Fake Teak are proud to announce their first ever gig at Lost In La Mancha, presented by Broken Toy Music as part of their Hallowe'en weekend entertainment. The night is free, featuring a competition for the scariest Hallowe'en mask with a prize of a bottle of wine ... from Transylvania.
Things are changing round here.
Fake Teak has a new keyboard player, Chris McInnes and a long-standing bass-player and singer, Andrew Wyld. They have been recording and working on a large series of new songs that represent a complete departure in style and quality for this project.
Most of this website will change completely in the next few days.
Stick around.
The re-design has had to be shelved in favour of actual activity, but much of that activity has been musical, and we're proud to present you with our first single, Solid-State, in its nearly-complete form.
With the immense help of Basic Electronics, Fake Teak have recorded this demo of their new song, Rocket Attack. This marks something of a departure for the Teak but we hope their destination will be an exciting one.
Andrew Wyld's first meeting with Ken Barraclough is recorded here in all its glory -- the original Radio Liechtenstein show featuring Andrew's songwriting. It was the start of a fantastic partnership.
Fake Teak would be nothing without Ken Barraclough, Brian Brompton and Kitty Lunalite. Find out more about them here.
Fake Teak believe in Rock to the Power of Roll.
RockRoll = 11
or equivalently
Rock = Roll√11
The computer on the front page is a Data General Nova. We like obsolete computers and the culture surrounding some of them. The Nova's design inspired parts of the Xerox Alto, the world's first windowing system, and the Apple I. The more advanced Supernovas were, for many years, the fastest small computer around.
Fake Teak have a Commodore 64. The Commodore's SID chip was the most advanced synthesizer in a small computer at the time it was produced; it is still being used to make new music, including, we hope, that of Fake Teak within the very near future (or as soon as Brian learns 6510 assembler).