Muso Butler Latest News

A busy year nearing it's end!

2010-11-29T09:13:00.000-08:00

Autumn and Winter has seen MB mainly looking after production and tech support for Robyn's hectic live schedule in support of the 'Body Talk' 3 part album campaign.

Tour support has included European and UK tours as well as 2 USA tours in 2010.

2011 sees a return to USA in January with further Europe dates planned.

I'll be adding multi-media content to the Muso Butler news page in 2011 as well a brand new website detailing the latest developments at MBHQ.

Robyn Live Summer Schedule

2010-08-09T09:10:00.000-07:00

Muso Butler have been working with live festival dates throughout Europe with Robyn as well as her August USA tour.

Royksopp Live Dates

2010-07-12T09:04:00.000-07:00

MB have been looking after production for Royksopp live dates in Norway and Serbia.

Robyn Pre-Production

2010-06-01T08:52:00.000-07:00

Muso Butler have been working on pre-production for Robyn's upcoming live touring schedule
in support of 'Body Talk' a new 3 part album campaign.
More info at: http://www.robyn.com/

Moby Tour Support

2010-04-30T00:17:00.000-07:00

MB have been working with Moby on his recent tour of South America.

Chase & Status Australian Tour Support

2010-02-07T01:54:00.000-08:00

Muso Butler have completed pre-production for the upcoming Chase & Status Australian tour of the Good Vibrations festival. MB will also be providing tech support for the tour in Sydney, Perth, Gold coast and Melbourne during February.

Teddybears Tech Support

2010-02-01T02:00:00.000-08:00

MB have recently provided a live sequencer / playback system for Swedish band - Teddybears ( http://devilsmusic.org ).

Royksopp - Europe / USA Tour Support

2009-11-30T09:00:00.000-08:00

Muso Butler have recently completed tours of Europe and USA providing tech support and production services for Royksopp.

On Tour with Chase & Status

2009-10-23T10:33:00.001-07:00

MB are providing tech support for UK Drum & Bass act Chase & Status ( http://www.myspace.com/chaseandstatus ) on their Autumn / Winter tour of UK and Europe.

Royksopp Summer Festivals

2009-06-11T01:25:00.000-07:00

MB are currently working with Royksopp - providing production services and tech support for their summer festival dates.

Beyonce Tech Support

2009-06-10T00:00:00.000-07:00

Muso Butler have been working with Beyonce on her O2 Arena shows in London. MB provided drum tech support for Kim Thompson (drums), Nikki Glaspie (drums) and Marcie Chapa (percussion) on the last two shows of Beyonce's European leg of her 'I am... Sasha Fierce' world tour.
Thanks to McGoo!

Frankmusik Live Dates

2009-05-09T04:44:00.000-07:00

Muso Butler have been working with Frankmusik ( http://www.frankmusik.com ).
MB provided audio playback and backline tech support for live and TV dates including the Camden Crawl, Intros for C4 TV and the London Calling festival at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, Holland.

Royksopp Tour Support

2009-04-12T02:48:00.000-07:00

MB have been working with Royksopp on their recent April European tour. MB provided pre-production and tech support services overseeing all programming, playback and backline duties.

Blake Tour Support

2009-03-23T09:22:00.000-07:00

Muso Butler have been providing tour pre-production services for classical group Blake ( http://www.blakeofficial.com/ ).
MB provided audio mixdown, transfers and playback system for Blake's March / April UK tour.

Robyn German Tour Feb / March

2009-03-16T11:14:00.000-07:00

Muso Butler have been working with Robyn on her February / March tour of Germany.
MB provided backline and audio playback tech support for the tour with performances in: Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Munich.

These are likely to be Robyn's last major shows for 2009 as she is busy writing and recording her new album.

Groove Armada NYE Concert

2009-01-02T00:00:00.000-08:00

Muso Butler provided drums / electronics technical support for Groove Armada at their New Years Eve concert at Edinburgh Castle helping to celebrate the famous Hogmanay bash.

The concert was broadcast live by BBC Scotland internationally.

Happy New Year from Muso Butler!

Robyn at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2008

2008-12-13T00:00:00.000-08:00

Muso Butler have been working with Robyn for her recent performance at the Nobel peace prize concert 2008 in Oslo, Norway. Muso Butler looked after all backline and audio-visual playback requirements.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2008 to Martti Ahtisaari for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts.
Other artists performing on the show included: Diana Ross, Il Divo, Jason Mraz, The Script, Dierks Bentley, Marit Larsen, Julieta Venegas, Seun Kuti and Elina Vähälä.
Robyn was accompanied by The Norwegian Radio Orchestra - conducted by Nick Davies.

The concert was broadcast live to millions around the globe. View an extract from Robyn's performance here:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=L1FE5bZWK0E

Ginger Baker at the Zildjian Drummer Achievement Awards

2008-12-08T00:00:00.000-08:00

Muso Butler have been looking after Ginger Baker at the Zildjian Drummer Achievement Awards at Shepherd's Bush Empire, London.
Ginger was presented with a lifetime achievement award by Charlie Watts - and accompanied on stage by Jack Bruce, Tony Allen, Courtney Pine, Peter King and Gerard Presencer.
Muso Butler provided drum and backline tech support at the event which also included performances by: Keith Carlock, Simon Phillips, Steve White, Tony Levin, Gary husband, Jon Lord and Ray Russell.
For more info, go to:

http://www.zildjian385.com/start.html

In the studio with Groove Armada

2008-11-20T00:00:00.000-08:00

Muso Butler have been working with Groove Armada at their studio in the South of France.
GA have been recording their new EP - due for release early 2009.

Robyn: Madonna European Tour support

2008-10-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

Muso Butler have been working with Robyn who supported Madonna on her 'Sticky and Sweet' European tour.
MB provided backline and audio playback tech support for the 5 week tour which included arena performances at:
- 23 Aug 2008 Cardiff
- 26 Aug 2008 Nice
- 28 Aug 2008 Berlin
- 30 Aug 2008 Zurich
- 02 Sep 2008 Amsterdam
- 04 Sep 2008 Dusseldorf
- 06 Sep 2008 Rome
- 09 Sep 2008 Frankfurt
- 11 Sep 2008 London
- 14 Sep 2008 Lisbon
- 16 Sep 2008 Seville
- 18 Sep 2008 Valencia
- 20 Sep 2008 Paris
- 21 Sep 2008 Paris
- 23 Sep 2008 Vienna
- 25 Sep 2008 Budva
- 27 Sep 2008 Athens