There’s no doubt that this will be an extremely special show, and we’re all very excited here at Capsule HQ.
Matmos are a prolific experimental electronic duo whose previous works have included the use of liposuction surgery, aspirin tablets hitting a drum kit from across the room, and the reproductive organs of a cow. Yum. They’ll be joined on stage by J Lesser, who has previously worked with Bjork and Blevin Blectum.
Check out this amazing footage of Matmos performing at Royal Festival Hall:
Support comes from John Wiese – an important part of the LA noise scene, he has worked with C. Spencer Yeh, Kevin Drumm, Merzbow and has even toured as a member of Sunn0))).
Their performance at mac on Sunday 15th May is one of only four UK dates for Matmos – don’t miss out. Get your tickets here
Wedlock- what a success! We raised approx £300 (got some shrapnel to count!) for Japan Red Cross so a big thanks you to all the bands, DJs and stall holders but mainly a big thank you to everyone who made it down.
Here’s some pictures below from Katja Ogrin, plus a couple of videos that have been circulating…
Dream Dreams the Dreamer began proceedings with a 5-piece noise orchestra.
It was the Birmingham debut for Backwards; early Swans-esque filth.
Followed by Fickle Twin
and Bargepole
And on to the next event, the amazing Matmos will be performing a very special show at mac on Sunday 15th May, featuring J Lesser and with support from John Wiese -get your tickets here
This Saturday, celebrate the bank holiday weekend and get away from the Royal Wedding frenzy with Capsule. We’ll be hosting a party, acting as a fundraiser for Japan Red Cross, with bands and DJs as well as local record labels selling their wares.
Bargepole are a self destructive mix of Jesus Lizard, Hot Snakes and Charles Bukowski and features ex members of Beestung Lips and Knives. Backwards is a new, much anticipated project from ex members of Napalm Death, Beestung Lips and Una Corda, with double bass attack! Also playing are Dream Dreams the Dreamer, an epic noise orchestra of percussion, violin, guitars, vocals and more plus Fickle Twin…
“Peter Broderick, next, made inventive use of loops to accompany himself, both with his vocal and assorted instruments (guitar, violin, keyboard, bowed saw), all of which he deployed with impressive proficiency.” Read full review from TLOBF
Music-News have published a review of our gig with Seefeel at Hare & Hounds last month.
Seefeel certainly had something more than a legacy to live up to, as they took the Hare & Hounds back towards a dreamy beautification from a far gone shoegaze era.
It was a great gig with wonderful support from Brighton’s Dead Fader (whose almighty unleashing of bass seemed to startle more than a few gig goers) and shoegazers Epic 45.
Emeralds are an ambient / drone / psychedelic music trio from Cleveland, Ohio, United States, who consist of John Elliott, Mark McGuire and Steve Hauschildt, as Emeralds, focus on live improvisation. Since June 2006, the group has released over fourty recordings, on labels such as Hanson Records, American Tapes, Manhand, Ecstatic Peace! and also on their own imprint Wagon.
They have collaborated with Aaron Dilloway on the cassette Under Pressure, released a split tour CD with Japanese noise musician Pain Jerk and opened for Throbbing Gristle in New York. The band has also had the pleasure of performing headlining spots in Carlos Giffoni’s No Fun Fest in New York and Stockholm, Sweden. Mark McGuire and Steve Hauschildt also perform and record under their own names. John Elliott performs as Outer Space, Imaginary Softwoods, Lilypad, colored mushroom and the medicine rocks, and as various other aliases.
Emeralds are noted for blending ambient music with 80’s synthesizer textures, German kosmische music and the minimalism of Terry Riley.
Iron Fist of the Sun – bitter, cold, contemporary power electronics/industrial that steers clear of the cliches that pollute the scene. Synth heavy and tonal, drawing inspirations from electro-acoustic academia as much as underground black metal. Hailing originally from Druids Heath in Birmingham. Iron Fist of the Sun is the current sonic project of extreme noise protagonist Lee Howard. Experimental sonic terrorism and Black Metal are all encompassed in an unforgiving soundtrack to your most brutal nightmares… just don’t dare call it “Art Noise”
Mr Underwood fuses an array of electronic and acoustic sounds in his improvised live performances. Drawing inspiration from electronica and Musique concrète, Mr.Underwood weaves a complex sonic tapestry, from delicate and intricate sounds to more beat driven compositions. Using his ever growing collection of obscure and self-made instruments Mr.Underwood’s live performances are rich with distinctive sounds and textures. www.mrunderwood.co.uk
Emeralds + Iron Fist of the Sun + Mr Underwood will be playing at The Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath on Sunday 22nd May 2011.
Tickets are £10 adv + booking fee and are available at:
Matmos is M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel, from San Francisco aided and abetted by many others. In their recordings and live performances from 1995, Matmos have used the sounds of:
Amplified crayfish nerve tissue, the pages of bibles turning , liposuction surgery, chin implant surgery, contact microphones on human hair,, rat cages, tanks of helium, human skulls, cards shuffling, field recordings of conversations in hot tubs, frequency response tests for defective hearing aids, a steel guitar recorded in a sewer, electrical interference generated by laser eye surgery, latex fetish clothing, rhinestones on a dinner plate, Polish trains, insects, aspirin tablets, dogs barking, people reading aloud, life support systems and inflatable blankets, an acupuncture point detector conducting electrical current through human skin, rock salt crunching underfoot, solid gold coins spinning on bars of solid silver, the sound of a frozen stream thawing in the sun, a five gallon bucket of oatmeal and the vagina, uterus, and reproductive tract of a cow, among other things.
SaturdayApril 9th M.C. Schmidt will have a special screening of his video work at the IKON Gallery.
J Lesser is a musician known for his unrepentant approach to sound creation. Born and raised around California, Lesser began his music career listening to, and playing, black metal and punk. In San Diego, he had a job coloring New Kids on the Block comic books using computers. Lesser became an honorary member of Matmos when they toured with Björk as an opening act in addition to playing as supporting musicians in her band on her Vespertine tour in 2001. Also in 2001, his album Gearhound won an Honorable Mention for Digital Musics in the Prix Ars Electronica.
John Wiese is an artist and composer from Los Angeles, California. His ongoing projects include LHD and Sissy Spacek, but is known for his collaborations with many artists as diverse as Sunn O))), Wolf Eyes, Merzbow, Thurston Moore, No Age, Smegma, Kevin Drumm, Cattle Decapitation, and C. Spencer Yeh as well as his work as a solo artist. He has toured extensively throughout the world, covering Europe, Scandinavia and Australia as a member of Sunn O))), the UK as part of the Free Noise tour (a tentet including Evan Parker, C. Spencer Yeh, Yellow Swans, etc.), the United States alongside Wolf Eyes, and recently performed in the 52nd Venice Biennale with artist Nico Vascellari. While releasing albums on a variety of international labels, Wiese often releases work on his own label, Helicopter.
“Could you imagine Elgar, Bach or Vaughn Williams’ cello adagios thunder-busting the bass-bins? Before tonight, me neither. Which is why Lori Goldston’s not quite so mellow cello opening set of angst-fueled arpeggios, left punters mesmerized, bewildered, fascinated and eye-bleedingly catatonic in equal measure.”
Lori Goldston opens for Earth
Followed by Earth joining Lori on stage
The godfather of drone Dylan Carlson
Earth play to a sell out audience – Thanks you
“Tonight, it bordered on reverence, and we know how H&H punters don’t take prisoners. Primal, tribal, viscerally asymmetric, it has to be said Earth’s dronal incantations are not everyone’s chosen vat of hemlock: their bruised muse being very much for the alternatively, esoterically inclined. But, subtle wiles are this band’s perplexing charm. And damnably nice people as well. Happy Daze! Thanks to Capsule for another great gig.”
Read full review by John Kennedy on Brum Live with thanks to Katja Ogrinfor her fantastic photos
