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Elitism for the masses! Purveyors of lullabies and torch songs to the discerning listener.

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Listen/purchase: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlefolk (The Spectre of Archangelus) by Gamine

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Gamine - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlefolk

This is part of our wonderful Christmas EP which you can find on our Bandcamp page: https://gamine.bandcamp.com. 

 The original footage was from a concert at the 12-Bar Club, a legendary venue in Denmark Street,  (also known as Tin Pan Alley) in London. It was intimate (small) and atmospheric (noisy) and we loved to play there. It became a tradition for us to play there around Christmas time, so on this occasion we thought we'd have a go at a Christmas carol. 

As you know, Christmas is a time of much merriment, and as you also know, Gamine have built a deserved reputation for exquisite sadness. How could we reconcile these two seemingly irreconcilable concepts? Well, having scoured the canon for a carol in a minor key, it became clear that 'God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen' would do the trick. 

When we came to record this new version, we changed the title to 'God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlefolk' , as our marketing department discovered that there are not that many gentlemen left, and we didn't want to leave anyone out.

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And We Shall Never Know

With Ian set to release his album The Dream Extortionists on the 29th of March, he has made a new video for the track And We Shall Never Know, featuring a heavenly choir of Claudias on vocals. The video, shot on the far reaches of the galaxy using pioneering technology, features footage of an actual crashed UFO to provide indisputable proof that aliens are among us. They're here. Warn your friends...

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Andrew Kötting performing in Edith at St. John’s Church, Bethnal Green 25/6/2017

http://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2017/06/20/edith-walks-movie-review/

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Claudia performing in Edith at St. John’s Church, Bethnal Green 25/6/2017

http://www.heyuguys.com/edith-walks-review/

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Claudia performing in Edith at St. John’s Church, Bethnal Green 25/6/2017

http://www.theskinny.co.uk/film/new-releases/edith-walks

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Claudia performing in Edith at St. John’s Church, Bethnal Green 25/6/2017

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/25/edith-walks-review

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Claudia in Edith Walks

http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/reviews-recommendations/edith-walks-andrew-kotting-makes-england-loopy-again

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Edith Walks

We've decided to make it Edith Month here at Gamine HQ, in honour of Claudia's new film, 'Edith Walks', which is getting some fantastic reviews, and is playing around the country.

Be sure to catch it if you can, especially with Andrew Kötting's Q&A, or in the case of next Sunday's showing, with a live performance by Claudia as well...

Here's the rundown...

“One of Summer 2017’s best movies.” – The Guardian “Film of the week: Edith Walks makes England loopy again.” – Sight & Sound “I loved it to pieces.” Mark Kermode, BBC Radio 5 Live ★★★★ “Andrew Kötting brings his bric-a-brac style to a walk in King Harold’s footsteps.” – Financial Times ★★★★ “A wonderfully eccentric film.” – The Observer ★★★★ “[This] quest is at once piss-takingly absurd and profoundly resonant.” – The Skinny ★★★★ “Edith Walks benefits from a story as cerebral as its style is quirky, as well as an excellent whimsical performance from Barton.” – The Upcoming ★★★★ “A truly unusual film which offers way more than you would have bargained for.” – HeyUGuys

21.06.17 HOME Manchester – Andrew Kötting Performance 23.06.17 ICA London – Andrew Kötting – Iain Sinclair Readings 23.06.17 Tyneside Newcastle Andrew Kötting Q&A 24.06.17 Curzon Bloomsbury 25.06.17 East End Film Festival David Aylward – Claudia Barton – Jem Finer – Andrew Kötting – Iain Sinclair 80 minute Film Performance 02.07.17 Curzon Aldgate London Andrew Kötting – Claudia Barton Performance Q&A 02.07.17 / 03.07.17 IFI Dublin 03.07.17 / 04.07.17 / 05.07.17 Barbican London 07.07.17 Showroom Sheffield Andrew Kötting Q&A 09.07.17 Broadway Nottingham 11.07.17 Chapter Cardiff 14.07.17 / 15.07.17 / 16.07.17 Watershed Bristol 15.07.17 / 16.07.17 Queens Film Theatre Belfast 18.07.17 East Dulwich Picturehouse 19.07.17 Glasgow Film Theatre Glasgow Andrew Kötting Q&A 10.07.17 Edinburgh Filmhouse Andrew Kötting Q&A

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A lovely feature on Claudia’s new film, ‘Edith Walks’, directed by Andrew Kötting in the July 2017 issue of Sight & sound magazine. The cast will also be performing a live version on the 25th of June in London, details here: http://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-archive/edith-a-performance/

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This was taken while we were filming the video for ‘Westport Lake’.

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Gamine’s Boutique

We're having a clearout of the Gamine cupboards, so we made a little shop for CDs and T-shirts. Limited supplies! http://gaminemusic.bigcartel.com

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The day we blew up Baby

Have you ever wanted to be an activist? Claudia has written a new column on her attempts to prevent nuclear armageddon! Read it here: The day we blew up Baby 

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And here's a Cloudier Skies video of 'Mastering The Mystery.'

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Curious Nimbus by Cloudier Skies

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Cloudier Skies on Bandcamp

If you haven't heard the album that Claudia has made with our pedal steel maestro, David Rothon, now's your chance! Listen or download on their Bandcamp page...

http://cloudierskies.bandcamp.com

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Gamine in Japan documentary update

You'll be delighted to know we have finished editing our little documentary of our trip to Japan - we are currently working on the subtitles!