Services Fat Northerner Records are working with a group of Manchester creatives to run a new project inspired by the work of John Cooper Clarke. The label is developing projects to re-work John Cooper Clarke’s poetry and music involving exceptional musicians and spoken word artists. These tracks will be recorded and released on a limited edition vinyl record in 2009, to celebrate 50 years of John Cooper Clarke.
So far we’ve got the following artists - Chas Smash (Madness), Roland Hartwell (The Icelandic Symphony Orchestra) and a UK grime artist, The Cribs, Matt Berry (The IT Crowd, The Mighty Boosh), Maximo Park, Denis Jones, Bone-Box, Shit Disco, The Longcut, LadytLil’ Fee (The Whip), Kings Have Long Arms, The Ironweed Project, Orphan Boy, Frazer King plus more. And the following poets -
Mike Duff, a well established local poet specialising in gritty poems about Manchester, James Quinn (actor, writer and comedian best known for his role as a pot-smoking PC in Craig Cash’s cult TV series Early Doors), Marvin Cheeseman (manchester poet with plenty of published work) and Vince Atta (City life comedian of the year 2007).Along with a limited edition piece of vinyl, we are producing a book, Directory 2009 (inspired by his publication, Directory 1979). The book will feature stories about John Cooper Clarke from a collection of musicians, ex-managers, radio DJs and contemporaries. The book will also feature poems inspired by John Cooper Clarke, from contemporary spoken word artists. There will also be a documentary made about the process of recording the album. The project is not for profit.
For those who don’t know, John Cooper Clarke (born 25 January 1949) is an English performance poet from Salford, Greater Manchester; he is often described as a punk poet, having initially achieved recognition in the late 1970s during the flourishing punk movement. His recorded output has mainly centered around musical backing from The Invisible Girls, which featured Martin Hannett, Pete Shelley, Bill Nelson, Paul Burgess and Steve Hopkins. He is fairly famous as a poet in England and 'Ten Years In An Open-Necked Shirt' remains his most popular and successful published work.
Calling all bands and poets… Get Involved
Fat Northerner has been approaching musicians, spoken word artists and contributors to get involved with the project. However, the label would like to open the project up to up and coming bands, artists, spoken word artists and comedians.
Bands wanting to submit a demo for consideration for the album must record a demo version of the track and post to: JCC Project, Langley Lane Farm, Langley Lane, Middleton, Manchester, M24 5LJ. The deadline for demos is 12th March, 2009.
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