FRIDAY 6th August 2010
Times : 8pm
Tickets : £5 adv. / £6
Lambkin will read selections from first book of writings 'Dumb Answer to Miracles' (2009), alongside other works. The evening also marks the release of a new Penultimate Press book 'Dripping Junk' comprising 100 drawings Lambkin made during a recent trip to Miami FL.
For the evening, Lambkin is accompanied by Helm aka Luke Younger, who explores field recordings, tape loops, percussion, and electronics. Helm alludes to narrative via abstract compositions which create a tense, daunting environment.
A additional act will be announced shortly.
Graham Lambkin has been a unique presence in underground culture for the past twenty years. As a musician he first came to attention through the work of his band The Shadow Ring, blending DIY folk, noise, abstract electronics and surreal poetry into strikingly original forms.
For the past decade Lambkin has enjoyed a solo career, releasing a string of memorable LP's/CD's including 2007's highly acclaimed Salmon Run, as well as a fruitful collaboration with New England sound artist Jason Lescalleet, the first results of which were issued in 2008 as The Breadwinner by Erstwhile.
Lambkin is also respected as a visual artist, designing cover art and merchandise for The Dead C, Double Leopards, Harry Pussy and Blessure Grave to name but few. Now a 12 year resident of NY, this is a rare opportunity to catch Lambkin back on home turf.
With Helm, elements of musique concrete, noise, drones and tones all play a role in a world where the sound of the human voice morphs into spectral rust, a shimmering klang swims alongside passive noise and the relationship between acoustic and electronic derived sounds forms a solid foundation.
Younger has previously toured extensively through Europe and the US as a member of Birds of Delay with artists such as Emeralds, Pain Jerk, Son of Earth, and has shared bills with the likes of Wolf Eyes, Sonic Youth, The Ex, The Skaters, Sightings, Aaron Dilloway.
The evening is programmed and presented by Mark Harwood and is the first of an ongoing series of experimental and outsider music concerts produced by Cenatus CIC. Mark Harwood, known for his record label and store Synaesthisa in Melbourne, has recently launched Penultimate Press in the UK.
Call Back the Giants is the new project by former Shadow Ring keyboard
governor Tim Goss. Their brooding synth melodrama speaks of internal
struggle, of consoling brutality, of a fantasy world where the author
is king. For fans of Jasun Martz, Dr. Jeff Meldrum, Whitehouse and the
Shadow Ring's classic / skewered Lighthouse/"Lindus lp's".
The performance at Oto will be their global debut and comes hot on the
heels of their debut full length LP release on KYE following on from
their highly acclaimed s/t 7"
Links
Graham Lambkin
http://ajourneyroundmyskull.blogspot.com/2008/09/graham-lambkin.html
http://glossolalia-ailalossolg.blogspot.com/2010/04/episode-1.html
Helm - Luke Younger
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Luke+Younger
Penultimate Press
http://penultimate-press.blogspot.com/
Cenatus CIC
http://cenatus.org
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