Wednesday 19 December 2012

it's TOMORROW!

...Messrs. Stetson, Wackem, Shoddy & Waft proudly present...
...it's the EVENT of the CENTURY, it's the LAST SHOW on EARTH, it's TEOTWAWKI...
...starring local beat combo the ASCENSION Plan, featuring the guitar and vocal stylings of Martin Jackson (Ethatone, Quietly Torn), and the ethereal electric violin of the Waft (Eden's Ashes, Bates Motel) backed by solid rhythm engineers Gurt Wackem and Mungo Shoddy, featuring Fabio Montana, Vicky Abbott & friends...
...described as "warm and unusual" the Plan will take us on a journey from a whisper to a scream, thru Love, Death and Rebirth with Lightshow/Projections by WSW in association with SheppardVision...

...support comes from Ella Turk-Richards...
...and Shelley Macphail...

...TOMORROW'S FEAR becomes TODAY'S NIGHTMARE...
...20:12:2012 - 8pm till the END of TIME* at the Acorn, Penzance...
... streaming LIVE via USTREAM...
...the most MEMORABLE, the most STARTLING EXPERIENCE of YOUR LIFE...

...YOU can't AFFORD to MISS...

...a GIGANTIC production to STARTLE your IMAGINATION...

...anotherQUATILYproduct...

Monday 3 December 2012

Disengage (and remain the same)

...here's the latest video from the plan, a solar meditation on a free wheeling five beat groove...

Friday 23 November 2012

itsTEOTWAWKI (REVELATIONS trailer)



...Messrs. Stetson, Wackem, Shoddy & Waft proudly present...
...EVERYTHING must GO, when the FAT LADY sings...
...it's TEOTWAWKI - the End Of The World As We Know It*....
,,,starring The ASCENSION Plan and very special guests...
...20:12:2012 - 8pm till the END of TIME* at the Acorn, Penzance...
...streaming LIVE @ http://itsteotwawki-live.blogspot.co.uk/ ...
...anotherQUATILYproduct...

Tuesday 13 November 2012

Tuesday 23 October 2012

itsTEOTWAWKI (mad scientist trailer)



...Messrs. Stetson, Wackem, Shoddy & Waft proudly present...
...it's the EVENT of the CENTURY, it's the LAST SHOW on EARTH, it's TEOTWAWKI...
...starring the ASCENSION Plan and very special GUESTS...
...TOMORROW'S FEAR becomes TODAY'S NIGHTMARE...
...20:12:2012 - 8pm till the END of TIME* at the Acorn, Penzance
... streaming LIVE @http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-ascension-plan---teotwawki---live ...
...the most MEMORABLE, the most STARTLING EXPERIENCE of YOUR LIFE, YOU can't AFFORD to MISS...
...a GIGANTIC production to STARTLE your IMAGINATION...
...anotherQUATILYproduct...

Sunday 30 September 2012

it's TEOTWAWKI (UFO trailer)


...it's the EVENT of the CENTURY, it's the LAST SHOW on EARTH, it's TEOTWAWKI...

...starring the ASCENSION plan and SPECIAL GUESTS...

...20:12:2012 - 8pm till the END of TIME - streaming LIVE via USTREAM - venue TBC...

...it's the NIGHT of 144000 stars...

...the LAST NIGHT of the BOMBS...

...be THERE or be NOWHERE...

Thursday 9 August 2012

Inside a Picture - Live at the Ritz

...a compilation of rehearsal footage along with stagecam sound, this is the Ascension Plan with the massed choirs of the Divine 50 Degrees and the Eden Choir, live at the Ritz, Penzance...

Wednesday 1 August 2012

Ascendance at the Ritz


...Messrs, Stetson, Wackem, Shoddy and Waft are proud to present...

...fresh from International acclaim (in Vogue and NME ) at the Port Elliot Festival, Vicky Abbott's the 50 Degrees (augmented by members from the Eden Choir) will be joining local beat combo the Ascension Plan this Friday 3rd August at the Ritz, Penzance...

...the massed choir will be opening the evening with a "dark" selection of songs taken from their contemporary repertoire...

...after a short intermission, the delightful Abbott/Birbeck and friends will be entertaining with a selection of favourites old new & blue...

...following another short pause for refreshments, the Ascension Plan will lead us into the second half of the show, featuring the guitar and vocal stylings of Martin Jackson (Ethatone, Quietly Torn), and the ethereal electric violin of the Waft (Eden's Ashes, Bates Motel) backed by solid rhythm engineers Gurt Wackem and Mungo Shoddy, late of Pablo Fanques Fair...

...described as "warm and unusual" the Plan will take us on a journey from a whisper to a scream, thru Love, Death and Rebirth with the massed choir returning for the uplifting epic final movement...

...Lightshow/Projections by WSW in association with Ben Mankin and ol' Steckfenster imself...

Tuesday 17 July 2012

Inside a Picture

...pheaturing the phantastical photography of brother Dom Buzzard, the song is produced by Paul Wheeler with a coda fresh from the attic sessions...

Tuesday 10 July 2012

Escher Eyes

...second in a series of trilogies, this film features the Ascension Plan in Real Life, Ascending and Morphose...

Friday 1 June 2012

real life


...fresh from the attic demo sessions, this video features footage of the 2010 lunar epoch-eclipse photographed by William Castleman and another wonderful piece of Escher based animation by youtube user connerche...

Thursday 24 May 2012

Collaborateurs - the 50 degrees


Penzance based Fifty Degrees (previously known as the Acorn Choir) boasts enthusiastic members from seventeen to seventy, whose mixed repertoire of traditional and contemporary songs make for a varied, inspired evening of pure listening pleasure.

In the tuneful, capable hands of choir leaders Vicky Abbott and Mary Woodvine, anything from pop to Indie, country to Gospel is given a new and vibrant twist. Be prepared to be blown away - to be moved - and let the music of many, uplift and entertain you.

...TBC - Friday 3rd August 2012, the Ascension Plan & the 50 degrees will be putting it on at the Ritz, Penzance...

Wednesday 9 May 2012

Gold as the Sun

...eagerly anticipated video for Gold as the Sun, featuring stunning timelapse photography by Graham Gaunt, Giles Blackie & LifeBooth and breathtaking helicopter footage by Cowloe Productions, audio produced by Paul Wheeler, many thanks to all concerned...

Sunday 15 April 2012

~morphose~


...fresh from the attic sessions, here's a vocal loop and another escher-ised video...

Tuesday 27 March 2012

Collaborateurs - Keltoi



animation 3D of relativity, master peace of MC Escher. Modeling, texturing, render and animation with cinema 4d.

...appearing at the coda in Ascending, this masterpiece by Keltoi was just the mise en scene we needed for such a weighty piece, all praise gerald ligonnet...

Tuesday 28 February 2012

cymaTtica


...from the shores of pen sans to a meeting of energies in an attic full of toys...

...presented in cymAVision featuring the work of the great Hans Jenny and more recent experiments by WaterDruide...

Tuesday 7 February 2012

instrumental


...fresh from the attic sessions, this is a mix of the instrumental, featuring the demo version produced by Paul Wheeler, which morphs into the live coda recorded in camera...

Sunday 1 January 2012