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Upset The Rhythm presents…
MÉSANGE
HISTORICALLY FUCKED
JOHN HANNON
Thursday 7 February
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle Street, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £7 | TICKETS
MÉSANGE is a collaboration between composer/violinist Agathe
Max and composer/ musician Luke Mawdsley. Their new album, Gypsy Moth,
anticipates the forces of nature, creation and rebirth. Mordant musical
tapestries (minimalism, drone and ambient) are washed in dense electric
skies, exposing signs that flutter and flare in dark elegance.
Ubiquitous modal loops, inspire tension and mystery, a golden harvest
where forbidden fruits are gathered by furtive hands mindful of a coming
storm. Mesange implore you to explore the threshold between dawn and
dusk, self and other, where unfettered territories are sensually
intimated in fecund sounds that teeter between lightning and
thunderclap. The duo have travelled and toured extensively across the
U.K and Europe and have been invited to perform with the acclaimed
minimalist composer Terry Riley. Their performances are often improvised
and unrestricted by the usual constraints of musical reception,
celebrating a queering of gender, the body and identity both visually
and sonically.
As a graduate in electro-acoustic composition, Agathe Max has worked within a range of indistinct disciplines including, sound design for experimental film, theatre, contemporary dance and other visual art forms. Agathe uses improvisation to explore a dark(er) materiality rooted in ritual, myth and the supernatural. Agathe Max's latest recording A Gypsy in a Church (2016) is a daring 22 minute acoustic improvisation, weaving post-classical motifs into a beguiling and hypnotic tapestry that utters speculations on sacred identity and heritage. Other creative actions have included the OFIELD project, processing and forging environmental soundscapes for an imagined utopia/dystopia. Luke Mawdsley is a musician and composer, solo artist, collaborator and guitarist in Cavalier Song. His work meditates on the human condition, stirring memory and desire within musical definitions of a terrific sublime. The results are a series of lush, yet darkly affective, symphonic abstractions weaving in and around melancholic myths and narratives. Luke is currently the lead guitarist in Mugstar and a former member of Liverpool avant-garde group a.P.A.t.T. He has received commissions from The Blue Coat, FACT , Static Gallery and Edge Hill Arts Centre, providing an ongoing portfolio of improvised and soundtrack works.
https://mesange.bandcamp.com/
HISTORICALLY FUCKED are an entangled quartet fronted by Greta Buitike, who create short, eruptive songs which they then set about obliterating from the inside. The four-piece is completed by Otto Willberg (bass), David Birchall (guitar) and Alecs Pierce (drums). Their raft of albums on Heavy Petting at varying times brings to mind the very disparate approaches of both The Fall and the John Zorn-composed trio of Patton-Baron-Dunn, without really sounding like either of them. Historically Fucked can be funny, gleefully eruptive and very gratifyingly raucous and auto-destructive, heading off in numerous directions within a matter of seconds. Listen to their records and expect to have no idea what to expect.
https://heavypettingtime.bandcamp.com/
JOHN HANNON known for his work as a member of Liberez presents here a solo manifestation of violin flotsam. |
Upset The Rhythm presents…
BIG JOANIE
SECRET POWER
SOLUTION HOURS
Friday 15 February HQI, The Rotunda, Wood Lane, White City Place, London, W12 7TP (3 min walk from White City tube up Wood Lane. Behind the green gates) 7.30pm | £7 | TICKETS
BIG JOANIE are a black feminist punk band. They're like The
Ronettes filtered through 80s DIY and riot grrrl, with a sprinkling of
dashikis. Big Joanie formed in the summer of 2013 to play at First
Timers (a gig where every band plays their set for the first time) at
the close of the year. In 2014 they self-released their 4-track EP
'Sistah Punk', and in the years following went on to tour the UK and
Europe supporting acts such as The Ex, Parquet Courts, Downtown Boys,
Shopping and more. In November 2018 they released their debut album
'Sistahs,' a bold record covering topics of friendship, frustration,
resistance and sisterhood. Big Joanie formed not only to make music, but
to create a continuum for punks of colour by paying homage to their
forebears. By presenting a powerful vision of black womanhood they hope
to encourage young punks of colour to get involved in making music and
claiming their space in the scene. And with the release of 'Sistahs',
acclaimed by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and more, Big Joanie are set to
spread their mission even further.
https://bigjoanie.bandcamp.com/ SECRET POWER are Jessica Ashman (guitar and vocals), Peter Lam (drums) and Summer Scott (keyboard and vocals). Combining a love of post-punk with R&B girl group harmonies, lots of reverb and wavy alt soul, the group have been quietly but assuredly making themselves known in the D.I.Y punk scene of London for the past year. The group’s incarnation came out of the First Timers scene of D.I.Y Space For London in 2017 and started with a duo. After a few Facebook shout-outs, the group re-formed with new members and became a trio. Since then, Secret Power have been playing in and around London and Brighton, playing events such as Decolonise Fest 2018 and Synth Punk Fest 2018. Secret Power will be releasing their debut self-titled EP in February 2019, with For The Sake of Tapes, as well as supporting Big Joanie on their upcoming UK tour. https://www.facebook.com/secretpowerband/
SOLUTION HOURS are a two-piece from London, using a mix of spoken word, dynamic drumming, discordant guitar and ambience.
https://solutionhours.bandcamp.com/
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