A gig on Saturday 7th July. The event starts at 19:30.
For as long as records are made — or at least listened to in some fashion, Laetitia Sadier will forever be linked with Stereolab, the band she has fronted with ex-partner Tim Gane throughout the heady pre-and-post-millennial years. But 2009 signaled changes — Stereolab announced an indefinite hiatus and Laetitia disbanded her original solo project/band, Monade to start afresh.
As a solo artist, she explains she can approach song-writing in a different way: “In Stereolab, the lyrics came second and were always to fit Tim’s music and not the other way around. I don’t have that creative tension with Tim anymore, and I’m finding that very liberating,” she concludes.
Laetitia has released 4 albums for Drag City so far:
Find Me Finding You 2017
Something Shines 2014
Silencio 2012
The Trip 2010
At this gig she will be playing solo and says “My band live far away, both in the south of France and Spain. I have worked hard on my solo set in recent months to make it as satisfying as can be, and I am happy with presenting my work in that way. I have a looper station which I use as creatively as possible -ie make it as unnoticeable as can be- and it supports the songs pretty well. I put both my guitar and vocals at times through it. I use some effects too, again I never want them to be too noticeable, but they play their artistic part in the sound I make“
We think that sounds great.
Supporting Laetitia will be Breaking Down recording artists The Lovely Basement who bring their Velvets/Alt-Country sound to Zed Alley for the first time. If you haven’t seen them, you’re in for a treat too. Slow, driving and dreamy by turns, songs anchored in the tried-and-true combo of two guitars, bass, drums and fine harmonies to float their passing thoughts on class, death, evolutionary biology and knowing when to stop.
Entry requirements:
As a solo artist, she explains she can approach song-writing in a different way: “In Stereolab, the lyrics came second and were always to fit Tim’s music and not the other way around. I don’t have that creative tension with Tim anymore, and I’m finding that very liberating,” she concludes.
Laetitia has released 4 albums for Drag City so far:
Find Me Finding You 2017
Something Shines 2014
Silencio 2012
The Trip 2010
At this gig she will be playing solo and says “My band live far away, both in the south of France and Spain. I have worked hard on my solo set in recent months to make it as satisfying as can be, and I am happy with presenting my work in that way. I have a looper station which I use as creatively as possible -ie make it as unnoticeable as can be- and it supports the songs pretty well. I put both my guitar and vocals at times through it. I use some effects too, again I never want them to be too noticeable, but they play their artistic part in the sound I make“
We think that sounds great.
Supporting Laetitia will be Breaking Down recording artists The Lovely Basement who bring their Velvets/Alt-Country sound to Zed Alley for the first time. If you haven’t seen them, you’re in for a treat too. Slow, driving and dreamy by turns, songs anchored in the tried-and-true combo of two guitars, bass, drums and fine harmonies to float their passing thoughts on class, death, evolutionary biology and knowing when to stop.
Entry requirements: