Headfirst Editor's Pick
"Double bill of gothic electro sampledelica weirdness from experimental sensationals, Schwet. Heimat summon the ghosts of Nico over rollicking post-punk techno with world music library presets."
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A gig held at Strange Brew on Friday 18th March. The event starts at 19:00.
Schwet are very excited to finally have Heimat in town! They've released two slabs of totally-essential post-punk hyper-folk pop and we can't wait to finally let them loose on you lot...
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HEIMAT
[Teenage Menopause Records]
Olivier and Armelle both (quietly) have seminal releases under their belts, as Accident du Travail and The Dreams respectively (as well as listless other solid releases as Cheveu, Badaboum etc.) but when they’re together as Heimat, something really special happens.
Their 2016 debut is a near-perfect piece of 21st century gothic pop. Tracks generally revolve around Olivier’s idiosyncratic approach to sampling East Asian ritual music; glitching gamelan with electro-pump whilst Armelle belts out in her Germanic/Italian deadpan rap and holler. It’s a constant bombardment of explosive, playful ideas that ends up falling somewhere between hip-hop and techno-pop.
"The follow-up 'Zwei' is inspired by marginal lands that were untouched before them, the production and extensive mastering allow the duo's experiments to cross new borders. Armelle's voice moves away from Germanic influences, digging deeper and further south. More direct and sharp, it nevertheless loses its audience in a limbo of burnt pop, broken but reassuring at the same time."
RIYL: Dame Area, Nico, Rien Virgule, usé, Nina Harker.
"Sounds kind of like if Nico fronted an early 80s “psychedelic” and “world music” influenced post-punk/cold-wave band" - Discogs User 'goldencalves'.
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JAVA JAVA WETWARE
(Avon Terror Corps/Bokeh Versions)
Jade Hibou and BKV Industrial make up Avon's foremost plunderphonic-goth/CDJ-punx outfit. The illusive duo cite www.rave.dj as their primary influence and are rumored to only communicate via Ethernet cable.
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Tickets £8/10
7-10PM in the Front Room
Entry requirements:
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HEIMAT
[Teenage Menopause Records]
Olivier and Armelle both (quietly) have seminal releases under their belts, as Accident du Travail and The Dreams respectively (as well as listless other solid releases as Cheveu, Badaboum etc.) but when they’re together as Heimat, something really special happens.
Their 2016 debut is a near-perfect piece of 21st century gothic pop. Tracks generally revolve around Olivier’s idiosyncratic approach to sampling East Asian ritual music; glitching gamelan with electro-pump whilst Armelle belts out in her Germanic/Italian deadpan rap and holler. It’s a constant bombardment of explosive, playful ideas that ends up falling somewhere between hip-hop and techno-pop.
"The follow-up 'Zwei' is inspired by marginal lands that were untouched before them, the production and extensive mastering allow the duo's experiments to cross new borders. Armelle's voice moves away from Germanic influences, digging deeper and further south. More direct and sharp, it nevertheless loses its audience in a limbo of burnt pop, broken but reassuring at the same time."
RIYL: Dame Area, Nico, Rien Virgule, usé, Nina Harker.
"Sounds kind of like if Nico fronted an early 80s “psychedelic” and “world music” influenced post-punk/cold-wave band" - Discogs User 'goldencalves'.
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JAVA JAVA WETWARE
(Avon Terror Corps/Bokeh Versions)
Jade Hibou and BKV Industrial make up Avon's foremost plunderphonic-goth/CDJ-punx outfit. The illusive duo cite www.rave.dj as their primary influence and are rumored to only communicate via Ethernet cable.
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Tickets £8/10
7-10PM in the Front Room
Entry requirements:
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