Hello there!
Thanks for coming out this week to see Brigid Mae Power, what a fantastic show that was.
Our next Upset The Rhythm concert falls on Easter Monday at OSLO in Hackney with Joshua Abrams and his spectacular Natural Information Society.
With NIS, Abrams crafts simple loops with a three-string African lute
called a guimbri, the group then build these motifs up through
percussion, harmonium, autoharp etc. into vast, tonally abundant studies
in entrancement. Their songs, often nearing the 10 minute mark, surge
forward with an energy unique their own, in short it’s immensely
hypnotic, multi-layered and deeply contemplative. Can’t recommend this
show enough, plus Oblate will open the show with their shifting,
cryptic electronics and rhythmic plasticity. Tickets can be bought below
from the show link or on the door from 7.30pm this coming Monday.
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Upset The Rhythm presents…
JOSHUA ABRAMS
(NATURAL INFORMATION SOCIETY)
OBLATE
Monday 2 April
OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney, E8 1LL
8pm | £11 | TICKETS
JOSHUA ABRAMS developed his voice in the rich ferment of the 1990s Chicago music world, participating heavily across the city's jazz, experimental & rock scenes. He co-founded the 'back porch minimalist' band Town & Country &, with Matana Roberts & Chad Taylor, the trio Sticks & Stones. In a very busy two decades Abrams recorded & toured with a remarkable range of artists including extended engagements with Fred Anderson, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Hamid Drake, Theaster Gates, Neil Michael Hagerty, Nicole Mitchell, Jeff Parker, Mike Reed, Matana Roberts, & The Roots. Abrams appears on over one hundred recordings. A film composer, Abrams has scored the music for five feature length films including the award-winning films Life Itself, The Interrupters and The Trials of Muhammad Ali. Since 2010 Joshua Abrams has toured North America & Europe with a shifting-line up of musicians as 'Natural Information Society'. The group uses traditional & electric instrumentation to build long-form intricately psychedelic environments, composed & improvised, joining the hypnotic qualities of the Gnawan guimbri to a wide range of contemporary musics & methodologies including jazz, minimalism & krautrock. The band's album, Magnetoception (eremite), was selected by The Wire Magazine as the #3 record of 2015 & by Pitchfork as the #2 experimental record of the year. Current & former band members include Lisa Alvarado, Jason Adasiewicz, Mikel Avery, Ben Boye, Hamid Drake, Ben Lamar Gay, Emmett Kelly, Artur Majewski, Nick Mazzarella, Jeff Parker, Frank Rosaly, Jason Stein, Kuba Suchar, Nori Tanaka & Chad Taylor. In 2015, Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas collaborated on 'Automaginary', (Drag City). Their latest album, 'Simultonality' continues NIS's exploration of stasis, continuity, repetition and layering. 'Simultonality' was released back in April, 2017 on eremite records & Glitterbeat. http://naturalinformationsociety.com/
OBLATE is Lindsay Alexander
Corstorphine’s solo electronic project. Best known as Sauna Youth’s
guitarist, as well as a member of Primitive Parts and Cold Pumas,
Corstorphine continues to showcase his love of repetition and its
curious phasing subtleties with Oblate. Building up songs that pulse and
cascade with rhythmic fluidity is central to Oblate’s focus, his music
shape-shifts and enters a trance-like world of its own mutable
complexity.
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Upset The Rhythm presents…
JAMIE STEWART (Xiu Xiu)
ERIC CHENAUX
Monday 9 April
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £12 | TICKETS
JAMIE STEWART has spent 2017
showing how skilled he is at multi-tasking, having toured the most
recent Xiu Xiu album 'Forever', piled on the sonic pressure with
Lawrence English as HEXA and having paid final homage to The Music Of
Twin Peaks. 2018 sees that all change with Jamie committing to some rare
solo performances. The format is simple: Jamie, electric guitar and
voice, reducing the Xiu Xiu songs you know and love down to their most
fragile husk state. As the principle songwriter, musician and vocalist
behind avant-pop legends Xiu Xiu, Jamie Stewart is very much one of
UTR's favourite artists. Jamie draws heavily from wildly disparate
sources - cacophonous noise, gamelan, folk and the lush hooks of 80s UK
post-punk, to name a few - while his tortured lyrics and anguished
delivery consistently deal with the morose, suspected and the taboo.
Expect new material, unusual covers and favourite tracks from the Xiu
Xiu back catalogue, making for a truly memorable experience.
ERIC CHENAUX is an adventurous guitarist, singer and composer based in Paris. Having been an active player in Toronto experimental music circles with a host of group and collaborative works, Chenaux has more recently amassed a body of solo work across five albums on the Constellation label, centering around his dextrous, fried guitar playing as juxtaposed with a gorgeously lyrical vocal style. An ingenious recombinant use of traditional folk, psychedelic pop and consort music in earlier albums has over time evolved into a wholly uncategorisable form of balladry, shot through with a singular vernacular of guitar improvisation. |
Have a terrific Easter, see you on Monday!
Upset The Rhythm
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UPSET THE RHYTHM
UPCOMING SHOWS
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JOSHUA ABRAMS
(NATURAL INFORMATION SOCIETY)
OBLATE
Monday 2 April
OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney, London, E8 1LL
8pm | £11 | TICKETS
NO AGE
MIAUX
VITAL IDLES
Wednesday 4 April
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, 44 Pollard Row, London, E2 6NB
7:30pm | £12 | SOLD OUT
JAMIE STEWART (Xiu Xiu)
ERIC CHENAUX
Monday 9 April
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Rd, Angel, London, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £12 | TICKETS
ED SCHRADER’S MUSIC BEAT
DOG CHOCOLATE
CHARISMATIC MEGAFAUNA
Monday 7 May
Moth Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, Hackney Central, London, E9 6NU
7.30pm | £7.50 | TICKETS
NAP EYES
HALEY HEYNDERICKX
MATANA ROBERTS & KELLY-JAYNE JONES
COBY SEY
Wednesday 9 May
Ghost Notes, Peckham Levels, 95A Rye Lane, Peckham, London, SE15 4ST
7.30pm | £12 | TICKETS
PROTOMARTYR
ANA DA SILVA
RATTLE
Thursday 10 May
Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, King´s Cross, London, N1 9NL
7pm | £12.50 | TICKETS
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