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Amidst a canceled wedding, a death in the family and some ridiculously bad luck were a series of sinister and curious tropical storms. In the deep hours of the night the streets of Brisbane became confetti-filled water courses and wind tunnels.

Stumbling through insomnia, sadness and these dream-like weather apparitions Christian Duell accepted the challenge to write and record an album in a month. What resulted was not so much an album but more an explosion of all of these experiences into songs.

Months later, the dust has settled on this memorable and turbulent month and the experience of November has now been revisited with a faithful remixing of the entire recording by renowned engineer Bryce Moorhead. The remixed recordings capture the spontaneity of the songwriting and performances contained in the natural character of Brisbane's Old Museum concert Hall, where the majority of the recording was done.

The experiment of 'My, What a Big Black Cloud' has produced remarkable results. Not only does it have a semblance of album-like coherence, with common themes and sounds, it also hints at the numerous future possibilities for Mr Rascal's sonic direction.

This the launch of this release will be celebrated in style at the Brisbane Powerhouse on Sunday 26 July 2009, with dates in Sydney and Melbourne to follow.

'My, What a Big Black Cloud' will be available as a limited hard-copy release from Monday 27 July, 2009 from independent retailers and online. The recording will also be available as a digital download from iTunes, emusic and amazon.]]> http://misterrascal.com/news.html#2 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 - Mr Rascal - News http://misterrascal.com/news.html#1
Our first item from the news desk is the exciting announcement that Christian Duell (founder of Mr Rascal) has accepted the challenge to record a solo album in a month as part of 'National Solo Album in a Month'! http://nasoalmo.org/

Christian began recording in the wee hours of last night at Brisbane's Old Museum and the album will be launched as a limited edition batch of cassettes on the 3rd December at Rics Bar in Brisbane. To stay abreast with the comings and goings of this most ambitious undertaking you can follow the blog here: http://thirtydaymarchingband.blogspot.com/

Mr Duell is also growing a mo' for Movember. If you'd like to make a donation to help support the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and beyondblue - the national depression initiative click here and follow the links:
https://www.movember.com/au/donate/donate-details.php?action=sponsorlink®o=1839556&country=au]]> http://misterrascal.com/news.html#1 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 - Mr Rascal - News