Novak

"a layered expanse of percussion, guitars, vocals, flute and various lo-tech instruments" from Birmingham.
1995-99

Novak were...
David Gerrard keyboards, percussion
Jeremy Hepburn guitar
Kirsten Morley bass
Philip Robinson drums
Jane Smith guitar
Tamsin Snell flute, harmonica etc
Adele Williams vocals, glockenspiel

Latest News

I haven't updated this page for a long time, though I'm keeping it around for historical reasons. And I'm sorry, but I don't know where you can get a copy of "Rapunzel".

Pictures of Novak: mine and others'.

Demo version of Rapunzel (mp3, 4.8MB)
at SR's site

	Silver Seas/Schmaltz Earworm 7" WORM2 November 1996
	Rapunzel/Almost Chinook Kitty Kitty Corportaion 7" CHOOSY007 April 1997
	Alpine Assignment EP Telesphore, Happenstance, Ultra Sheer, Telesphere Kitty Kitty Corporation 12"/CD CHOOSY009 October 1997
	Boy Scouts of America/Still Seas Kitty Kitty Corporation 7" CHOOSY12 June 1998
	"Peggy's Well" on Will Our Children Thank Us Foundry Recordings CD FR002CD March 1999
	Blue Chinook/Peggy's Well (Mild) Kitty Kitty Corporation 7" CHOOSY15 March 1999
	Novak Lord of the World, Fruit Cooler, Burning Hoof, Cross Purposes, Blue Chinook, Boyscouts of America, By Peggy's Well, Havana (where she was) Kitty Kitty Corporation LP/CD CHOOSY016 Hidden Agenda records CD AHA!008 April/May 1999
	John Peel Session Hotter is Faster, Lord of the World, Relief Rain, Peggy's Well BBC Radio One broadcast April 1999
	"Silver Seas" on The Tell-Tale Signs of Earworm Earworm double CD WORM43 May 1999

(I'm no longer putting any effort into manintaining these links. They are included for historical interest only, and may well be broken.--RB 24 Jul 03)

(Having said that, I've updated the Kitty Kitty Corp. link)--RB April 06)

New for 2006: The official Kitty Kitty Corporation site has been revived at a new address, with histories of Novak, Quickspace and all the other Kiity Kitty artists. (The Kitty Kitty page at percyg.demon.co.uk seems to be gone from the web)

The original Novak webpage includes the text of several published interviews with Novak, early reviews, sound clips, and more; and Stevie has joined the fray with a site that's got lots of information on it, plus a full-length mp3 of Silver Seas.

The wonderful "We Brought Our Friends" is the bible of the Birmingham scene and is now available on the net, including the article on Novak. There are a few copies of the printed version left, and it's well worth buying.

Novak's album was released in America by Hidden Agenda, part of the Parasol organization. They have a page devoted to the Novak album (AHA!008), including a RealAudio file of Burning Hoof and lots of quotes from the American press.

Novak's first label Earworm has its own site now. Sorry, Silver Seas is completely sold out, but if you go to the fab Norman Records website (this link works now!) there's plenty (long file) of other things on offer. Then there's more to buy at the Southern records shop and Chunky Records.

If you like Novak and you're looking for something to read on the net, try Motion SoNoMu or Flak Magazine. Or subscribe to Pure-Impure, the swirly - ambient - postrock - triphop - noise - drone mailing list (to be honest it's pretty quiet these days), itself an offshoot of the venerable 4AD-L.

And finally, just for the hell of it, a Kim Novak fan page.

Made by Rob Brewer
Mail me at novak-www@rbrwr.org

Darling Nikki font by Nicole Blackman & Chank Diesel

Thanks to the various sites I "borrowed" cover scans from, most of which are linked to just over to the right there.

This page now uses CSS stylesheets throughout, and will look best in a standards-compliant browser.

Last fiddled with on 1 Apr 2006.