Tuesday 1 October 2013

NO AGE and ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER and THE HOLYDRUG COUPLE this week!!!






Morning all!
Epic thanks to everyone for coming to see FUZZ last week, I’m sure you’ll agree it was a performance hard to surpass. Yet here we are with three more shows this week, so let’s try! Tomorrow we’re back at the Dome with NO AGE and ED SCHRADER’S MUSIC BEAT, plus DOG CHOCOLATE. Thursday sees us at Islington Assembly Hall with ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER and SCULPTURE. Then we round off the week in style with THE HOLYDRUG COUPLE and GLOSS REJECTION at The Victoria, three terrific shows! If that wasn’t enough ED SCHRADER’S MUSIC BEAT start the UK leg of their European tour today so we’ll be up in Manchester later on, busy times, here’s their tour dates and words galore on those upcoming events too…

ESMB UK tour
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Tue, 01/10/2013 UK Manchester, Islington Mill
Wed, 02/10/2013 UK London, Tufnell Park Dome with NO AGE
Thu, 03/10/2013 UK Glasgow, Old Hairdressers
Sat, 05/10/2013 UK Sheffield, Tye Die Tapes HQ


\\\\\\  TOMORROW  /////

NO AGE
ED SCHRADER’S MUSIC BEAT
DOG CHOCOLATE
LONDONEARS DJs
Wednesday 2 October
Tufnell Park Dome, 178 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, N19 5QQ
7pm | £13.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/227464

NO AGE are forever cascading forward in a positive direction, gleefully instinctive, erupting out of your speakers, blasting away the clouds above the smoggy cityscape to reveal a solar flaring sun. With an ecstatic force bubbling around and beyond their music, they release contagious energy like they’re main-lining a field full of whirring wind turbines, while tuned into an ancient celestial power source. No Age is the duo of Dean Spunt and Randy Randall, they are on a constant journey to explore the furthest reaches of sound. They set out with one particular rule in mind: To write songs that they would be psyched to listen to. On a first listen, discovering each new dose of their alchemy is exhilarating, they produce perfectly crafted songs, underpinned by infectious melodies and ear-piercing cacophony. This swirling mix of unstoppable momentum is catapulted into the stratosphere by sweeping bursts of symphonic growls. Their power is enunciated through their ability to take their core of catchy song-writing and expand its emotional influence through tone, structure and noise. With their newly released album 'An Object', their fourth so far, No Age have forgone the straight and narrow route, landing in a strange and unexpected place, feet planted in fresh, fertile soil. This new LP finds Dean Spunt exploding from behind his kit, landing percussive blows with amplified contact mics, 4-string bass guitars, and prepared speakers, as well as traditional forms of lumber and metal. Meanwhile, Randy Randall corrals his previously lush, spastic, sprawling arrangements into taught, refined, rats’ nests.
http://noagela.org/

ED SCHRADER'S MUSIC BEAT formed in 2009 when Devlin Rice (also of Nuclear Power Pants) joined Ed for a one-off show. The band formed quite unintentionally. Ed was invited to play a rave of all things and, before almost deciding to opt out, decided to join forces with his roommate Devlin for the performance. Playing as a duo, the show was magic - Ed doing manic extended versions of his songs, crooning to a glow stick friendly crowd under a full moon in September, while Devlin raged on his bass alongside making for a winning combination that was too good to leave as a one night affair. This mind meld took the left field paranoid pop that Ed was composing and added a powerful low end power chug from the jug of eternal rock, raising the whole project to a more visceral live experience. Since then the band has done considerable touring with acts such as Future Islands, Lightning Bolt and Dan Deacon, and really whipped up some enthusiasm based on their minimal and real rock vision. The band issued a 7" on Load Records called 'Sermon / Rats' and an album 'Jazz Mind' on Upset The Rhythm last year which encapsulated the band's vision of pop-inflected, stripped down rawk to its purest form; rhythm and personality.
http://edschradersmusicbeat.bandcamp.com/

"DOG CHOCOLATE that's the name of the band I wanna be in!" And so, a couple of experimental practices later, we realised we didn't need bass, but we did need drums, but not many. We didn't need to repeat stuff that didn't need saying more than once, and actually we didn't need to try to do anything!!! But we just did it (quote Yoda, insert picture of Honey Boo Boo Child doing thumbs up)! If you put a bar of dog chocolate next to a bunch of bars of normal chocolate, it might look the same but it ain't the same, it was made by dogs!! Look out for a forthcoming split LP with Dog Chocolate and Ravioli Me Away released by Upset The Rhythm soon!
http://dogchocolate.tumblr.com/info



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ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER
SCULPTURE
LONDONEARS DJs
Thursday 3 October
Islington Assembly Hall, Upper Street, Islington, N1 2UD
7.30pm | £15.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/228974

ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER aka Daniel Lopatin has been crafting his esoteric sound world for over five years now. Part hypnotic and warm, part dystopian and disorientating, his work - taking elements of drone, ambient and experimental music - has manifested in a slew of acclaimed releases, a collaborative LP with Tim Hecker and side projects, including synth-funk outfit Ford & Lopatin/Games. This show will mark the London debut for OPN's impressive new AV show in support of his new album 'R Plus 7', out on Warp Records. Lopatin's debut on Warp contains many familiarities for listeners who have followed the acclaimed electronic music composer’s development over the last five years, however the new record is a major departure from previous work. Lopatin’s experimental inclinations lurk behind the scenes while the music itself comes as close as Lopatin has ever gotten to anything resembling traditional song structure. 'R Plus 7' is disruptive and hypnotic in equal measure, and the fun of it lies in trusting Lopatin as he guides you past (and often through) a succession of walls and mirrors.
http://www.pointnever.com/

SCULPTURE are an audiovisual performance duo from London – electronic music producer, Dan Hayhurst, and animator, Reuben Sutherland. Together they create a kind of unstable modular collage with rhythm and spontaneity; Sutherland ‘DJs’ with home-made zoetropic discs, intricate concentric rings of illustrated frames projecting fragments of looping images at 33, 45 and 78 rpm, and pre-Edisonian imaging technology combined with a digital video camera. Hayhurst deploys found tapes, lo-fi electronics, computer programming, and analogue noise across 1⁄4” tape loops, backed with hardware samplers, a cassette walkman and a CDJ deck. All this comes together as an amalgam of found sounds & imagery, Plunderphonics and ancient electronic music recalling the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, mixed hands-on on the spot.
http://tapebox.co.uk/


\\\\\\  FRIDAY  /////

THE HOLYDRUG COUPLE
(Sacred Bones)
GLOSS REJECTION
LONDONEARS DJs
Friday 4 October
Dalston Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Road, Dalston, E8 3AS
8pm | £6.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/217365

THE HOLYDRUG COUPLE have done a lot of growing since their first release with Sacred Bones Records in 2011. The “couple,” consisting of Ives Sepúlveda and Manuel Parra recorded 'Noctuary' in Santiago, Chile. They put together a home studio and recorded the entire album themselves, from start to finish. Feeling that no one else had been able to capture their sound, Ives decided to take a risk and produce and engineer the album on his own. After four months of obsessively working and barely leaving the house, Ives emerged with a final product of which the band is truly proud. All of this hard work has manifested in a more elaborated, astral sounding album than its predecessor, 'Awe'. While 'Awe' and their 'Ancient Land' EP had a bluesier, woodsy sound, 'Noctuary' plays out like a slow motion 60’s beach party dream that you never want to wake from. This is not your typical motorik beat kraut album; rather it sounds more like a breezy take on Love or Beau Brummels. The way that songs like “Willoweed” and “Paisley” flow seamlessly into one another, it is easy to see how listeners will become entranced by this new, dream-like world that The Holydrug Couple have created. These two stand-out tracks, as well as “Follow Your Way” really exemplify the growth of this band and signify the new direction they’re headed in. This show marks their London debut, following on from their appearance at Liverpool's International Festival Of Psychedelia!
http://theholydrugcouple.bandcamp.com/

GLOSS REJECTION write fuzzed-out eerie anthems for the clatter punk enthusiasts. Guitars make spiky turns on their quest to circumnavigate the rhythms pinned down by the solid drumming and hushed vocal reverence. Check out their self-titled EP, recorded at Sound Savers right now at the following link, it's captivating stuff.
http://glossrejection.bandcamp.com/


Thanks for reading, we’re also announcing today a headline show for GARY WAR and PURPLE PILGRIMS in November too, look out below…
See you lots,
UTR
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http://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk
http://www.upsettherhythm.blogspot.com



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ROBEDOOR
SAND CIRCLES
BEN NASH
Friday 11 October
Corsica Studios, 5 Elephant Street, Elephant & Castle, SE17 1LB
7.30pm | £7.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/238377

DESTRUCTION UNIT
(ex-Reatards, Lost Sounds)
PHARMAKON
Wednesday 23 October
Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 3ES
8pm | £6.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/225040

NATE YOUNG
GARY WAR
PURPLE PILGRIMS
Saturday 26 October
Cafe Oto, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
8pm | £8.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/238388

SLEAFORD MODS
THE PHEROMOANS
SPOILS & RELICS
Wednesday 30 October
Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 3ES
8pm | £6.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/227468

“Halloween Spooktacular”
PLEASE
API UIZ
ARNAUD RIVIERE
Thursday 31 October
Dalston Victoria, 451 Queensbridge Road, Dalston, E8 3AS
8pm | £5.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/241694

NO JOY
FEAR OF MEN
Monday 11 November
Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, 42 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, E2 6NB
8pm | £6.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/230225

GARY WAR
PURPLE PILGRIMS
Saturday 16 November
Shacklewell Arms, 71 Shacklewell Lane, Dalston, E8 2EB
8pm | £5.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/242849

MAGIK MARKERS
Wednesday 20 November
Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, 42 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, E2 6NB
8pm | £8.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/237591

LONNIE HOLLEY
(Dust To Digital)
Thursday 5 December
Cafe Oto, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL
7.30pm | £7.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/238390

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