MICACHU & THE SHAPES
with The Invisible
at Fiddlers
(Wed 14th Oct 2009 / 8pm / £7.50 adv)
2 in 1. Two acts formed under the creative force of British electronic auteur maverick Matthew Herbert’s Accidental Records in one evening. Both acts are in the middle of touring their debut albums which are also both produced by Matthew Herbert, and both are receiving praise left, right and centre from all the people who have things to say about music. The Invisible just received their Mercury Prize nomination for best album and Micachu and the Shapes have been snatched up by Rough Trade Records. Both records bring a welcome sound of experimentation to the popular music scene.
Micachu & the Shapes are joyously welcomed back to Bristol town. After receiving a very fine Bristol response from their March ‘How Come’ gig with Zun Zun Egui, they come back with their own world tour.
They are a band who throw new one-of-a-kind star moves. Mica is the song-writing/composer in training, mixtape-making, LDN exporting, Harry Partch style instrument-creating singer/whizz who is joined live by Marc on drums and Raisa on keyboards. Rhythmic, bouncy, experimental, energetic, witty, pop, Slitsy, Zesty, frank, poetic and a bit like Cate Blanchett playing Bob Dylan singing to Disco Inferno (the group) or Position Normal style pop collage.
Micachu - quite simply - there is not another young musical artist in the country like her. 2009 has seen the 22 year old – aka Mica Levi - release two ltd edition 7” singles, a grime mixtape, score an instrumental piece for the London Philharmonic Orchestra performed at the Royal Festival Hall, and play at the BBC Electric Proms. In doing so, she has set out her stall as one of the most original, challenging and unique new artists in the country.
Equally at home making brilliant leftfield pop, as she is composing for orchestras and making mix tapes that mash up dubstep, grime, garage and pop, her debut LP 'Jewellery' is full of visionary experimentalism and hooks, throwing out a myriad of sounds, genres, electro-static squawks, vacuum cleaners revs, loops and lewd lyrics: all condensed into 34 minutes of a avant-garde, pop wonder.
“They are mesmerizing, and tons of fun playing tight, percussive outer-pop with almost psychic synchronization.”
The Invisible are a band born out of the need to play their own music, from three busy members of Polar bear, Jade Fox, Matthew Herbert, Roisin Murphy, Amy Winehouse and Acoustic Ladyland to name but a few of the projects they've been involved with. Vienna-born guitarist and vocalist Dave Okumu together with Tom Herbert (bassist/vocals) and Leo Taylor (drums) make indie electro rock that has a strong Prince like feel (and apparently Prince is a fan).
“Choppy guitars, a glossy studio sheen and sparingly dropped samples cosy up with aforementioned vocals, predictably seeing the term 'British TV On The Radio' excitably bandied around – and as unimaginative a journalistic ascription that may be, it’s one that really does make sense in this instance.” Downed In Sound
This event is for ages 14+
Micachu & the Shapes are joyously welcomed back to Bristol town. After receiving a very fine Bristol response from their March ‘How Come’ gig with Zun Zun Egui, they come back with their own world tour.
They are a band who throw new one-of-a-kind star moves. Mica is the song-writing/composer in training, mixtape-making, LDN exporting, Harry Partch style instrument-creating singer/whizz who is joined live by Marc on drums and Raisa on keyboards. Rhythmic, bouncy, experimental, energetic, witty, pop, Slitsy, Zesty, frank, poetic and a bit like Cate Blanchett playing Bob Dylan singing to Disco Inferno (the group) or Position Normal style pop collage.
Micachu - quite simply - there is not another young musical artist in the country like her. 2009 has seen the 22 year old – aka Mica Levi - release two ltd edition 7” singles, a grime mixtape, score an instrumental piece for the London Philharmonic Orchestra performed at the Royal Festival Hall, and play at the BBC Electric Proms. In doing so, she has set out her stall as one of the most original, challenging and unique new artists in the country.
Equally at home making brilliant leftfield pop, as she is composing for orchestras and making mix tapes that mash up dubstep, grime, garage and pop, her debut LP 'Jewellery' is full of visionary experimentalism and hooks, throwing out a myriad of sounds, genres, electro-static squawks, vacuum cleaners revs, loops and lewd lyrics: all condensed into 34 minutes of a avant-garde, pop wonder.
“They are mesmerizing, and tons of fun playing tight, percussive outer-pop with almost psychic synchronization.”
The Invisible are a band born out of the need to play their own music, from three busy members of Polar bear, Jade Fox, Matthew Herbert, Roisin Murphy, Amy Winehouse and Acoustic Ladyland to name but a few of the projects they've been involved with. Vienna-born guitarist and vocalist Dave Okumu together with Tom Herbert (bassist/vocals) and Leo Taylor (drums) make indie electro rock that has a strong Prince like feel (and apparently Prince is a fan).
“Choppy guitars, a glossy studio sheen and sparingly dropped samples cosy up with aforementioned vocals, predictably seeing the term 'British TV On The Radio' excitably bandied around – and as unimaginative a journalistic ascription that may be, it’s one that really does make sense in this instance.” Downed In Sound
This event is for ages 14+