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interesting music promotions present LAETITIA SADIER (STEREOLAB) + STEVEN MILNE + IONA MARSHALL Sunday, 24 April 2011 The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen, AB10 1BF Phone 01224 211121 Doors 8pm Tickets 6 + bf in adv / 8 on door Available from One-Up Records, Belmont Street, Aberdeen. Phone (01224) 642662 or http://www.ticketweb.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic http://www.thetunnels.co.uk LAETITIA SADIER Ltitia Sadier is a French musician best-known as the singer of the post-rock band Stereolab. Until the band's hiatus in 2009 Sadier was the main contributor of lyrics, written in both English and French. Sadier also plays keyboards, percussion, guitar and trombone. She has also contributed vocals to various other groups and projects, at times along with the late Stereolab member Mary Hansen. Sadier was also involved the band Monade with Pram's Rosie Cuckston. Among her other contributions were, adding French backing vocals on "To the End", a top 20 hit for Blur in 1994. In 1995, Sadier recorded the Serge Gainsbourg/Brigitte Bardot song "Bonnie and Clyde" with Luna. She and Hansen contributed vocals to the recordings of the High Llamas (the project of sometimes-Stereolab member Sean O'Hagan). She sang lead vocals on "Haiku One" from Sigmatropic's 2004 album Sixteen Haiku & Other Stories which was an album based on the poetry of Greek poet George Seferis. In 2009 the French label Deux Mille released an ep which features Laetitia Sadier singing with Momotte, a band out of Toulouse. Throughout the years, Sadier has occasionally collaborated with German electronica group Mouse on Mars. In 2010 she released a solo album called The Trip. http://www.myspace.com/laetitiasadier STEVEN MILNE A lynchpin in Aberdeen's music scene, Steven Milne wears many hats; musician, promoter, DJ, booker, you name it. Hardest working man in show business. Perhaps best-known as lead singer in respected Scottish indie-pop band The Little Kicks, he's now branching out with solo material including recently release album Chasing Phantoms on Bedford Records which is a shimmering slice of pop/folk goodness full of the kind*of gems which are making ears twitch around Scotland and far, far beyond...* http://www.myspace.com/stevenmilnemusic IONA MARSHALL Iona Marshall is now based in the West end of Glasgow, becoming recognised there for her original live performances, fusing melodic folk with experimental synth parts, delicate harmonies, found samples and acoustic guitar hooks. Her beautiful songs are Celtic tinged and her solo performances are heartfelt and enigmatic. She sings about landscape, love, travel, spirituality and whatever sounds come out in a stream of consciousness. Her unique song-craft has been honed over many years, blending life-long influences with modern interpretations and experimentation, exploring her passions, emotions and philosophies through sublime, haunting sound-scapes. http://www.myspace.com/ionamarshall

interesting music promotions present LAETITIA SADIER (STEREOLAB) + STEVEN MILNE + IONA MARSHALL Sunday, 24 April 2011 The Tunnels, Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen, AB10 1BF Phone 01224 211121 Doors 8pm Tickets 6 + bf in adv / 8 on door Available from One-Up Records, Belmont Street, Aberdeen. Phone (01224) 642662 or http://www.ticketweb.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic http://www.thetunnels.co.uk LAETITIA SADIER Ltitia Sadier is a French musician best-known as the singer of the post-rock band Stereolab. Until the band's hiatus in 2009 Sadier was the main contributor of lyrics, written in both English and French. Sadier also plays keyboards, percussion, guitar and trombone. She has also contributed vocals to various other groups and projects, at times along with the late Stereolab member Mary Hansen. Sadier was also involved the band Monade with Pram's Rosie Cuckston. Among her other contributions were, adding French backing vocals on "To the End", a top 20 hit for Blur in 1994. In 1995, Sadier recorded the Serge Gainsbourg/Brigitte Bardot song "Bonnie and Clyde" with Luna. She and Hansen contributed vocals to the recordings of the High Llamas (the project of sometimes-Stereolab member Sean O'Hagan). She sang lead vocals on "Haiku One" from Sigmatropic's 2004 album Sixteen Haiku & Other Stories which was an album based on the poetry of Greek poet George Seferis. In 2009 the French label Deux Mille released an ep which features Laetitia Sadier singing with Momotte, a band out of Toulouse. Throughout the years, Sadier has occasionally collaborated with German electronica group Mouse on Mars. In 2010 she released a solo album called The Trip. http://www.myspace.com/laetitiasadier STEVEN MILNE A lynchpin in Aberdeen's music scene, Steven Milne wears many hats; musician, promoter, DJ, booker, you name it. Hardest working man in show business. Perhaps best-known as lead singer in respected Scottish indie-pop band The Little Kicks, he's now branching out with solo material including recently release album Chasing Phantoms on Bedford Records which is a shimmering slice of pop/folk goodness full of the kind*of gems which are making ears twitch around Scotland and far, far beyond...* http://www.myspace.com/stevenmilnemusic IONA MARSHALL Iona Marshall is now based in the West end of Glasgow, becoming recognised there for her original live performances, fusing melodic folk with experimental synth parts, delicate harmonies, found samples and acoustic guitar hooks. Her beautiful songs are Celtic tinged and her solo performances are heartfelt and enigmatic. She sings about landscape, love, travel, spirituality and whatever sounds come out in a stream of consciousness. Her unique song-craft has been honed over many years, blending life-long influences with modern interpretations and experimentation, exploring her passions, emotions and philosophies through sublime, haunting sound-scapes. http://www.myspace.com/ionamarshall

A wee bit about Ziggy... LOMOND CAMPBELL, as christened recently by King Creosote, is the lo-fi solo guise of FOUND frontman Ziggy Campbell. Seeing as FOUND have previously played 4 imp shows, with Ziggy also having performed solo sets, he really needs no introduction. Ach well do it anyway. FOUND is the brainchild of art college buddies: Ziggy Campbell (lead vocals, guitar), Tommy Perman (bass guitar, synth) and Kev Sim (electronics, percussion). The band create an unusual mix of garage rock, melodic pop and glitchy electronica, which has just lead to them signing a publishing deal with the highly respected Domino Records and record deal with Chemikal Underground, who released the bands third long player factorycraft in March. Well let Chemikal take up the story. 'A psychedelic explosion in the factory', explains FOUND frontman Ziggy Campbell when asked to explain the unifying theory that binds 'factorycraft' together and who are we to argue? It's been over two years since FOUND released an album's worth of material (in January 2009 they brought out 'Snarebrained', essentially a fund raising exercise to finance their impending trip to SXSW), so the anticipation for this, their third album - and first for Chemikal - has been slowly reaching boiling point.??At the risk of blatantly pilfering the tagline for a famous drink brand, it has been worth the wait though. 'factorycraft' (don't you dare capitalise the 'f') is a schizophrenic, kaleidoscopically inventive piece of work, flipping breathlessly from urgent, programmed drum machines to languid Joe Meek inspired 'space-pop' in the space of a few bars, nevermind a few tracks.??Having worked in a factory in the Borders, singer Ziggy observed that "the most exotic ideas are often FOUND lying amongst the swarf of the factory floor. We liked the idea of turning manual labour in to fine art, hence 'factorycraft'." Recorded at (you guessed it) Chem19 studios with Paul Savage manning the controls, 'factorycraft' is FOUND's first full-blown 'studio' album and manages to capture all the eccentricities and musical invention that set FOUND apart from many of their contemporaries. While the songs repeatedly reference industry and the process of manufacturing, you'd be wrong to think this was the limit of Ziggy's lyrical reach, as his bandmates point out: Typically he'll write about his provincial, low-life up bringing in the Scottish Borders or the extremes of relationships. Sometimes though, he'll write about gangs of giant seagull queens or wrestling granite saints in order to gain access to heaven.??OK then. http://foundtheband.com http://www.chemikal.co.uk

A wee bit about Ziggy... LOMOND CAMPBELL, as christened recently by King Creosote, is the lo-fi solo guise of FOUND frontman Ziggy Campbell. Seeing as FOUND have previously played 4 imp shows, with Ziggy also having performed solo sets, he really needs no introduction. Ach well do it anyway. FOUND is the brainchild of art college buddies: Ziggy Campbell (lead vocals, guitar), Tommy Perman (bass guitar, synth) and Kev Sim (electronics, percussion). The band create an unusual mix of garage rock, melodic pop and glitchy electronica, which has just lead to them signing a publishing deal with the highly respected Domino Records and record deal with Chemikal Underground, who released the bands third long player factorycraft in March. Well let Chemikal take up the story. 'A psychedelic explosion in the factory', explains FOUND frontman Ziggy Campbell when asked to explain the unifying theory that binds 'factorycraft' together and who are we to argue? It's been over two years since FOUND released an album's worth of material (in January 2009 they brought out 'Snarebrained', essentially a fund raising exercise to finance their impending trip to SXSW), so the anticipation for this, their third album - and first for Chemikal - has been slowly reaching boiling point.??At the risk of blatantly pilfering the tagline for a famous drink brand, it has been worth the wait though. 'factorycraft' (don't you dare capitalise the 'f') is a schizophrenic, kaleidoscopically inventive piece of work, flipping breathlessly from urgent, programmed drum machines to languid Joe Meek inspired 'space-pop' in the space of a few bars, nevermind a few tracks.??Having worked in a factory in the Borders, singer Ziggy observed that "the most exotic ideas are often FOUND lying amongst the swarf of the factory floor. We liked the idea of turning manual labour in to fine art, hence 'factorycraft'." Recorded at (you guessed it) Chem19 studios with Paul Savage manning the controls, 'factorycraft' is FOUND's first full-blown 'studio' album and manages to capture all the eccentricities and musical invention that set FOUND apart from many of their contemporaries. While the songs repeatedly reference industry and the process of manufacturing, you'd be wrong to think this was the limit of Ziggy's lyrical reach, as his bandmates point out: Typically he'll write about his provincial, low-life up bringing in the Scottish Borders or the extremes of relationships. Sometimes though, he'll write about gangs of giant seagull queens or wrestling granite saints in order to gain access to heaven.??OK then. http://foundtheband.com http://www.chemikal.co.uk

As per my post in the Gigs forum, Johnny Pictish Trail has unfortunately had to pull out of the show due to family reasons. More news when we have it...

Yeah. Unfortunately Johnny has had to pull out for the reasons stated above. Was going to wait until we had a replacement before mentioning it, but hey ho. Working on it!

Opening the show, we are delighted to confirm, will be Lomond 'Ziggy' Campbell of the band FOUND. Updated poster below...

Opening the show, we are delighted to confirm, will be Lomond 'Ziggy' Campbell of the band FOUND. Updated poster below...

Tickets now online as well...

Good show! There are tickets online now as well...

And also remove PumaJaw from the main post as I don't think I can edit. ta very much

Since this was originally posted, PumaJaw have pulled out and been replaced by Foxhunting. Can a mod please change the thread title please? Foxhunting, despite the name, doesn't actually partake in the killing of carnivorous vulpines. Instead, he's a teenage singer-songwriter from the barren north of Scotland, writing fresh and catchy (and often violent) folk-pop. He's in the middle of recording a second EP in his bedroom with a laptop. Foxhunting WOW-ed everyone at our Withered Hand gig in January - definitely one to watch on the local scene. http://huntingfox.es/ http://www.facebook.com/fxhntng

Chuffed that Foxhunting will now open the show... what a great line-up! Foxhunting, despite the name, doesn't actually partake in the killing of carnivorous vulpines. Instead, he's a teenage singer-songwriter from the barren north of Scotland, writing fresh and catchy (and often violent) folk-pop. He's in the middle of recording a second EP in his bedroom with a laptop. Foxhunting WOW-ed everyone at our Withered Hand gig in January - definitely one to watch on the local scene. http://huntingfox.es/ http://www.facebook.com/fxhntng

PumaJaw cannot now make the tUnE-yArDs show. Replacement to be announced soon. Apologies for any inconvenience.

it gives interesting music promotions immense pleasure to announce: tUnE-yArDs (4AD) + Thousands (Bella Union) + Foxhunting Tuesday, 14 June 2011 The Tunnels (Room 1), Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen, AB10 1BF. Phone (01224) 211121 Doors 8pm Tickets 8+bf in adv / 9 on door Available from One-Up Records, Belmont Street, Aberdeen. Phone (01224) 642662 or Welcome to TicketWeb! * Please use One-Up Records for your ticket purchases / CDs etc - use them or lose them! Also, see those tickets, they are one-offs, ask Titch! interesting music promotions | Free Music, Tour Dates, Photos, Videos Home tUnE-yArDs (4AD) After two attempts to get tUnE-yArDs to Aberdeen, its third time lucky because Merrill Garbis is about to explode on to the live scene with her second long play. Her live shows are, we believe, the stuff of legend, being completely and utterly amazing. So much so, she has tried to recreate her live vibe on record with her new release touring the world with a full band. 4AD - Tune-Yards TUNE-YARDS | Free Music, Tour Dates, Photos, Videos tUnE-YarDs - w h o k i l l lots of links from here >> http://drownedinsound.com/releases/1...eviews/4138426 Thousands (Bella Union) Thousands is the name of Seattle duo Kristian Garrard and Luke Bergman whose beguiling debut album, The Sound Of Everything, is one of the gentlest, most tender records youll ever hear; just two entwined voices, exquisite acoustic guitar and a very occasional harmonium. Oh, and sounds from nature; bird calls, falling leaves, blowing wind and natural reverb are all present, underlining the organic creation of Thousands songs and their surreal, nature-focused lyrics. Thousands came to Bella Unions attention via Fleet Foxes guitarist Skye Skjelset, who is a friend of the pair, and the duo are both are long-standing members of Seattles heralded underground scene. When the bands initial home recordings didnt feel right, Kristian and Luke decided to travel around Oregon and Washington looking for interesting or inspiring places to record. To get away from the sterile sounds we were achieving at home, and to offer something with a real sense of place. We want people to listen to this with headphones on and feel like they're immersed in these locations, and there's us, sitting next to you, playing a song. The field recordings led them across the Pacific Northwest; to Luke's family's cabin on the Oregon coast, the banks of the Columbia River, abandoned barns and old farmhouses. At times the music of Thousands echoes Fleet Foxes hymnal beauty. But the overriding feel shares some of the hushed simplicity of Elliott Smith and Simon and Garfunkel, fused to the finger-picking dexterity of John Fahey and Bert Jansch. But dont let the simplest of acoustic formats hide the deep well of emotion inside. The Sound Of Everything is all about the human voice and heartbeat, the purity of sound, capturing a specific place at an exact moment; in other words, the sound of everything that matters. THOUSANDS BELLA UNION PumaJaw Five albums to date, with a sixth in progress due for release mid 2011, the bewitching Pumajaw are one of the Scottish music scene's most exotic animals. Instrumentalist John Wills (formally of the legendary band LOOP) builds a heady soundtrack by looping effects-laden guitar and beats, but all eyes are on the engrossing Pinkie Maclure, who dresses like a glamorous flapper girl and sings like a siren. Pumajaw always astonish their audience and we are reliably told that their new release moves away from a mix of folk / electronica into more experimental uptempo electronica. We are utterly delighted they have joined this fantastic line-up as it has been a while since their last visit to Aberdeen. PUMAJAW | Free Music, Tour Dates, Photos, Videos Pumajaw | Facebook

Delighted to confirm that support will come from Thousands (Bella Union)! Thousands is the name of Seattle duo Kristian Garrard and Luke Bergman whose beguiling debut album, The Sound Of Everything, is one of the gentlest, most tender records youll ever hear; just two entwined voices, exquisite acoustic guitar and a very occasional harmonium. Oh, and sounds from nature; bird calls, falling leaves, blowing wind and natural reverb are all present, underlining the organic creation of Thousands songs and their surreal, nature-focused lyrics. Thousands came to Bella Unions attention via Fleet Foxes guitarist Skye Skjelset, who is a friend of the pair, and the duo are both are long-standing members of Seattles heralded underground scene. When the bands initial home recordings didnt feel right, Kristian and Luke decided to travel around Oregon and Washington looking for interesting or inspiring places to record. To get away from the sterile sounds we were achieving at home, and to offer something with a real sense of place. We want people to listen to this with headphones on and feel like they're immersed in these locations, and there's us, sitting next to you, playing a song. The field recordings led them across the Pacific Northwest; to Luke's family's cabin on the Oregon coast, the banks of the Columbia River, abandoned barns and old farmhouses. At times the music of Thousands echoes Fleet Foxes hymnal beauty. But the overriding feel shares some of the hushed simplicity of Elliott Smith and Simon and Garfunkel, fused to the finger-picking dexterity of John Fahey and Bert Jansch. But dont let the simplest of acoustic formats hide the deep well of emotion inside. The Sound Of Everything is all about the human voice and heartbeat, the purity of sound, capturing a specific place at an exact moment; in other words, the sound of everything that matters. http://www.thousandsband.com http://www.bellaunion.com/index.php/site/

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it gives interesting music promotions immense pleasure to announce: tUnE-yArDs (4AD) + Thousands (Bella Union) + Foxhunting Tuesday, 14 June 2011 The Tunnels (Room 1), Carnegies Brae, Aberdeen, AB10 1BF. Phone (01224) 211121 Doors 8pm Tickets 8+bf in adv / 9 on door Available from One-Up Records, Belmont Street, Aberdeen. Phone (01224) 642662 or http://www.ticketweb.co.uk * Please use One-Up Records for your ticket purchases / CDs etc - use them or lose them! Also, see those tickets, they are one-offs, ask Titch! http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic http://www.thetunnels.co.uk tUnE-yArDs (4AD) After two attempts to get tUnE-yArDs to Aberdeen, its third time lucky because Merrill Garbis is about to explode on to the live scene with her second long play. Her live shows are, we believe, the stuff of legend, being completely and utterly amazing. So much so, she has tried to recreate her live vibe on record with her new release touring the world with a full band. http://www.4ad.com/tune-yards/ http://www.myspace.com/tuneyards http://www.tune-yards.com lots of links from here >> http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14883/reviews/4138426 We are currently awaiting confirmation of a tour support...

Some perspective... Johnny Sharp interviews Gordon Anderson | Music | The Guardian

...and selling quite well. Now, who should we get to open up the evening?

Probably my favourite wee gig space in Aberdeen. I like.

Tickets now in One Up.

Tickets now in One Up.

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