and recut the original tracks plus […]

How have you been keeping? Where to start after so long? Well, the groove seems as good a place as any. After two fantastic nights last August we’re expanding the Festival Fringe participation to five shows this year – Wednesdays and Fridays We’ll be onstage slightly earlier than normal at midnight (or 11.59pm) on Wed. […]

Things are starting to heat up again. We are playing in The Voodoo Rooms this Wednesday 31st March around 9.30pm. We are headlining a great bill of acts as a fund raiser for Edinburgh’s second best live music night ‘Out of the Bedroom’. ( 🙂 Sorry guys but my heart belongs to ‘Acoustic Edinburgh’ – […]

My name’s Marty and I’m a recovering blogger.  It’s been nearly six months since my last post…  So… how have you been?  Very excited to be playing in Glasgow tonight for the first time in a long while.  The kicker is, we’re playing twice, sort of.  The Moose and I are singing backing vocals for legendary Scots […]

Gecko 3 are terrified to announce we will be onstage this Saturday (31st) 9-9.45pm as part of the Trouble Live ‘Party for the Undead’ in the Voodoo Rooms, West Register Street, Edinburgh. (0131 556 7060) www.thevoodoorooms.com The Halloween vault-doors will be open at 8pm with a set from Melvitronica, and after a spine-tingling 45mins from […]