Sun bleached and beautiful - "Paros"

Combine the Victorious has just completed their new video for the song Paros.  Shot during the hottest and brightest days of summer to emulate the heat and sunshine of the Greek islands, CtV has created a sun soaked clip for their latest love song.

enjoy



Video produced by Boutique Empire
directed by Isabelle Dunlop, edited by M R Henning
August 2012


Song written by Henning, Dunlop, Wild
Produced and performed by Combine the Victorious
recorded and mixed by MRH
Mastered by Clayton Worbeck

Drums: Simon Hunt
Guitars: Marc Wild
Vocals: Isabelle Dunlop
Vocals, keyboards, bass: Mark Roland Henning

August updates

Been a good summer here in Vancouver (well once it arrived of course).   Combine the Victorious had a marvelous show at Electric Owl at the end of July - undeniably their best one yet!  Sex With Strangers has just completed recording the tracks to their fifth album, this time with producer Adam "Wunderbro" Percy at the helm.  Jordy Birch has been recording new songs with Digory Smallz at his new studio, and Vince Tuckwood is well on his way into his fifth novel! 

Combine the Victorious performed their first headlining show of 2012 on July 27th in celebration of their latest single Paros.  Joined on stage by drummer Jim Berry, CtV performed all new material, most of which shall be included on their next EP release.  The still to be titled EP shall coincide with shows in Europe (scheduling is being done right now).   Additional details will be revealed as soon as they become available.

Sex With Strangers have broken new ground on their fifth studio album.  This time they have joined their creative forces with Adam Percy, who has provided the group with some exquisite remixes in the past.  Recording over the past weeks at the new Fader Master studio with Adam leading the sonic vision and engineer Paul Boerchler engineering.   The album is also scheduled for an Autumn 2012 release.


Jordy Birch has been busy writing a whole new batch of material this past year.  He's been teaming up with producer/engineer Digory Smalls (Joshua Hislop, Young Liars) and will be revealing his latest songs soon! 

Vince Tuckwood, author of Escalation and Karaoke Criminals, is well into writing his fifth novel (which he has not yet revealed to us!).   Judging from his posts things are flowing well and we should expect a sneak peak relatively soon!

A busy time with a lot of work being created.  This fall is going to be loaded with releases and events.  Looking forward to it! 

New Single - Paros - Combine the Victorious

We are pleased to announce Paros, a new single from Combine the Victorious: a sun drenched tune of long distance love, placed in the heart of the Greek islands.   It comes out on iTunes this Friday, July 27th, but you can hear it now on the Combine the Victorious band site.

Combine the Victorious is performing this Friday to celebrate the release of Paros at Electric Owl, here in Vancouver, July 27th 2012. 




(Henning, Dunlop, Wild)
Produced and performed by Combine the Victorious
recorded and mixed by MRH
Mastered by Clayton Worbeck
Artwork Rob Edmonds
original photography Janis

Drums: Simon Hunt
Guitar:Marc Wild
Vocals and other instruments: Mark Roland Henning
Vocals: Isabelle Dunlop

Live at Electric Owl

July 27th 2012 

The Electric Owl

Boutique Empire presents:

Combine the Victorious
Onelight 

Fuzzum

Combine the Victorious celebrates the release of the bandʼs new single and video “Paros” at the Electric Owl Social Club, July 27th, Vancouver Canada. This exceedingly stylish event will definitely include music and may encourage dancing. Sound good? Yes, we thought so too.

Creating a sound that resides somewhere between the heady waters of Chic and Portishead, Mark R Henning (formerly of Pure/Guilty About Girls) and Isabelle Dunlop (formerly of Sex With Strangers) are performing songs from their latest album (The Agreement). Come dance, say hello, or help spread the word of fun.

Sharing the bill will be friends to CtV, Onelight and Fuzzum, who are:

Onelight is singer Amy Usher and drummer Hamish Thomson (The Hermit/Big Tall Garden). With a shared love things folk, indie rock and ambient electronica, Amy and Hamishʼs music is emotionally rich with vocal harmonies and tripped out ambient textures. The blend of layered percussive beats and smooth vocals slinks around reference points embracing Morecheeba, Massive Attack and Beth Orton. Onelight is currently in the studio mixing their debut album with Howard Redekopp; planned release date set for September.

Fuzzum is a supersecret side project of Jordy Birch (lead singer of Pure/Guilty About Girls) and Lucas T Poth (Guilty About Girls). A more blissed out indie fuzz rock version than their other projects, Fuzzum is all about noisy pop/rock jams.

And there will also be DJ sets! Juice (Yoko Casionos) will hit the proverbial decks to perfect the evening of music, dancing, and levity.

Doors at 8PM - Early Show - begins at 8:30 sharp Tickets $10 at the door.

Electric Owl - 928 Main Street, Vancouver BC

Contact: info@boutiqueempire.com

poster design Robert Edmonds

Facebook event

New Song: Combine the Victorious "Glasgow"

Combine the Victorious has just completed a new song for their upcoming third album.  This one was written by Isabelle Dunlop while she was back in Scotland last year.  They were joined by Marc Wild and Simon Hunt for the tracking of the song, and even managed to get them into the new video.

This video was shot at Imagined Aire Studio and edited by Mark R Henning over the past weekend.  A glimpse into the sound of their future release.




"Glasgow" by Combine the Victorious
(Dunlop, Henning)

Video produced by Boutique Empire
camera work and editing M R Henning

Song produced and performed by Combine the Victorious
engineering and mixing: Henning

Vocals: Isabelle Dunlop
Keybaords and backing Vocals: Mark R Henning
Guitars: Marc Wild
Drums: Simon Hunt

Download track from iTunes

New Video from Guilty About Girls - Dancefloor

Boutique Empire is proud to present Dancefloor by Guilty About Girls

Video produced by Boutique Empire
Camera work and editing by Mark Henning

Dancefloor written by Jordy Birch
Produced and Performed by Guilty About Girls
Engineered and mixed by Digory Smallz at Claymore Studio
Vocal and guitar: J Birch
Keyboards and programming: Mark R Henning
Backing Vocals: Isabelle Dunlop
Hi Hat overdubs: L T Poth
additional guitar and programming: Digory Smalls

download from http://tinyurl.com/88hj3qp or
http://guiltyaboutgirls.bandcamp.com/track/dancefloor

lyrics

Combine the Victorious Vlog

Combine the Victorious has started a vlog explaining their upcoming release.  This post deals with the various remixes of their song "California".  Initially written in the summer of 2011 with good friend Ingrid Schroeder, the song has been remixed by a handful of talented producers and has led to the duo revisiting their song and making a brand new version.