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Good afternoon!
What a fine Friday this is for Robert Sotelo’s debut album to
stroll out into the first faint moments of autumn. Robert Sotelo is the
nom de plume of Andrew Doig, a 36 year old serial musician originally
from Peterborough, UK.
Andrew’s middle name is Robert, whilst Sotelo is his mother’s
maiden name. Using this alter ego he’s been able to write and record the
twelve songs that make up the debut solo record ‘Cusp’ that we’re
releasing today on 180g transparent vinyl and digitally too.
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Sotelo’s verdant world of sound is at
once intimate, choosing to build songs up from ambitious layers of
instrumentation into miniature psych pop overtures of genuine sincerity
of feeling. Very much grounded in that particular forward-facing strain
of mid-60s rock that edged towards Sgt Pepper, Sotelo’s music owes as
much to Davies and McCartney’s unashamed belief in melody as it does to
the uncertainty and confusion that comes with mid-thirties
existentialism.
‘Cusp’ is an album that explores the
individual in a post-social life era, with Sotelo starting the project
initially as an attempt to re-engage with the people he used to know,
without relying on nostalgia as a common bond. From this worthy spark of
a plan, he’s created something grand and compelling, a vast tapestry of
songs that stand up and sound afresh.
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To celebrate we're sharing a brand new
video from the album today, ahead of our two London concerts with the
band next week! ‘Bronte Paths’ is a homespun wonder-pop touchstone, its
insistent rhythm and vocal line embedding into your very core, sounding
more like a rediscovered gem than a contemporary song.
‘Cusp’ is available in all great record shops as of now, you are also able to purchase a copy from us directly through our web shop here.
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Upset The Rhythm presents…
LARAAJI
(Performing two sets with an interval)
Saturday 2 September
The Tin Tabernacle
12-16 Cambridge Avenue, Kilburn, London, NW6 5BA
7pm | £12.50 | TICKETS
LARAAJI is a musician, mystic
and laughter meditation practitioner based in New York City. He began
playing music on the streets in the 1970s, improvising trance-inducing
jams on a modified autoharp processed through various electronic
effects. Brian Eno saw him playing one night in Washington Square Park
and invited him to record an album for his seminal Ambient series
(Ambient 3: Day Of Radiance, released 1980). Laraaji went on to release a
prolific series of albums for a wide variety of labels, many of which
he recorded himself at home and sold as cassettes during his street
performances.
In recent years he has had his career
celebrated extensively, with two All Saints/Warp retrospectives
Celestial Music 1970-2011 and Two Sides of Laraaji - as well as reissues
on Glitterbeat and Leaving Records/Stone Throw. He has also
collaborated with a new generation of underground musicians such as Sun
Araw, their new LP Professional Sunflow (Superior Viaduct) being the
fruit of the live shows they played together in 2014.
This September sees All Saints release
a stunning pair of LPs of new studio recordings by the celestial music
pioneer. Bring On The Sun is a magical mixtape of tracks that run the
full gamut of 'Laraaji music', from blissed-out percussive jams to
reflective vocal hymnals to trance-inducing drones. A perfect Laraaji
entry-point on his never-ending creative journey through inner light.
The record is recorded by Davey Jewell (Peaking Lights/Flaming Lips) and
mixed by Carlos Nio (Leaving Records). This will be preceded by Sun
Gong, a major new self-contained work experimenting with gong
micro-tonalties processed through various electronic effects. The
results are unlike any music he has made before - two side-long
long-form pieces that evoke the sound of a shimmering metallic eternal
wave.
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Upset The Rhythm presents…
LOWTIDE
ICE BATHS
Tuesday 5 September
The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT
7.30pm | £5.00 | TICKETS
LOWTIDE's murmurs have been
growing of late. The shimmering vocal exchanges between Lucy Buckeridge
and Giles Simon and their unique dual bass lines are pivotal to their
shoegaze sonics. These hazy vocals and swirling guitar effects are given
room to breathe as the band masterfully exploit rhythm and space.
Australian fans have been enjoying all of this since 2014 - as well as a
cover of Asylum Party's 'Julia' in 2015. Here in the UK we only got the
record last August - and it's been spinning on our stereo regularly
since then. 2016 was a breakthrough year for the dream pop / indie pop /
shoegaze specialists who received critical acclaim for their inaugural
long-player including in Rough Trade's renowned 'Albums Of The Year'
list whilst also having amassed 4 and 4.5 star reviews in many of their
homeland of Australia's magazines, and a string of sold out shows.
https://lowtidemelbourne.bandcamp.com/
ICE BATHS are a London based Calgary scene inspired post-punk 4 piece. Heavily indebted to Women, Viet Cong as well as Swell Maps, Deerhunter, Chad VanGaalen etc. Ice Baths attempt at finding that often elusive middle ground between pop sensibilities and self-gratifying indulgence. |
Have a brilliant weekend!
Upset The Rhythm
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