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    • Watch the video for Steve Mason’s new single ‘Lost and Found’ on YouTube

      Posted on 17th March 2010 in Steve Mason

      The video for Steve Mason’s new single ‘Lost And Found’ has been posted to YouTube by Domino Records

      Having recently signed to Domino imprint Double Six, Steve Mason has announced the release of a new single, Lost & Found, on Monday April 19th 2010.

      The single, available digitally and featuring the B-side Its Never You, is taken from his forthcoming album, Boys Outside, which is released on May 3rd.

      Having previously recorded as both King Biscuit Time and Black Affair, both largely electronic based projects, Steve Mason enlisted the help of producer Richard X and consciously made a decision to go back to basics; the album was written entirely on acoustic guitar with many of the finished tracks stripped back to reveal his undoubted songwriting talent.

      www.stevemasontheartist.com

      Check out the video embedded below, or via http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjI4kvAd2QM

      Leave us a comment and let us know what you think of the new single

      Steve Mason set to play ParkLife Festival in Manchester this June

      Posted on 17th March 2010 in Steve Mason

      Steve Mason is set to play the ParkLife Festival in Platt Fields, Manchester on Saturday 12th June. Steve will be appearing on the Now Wave stage alongside Kele, Four Tet, Errors, Egyptian Hip Hop, James Yuill, We Have Band and May68. Tickets go onsale tomorrow (Thursday 18th March) priced at £25 for advance tickets. You can also purchase a ‘Joint Ticket’ which will include entrance to the Ian Brown show at Platt Fields the day before. Find out more on the ParkLife Festival official site

      Steve Mason new session for Mary Anne Hobbs to be broadcast on BBC Radio 1 tonight

      Posted on 3rd March 2010 in Steve Mason

      Mary Anne Hobbs Steve Mason has recorded a session for Mary Anne Hobbs that will be broadcast tonight (Thursday 4th March) between 2-4am on her BBC Radio 1 show. Mary Anne has been a long-time supporter of the Beta Band throughout the years, with the band appearing several times on the Breezeblock. I imagine the new session tonight will feature tracks from Steve’s forthcoming album Boys Outside (scheduled for release on May 3rd through Domino Records). If you miss the show you’ll be able to listen again via the iPlayer from tomorrow.

      Meanwhile, Steve has been busy posting album updates to his Twitter account. Apparently he shot the video for new single Lost and Found in Snowdonia last weekend. You can follow Steve on Twitter via @SteveMasonKBT. Also, check out his new official website and Facebook page, and if you want to hear some demos from the new album pop over to his MySpace.

      Update: just spotted this Twitter exchange between Beta-fan @j0annepsi and Lauren Laverne that suggests a BBC 6Music session for Lauren’s show is on the cards too :)

      Update2: The show is now up on the BBC iPlayer to listen again. In case anyone wants to skip straight to Steve’s new songs, the first part starts around 23minutes:

      24m00 All Come Down
      28m03 Am I Just A Man

      Second part starts around 1h28:

      1h28m33 Boys Outside
      1h33m27 I Let Her In

      New single out April 19th – Lost and Found
      New album out May 3rd – Boys Outside

      Listen to two new Steve Mason demos on MySpace

      Posted on 11th July 2009 in King Biscuit Time, Steve Mason

      Steve MasonSteve Mason is busy recording a new album – you can follow his progress on Twitter via @KBTstevemason

      You can also listen to two new demos All Come Down and Lost And Found via Steve’s MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/stevemasonlovesyou

      Here’s Steve’s about me section from MySpace, which should get you up to speed:

      Yes its me- BETA BAND/ KING BISCUIT TIME/ BLACK AFFAIR. Its time to step out of the shadows and confront society. So what the hell is going on? Well, I’m about 3/4 of the way through recording a new album which i will put out under my own name, Steve Mason. The songs are fully realised in demo form but i really wanted someone to lift a little of the pressure of production of my shoulders and Richard X ( http://www.blackmelody.com ) offered himself up. So we are working through my demo’s and re-doing all the vocals and any other parts which need it. The results are amazing. Best songs i’ve ever written and they SOUND big. I reckon i will put a 4 track EP out in about 2 or 3 months then maybe one more and do the album very early next year. There will be fresh music up here very soon. But its not quite ready yet. See you on the ice…….