The Model
Single
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Friday, September 19th 2025
featuring The Model c/w Curtains, Twitching
cover art by Prehistoric Man
Single
Old Marble Giant
Single
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Friday, May 30th 2025
featuring Old Marble Giant c/w Hats and Everything Else Off to Larry
cover art by Prehistoric Man
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Mammoth
Single
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Sunday, November 3rd 2024
featuring Mammoth c/w Slippers, Sausages and Blancmange
cover art by Prehistoric Man
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Ooh Ha, Ha-Ha, Ha-Ha
Single
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Monday, July 22nd 2024
featuring Ooh Ha, Ha-Ha, Ha-Ha c/w What To Do With The Derricks
cover art by Prehistoric Man
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The Retrofuturists Are Back
Single
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Friday, March 1st 2024
featuring The Retrofuturists Are Back c/w Crank Magnetism
cover art by Prehistoric Man
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Magic Says How Much
Single
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Friday, January 26th 2024
featuring Magic Says How Much c/w One Minute You Won't Get Back
cover art by Prehistoric Man
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Whipped Up and Stripped Down
Single
outsideleft original sound recordings
Thursday, October 7th 2021
cover art by Jay Lewis
Original sleeve art assemblage
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Original sleeve art assemblage
Music Inspired by the Museumgoer of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Very short LP
outsideleft original sound recordings
Friday, July 16th 2021
cover art by the Museumgoer
an original drawing of the Louisiana Arts & Science Museum
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an original drawing of the Louisiana Arts & Science Museum
The Museumgoer of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Single
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Friday, July 2nd 2021
cover art by the Museumgoer
an original drawing of the Louisiana Arts & Science Museum
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an original drawing of the Louisiana Arts & Science Museum
Let's Get Yampi Dancing
Single
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Friday, May 28th 2021
cover art by Oona
Yampi Dancing with the marooned bears in Warley Woods
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Yampi Dancing with the marooned bears in Warley Woods
Andrée x Andrée
Single
outsideleft original sound recordings
Friday, May 14th 2021
cover art by google song generator
stripped down photo of the google song generator this song grew out of
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stripped down photo of the google song generator this song grew out of
Anarchy In The UK
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Friday, February 12th 2021
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"Loving Anarchy in the UK - truly subversive. I find the only way to shock sometimes is to fail to."
John Robinson, author, Famous for Fifteen People - The Songs of Momus 1982-1995
The Kingfisher (Ornithologists Mix)
Single
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Thursday, December 17th 2020
featuring Jason Lewis (spoken word)
Sonny Pine (guitar)
cover art by Warren Malkin
Repurposed original from Keith Malkin
Repurposed original from Keith Malkin
The Hospice, Christmas 2010
Single
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Friday, November 6th 2020
featuring Jason Lewis (spoken word)
cover art by Jason Lewis photo montage
Getting Ready For Nothing
Single
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Tuesday, September 1st 2020
cover art by Damon Hayhurst
A painting by Damon
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A painting by Damon
The Kingfisher
Single
Outsideleft Original Sound Recordings
Tuesday, March 3rd 2020
featuring Jason Lewis (spoken word)
Sonny Pine (guitar)
cover art by Warren Malkin
Repurposed original from Keith Malkin
Repurposed original from Keith Malkin
A Song For Damian Marquez The Tailor
Single
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Friday, January 24th 2020
cover art by Helen
Mark, Andy & Danny. Lifelong friends at Andy's wedding to Lorna
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Mark, Andy & Danny. Lifelong friends at Andy's wedding to Lorna
"This is the sound of swanning around in the back of a convertible on a sunny day in LA..." - Meave Haughey, author and recent contributor to Love Bites, fiction inspired by Pete Shelley
What Mods and Skins Mean To The Minecraft Kids
Single
SideCartel
Friday, November 8th 2019
cover art by Lorna Rose
from her series of Bus Drawings [lornarose.co.uk]
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from her series of Bus Drawings [lornarose.co.uk]
Frisky
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Monday, September 23rd 2019
cover art by Helen
Magic at the Pool
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Magic at the Pool
Cacophonie Nocturne sur Sunset Blvd
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Friday, June 7th 2019
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Sunset Conversation, Early in the AM
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Friday, June 7th 2019
featuring Dik Guru on drums
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There Was No One Else I Could Tell
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Friday, May 10th 2019
featuring Sonny Pine on Guitar
cover art by Ancient Champion
Harborne Public Swimming Pool
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Harborne Public Swimming Pool
When I Open My Mouth I Wish The Sound Of Someone Great Came Out
Single
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Friday, June 22nd 2018
featuring WriteMeave's whispers...
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Car Wash Love Story
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Car Wash Love Story
Remember Anton from the Factory? He Was Alright
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Friday, March 30th 2018
cover art by Prehistoric Man
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VIDEO
The Museumgoer of Baton Rouge , Louisiana
Video by Jay Lewis (with additional material from the Museumgoer)
Video . July 2nd, 2021
Let's Get Yampi Dancing
Video by Jay Lewis
Video . May 28th, 2021
Andrée X Andrée
Video by Jay Lewis
Video . May 14th, 2021
Getting Ready For Nothing
Video by Oona
Video . September 1st, 2020
A Song For Damian Marquez The Tailor
Directed by Lewis Tulpa
featuring Jason Lewis
Video . January 24th, 2020
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Sunset Conversation, Early in the AM / Cacophonie Nocturne sur Sunset Blvd
Directed by Lewis Tulpa
featuring Jason Lewis and Guilaine S. Arts
Video . July 26th, 2019
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There Was No One Else I Could Tell
Directed by Lewis Tulpa
Video . May 3rd, 2019
| Bandcamp | Spotify | Soundcloud |SHORT STORY COLLECTION
Six Stories About Motoring Nowhere
November, 2021 - at last!
read a draft ofWould You Spend The Rest Of Your Life With Me
not quite the final verion...
Six Stories About Motoring Nowhere is a collection of short stories by Ancient Champion. Mainly, about people motoring nowhere.
Cover Art by the artist Damon Hayhurst [website]
Help with the text by Lake, Meave and Jay
Would You Spend The Rest Of Your Life With Me
Alhough it was cold outside Aanya wasn't sure whether to go out and sit on the front wall and wait right now, or to pop out in her slipperboots when she came. She'd said she would call when she got outside anyway. There'd be nowhere to park, there hardly ever was and that could be a problem. And she'd reiterated the money part for the second time just so Aanya knew, maybe like some people on this street or on this estate wouldn't even have it once she arrived.
Aanya stood in the kitchen diner and squeezed the tea bag against the side of her mug, she was a little anxious, she knew, and a little exhilarated. She'd forgotten to put the colander of drained spinach into the quorn, but the peppers were in the oven now and maybe the spinach wouldn't be missed. The flowers in the vase on the table were simple, lilacs and astrantia, lovely but not ostentatious. She'd never bought drugs before. Esme would be back soon and Aanya wanted to get dressed, she wanted everything to be just right. She considered the illicit thrills, the rubicons crossed, her parents taboos defied. This one barely counts she thought. The friendly generally unintrusive neighbours though, they were a worry.
The phone rang then and her pug raised her head and didn't do anything else.
Aanya was conscious of her slipperboots as she stood leaning in through the car window. It was double parked but there wasn't anyone waiting to get by to close down the small talk. She didn't know how many minutes she needed to stay for. She just wanted to hand over the money and go back inside. The woman in the car wasn't any older than Aanya, she looked familiar, was detached and cool but checked the mirrors for traffic. She was coming from work she said, she'd just changed jobs and had used to work in a factory and now a shop. She'd seen her old factory friends and they were making these sweets for Valentines day. Aanya didn't know what to expect and said she worked in a hospital but didn't say anything else. The woman had two heart shaped cardboard boxes on the passenger seat. Aanya pulled the money from her jacket pocket and offered it through the window. Thanks for doing this, she said. The woman didn't immediately take the money, there'd been a price miscalculation she said, and opened one of the boxes, "caramels and jellies, mainly," she said. "It ended up being five more. But don't worry about it, I can get it next time." There was a plastic bag inside the heart shaped box and it was difficult to see through, but even in the diffused streetlight the colours looked pretty.
"Thanks for doing this for me." Aanya said.
from the short story collection 'Six Stories About Motoring Nowhere' available Now Print and Kindle/eBook version
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