Fuori dai Buoi :)

Che soddisfazione. Dopo la strepitosa recensione su Sentireascoltare ecco anche Enrico Veronese che recensisce il nostro disco "Febrero" sulle pagine di Blow Up, una rivista musicale che è sempre stata un punto di riferimento per tante "scoperte indipendenti". Un onore essere propro lì in mezzo ai "Joy Formidable" (che straadoro, e si sono beccati solo un sei) e il rocker italiano Umberto Palazzo.

"Quella di Mark Zonda e di KinGem Records è una piccola bella storia che dalla provincia romagnola entra in contatto con gli angoli del mondo indiepop, partecipa a compilation e cover, inizia a produrre, chiede featuring e si fa arrangiare. "Febrero" accumula le versioni più piene del pluriennale lavoro dietro Tiny Tide, perfezioista e filologico nello scegliere come tutelari Bowie e McCartney, Smiths e Cure, l'ndiepop svedese e quello giapponese mutato dai nostri anni Ottanta: c'è da dire che vestite di abiti più corposi e migliorato anche l'apporto vocale, le canzoni vengono esaltate nell'artigianato delle armonie, onesto e cristallino, capace di buttarsi a mare per il r'n'r vitaminico di Ginger Genie o riavere la rotta durante Mask Me Mask Me Mask Me. Fatti salvi pochi riempitivi, il livello è in ascesa e quasi mai banale, di questi tempi non è poco." Enrico Veronese.

SentireAscoltareDigitale

"Zonda è un entusiasta, innamorato della musica indipendente e di tutte le sue premesse, che si 81 chiamino David Bowie o Left Banke, Primal Scream o Ash, Beatles o Elliott Smith. Malgrado uno sforzo maggiore in fase di produzione tanto che si è spinto a coinvolgere band come gli svedesi Stars in Coma, i britannici Brigadier e lo statunitense Anthony Rochester - la dimensione lo-fi è il timbro predominante, come una patina sulla pelle del suono e una cartilagine che frastorna le strutture."

La recensione di Stefano Solventi prosgue qui su SentireAscoltare.

A word in Spanish

Another review from Perù...

"La música de Tiny Tide, es un tanto difícil clasificarla, ya que tiene connotaciones folk, sixties, noise, after punk, twee pop, entre otros, los mismos que se pueden apreciar en el myspace de la banda, sitio en el que encontraremos buenas canciones como la sweet: Girl From Ronta o la siniestra: The Smiths and The Cure."

You can find the whole review here.

Sentire e ascoltare

Ecco una fantastica recensione apparsa su Sentireascoltare, ad opera di Stefano Solventi.

Correte a leggere la rivista musicale qui.

"Invece, è sì un passo avanti in termini di tiny tiDe - feBrero (kingeM, feBBraio 2011) Genere: lo-fi pop-rock.

A poche settimane da MoonTalking, è già tempo di un nuovo album per Tiny Tide, la creatura "indie pop arcade rock" del cesenate Mark Zonda. Lo ha intitolato Febrero - febbraio in spagnolo - perché a suo dire è il mese in cui accadono gli eventi cruciali della sua vita.

Particolare non da poco, perché sottolinea in qualche modo l'intimismo disarmante, il mettersi in gioco senza rete di protezione, la deliziosa vulnerabilità emotiva che già abbiamo avuto modo di apprezzare nei precedenti lavori.

Zonda è un entusiasta, innamorato della musica indipendente e di tutte le sue premesse, che si 81 chiamino David Bowie o Left Banke, Primal Scream o Ash, Beatles o Elliott Smith. Malgrado uno sforzo maggiore in fase di produzione tanto che si è spinto a coinvolgere band come gli svedesi Stars in Coma, i britannici Brigadier e lo statunitense Anthony Rochester - la dimensione lo-fi è il timbro predominante, come una patina sulla pelle del suono e una cartilagine che frastorna le strutture.

Quattordici le tracce all'insegna di un power-pop intorpidito psych con una vena wave che pulsa a intermittenza, ora arty, ora sbrigliata e ora tesa. Un carosello attraverso tormenti dolciastri ed enfatico sdilinquimento (Kitty Jesus, quella Mask Me Mask Me Mask Me che sembra Jens Lekman alle prese col repertorio Smiths), tra strali glam e hardcore-pop (Silver Star, Ginger Genie), trepidazioni brumose (A Song For EMI) e sussulti melliflui (il batticuore Badfinger di Scrambled Eggs, una February che sa scozzare Steve Wynn e Scott Walker).

Se è piacevole gia di per sé questo senso di frugale devozione, di entusiastico sbattimento, occorre aggiungere che Zonda sa tirare fuori dal cilindro pezzi di tutto rispetto. Roba tipo una Tiny Trains o quella Valentine Disco Night (i Roxy Music ipnotizzati da Robyn Hitchcock?) che con adeguata produzione - fatemelo dire, anche se può suonare antipatico - t'immagini a lambire le playlist che contano. Restiamo in attesa di sviluppi. (7.1/10)

Stefano Solventi "

Febrero: a quite impressive review!

"When I first heard ‘Febrero’ by the wickedly-named Tiny Tide, (it’s a play on New Wave indie), I immediately felt like grabbing a full-length overcoat and heading off to the local library to mope around, just like all those Morrissey-loving kids in the mid 80’s."

A really nice review by Charlie Levels on our new "Febrero". Do check it here... thumbs up!

Out Of Our Indie

"Calling a track The Smiths & The Cure marks them out as an indie band but calling them indie seems like an insult. If you place them in a box this band'll blow the sides off. They are so much more than indie. They're the coolest kids on the block and the strangest in the neighbourhood.It's the time that the tide turned it's time you turned to Tiny Tide."

I don't know this bloke, but this review really made my day knocking me out. Thanks to "The Devil" and the one and only Marilyn Roxie and her Vulpiano Records.

Full review here

Another great review for MoonTalKing :)

From "Fabtastic Music Blog":

"Unfuzz Days is just a sweet, light, transient, floaty, wispy, pretty number that I really rather adore, and think is absolutely gorgeous, and has something strangely beautiful about it!"

You can check the whole review HERE.

Tiny Steps

Sentireascoltare è stata una delle prime ezine "serie" a credere nel nostro progetto. Ai tempi dei primi demo mi avevano accostato ad Ariel Pink, che non conoscevo e sono corso ad ascoltare recuperando ogni tipo di pubblicazione di uno dei miei futuri eroi. Questa volta è il turno dei The Boo Radleys, su cui mi accingo ad indagare.

Che dire, mi ha fatto veramente piacere leggere questa recensione. Sono stato felice nel trovare un interlocutore in grado di comprendere quello di cui stavo parlando.

"E' da un pezzo che teniamo d'occhio il cesenate Mark Zonda coi suoi progetti sempre meno strampalati e sempre più a fuoco. Tiny Tide è la sua creatura "indie pop arcade rock", un quartetto che mastica neo-neo-psichedelia dalla grana lo-fi ora accomodante e ora sghemba, carezzevole e graffiante, una trottola di marzapane nel cervello guarnita di spezie e canditi, sogno tremolante tra cameretta, marciapiede e il prato delle delizie perdute.

Dopo tre ep e un recentissimo album di cover (Diskovery) omaggiante l'immaginifico bestiario del Nostro (Left Banke e Arcade Fire, Lou Reed e Apples In Stereo, Beatles e Blur...), eccoci al debutto vero e proprio con questo MoonTalkin, divagazioni atmosferiche e smagliature adolescenziali, misticanza John Lennon e Boo Radleys, bozzetti of Montreal e ghirigori Pecksniff, un Jens Lekman tra reminiscenze Aztec Camera e tentazioni Belle And Sebastian. E via discorrendo."

La recensione prosegue qui, su Sentireascoltare.

El sonido característico

"Tiny Tide son un grupo de Cesena, en Italia enamorado del C-86 y del sonido de Sarah Records. Si no es así no puede interpretarse de otra forma su gusto por la melodía sensible, el sonido característico de sus guitarras y los teclados de corte retro empleados en sus temas. Su primer álbum se titula Moon Talking, y para realizarlo, de manera un tanto pretenciosa, han querido realizar algo así como un disco conceptual. El intento está realizado. Sus temas tienen ese halo, en cualquier caso, de grupo novel mezclado con la inocencia del tipo de Pop al que hacíamos referencia al principio, y no tienen reparo en declarar cuáles son sus filias musicales (The Smiths and The Cure)."

We had a lovely review in Spanish! Check it out on "The Jangle Box" :)

U.N.DISCO & Spotify

Tiny Tide are now available on Spotify!

Tiny Tide took part to the Neo Italo Disco compilation "U.N.DISCO" (by KinGem Records) with the song "Mumarcord". Mark Zonda also features on the song "King of The Parking" along with Anthony Rochester and Ildy Minardi and "Astro Fille" by Les Petit Chenilles.

Here's a nice review of the album and "Astro Fille" video.

CAN YOU FEEL THE LIGHT! HOPE YOU SEE THE LIGHT!

"Tiny Tide is a pop band out of Cesena, Italy and their name is intended to be a poke at the pretentious "New Wave" label. Even so, The Wildheart EP kicks off withThe Smiths and the Cure, which has a serious new wave sound straight from Bauhaus. Part of it is that Mark Zonda's voice reminds me a bit of Peter Murphy and the bass intro reminds me of Bela Lugosi. "

That's only the beginning of the amazing (and cleaver) review of Jester Jay (check out his blog) on Tiny Tide "WildHeart EP". The interview goes on... here! Enjoy.

The White Tides

"They say there’s a certain kind of rum that you’ll have the chance to taste only in the worst bars in Caracas. Still Caracas is the Latin America’s most expensive City. Strange, isn, it? As strange as Mark Zonda and Mic Leffe playing in a small Italian town after midnight in a small place nearby a river..."

The review follows here on SleepWalKing Magazine...

Wildy Tiny

Here's Wildheart in his own words on Tiny Tide "The WildHeart EP" last review. You can found it here.

"The "WildHeart" on this review happens to be me: Tiny Tide. The one fact that needs a fix is the fact that on “Do Mean It’s A Mess”, Simona Rovida didn’t record any part, but all the background vocals are Marco’s (and it’s an amazing job!). What can I say? I am flattered by such an amazing review! Apart from "The Smiths And The Cure” that was actually played by humans, all the other songs (all the instruments, including the finger-picked guitars) were played by me on samplers and synthesizers. If they fooled somebody into believing that it was the real thing then… well… I’m happy. Marco wrote some really amazing songs. I am glad if I could help him make them shine.

My favourite? Hard to choose. “Road to Fairies” for the arrangement (modestly speaking) and “Needful Things” because it’s a superb song, one of those songs that make your jaw drop after the first two bars. The arrangement could use a bit more energy but the song is so good that it remains memorable all the same."

Tiny Tiny

"Helmed by one Mark Zonda, Tiny Tide is a pop band from the beautiful Italian city of Cesena. Their illustrious beats flow through the orchestral strings like rivers running through towns. Under their belt, Tiny Tide have released two EPs, The Ronta EP (2008) and the recently released The Wildheart EP. This EP is an electronic experience through the eyes of Wildheart, their arranger. " ...

Hi there everyone! Here's an interesting review of the "WildHeart EP" from "Stop Sleeping, yo!". Check it out :)

'bout fairies

"The immensely beautiful song Road to Fairies and its fantastically shot video are once again a flag to Tiny Tide's originality and accessibility. I don't know which record companies in Italy are sleeping, but they're so far missing one of the best bands in their country. As always with Tiny Tide, excellence and sensitivity."

The Big Louis Recording Company

A Future In Tide

Hi there! There's a new sparkly review shining on this sunny day. Check out the full post by Marilyn Roxie on "A Future In Noise".

"I heard Tiny Tide (the name, a play off of the term 'new wave') because it is the band of Mark Zonda, the fellow who runs SleepWalKing Mag (which I have recently contributed to with the article 'What Will Replace MTV?'). With their official site and MySpace Music page surrounded with arcade imagery, Tiny Tide's music is as difficult to describe as it is enjoyable to listen to- check out "ValenTine Disco Night" from the February Sessions."

Even in the Future

Even if the "Febrero" they're referring to it's the collection of "The Demos Of Febrero"... that's a tart and sweet review from "Even in the future nothing works".

"I wasn’t expecting much more from Tiny Tide, but they seemed to start let loose and begin experimenting with their sound. The choice was a vast improvement for the band. The sound originally seemed contained in The Ronta EP, but seems to blossom in Febrero. Febrero contains a menegeraie of sounds producing a wide musical experience. They seem to be having fun with what they do. Isn’t that what music is all about? "

Check it out!

Dopo Airport e Garlsbergs...

Siamo diventati un gruppo ingleseeee!! IEeeeeeeaaaa! :D

The Rise

Today a little pack was left on my desk. It came from London. It was from Philip. Id est: LeBleu.

The Concept album "The Rise and Fall of LeBleu" is out. You can check the song I helped to write and sing in our space.

Here's the first review:

GIBBERISH

"Le Blue is an occasional concept band driven by Edinburgh based musician, Philip Lockwood Holmes. His second album, released via Google Checkout is now available and is an imaginative and pretty ambitious travelogue through the history of civilisations that have risen and fallen over the eons. ... / The stand out track, Rock in the Empire, in collaboration with Mark Zonda from Tiny Tide verges on Rock and Roll."



You can find the album HERE.



Here's he lyrics:

" Checking all the maps that brought me here
Noise still in my head
Places at my back crossed with an x
Red marks on my path

Engine waiting still and cold at touch
Nations in my hands
Wondering how hard was for a man
To ride from land to land

Ages since I held your marble arms
Far away from here
Once you were the centre of the World
Then you crawled in fear

AND ALL THAT WE HAVE LEFT
IS ROCK IN THE EMPIRE
ALL THOSE THICKY STONES THROUGH YOU AND ME

RUINS EVERYWHERE AND ROCK IN THE EMPIRE
BURNING MILES AND MILES THROUGHT YOU ANE ME

Dancing to the sound of drums and claps
Conquered by a smile
You won’t turn me down, your faith and pride
Won’t shake these walls tonight

Dates are numbers on a paper killing moments cut of labour nailing our future to the past
You rope me in some romantic jokes

Holding on the power till I’m done
To live each spark of life
Free at last from orders, can’t realize
I’m still a slave to vice

Blinking lights are flashing over people pop and fade in new positions bringing balance to the dance
Colliding in your Jin & Coke


AND ALL THAT WE HAVE LEFT
IS ROCK IN THE EMPIRE
ALL THOSE THICKY STONES THROUGH YOU AND ME

RUINS EVERYWHERE AND ROCK IN THE EMPIRE
BURNING MILES AND MILES THROUGHT YOU ANE ME

Shut your silly voice and hide that smile
time are changing fast
Keep apart the triumphs and the best
And give them all the rest

When it’s over dark come closer killing sparks and blowing moments cloaking every witness on the track
Grey sparrows picking off the bread

I was never meant to be afraid
I was never meant to be afraid
I was never meant to be so late
I was never meant to save a pray

Dazzles coming in a thunder drawing circles over temples leaving all that beauty at their back
Black leather in some ionic slams

Killing all the conquests of the past
Killing all the conquests of the past
Lead away the future from the grave
Throw dices on that muddy lap

Coming home with no solutions for my august revolution pulling off the helmet from the head
Was your world ready for this mess"

Hola!

I Tiny reviewed in Spanish! And they get A NINE! :)

"Se delicie com misturas de Acqua com Brian Eno; Primal Scream com Cake e Pizzicato Five em versões dançantes com um quê de Indie Rock e Folk perfumado cheio de pérolas como "Go Ego Go" de Lacrosse. The Ronta EP é contagiante e divertido destaque para "Girlfriend" e "Girls From Rinta".
Tiny Tide é um Indie Rock Pop nascido como uma cover band de Mark Zonda que é composta por Mark Zonda (voz, guitarra, Keyobards, Glockenspiel, Armonica); Manuel (violino, Bass), Mic Starr (bateria), Dendrix (Guitarras). A proposta da banda não é virar de cabeça para baixo a história da música e sim proporcionar aqueles bons momentos em que você quer ouvir boa música, e é disso que precisamos. E nas palavras finais do elaborado encarte que acompanha o EP, Mark diz "This EP is a LOVE ACT to you". Keep it safe and take care."