Christmas Mansion Fun Times!

We'd love to give you our own version of how the saki After Hours Holiday Programme went, but the slideshow on the TimeOut Chicago website reminds us that a picture is worth a thousand words. So take a look at a few thousand words.

saki After Hours: Christmas Mansion!

saki is proud to announce the latest in its After Hours series: A Christmas Mansion Holiday Party. The time when all is bright, merry, and joyous, when movies and television remind us of the true meaning of the season. And we all warm a little in our hearts even as the biting freeze of a winter's day relentlessly attacks us like falling icicles from a shaken tree. On Saturday, December 17th, you can add one more bringer-of-good-tidings to that list of nostalgia driven entertainment when you come to enjoy saki's Christmas Mansion Party with performances by Ami Saraiya & the Outcome and Bob Dey's Tank Engine Man. If ever you wished that life could be more like it is in the movies, let us be your Christmas Genie. Below is a list of exactly what you won't want to miss.

The Party:

- sweater contest

- egg nog, snacks, other tastes of the season

- cookie exchange (bring your own cookies and share with others)

- Christmas Freak Out Room (you'l have to come here and find out)

- sing alongs

- games and other small forms of entertainment

The Performances:

Ami Saraiya and the Outcome will be performing for the release of a brand new record on that day, just in time for Christmas!

Bob Dey's Tank Engine Man will, of course, make their customary After Hours appearance. However, they are currently holed up in the DC/DI Department of Records and Record Keeping working on their own recordings and will be beaming in via "in person" with a Special Christmas Message.

Be sure to RSVP on facebook!

Success! Halloween Carnival

Thanks to everyone who came and everyone who helped with the saki After Hours Halloween Carnival on Oct. 29th. If it was anything, it was a blast.

Well done to all, and all to well done.

Concatenating Pedals (September 2)

Our first saki After Hours show was a complete success!
After performances by Bigcolour and Bob Dey's Tank Engine Man, the night turned into a beautiful sound freak out as things became interactive.

Amps were set up on one side of the room, the musicians playing through them on the other. Connecting the two were linked series of guitar pedals which were manipulated by the audience. The interactive portion lasted for 42 minutes, all completely improvised (you'll believe it when you hear it!) Take a look at the video for a peek at what it was like.

Also, download a recording of the entire performance here.

saki After Hours: Concatenating Pedals from Bob Dey's Tank Engine Man on Vimeo.