Pempi

Pempi is a working name of Mike Hadland. Under this working name he produces drum and bass , dubstep and other electronic music. He also produces under the name Tapped cat and in collaborations such as Pnd (neich,dubstep,electro) and internal conflict (freeform electronica/psychedelic). For more info visit: www.collectivology.net Podsafe downloads at: Podshow and Podsafeaudio where to begin?............ Ive been making music of some discription for as long as i can remember, i was in my first band by the time i was 11/12 and played my first gig at 13. My first band went through many name changes (always begining with "a" for some reason) and line ups, but almost always in included my life long best freind and inspiration Sam Freeman (chai lounge/merfasmean). The band seemed to disolve and over a couple of years i tried to get another band together but it never really worked, difficulties finding a suitible drummer and my obsesion with psychedelia - in all senses of the word - were probebly the reason for this. At 16 I joined an Access To Music (ATM) course at warrington collegiate where i started my next project (worthy of being called a band) Chapter 24. Chapter 24 started out as "Kool aid" (i was still in my psychedelics faze) and consisted of myself and fellow student Mike Garvey and some other people , of whom i forget the names. We were essentially the left overs from the class , (you had to join a band as part of the course) luckely within 2/3 weeks the line ups of most the bands in the class had changed leaving me and mike the oppertunity to hand pick musicians. After that , the focus of the band changed to a more modern grungy sound and we became Chapter 24. We were fairly succesfull on the course and reprasented our collage at the north west regional festival. Ending our set with our version of Led Zeps Rock and roll which seemed to have become our main attraction. During this time in collage i re-started collaborations with Sam Freeman, this time on an electronic tip. Sam had been using sequencers in school and i had just been introduced to them at collage (it is at this point that i started to change my musical views and sam became an huge inspiration). We started the project "Internal Conflict" in 2000 after hearing a friends demo and saying "we can do that!". Our sound wasnt focused, there were no rules. That was kind of the point, we went from breakbeats with dirty guitars to full on hammond solos and rythmic filtered white noise. At the same time me and sam were learning recording and production techniques. Sam recorded chapter 24s first demo at st helens collage (2000/2001). Internal conflict is an on going project with many names but the essential es cont....@www.collectivology.net