The Happiness Patrol
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Websites, Downloads and Crud
Formed in 2012 the Happiness Patrol is a noise and experimental music project from High Peak in Derbyshire, England.
Here's our blog - last updated Thursday 17th September 2015
Here's our Bandcamp
Here's our Soundcloud
Here's our Discogs (label) - work in progress
Here's our Discogs (band) - work in progress
Never been on Myspace
Not interested in Facebook
Twitter? Fuck off!
Ignore our (deleted?) website until further notice.
Contact
Email address in image. And yes we have got back into the habit of checking them.
Discography (all self released unless otherwise stated)
Our self-released CD-R releases are only available from us in person. At this time we do not sell nor trade them mail order.
Almost Ready / Pending
14 THP 3CDR - Send In The Idiots "A Second Collection of London Hats" (3" CD-R)
2015
13 THP DL - Send In The Idiots "A Fine Collection of London Hats" (Free Download from Bandcamp or Archive.org)
12 THP DL - Send In The Idiots "RaQet" (Free Download from Bandcamp or Archive.org)
11 THP DL - Send In The Idiots "At the BBC" (Free Download from Bandcamp or Archive'org)
2014
10 THP DL - District Convention Dogshit Overseer "1" (Free Download from Archive.org or Bandcamp)
09 THP DL - China Pig "Shut Up Grammatic Oil!" (Free Download from Bandcamp or Archive.org)
08 THP DL - China Pig "Let Them Eat Pork (Free Download from Bandcamp or Archive.org)
07 THP DL - The Happiness Patrol "Curing Mental Spasticity" (Free download from Bamdcamp or Archive.org)
06 THP DL - Send In The Idiots "Mmm Naked Librarian" (Free Download from Bandcamp or Archive.org)
2013
05 THP DC / DL - The Happiness Patrol "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Jesus But Were Afraid To Ask (Micro cassette, 1 copy or free download, Hal Tapes Museum of Microcassette Art [1], USA)
04 THP MC / DL - various artists "1.0 Outside" c/w The Happiness Patrol "Messing With Bob's O.C.D." (Cassette or Free Download from Bandcamp or [https://archive.org/details/10_Outside Archive.org)
2012
03 THP DL - Kenny Loggins At Live Aid "2 Blind Improvisations for Five String Electric Guitar" (free download)
02 THP DL - various artists "In Tongues" (free download, Waxen Wings [2], UK)
01 THP MC / CDR2 / DL - various artists "Connection Cassette Vol.6" (Cassette, 2x CD-R or $1 download, Hal Tapes [3], USA)
Our Manifesto, a Work In Progress
Plagiarised bullshit from years ago.
01 - No Copyrights.
To put a value (monetary or material) on something is to commodify it.
To commodify a thing is to deny it as art.
We deny any inherent value in our work, hence our work is art.
As our work is of no value there is little point in claiming ownership.
Hence we dedicate our work to the public domain free of both license and warranty.
02 - Low-art For Art's Sake.
"Art is anything you can get away with." Marshall McLuhan
We make no claim to originality or talent, simply the urge to create.
We embrace the outsider, the naive, the primitive.
Skill and technique are relative, taste doubly so.
03 - Consistency is Over-Rated.
We make no claims of consistency either in our musical stylings or our thoughts and philosophies.
04 - Musical Transparency
Everything track available for free forever
No deletions ever.
(However your attention is drawn to point 03)
05 - Never Send Us Money
We shall only spend it.
06 - And Finally...
Field Recordings
Walking Through Macclesfield Town Centre 12:34pm 27th March 2012
Heaton Chapel Station To Fopp Manchester Via Manchester Piccadilly Station 1616 thru 1638 10th March 2012
Noises, Chatter and Some Guy Humming Strangely To Himself 1201pm through 1208pm on the Bredbury to Marple Train 22nd January 2012
Sounds Recorded at Romiley Board Mill on the Afternoon of July 29th 2011
All the Happiest Bands Are On Patrol
China Pig
District Convention Dogshit Overseer
Duck Halt
The Happiness Patrol
The Happiness Patrol Grooving With A Pict
Hitler And The Christ Punchers
Kenny Loggins At Live Aid
Send In The Idiots
Friends And Collaborators
John Magill
nxfxtxex
Rejekted Kauses
Augus Traeger
Vziel Project
