Another year comes to a close and what better way to celebrate the New Year than partying with Gecko 3?
We’re kicking off the 1st second of 2009 with a set at Edinburgh’s coolest club Departure Lounge.

Departure Lounge

This will be an incredible line-up - click the flyer for more details.
We’re on stage at midnight. Also on this amazing bill are:

Orkestra Del Sol
Mungo’s Hi-Fi Soundsystem
MC Soom T
Dom Servini
Astroboy & Mr Zimbabwe

There may still be tickets if you run!

Have a great Hogmanay whereever you end up!

If you want to milk the last drops of the weekend, join us at The Scottish Hobo Society tonight in The Bongo Club. Doors at 11pm, £3 entry. Regular club night presented by Gamma Ray and DJ Set from Vic Galloway. 2 Bands on stage after midnight! (we’re on second)

Gamma Ray - photo by www.johnneed.co.uk

Wow.  Those of you who made it to the gig last night will know what I’m talking about.

Thanks to Ewan of the Voodoo Rooms for booking us and to Tom for producing one of the best onstage sound balances we’ve had in a wee while.  We had a ball in our support slot and that was really enjoyable but, my God, what a band the Five Corners are!  Effortlessly cool grooves and soaring horns! (’Cool cries from the high blue’, as Virginia Woolf might have said, had she been into a bit of jazz.)  The evening was a real joy.  Nice guys, too.

No doubt Hugh will want to post on this, once he stops dribbling, so I’ll leave it at that.

Roy, Mr. Wibble, Bullwinkle, Dave and Dennis - live at the Voodoo Rooms...

The positive hits just keep on coming.  How many hits? ‘More hits than Barry Bonds playing slow pitch in the disabled seniors league,’ as Abdominal would put it.  Gecko 3 are delighted to announce that we will be playing the midnight set at the Departure Lounge Hogmanay party.  The event also features live sets from Orkestra del Sol and Mungo’s HiFi plus DJ Astroboy and others. 

So, it seems that our big November support slot has now been confirmed!  We’re supporting The Five Corners Quintet (www.thefivecornersquintet.com) on Sunday November 16th, 8pm, in the Voodoo Rooms.  Since this is also the Moose’s birthday, and we may get a chance to play some of the jazzier numbers (which means my new guitar ‘Mr Wibble’ can make an outing and Hugh’s new cymbal - more of a tong than a ting - can be played), plus it’s one of Hugh’s favourite bands… you’d be a hard hearted individual not to be excited!

And we’re supporting Nizlopi (www.nizlopi.com) this Tuesday evening in Caberet Voltaire at 7pm!  Damn! 

I don’t think I’ve ever used so many exclamation marks in one post!   …!

Further to Moose’s post on Aug 28th about a wee spot we did in 80 Queen Street, we will be playing two sets from 11pm to 1am in 80 Queen Street on Saturday 25th October.  The idea is that we will get one or two fellow musicians and members of Organogel (in fact, we may be billed as Organogel) to sit in so we can play a mixture of Gecko 3 favourites and some ‘Gel instrumental 70s groove jazz (if that seems a bit obscure, think 70s porn theme tracks… er, that someone may have told you about).   You might even see a rare outing for the electric bass! It should be a great night in a very intimate little venue.

Well, since Moose left so many hints that I should write something (in the inevitable knowledge that Hugh never will) I thought I’d tell you about our upcoming support slots.

Moose and I (as Gecko 2) have just been asked to support Cibelle (www.cibelle.net) in the Voodoo Rooms this Sunday evening (we’re on at 8.30 for half an hour).  This is particularly amusing given that Hugh has been trying to get us a support slot in the Voodoo Rooms for ages and now he can’t play it.  We shouldn’t laugh, I know, but… hey, it’s Hugh!  If that wasn’t exciting enough, (the support for Cibelle, not Hugh being unable to make it)  we’re already lined up to support Nizlopi on Tuesday 14th October in Cabaret Voltaire, and there is yet another really fantastic support currently being lined up for mid-November.  I can’t say more than that because it’s not confirmed yet, but it would complete our set of autumn support slots very nicely indeed.      

Marty

We’re heading to the beach to play in this brand new venue in Portobello.

Come and join us for an ice cream.

Where: The Three Monkeys, Portobello.

When: Sat April 26th 2008

Other details tbc

See here for website: http://www.thethreemonkeys.co.uk

Gecko 3 return to the excellent L’Olympic, Paris once more : )

L’Olympic
15 Rue Simart
Paris 75018
Tel: 01 42 57 09 00

Metro: Marcadet Poissonniers

http://www.olympicsimart.blogspot.com

First night of Gecko3’s 2008 mini-tour in Europe, we’re delighted to be playing in the Havana Club as part of the Brussels Jazz Festival.

www.havana-brussels.com

The Havana Club
4 Rue de l’epee,
Brussels 1000
Tel: Belgium 02 502 1224