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James Yuill remixes 'Jingle Bells' using pints of Guinness

• 13th Dec 2010

Guinness has collaborated with critically acclaimed British electro folk musician James Yuill to help bring Christmas to life, by creating a contemporary version of Jingle Bells. Entitled 'Jingle Pints’, the track features Guinness pint glasses as the main instrument and gives a classic Christmas tune an electronic twist.

We'll let James fill you in:
“Well it's been a busy end to the year. Travelled to Indonesia to support Temper Trap which was awesome. Then zipped off to Argentina and Chile to play The Hot Festival at the former and support Hot Chip at the latter. Plus it was hot too.

***Guinness Viral***
Yes, it's the combination of two of my favourite things. Guinness and… er… Virals?

No! Music! That's the other thing!

I rejigged that old upbeat classic 'Jingle Bells' for Guinness. The reworked version is now known as the 'Jingle Pints Remix'. The viral was filmed on the day between my Indonesian and South American trips. My mental state was questionable due to jet lag, but I think we got some good stuff filmed. There was even a guy there from Guinness whose sole job was to pour the perfect pint and measure the head with a trademarked Guinness set square… (i'm not joking… he really had one). So I can proudly say that I have had the perfect pint of Guinness (and before you ask… I'm not getting paid to mention Guinness as many times as I can in this paragraph…….. Guinness).

Here's a list of my gigs for the next few months:
8th Dec – Curated By Lyle & Scott @ XOYO, London
10th Dec – I shall be Djing in Topman, Oxford Street
11th Dec – Babylon, Istanbul, Turkey

2011 German (and a Vienna date!) Tour
28th Jan – Mondial Club, Hamburg, Germany
29th Jan – Mau Club, Rostock, Germany
31st Jan – Postbahnhof, Berlin, Germany
1st Feb – Werk II, Leipzig, Germany
2nd Feb – Muz Club, Nurberg, Germany
4th Feb – Scheune, Dresden, Germany
5th Feb – Atomic Cafe, Munich, Germany
6th Feb – B72, Vienna, Austria
7th Feb – Schoken, Stuttgart, Germany
8th Feb – Sinkkasten Arts Club, Frankfurt, Germany

I've added some old remixes to my download page, but also a couple of new funky ones.
Empress – Captain (James Yuill Remix)
Silver Columns – Brow Beaten (James Yuill Remix)

In case some of you aren't aware of my new video based blog site Yuilltube.com, I have started a video based blog site called Yuilltube.com.
Most recent videos include my trips to Indonesia, Argentina & Chile.

That's it for now! James”

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