Chips Records News

[james]

Howdy, welcome to another bleeding-edge news instalment from the folks that do Chips. Off we go.

1. NEXT CHIPS PARTY - Sat DEC 6TH
2. CHIPS XMAS PARTY - Sat Dec 20th
3. WHAT'S ALL THIS I HEAR ABOUT THE END OF CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING?
4. DERE'S MORE TO OIRELAND DAN DIS..
5. WHERE'S THE STAZI SINGLE I'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT?

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1. Chips With Everything Saturday December 6th

Earlier this month the Chips Talent Scout team awoke in an alleyway in Montparnasse, having cleaned out the Chips account on Gauloises and cheap snails the night before. They feared huge repercussions from the tyrannical Chips CEO for coming back empty-handed, but fortunately were saved when a beautiful shimmering French electronic pop band called ONE:TWO appeared as a vision over the Seine and asked to play at the club.

Ok - none of this actually happened, what we're trying to say is that Chips is proud to present the French electronic pop band ONE:TWO. They're set to become huge in France, though in a very different way to David Hasselhoff being huge in Germany.

You can see some of the things they've been up to here -
http://www.tsunami-addiction.com

Though it helps if you can read a bit of French.

Staying with the Gallic theme, we are also very pleased to welcome special guest DJ Etienne Tron from Big Dada Records, playing whatever the hell he wants. It'll be good, promise.

If you haven't already - check out Infinite Livez and the Majesticons on the Big Dada label - hip hop can still be good - www.bigdada.com

On top of all there will be the usual Chips DJs playing beer-soaked records at the wrong speeds.

Chips With Everything
Night and Day café
Oldham St Manchester
Saturday Dec 6th
£5 / £4 with a Chips badge

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2. CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING R.I.P. CHRISTMAS PARTY - Saturday Dec 20th

Chips is Dead. Long live Chips. This will be the last ever Chips With Everything party. It's obviously going to be a pretty big send-off. We've been talking to some ridiculously good live acts. And rumours abound of a Nativity play with an all-star cast.. More details to follow nearer the time. See below for more details of the tragic sudden death of Chips.

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3. CHIPS IS DEAD

Yes, it's true. From humble beginnings behind a wooden ship front in a converted public toilet 4 years ago, through the 'wilderness years' of 10-minute prog rock epics played to no-one in Big Hands, to the present day warm-beer-and-body-fluids environment you know and love, Chips has finally keeled over and died. The wheels fell off and the axles scraped along the floor in a shower of sparks. The end.

To be honest, we just got bored and fancied trying something new. So, as of next year, the new incarnation will feature a NEW NAME! NEW VENUE! ALL NEW, EXCLUSIVE LIVE ACTS FROM FAR AND WIDE! AND WE'LL BE TAKING IT ON THE ROAD, TOO..! watch this space..

Obviously, CHIPS RECORDS will still be called Chips Records, and will be shifting up a gear from early next year with a whole bunch of new material. Which brings us nicely to.

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4. BANE OVERLORD / STAZI / BEZ / CHIPS FLEE TO IRELAND FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY

Yes, come FRIDAY 12th December we'll be packing the whole sorry operation into boxes and decamping to the Hub Club in Dublin for the night.

With -

BANE OVERLORD - live!

STAZI - live! - fresh from dates in Bologna and er, Kilkenny, the next time you see Stazi may well be during half-time at the Superbowl. Featuring all-new material, and the lovely Rowetta (Happy Mondays) on backing vocals, as ever.

BEZ - live! Yes, and Bez is coming too. The dancer extraordinaire will be performing an extra-special live show, along with Tom Autobot of Black Grape fame. Expect carnage..

Go check their website for more soundbites and glowing prose..
http://www.cpu-records.com/

And all this for 10 Euros..
Ryanair are offering stupidly cheap flights over at the moment, everyone welcome.

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5. STAZI - LOVE IS LETHAL - Feb 04

With the impending festive lukewarm spurt of power-ballads and novelty records, we thought it best that we postpone the release of Chips 004 for a better chance at that coveted number one slot. Hence it will now materialise early next year, but it'll be very much worth the wait.. on CD and 12", with exclusive remixes from the likes of ---

FAT TRUCKERS / CUTLASS SUPREME / FIL OK (NAG NAG NAG / ATOMIZER) / DISASTRONAUT

Available in all good record stores across the land from early next year. Or direct from us, of course.

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6. OTHER THINGS OF HUGE IMPORTANCE

You may be aware that the stars of Chips 003 KHLA have released 'Rock and Roll is Dead' featuring the vocals of beatified synth-pioneer PHIL OAKEY. It's now out to buy on Cd and 7".. (not on our label, I might add) - help make it Christmas number 1 by going out and buying it post-haste.

Watch the awesome animated video here, courtesy of Chips sign-maker Ian Rainlord and the shadowy Wayne Large.. Phil Oakey shoots lasers out of his eyes and everything.

http://www.league-online.com/rnr.wmv


And finally.. Look out for the Chips DJ Crew spinning records from 12pm on Friday 19th December as part of the Bugged Out! club night. That's after you've been to watch Bane Overlord play Retro Bar, and Kings Have Long Arms play Club Suicide earlier in the evening.. a busy night indeed.

That's all for now.

See you soon, love Chips xx x x x x x x x xxxxxx

www.chipsrecords.co.uk