Armed Ambitions Presents : Bats EP launch with Terrordactyl , Crayonsmith and Sarsparilla .

dublin | arts and media | event notice Tuesday December 11, 2007 11:25 by Organised Ideas organised.ideas at gmail dot com

Armed Ambitons // Organised Ideas was started a few years ago when the first communique was released to the unknown audiences in the form of Organised Ideas , a Diy gig Promotions that has put on many gigs , some of them benefits for such things as Shell 2 Sea , Indymedia and The Brains Collective . Since then Organised Ideas has merged with Gz Collective to become apart of The Porco Dio collective as well as still working on its own . The other side of the project is Armed Ambitions which is an independent record label and publisher . Armed Ambitions is currently working with a few different bands from varied genres . The whole project takes its inspiration from the glam rock of David yes David bowie and the DIY ethos of crass in a world wind of mind blowing proportions .

Bats Bio:

Formed in the early part of the Pliocene age, BATS (featuring ex-members of Martha Washington) have spent millions of years developing their sound from a series of intermittent bleeps to the sexy sonic bullets they create today. 4 out of 5 BATS hail from Ireland's alpha-smoke- Dublin, while the other crawled his way on bloody knuckles out of the haunted town of Carbury, Kildare in the mid 1600's.

In early 2007 BATS began peddling their love around the island and have since played support to such acts as Gang Gang Dance, Down I Go, The Locust and Liars. December 2007 sees the release on independent label Armed Ambitions of their debut EP entitled 'Cruel Sea Scientist' and the frightening of some smaller children.

Strong supporters of the Earth to space elevator and strong opposers of the plan to strip-mine the moon for Helium 3, BATS strive to disperse their audio seed into the ears and minds of as many "receptive humans as possible. They do so with valiant gusto and in the face of a limited gene pool.

A product of Natural Selection, a constant source of erection. BATS.

Also Features Live Music from the following ...

"Terrordacty"l

Terrodactyl Formed in April / May 2006 and features ex-members of Puget Sound, Kelsey & Apostles. Mick and Lar also play drums and guitar respectively in Adebisi Shank. Owensie plays mandolin in Domhnach Dubh. Jill messes about on melodica and keytar in her room / is part of Porco Dio (RIP) and GZ Collective. Debut EP is out now on Armed Ambition Records and you can get it online here .
“Musically, it’s frenetic as fuck but it’s the kind of organised chaos that has the capacity to blow you away” – Nialler 9

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"Crayonsmith"

Having played in various musical projects in Dublin and New York from the age of twelve, in early 2004, Ciaran began playing his own songs live with the help of two friends under the band name Crayonsmith. Crayonsmith have toured with Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Juana Molina, Charlotte Hatherley (ex- Ash) and Viva Voce, and played with Meneguar, Danielson, Mice Parade, Dan Deacon, Loney, Dear, Monade (Stereolab), The Decemberists, Quasi, Islands, Robin Guthrie, Electric Six, Joy Zipper and Jim Noir as well as Irish bands The Chalets, Jape and giveamanakick.

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"Sarsparilla"
Sarsparilla was raised in a small synth community in the green mountains of Wicklow. He soon found their small town ways oppressive and formed an escape plan with his then mentor, John Carpenter. These men promptly escaped into the Dublin underground, soon master Carpenter moved to the US, but Sarsparilla stayed in Ireland to forge his own distinctive synthesized soundscapes. Utilizing the techniques master Carpenter had taught him and building upon them, he has crafted his own sound that is nothing short of extraordinary!