SPOD

Artist – Bio

SPOD is also a talented video clip director who has made many videos for Rice Is Nice bands and artists. Check out his vimeo channel for all the clips.

SUPERFRENZ
SPODs highly anticipated maximum overdue chart busting AMAZING RIDE OF YOUR LIFE record ‘SUPERFRENZ’ is here. A recording, which spans over 6 home studios, a veritable museum of classic synths and 2 hard drives melting. This album hit a solid brick wall of emotion after SPOD returned from showcasing in the USA at the SXSW festival in early 2007.  Locking himself away in his studio with an impressive museum of owned & borrowed classic synths; he hit the final switches on the record.   But whilst triumphantly packing and moving out of the studio, both the album and back up hard drives did a spectacular high dive to death.

SPOD – Blubberponies – Superfrenz by Rice Is Nice

Due to the financial and emotional cost of repairing the drives, the fact it took around 3 years to get the album done through several home studios and the hellish work it would take to get it back up and running, SPOD was going to bin the whole thing, the album, the band, everything, out to pasture into the realms of non existence for all eternity, until… A super lovely crew of superfrenz caught wind of such talk and all joined forces in wondrous superiority, organising a SPOD fundraiser pulling some money together all on their own SPOD love accord. Along with a dose of ‘dude, pull it together and get it done’ love, SPOD started upon the long journey to re-record, rebuilt and reinterpret what would become SPODs long overdue second album, Superfrenz, which is dedicated to those very people.

This destruction and reconstruction process of this album has resulted in an album much more evolved, adventurous & musically involved, spanning & capturing the magic of what makes Spod, SPOD, and also exploring the realms of epic majesty only noblemen and lordmens dare…  But more than anything, it reminded SPOD of why he makes music in the first place.

SPOD has extended the abilities of his studio beyond an Atari, a sampler and a drum machine which has allowed him to construct an album that spans from psychedelic folk vintage synth epix about death to future metal anthems about bewbs to post hip hop noise jams about the concept of time. The instrumentation of these recordings range from game boys and other video game machines, live drums, keys, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar and bass, this, creating at bare minimum, an eclectic record of all sorts. SPOD recorded and produced the entire record independently in the various studios. Then on to dealings with the genius mixing works of Mirko Vogel (sekiden), cameo appearance from jonboyrock on track ‘Dead’ (hard ons) and finally Shellac’s own Bob Weston mastering the record (woo!). This album also includes a real deal bonus secret track sh……, only available on the cd! BONUSES forever!

SPODs recording and performance existence has been always active, innovative and forever interesting resulting in attracting collaborating teams of multi plat legends, having awesome bands as his SPOD band such as Black Level Embassy, Further, Sekiden, and 2/3rds of Wolfmother and releasing special limited cassette tapes, EPs and 7” vinyl for his people, Since the almighty return of SPOD instant support and opportunities have unveiled themselves. Clarifying, that the people missed SPOD and that we need all things SPOD.

Superfrenz comes in as number three on the official release schedule for SPOD taking the lead from previous releases such as TASTE THE RADNESS and ETERNAL CHAMPIONS. Limited edition cassettes, 7”s and side projects have been created and treasured out there with loyal SPOD fans as well as released remixes for Midnight Juggernauts, Wolfmother and the list goes on.

Plenty of loadponies have attempted to take the crown in the absence of Sir Spodlington, but the crown is safe once more, and secured back on his sweet kingly head so fear not, sit back and relax and listen to SPOD. Heres to SUPERFRENZ!

SPOD – Superfrenz – RIN/Valve

About The Release

The instrumentation of these recordings range from game boys and other video game machines, live drums, keys, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar and bass, this, creating at bare minimum, an eclectic record of all sorts. SPOD recorded and produced the entire record independently in the various studios. Then on to dealings with the genius mixing works of Mirko Vogel (sekiden), cameo appearance from Jonboyrock on track ‘Dead’ (hard ons) and finally Shellac’s own Bob Weston mastering the record (woo!). This album also includes a real deal bonus secret track sh……, only available on the cd!

SPOD – Aminals 7″ – RIN001

About The Release

The FIRST ever Rice Is Nice Records release… This 3 track 7 inch record was released in Mid 2008. It Previewed an upcoming track from Spods – Superfrenz album in the monstorously popular nintendo super boogie CATS. Also featured on the record is a cover of We Want Some Pussy by 2 Live Crew! A real collectors item and there are only a few left!

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