Evening all!
Thanks for coming out to see Ex-Cult
and Future Islands this week. Our next concert falls on Monday evening at OSLO
in Hackney with a rare appearance from Ian
William Craig. Craig is from Canada and specialises in a swirling
alchemical balance of majestic drone, keyboard zoning and vocal manipulation. Check
out his brand new EP ‘Slow Vessels’, streaming here:
IWC will be joined by his 130701 label-mate
Resina, who will be coming over from
Warsaw to perform her entrancing cello compositions. We’re seriously excited
for the evening, read on for the full story.
In other event news this week we
confirmed a London concert in August for Pikacyu-Makoto,
plus we are also working with them
on an album excitingly! Pikacyu-Makoto is an alliance between two figureheads
of underground Japanese psych/pop, the musically promiscuous Kawabata Makoto
(most famous for his leadership of the legendary Acid Mothers Temple), and
Afrirampo's Pikacyu. Tickets onsale for that one now.
Next week also sees our biggest show yet with Future Islands go onsale at the O2 Academy Brixton for November 20th.
From 10am on Monday the O2 presale tickets go live whilst Wednesday morning at
10am everyone has a chance to buy tickets for this momentous concert, following
on from their barnstorming Dome performance last Thursday! Please find the
ticket link for that one in our programme that concludes this message.
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IAN WILLIAM CRAIG
RESINA
Monday 8 May
OSLO,
1a Amhurst Road, Hackney, E8 1LL
IAN
WILLIAM CRAIG
is a sound artist, award-winning printmaker, classically-trained vocalist,
writer, photographer, composer and performer, who currently resides in
Vancouver. His visual and sonic research has been exhibited and published
internationally, and he has participated in various residencies and
performances across his native Canada and beyond. Drawing out analogies between
his dual practices of music and print-making, Ian's work is deeply informed by
a narrative of impermanence, "notions of life as an act of becoming, and
beauty within degradation and deterioration". Blending choral, ambient and
noise influences together into this customised array of tape decks, Craig moves
you over shifting tectonic plates of operatic improvisations, fields of tape
hiss and haunting pastoral melodies. Running on a combination of classical
vocal training and process-based uncertainty, his music delivers an elegant
balance between theatrical and ambient sentiments, by combining the essence of
a choral album from Angel Records or Deutsche Grammophon with the distorted
spontaneity of experimental home-recording and the likes of Fennesz or William
Basinski.
After moving to Vancouver following his
studies, Ian began creating albums from his new home. His first recordings were
digitally self-released via Bandcamp between 2011 and 2013. Stunningly textured
and vaporous, the majority of these releases are largely voiceless. It was when
Craig turned to his background in musical theatre, avant-classical
orchestration and the choral tradition for A Forgetting Place (2013) and his
first two physical releases, A Turn of Breath (2014) and Cradle for the Wanting
(2015), where the real breakthrough would be made, with Ian's voice rising
firmly to the fore. Both latter albums were issued by the excellent Californian
label Recital Program to widespread critical acclaim, his latest album
'Centres' came out last year through FatCat's 130701 imprint (Max Richter,
Hauschka, Dustin O'Halloran, Johann Johannsson, etc).
RESINA is the alias of Karolina Rec, a
cellist and composer based in Warsaw, Poland. Born 1982, Karolina graduated
from the Music Academy in Gdansk and the University of Gdansk. Active in
Poland's independent music scene since the late '00s, she was co-founder /
collaborator of some of Poland's most influential alternative bands: Kings of
Caramel, Cieslak and Princess, Nathalie And The Loners, Anthony Chorale and
more. She has featured on numerous album releases and soundtracks (including
the Oscar-nominated 'Rabbit a la Berlin'), and has been the author of a dozen
music productions for theatre. A compulsive live artist, Karolina's style is
primarily characterized by personal language of improvisation and alternative
approach to melody. She has collaborated with Scott McCloud, Paul Brody, Piotr
Kurek, Coldair, Scianka and many other artists.
Resina was signed to 130701 in February
2016, having sent in a hugely impressive demo. Her self-titled debut album is a
result of experiments with cello and simple electronic tools - sometimes close
to the form of song; sometimes based more on powerful, intuitive impressions
but always marked by the desire to use non-obvious characteristics of the
instrument. It is set for release later in 2016.
Thanks so much for your time!
UPSET
THE RHYTHM
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UPCOMING SHOWS
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IAN WILLIAM CRAIG
RESINA
Monday 8 May
OSLO,
1a Amhurst Road, Hackney, London, E8 1LL
DUCKTAILS
JAMES FERRARO
SPENCER CLARK
Friday 12 May
The
Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, Islington, London, N1 9JB
7.30pm
| SOLD OUT
XIU XIU
ICE CREAM
SCOTT HARDWARE
Monday 22 May
Kamio, 3
Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3JL
PRIESTS
SPECIAL GUESTS
THE SNIVELLERS
Thursday 25 May
OSLO,
1a Amhurst Road, Hackney, London, E8 1LL
OOIOO
BAMBOO
Tuesday 30 May
Kamio, 3
Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3JL
NB. This is the
new date for April’s postponed event, original tickets remain valid.
NOTS
Wednesday 7 June
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London, E8 3DL
THE SPACE LADY
RICHARD DAWSON
(Full band show)
STILL HOUSE PLANTS
Thursday 22 June
St John on Bethnal Green
200 Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9PA
7pm | £15 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/396949
TERRY
Friday 30 June
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, Islington, London, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £8.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/393203
SHEER MAG
Thursday
20 July
Islington
Assembly Hall, Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 2UD
PIKACYU-MAKOTO
Saturday 12
August
The
Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT
SPRAY
PAINT
THE REBEL
Tuesday 15 August
The Lexington, 96-98
Pentonville Road, Islington, London, N1 9JB
NAP EYES
H. GRIMACE
GARDEN CENTRE
Thursday 31 August
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, 44 Pollard Row, Bethnal Green, E2
6NB
DEERHOOF
LE TON MITÉ
Monday 4 September
Village
Underground, 54 Holywell Lane, Shoreditch, London,
EC2A 3PQ
NB. This is the
new date for February’s postponed event, original tickets remain valid.
LOWTIDE
Tuesday 5 September
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel,
London, N1 0XT
FUTURE ISLANDS
Monday 20 November (In collaboration with Parallel Lines)
O2 Academy Brixton, 211 Stockwell Rd, Brixton, London SW9
9SL
7pm I O2 pre-sale tickets live at 10am Monday, general
public tickets onsale 10am Wednesday here:
