UPSET THE RHYTHM: Ian William Craig and Resina playing London this Monday!

Evening all!

Thanks for coming out to see Ex-Cult and Future Islands this week. Our next concert falls on Monday evening at OSLO in Hackney with a rare appearance from Ian William Craig. Craig is from Canada and specialises in a swirling alchemical balance of majestic drone, keyboard zoning and vocal manipulation. Check out his brand new EP ‘Slow Vessels’, streaming here:

IWC will be joined by his 130701 label-mate Resina, who will be coming over from Warsaw to perform her entrancing cello compositions. We’re seriously excited for the evening, read on for the full story.

In other event news this week we confirmed a London concert in August for Pikacyu-Makoto, plus we are also working with them on an album excitingly! Pikacyu-Makoto is an alliance between two figureheads of underground Japanese psych/pop, the musically promiscuous Kawabata Makoto (most famous for his leadership of the legendary Acid Mothers Temple), and Afrirampo's Pikacyu. Tickets onsale for that one now.

Next week also sees our biggest show yet with Future Islands go onsale at the O2 Academy Brixton for November 20^th. From 10am on Monday the O2 presale tickets go live whilst Wednesday morning at 10am everyone has a chance to buy tickets for this momentous concert, following on from their barnstorming Dome performance last Thursday! Please find the ticket link for that one in our programme that concludes this message.

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IAN WILLIAM CRAIG

RESINA

Monday 8 May

OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney, E8 1LL

7.30pm | £10 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/391059

IAN WILLIAM CRAIG is a sound artist, award-winning printmaker, classically-trained vocalist, writer, photographer, composer and performer, who currently resides in Vancouver. His visual and sonic research has been exhibited and published internationally, and he has participated in various residencies and performances across his native Canada and beyond. Drawing out analogies between his dual practices of music and print-making, Ian's work is deeply informed by a narrative of impermanence, "notions of life as an act of becoming, and beauty within degradation and deterioration". Blending choral, ambient and noise influences together into this customised array of tape decks, Craig moves you over shifting tectonic plates of operatic improvisations, fields of tape hiss and haunting pastoral melodies. Running on a combination of classical vocal training and process-based uncertainty, his music delivers an elegant balance between theatrical and ambient sentiments, by combining the essence of a choral album from Angel Records or Deutsche Grammophon with the distorted spontaneity of experimental home-recording and the likes of Fennesz or William Basinski.

After moving to Vancouver following his studies, Ian began creating albums from his new home. His first recordings were digitally self-released via Bandcamp between 2011 and 2013. Stunningly textured and vaporous, the majority of these releases are largely voiceless. It was when Craig turned to his background in musical theatre, avant-classical orchestration and the choral tradition for A Forgetting Place (2013) and his first two physical releases, A Turn of Breath (2014) and Cradle for the Wanting (2015), where the real breakthrough would be made, with Ian's voice rising firmly to the fore. Both latter albums were issued by the excellent Californian label Recital Program to widespread critical acclaim, his latest album 'Centres' came out last year through FatCat's 130701 imprint (Max Richter, Hauschka, Dustin O'Halloran, Johann Johannsson, etc).

https://ianwilliamcraig.bandcamp.com/

RESINA is the alias of Karolina Rec, a cellist and composer based in Warsaw, Poland. Born 1982, Karolina graduated from the Music Academy in Gdansk and the University of Gdansk. Active in Poland's independent music scene since the late '00s, she was co-founder / collaborator of some of Poland's most influential alternative bands: Kings of Caramel, Cieslak and Princess, Nathalie And The Loners, Anthony Chorale and more. She has featured on numerous album releases and soundtracks (including the Oscar-nominated 'Rabbit a la Berlin'), and has been the author of a dozen music productions for theatre. A compulsive live artist, Karolina's style is primarily characterized by personal language of improvisation and alternative approach to melody. She has collaborated with Scott McCloud, Paul Brody, Piotr Kurek, Coldair, Scianka and many other artists.

Resina was signed to 130701 in February 2016, having sent in a hugely impressive demo. Her self-titled debut album is a result of experiments with cello and simple electronic tools - sometimes close to the form of song; sometimes based more on powerful, intuitive impressions but always marked by the desire to use non-obvious characteristics of the instrument. It is set for release later in 2016.

http://130701.com/artist/resina/

Thanks so much for your time!

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IAN WILLIAM CRAIG

RESINA

Monday 8 May

OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney, London, E8 1LL

7.30pm | £10 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/391059

DUCKTAILS

JAMES FERRARO

SPENCER CLARK

Friday 12 May

The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, Islington, London, N1 9JB

7.30pm | SOLD OUT

XIU XIU

ICE CREAM

SCOTT HARDWARE

Monday 22 May

Kamio, 3 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3JL

8pm | £12 | https://www.wegottickets.com/event/390523

PRIESTS

SPECIAL GUESTS

THE SNIVELLERS

Thursday 25 May

OSLO, 1a Amhurst Road, Hackney, London, E8 1LL

7.30pm | £8 | https://www.wegottickets.com/event/389169

OOIOO

BAMBOO

Tuesday 30 May

Kamio, 3 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3JL

8pm | £12 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/390524

NB. This is the new date for April’s postponed event, original tickets remain valid.

NOTS

Wednesday 7 June

Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London, E8 3DL

8pm | £8 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/389238

THE SPACE LADY

FLOWERS MUST DIE
Tuesday 20 June
Cafe OTO, 22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London, E8 3DL
8pm | £10 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/396842

RICHARD DAWSON
(Full band show)

STILL HOUSE PLANTS
Thursday 22 June
St John on Bethnal Green
200 Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9PA
7pm | £15 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/396949

TERRY
Friday 30 June
The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, Islington, London, N1 9JB
7.30pm | £8.00 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/393203

SHEER MAG

Thursday 20 July

Islington Assembly Hall, Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 2UD

7pm | £10 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/401130

PIKACYU-MAKOTO

Saturday 12 August

The Islington, 1 Tolpuddle St, Angel, London, N1 0XT

7.30pm | £7.50 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/401265

SPRAY PAINT

THE REBEL

Tuesday 15 August