New remastered 2013 Chameleons albums

Two new remastered editions of Chameleons albums are now available through Blue Apple Music label:

One of the albums is Why Call It Anything, the latest studio album from the Chameleons, originally released in 2001.

The release of 2013 includes a new cover by Reg Smithies and a second CD including live tracks from the concert at the Manchester Academy  in 2001, which were originally released in the Live At The Academy album, which is no longer available.

This is the full track list of this remastered edition:

DISC 1

1. Shades
2. Anyone Alive?
3. Indiana
4. Lufthansa
5. Truth Isn't Truth Anymore
6. All Around
7. Dangerous Land
8. Music In The Womb
9. Miracles and Wonders
10. Are You Still There?

DISC 2

1. A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days
2. Perfume Garden
3. Anyone Alive?
4. Indiana
5. Caution
6. Swamp Thing
7. Lufthansa
8. Dangerous Land
9. Up The Down Escalator
10. Miracles and Wonders
11.Shades
12.Monkeyland
13.Second Skin 

The second remastered edition corresponds to a collection of rare recordings Dreams In Celluloid, which originally appeared on the compilation albums The Fan and the Bellows and Dali´s Picture.  

Furthermore, this new compìlation includes as a second CD the songs from the rare Tony Fletcher Walked on Water EP, originally recorded in 1987 for what would have been the follow up of Strange Times and which never came to life because of the split of the band on that year. This EP was also included in the Return of the Roughnecks compilation (also unavailable now).

The cover from Dreams in Celluloid is an art by Dave Fielding which was originally used for the Singing Rule Britannia single.

This is the full track list of this compilation:

DISC 1

1. The Fan and The Bellows
2. Dali’s Picture
3. Everyday I’m Crucified
4. Looking Inwardly
5. Nostalgia
6. Turn To Vices
7. Love Is
8. Nathan’s Phase
9. Dreams In Celluloid
10. Things I Wish I’d Said
11. Less Than Human
12. In Shreds
13. Prisoners of the Sun

DISC 2

1. Is It Any Wonder
2. Free For All
3. The Healer
4. Denims And Curls 

According to Blue Apple Music, both albums have been released with full support by all members of the band.

If you are interested on these albums, please visit:

http://www.blueapplemusic.co.uk/chameleons.html

http://www.redsunrecords.com/index.php?route=product/search&search=Chameleons

DAVE FIELDING: Original Artwork & Prints

Dave Fielding (founder member of The Chameleons, The Reegs, & Coconut DF) & Rebecca Amis have created website http://www.dragonfliesandbutterflies.co.uk/ where you can find and buy all their artwork and prints.

On this page you will also find the paitining that was used for the single Singing Rule Britannia de The Chameleons:



Enjoy them!

Update on COCONUT DF 2011 Gig Dates

Coconut DF, the band of Dave Fielding, has confirmed more live dates for 2011 in the UK. This is the actual schedule:

@ Soundhouse, 7th May 2011
Globe Mill, Ash St.
Bolton, United Kingdom
http://www.thesoundhouse.co.uk/
email: info@thesoundhouse.co.uk

@ 1:22 Bar, 13th May 2011
120 New Street
Castlegate
Huddersfield
West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
http://122live.com/?page_id=179
email: info@122.live.com


@ The Star & Garter, 9th June 2011

18-20 Fairfield Street
Manchester, United Kingdom
http://www.starandgarter.co.uk/

Phone : 0161 273 6726

@The Suninn Pinxton, 10th June 2011
Nottingham, United Kingdom
email:suninnpinxton@hotmail.co.uk

@The Stereo YORK, 24th June 2011

@ Star Festival Rotheham, 13th Aug 2011

COCONUT DF: Live Dates

Dave Fielding has played live at Library Bar 5th Dec09 in Licoln (UK) with his band Coconut Dog Fuck.

For a complete review of the gig, please visit the fantastic Coconut DF Fan Web Site, our friend Pedro runs.

THE REEGS Definitive Compilation

The Reegs will release this summer a definitive compilation with all their tracks from their previous albums ‘Return of the Sea Monkeys’ and ‘Rock The Magic Rock’ plus b-sides and alternative versions. Artwork by Reg Smithies.

This is a good oportunity to have all their discography if you weren´t able to buy their previous albums and singles.

The double CD contains 29 tracks and can be ordered through Blue Apple Music or Red Sun Records:

Disc 1
01. See My Friends
02. Is There A Mother-In-Law In The Club
03. Savage Garden
04. Chorus Of The Lost
05. Pond Life
06. Start To See
07. These Days
08. Turn It Up
09. All Tomorrows Parties
10. Jesus Came To Manchester
11. Snooker Hooligan
12. In Disbelief
13. Oil And Water
14. As You Leave
15. Out Of Body Experience

Disc 2
01. JJ180
02. Blind Denial
03. Goodbye World
04. The Dream Police
05. The Nasty Side
06. The Dolphins Enemy
07. In Disbelief (Radio Session)
08. Oil And Water (Radio Session)
09. Running To A Standstill
10. The Nasty Side Instrumental
11. You Told Me Before
12. Bosnia 2009
13. Subject To Status
14. The Last Time

The Reegs were formed by guitarrists Dave Fielding and Reg Smithies after the first demise of The Chameleons in 1987, with the aim to explore new sounds. They recruited Gary Lavery and decided to have a drum machine instead of a real drummer. Their first release is a version of The Kinks´ See My Friends edited in a tribute compilation to this band and as a curiosity, it features Reg Smithies singing.

The band was named after an Alien race which appear in the book Now Wait for Last Year by Sci-Fi writer Philip K. Dick, the author of works like Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner), Minority Report, Total Recall and Paycheck.

More info on The Reegs Myspace.

COCONUT DOG FUCK: New Project from D.Fielding

Dave Fielding, one of the guitarrists of The Chameleons, has recently created a new band called Coconut Dog Fuck.

They have released a new EP called Northern Stars, with 4 instrumental songs, which can only be bought at their gigs. They mix electric sound with trance techno rythms.



The band is formed by:
Dave Fielding - Guitars,Keyboards, Dulcimer,
Paul Didge - Didgeridoo
Ralph Harris - Percussion

Some pics from their Summer05 gigs are available in the Photoalbum by Blackout.

More information about Coconut Dog Fuck and the rest of projects by Dave Fielding on The Reegs Fan Web Site, which is managed by our friend Pedro.

New Release from DAVE FIELDING

Dave Fielding, one of the guitarrists of The Chameleons, releases a limited EP under the name of DF118. The EP is called Dragonfly´s and Butterfly´s and this is the track list:

Betrayal (Glastonbury Mix)
Stone (Hamburg Mix)
Bosnia (Middleton Mix)
Snooker Hooligan (Rochdale Mix)


It can only be purchased directly from the artist himself. The first two songs are new, but the rest of them belong to when he was in The Reegs, and they have been re-created for this occassion.

Betrayal, opens the EP with jungle ambience meanwhile Stone has hypnotic-trance rythms with a little aftertaste of Kraftwerk. The instrumental version of Bosnia explores calmer soundscapes, and Snooker Hooligan is the only rock song, with electric guitars. A work that escapes from the past and explores new ways of creating music for this artist.

THE CHAMELEONS Live Performance on KEXP 90.3 FM

The Chameleons have performed during their US Tour on October, the 15th of 2009 a Radio Session in KEXP Radio (Seattle). On this session they have performed live 4 songs:

Nathan´s Phase
On The Beach
Tears
Miracles And Wonders

On the following link of KEXP you can listen to the songs and the corresponding interview

KEXP 90.3 FM - Live Performance: Chameleons, The on 10/15/2002