Let's Spend The

Here, Van Credenza teams up with Kentucky Firewalker James Artist to undertake shamanistic rituals, spiritual events and Cherokee bodywork (3000-year-old Cherokee medicine). 

Medicine Man James involves us with rolling thunder, as clouds fall from the sky and the waves sail backwards.

At The Foot Of The Mountain, in The Middle Of The Forest, lies The Great Rock.
No money: Let's Spend The

The Glam Way You Are

Let's spend the evening with some make up,
And some glitter, platforms,silver flares,
Put on some paint, and try to fake up,
Eat a big pancake up, with a spoon.

Who can forget these lyrics? Everyone and anyone! Because these are the wrong lyrics.
But here is the 2012 Van Credenza Christmas gift. It was stolen, just for you, from famous songwriters Pete Atkin and Clive James. It should really be properly recorded!

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Glambience

Gentle yet forceful. Van Credenza produces calm with glam. It's a new genre, and it's controversial: do we want a gay witch hunt? Possibly. 

No bogus expenses were submitted following the composition of this tune.

Love Hate Fear Joy

A remake of the obscure cult psychedelic number by The Lysergic, Van Credenza features the electric smee on this version. 

The band dressed in vintage shirts and loons from Mr Fish and Granny Takes a Trip to record the song.

Groovy Glam.

Ride a White Swan

Bolan's original Ride a White Swan featured no drums, simply a tambourine and clapping. Van Credenza remains roughly true to that original, with the beat provided by a cake tin stuffed with fabric. 

A complex time signature was attempted for the closing section of this cover, while Charlotte Dundas takes on the now familiar role as vocalist. 

Unusually for Van Credenza as an electronic combo, real guitars were utilised throughout.

When performing this number live, wearing top hats and feather boas on stage, Van Credenza is simply known as 'V Credenza'.

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undead

Van Credenza has been travelling.
'Un-dead' was Bram Stoker's original choice for his novel Dracula. 
Undead are deceased, but appear to be alive.


See Страшный Суд

A New Colour

Thalia

Van Credenza has been working on a new colour. Skilled watercolourists claimed it couldn’t be done, those expressing themselves through a variety of media also expressed doubt re Van Credenza’s endeavour.


You can now see and hear for yourself: watch without prejudice, listen out, for a new colour is here for all to muse.

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iF iF iF (Guns & Drugs)

Van Credenza has been examining the Scottish football scene. The foremost authority on the game, Chick Young of the BBC, perhaps explains the crisis which presently exists. Van Credenza is puzzled by some of the terminology.

The Jean Genie BlockBusters

Bob Holness, who at one point worked with Elvis Presley (most notably on live performances), is best known as presenter of quiz show Blockbusters, which originated in the USA, and was named after The Sweet's 1973 hit 'Block Buster!' 


Weeks earlier, a very similar riff to the one used by The Sweet was developed by David Bowie for The Jean Genie. But Bowie himself may have been listening to The Yarbirds covering Bo Diddley's 'I'm A Man'. Written in 1955, Diddley (aka Ellas McDaniel) was born within mere weeks of Bob Holness, and the pair had met while the latter was collaborating with Pressley. 


Incredibly, the originator of quiz show Blockbusters, Mark Goodman, also worked with Holness and Pressley (and may have had a chance encounter with Diddley) during the 1960's, and was very keen to involve the King of Rock'n'Roll in one of his shows. Elvis never consented, but Holness was eventually captured in 1983.


By this time, Holness, with his sound reputation in many aspects of show business, had potentially contributed to both songs combined here in the latest Van Credenza number: The Jean Genie Blockbuster.


Assisting the band vocally here are German songsters Fortuna (Lucius, Copia and Annonia).

Jackdaw & Crow

Noise.
Noise of mechanical structures. Man made machines. Noise.
Natural noise. Noise of the creatures around us. We curse it.
Noise!
Yet, we also treasure the din, for some among us cannot perceive sound.
Van Credenza brings together nature and apparatus, plus two deaf, totally anonymous guest musicians (JD & WMD) for 'Jackdaw & Crow'.
This item wasn't simply played; it was built by Van Credenza. We sent 'Jack' and 'Walter' to capture two live birds to use in the recording. Instructions were issued to our hearing-impaired collaborators (Mr Dow and Mr Marks-Davies) in order for them to construct makeshift percussive instruments. Finally, Tens pain relief machines were attached to both functioning ear restricted drummers to ensure they picked up and played the required beats, on time.
Whether this has been a successful project, only you can judge. Unless you too are unable to perceive noise.

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