Cowboy Builder

Cowboy Builder may have been secretly trading for longer under misleading handles and fake names.

http://cowboybuilder.bandcamp.com/

Handle

Handle, a three-piece from Manchester (now based between Manchester/London/Brussels) make a uniquely minimal sound, buoyed by poetic, urgent vocals. Each instrument (bass, drums, keyboard and voice) is permitted its own space, yet somehow the result is a brilliantly unified yet understated sonic experience that demands then commands your attention. Handle is made up of Giulio Erasmus and Nirvana Heire (former members of D.U.D.S) and Leo Hermitt.

<3 (Less Than Three)

<3 (Less Than Three) are Deas McMorrow, Lene Tassin and Harry Bix. Their musical compositions are a fragmented exploration of each member’s world. Hand forged instruments, spoken word, fiction, and musical instrumentations overlap. Their performance has a pronounced visual element, constructing sonic snapshots that portray a kind of inner reverie. If you’ve attended one of their shows you may have seen Lene and Deas sitting under Harry’s tree, which serves different functions at various points in their performance. Sometimes the tree acts as a camera, sometimes as a voice and sometimes as a scratched record – “a neo-primitivist vinyl player or horti-futurist turntablism? Hard to say”.