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The songs on ‘Carnage Hall’, Kaputt’s
debut album released by Upset The Rhythm this September, were all
written in Glasgow between 2016-2018. Following on from the independence
referendum and the subsequent Brexit vote these songs couldn’t help but
be influenced by the maelstrom of political hypocrisy and confusion in
the air. Other themes prevalent on this energetic corkscrew of an album
include the offbeat happenchance of life in 2019, notions of
surveillance, identity (personal as well as the biscuit-tin styled
persona of the Scottish Highlands), industrialisation and family.
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Upset The Rhythm presents…
EXEK
THE REBEL
ES
Friday 27 September Moth Club, Old Trades Hall, Valette St, Hackney Central, E9 6NU 7.30pm | £7 | TICKETS
EXEK thrive amidst noirish,
dub-dilated post-punk, with lyrics skirting the sardonic, mired in
disdain. Situated in a reservoir of space echo and assisted by the
heavyweight bass-and-drum brunt of Henry Wilson and Sam Dixon, vocalist
Albert Wolski conveys an oblique, literate nihilism that resembles both a
sneer and a smirk. Wicked turns of phrase are spiked with black humour
and surrealism as the rest of the band summon sparse, reverb-drenched
runs of percussion and a thickset low end prone to detour and
dysfunction. Exek recently followed up their ‘Ahead Of Two Thoughts’ LP
released last year on W.25TH (Superior Viaduct) with their astonishing
‘A Casual Assembly’ EP. This new record from Melbourne's audio-wranglers
coalesces around a stirring theme for synthesizer, trumpet and bass,
bringing together reference points to Laurie Spiegel, Jah Wobble and The
Velvet Underground's ‘The Gift.’ Frontman Albert Wolski's disembodied
narration – at times reminiscent of Samuel Beckett or Robert Ashley –
unfolds over a series of dark vignettes set in a dystopian near-future.
Autotune has been banned, secret police patrol the redoubts of the
wealthy, and world beaches have been cleared of their sand for the
construction of enormous urban prisons. As these events turn more
fraught and absurd, Wolski reveals just how much is gained through
EXEK's stripped-down arrangements and dreamlike tones.
https://exek.bandcamp.com/ THE REBEL is prolific London outsider Ben Wallers; a charismatic lone wolf in a cowboy hat or trilby and a tie whose electrified howls are too idiosyncratic to be broken down into market-oriented terms. It is difficult to sketch a thumbnail summary of a musician who has amassed a vast and unwieldy discography under a variety of names and genres: the most widely acclaimed is probably the Country Teasers, but he also moonlights as, or in, the Rebel, the Company, the Male Nurse, the Beale, the Stallion, the Black Poodle and Skills on Ampex, across folk, country, garage, post-punk, no wave and electronic pop. In the main part The Rebel is centred around twisted Casio drones, clanging guitar and some defiantly deadpan vocals, all thrown in the pan and pressure-cooked in Wallers' mind. Wallers has amassed a near-unquantifiable discography over the past 20 years, from scores of more or less "official" LPs, EPs and 7"s to seemingly endless self-released cassettes. https://therebelband.bandcamp.com/ ES are the soundtrack to your no-wave nightmares, proffering 'mutant synth-punk for our dystopian present' (Jes Skolnik). Ethereal synths, tense basslines, wired drums and cold vocals collide, proving curiously dark, intense and unrelenting. After releasing their debut 'Object Relations' 12" EP on La Vida Es Un Mus in 2016, all members now reside in London and are working towards their debut album. ES feature members of Public Service, The Worms, Primetime and Scrap Brain. https://esband.bandcamp.com/releases |
Upset The Rhythm presents…
BAMBOO
THE SILVER FIELD SYNERGIE DJs (Serafina Steer & Oliver Marchant) Saturday 5 October Servant Jazz Quarters, 10A Bradbury Street, London, N16 8JN 7.30pm | £5 | https://link.dice.fm/xD0iyxnRiZ BAMBOO is the majestic pop project of Nick Carlisle and Rachel Horwood. Their music is vivid and deeply poignant, locking into a magnetic pull between Rachel's flawlessly resonant folk cadence and Nick's pristine synth-pop production. Live Bamboo are a quartet and they're ready to launch their third record Daughters of the Sky with this intimate show. http://www.bamboosongs.co.uk/ THE SILVER FIELD is a sound world of Coral Rose & friends. Voice, tapes, bass, strings, reeds, drums, small sounds, big sounds, sunlight, moonlight, a lot of water. https://thesilverfield.bandcamp.com/ |
Upset The Rhythm presents…
SHANNON LAY
EMMETT KELLY
NO HOME
Monday 21 October SET, 27A Dalston Ln, Dalston, London E8 3DF 7.30pm | £7 | https://link.dice.fm/1gnIYwwCXY
SHANNON LAY is a L.A.
singer-songwriter whose work is of a plainspoken mysticism that goes to
the small, bright truth of things, showcasing her unusual songwriting
and quietly commanding voice. Shannon has been dominating the local
scene in Los Angeles over the past two years, leaving everyone who
witnesses completely breathless. Her new album for Sub Pop is called
‘August’, the title referring to the month in 2017 when Lay quit her day
job and fully gave herself over to music. This was her liberation as an
artist, and the album is devoted to paying that forward to her
listeners. “It’s a thank you to the universe,” says the L.A. artist. The
title track is a mystical, folk-psych expression that builds into a
gentle gallop. “Open the doors that you cannot,” she sings with a
feathery lightness. In keeping with the humbled, contemplative nature of
‘August’, most tracks clock-in at three minutes or less. She saved
indulgence for the production. “Some songs as they were had this room to
grow,” says Lay, who recorded the album with her longtime friend,
musician Ty Segall at his home studio on the East Side. “I believe
whoever you record with tends to affect the mood of music and Ty really
brought this jovial sense that I hadn’t really explored yet,” she says.
“Once you get rolling with him, he just throws these ideas at the wall.
And you’re like, ‘I would never have thought of that!’ I couldn’t have
hoped for a better guide and energy to help create this record.”
https://shannonlay.bandcamp.com/ EMMETT KELLY is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist from Van Nuys, California. He is the primary songwriter and recording artist of The Cairo Gang, and has contributed vocal and instrumental work to a variety of international musical projects, appearing on recordings by the likes of Bonnie Prince Billy, Azita, Joan of Arc, Ty Segall, Edith Frost, Women and Children, John Webster Johns, Jeff Harms, Chicago poet/singer Marvin Tate, Matteah Baim, Japanese musician Takuma Watanabe, Angel Olsen, and Joshua Abrams. Kelly has toured in several of the aforementioned acts in addition to with Sonny Smith, Baby Dee, Beth Orton, and Terry Reid, and in other instances, performed live with Scott Tuma and Pillars and Tongues. https://thecairogang.bandcamp.com/ NO HOME is the lo-fi rock solo project of Charlotte Valentine, who fuses the grunge and ambient songs of early 00s new york rock, with an urgent, captivating call to self preservation. Having enthralled audiences at Decolonise Fest and support slots with Downtown Boys, Moor Mother and Big Joanie, No Home's third EP 'hello this is exploitation' is full of unease and disorientation, modal melodies interwoven with rolling rhythms and noise. https://nohome.bandcamp.com/ |
Thanks for reading and listening, see you tomorrow night!
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