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Above Left: Ferg - Above right: at Elephant Studios

above: andy's wedding and Volume 5 art
beow: the legendary rototoms of doom...



Above Nicky and Mark at the Forum

above: Ferg and Gary at Elephant Studios
below: Carl at the Forum, 2008

below: imogen's live scramble debut

below: carl is cool

Gig History of the Renaissance Scramble

8 July 07, Forum
Old Dolphin Brigade and Nifty Eagu and the Glo Pilots play; Gary guests with the Glo Pilots on sampler and synth after the ODB set - Mark Nicky and Gary realise that they are on stage together again after all those years, and they rather enjoy it...

16 September 07, Forum
OBD play a chaotic but glorious set, and the firm idea of a new Scramble is formulated partly in the afterglow.

21 October 07, Forum
The kernel of the new Scramble (Mark, Gary, Piers and Carl) play a very long and rambling version of "Peppermint Schnapps" to a small and uncomprehending audience of rockers.

11 November 07, Forum
This is more like it. With Nicky on board, we do a "proper set" supporting the wonderful Vorderman, Heat From A Deadstar and Rachel's...
We did these songs:
"Peppermint Schnapps" - "Starfields" - "CinemaUsherettes" - "Un-named Improvisation" (which later becomes "Stop Trying So Hard")

30 December 07, Forum
New Year's Nifty Night - The New Purpose Cadets was a thinly veiled reference to The Old Dolphin Brigade*, sneaking in the back door after being "banned" from playing the Forum (!) Mark, Piers, Gary, Nicky and Carl; an excellent set...
"Improvisation" (which later becomes "The New Black") - "Peppermint Schnapps" - "UFOUK" - "Starfields" - "Integration" - "Stop Trying So Hard"
(*ODB performed "Bye, The Sea" and "Relentless")
Happy New Year!

20 January 08, Forum
Full-on Resurgence!
"The New Black" - "Peppermint Schnapps" - "UFOUK" - "Starfields" - "Integration" - "Stop Trying So Hard"

17 February 08, Forum
We amaze each other, as we settle into a groove...
"The New Black" - "Peppermint Schnapps" - "UFOUK" - "Gutshot" - "Stop Trying So Hard"

4th May, 08, Forum
Brutai didn't show up, but everything else went like clockwork, especially the things that weren't included on the poster... we did the following:
"Statue of Limitations" - "Gutshot" - "UFOUK" - "Stop Trying So Hard"

Sunday 13th July 2008, Forum
with Rachel's Got A Flamethrower
and Vorderman was very very successful; if you missed it, then sorry it can never be repeated. Console yourself with looking at the flier, above.
Allegedly, we attempted to perform
"Statue of Limitations" - "Gutshot" - "Integration" - "Stop Trying So Hard"

September 14th, 2008... Forum. Nnaaargh we were variously described as "genius", "ramshackle" and "Psychedelic Blitz" - and that was just one of the band! It was a bit of a funny one to be honest, algorythms all wonky, biorhythms thrown off by September's humid clutch or something... showcasing choons from the NEW ALBUM! And IMOGEN's Skinbat-on-stage debut on the BASS! Utterly NOT TO BE MISSED, though it was by many of you! we were good but 8/10 could do better. Everyone to the Anderson, The Lebanons, (Chop Chop cancelled - Epideme inserted themselves into the gaping hole thus left).
We did "Radiator Heaven" - "UFOUK" - "Integration" - "Gutshot"- "Stop Trying So Hard"

above: Nicky at the Granary

above: Gary and Mark at the Forum

above: Gary and leads, not in leeds, at the Crowborough Time Centre

above: Mark, near a Granary
below: St. Martin's ART COLLEGE Cafe


Above Piers and Carl at our first reconvened gig, 16 Sept '07
Below: Elephant Studio Polaroids


Above: Mark
Below: Gary Mark and Ferg at Elephant Studios


Above: Gary promo shot - note Lene Lovich's 1950s cocktail cabinet just visible at left of shot...
Below: Gary and Mark, Forum, 2008

above: gig blackboard art
below: shadowy guitar mark