bar italia + Slauson Malone 1 at Strange Brew
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"Sell out warning! Freewheeling downtempo pop meets surreal free-jazz rap in a double bill of visionary musical styles. Signed to Dean Blunt’s World Music, Bar Italia’s inventive bedroom soundscapes sound like some lost 90s Broadcast demos resurrected by Hype Williams. Plus Slauson Malone made some of the weirdest, most introverted no-genre rap of recent years; file on the top shelf next to Mike, Pink Siifu, Medhane, Infinity Knives."

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A gig held at Strange Brew on Friday 18th November. The event starts at 19:00.


bar italia + Slauson Malone 1
Fri 18 November
Strange Brew
7pm - 10pm
£8 / £10 / £12 adv

A special Qu Junktions double bill featuring two ahead-of-the-curve new acts - bar italia, the mysterious London-based band with a slew of hook-laden releases on Dean Blunt's World Music label; and Slauson Malone 1 aka Jasper Marsalis (previously of New York's seminal Standing on the Corner collective) whose cult albums 'A Quiet Farewell' and 'Vergangenheitsbewältigung' were recently compiled on vinyl by NTS.

Presented by Qu Junktions in collaboration with Strange Brew

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