Francois & The Atlas Mountains + Rozi Plain + Lazy Sheepdog @ Peacock, 19th October

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interesting music promotions present:

FRANCOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS + ROZI PLAIN + LAZY SHEEPDOG

Friday 19th October

Peacock Visual Arts, 21 Castle Street, Aberdeen, AB11 5BQ. (01224) 639539

Doors 8pm Entry 5

http://www.peacockvisualarts.com

http://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic

FRANCOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS

Frnois came to Bristol from France in September 2003 armed with a guitar, Kaos pad, and a self released album. Spurred on by a frustration with the lack of inspiration or like-minded souls in his homeland, he immediately threw himself into the Bristol music scene. He drew a picture and put a note in a window announcing his arrival and asked people to make music with him. He started going to car-boot sales to find some instruments he could use, which led to a vast catalogue of old casio keyboards and childrens toys - soon to become his trademark.

In January 2004 he played his first live solo show, using guitar, live samples, a drum machine and a keyboard - played simultaneously with his guitar via his feet by ingeniously extending the keys with knives. His music was marked by a mix of refreshingly playful and experimental ideas coupled with a natural pop sensibility and gentle bilingual vocals. A string of high-profile support slots with the likes of MICE PARADE, PATRICK WOLF and GRAVENHURST, and frnois place in the Bristol DIY music community was secured. The string of live performances he has since played have all been eagerly anticipated and utterly charming. Musically, you could say he is reminiscent of STEREO TOTAL, VELVET UNDERGROUND, HOOD, and FRANOISE HARDY and yet he is also like nothing else at all.

Frnois also plays trumpet onstage with CAMERA OBSCURA, fellow Bristol bands MOVIETONE (Domino) and CRESCENT (Fat Cat) and skateboard onstage with HEADFALL (Spazoom). His trademark DIY set-up is now augmented by striking arrangements of harp, melodica, clarinet and brass - almost orchestral in its musical flair and subtlety, frnois makes for a natural conductor, his infectious enthusiasm and unwavering ambition shining through this new material.

http://www.kidfrancois.com

http://www.myspace.com/francoisinbristol

ROZI PLAIN

Rozi Plain thinks that guitar tuner pedals are for losers. She works on a ferry in Bristol, she's pretty good at doing impressions of people's voices, and she produces incredibly lo-fi folk-dirges that stick in your head for days. Her new album will be released by FENCE next year.

She possesses a voice that somehow sounds like it's singing just for you, and her songs shine in your eyes and on your cheekbones like permanent summer sun. Perfect. (FENCE RECORDS)

http://www.myspace.com/roziplain

http://www.fencerecords.com

http://www.cleanerrecords.com

LAZY SHEEPDOG

Pete McConville is a confused country boy with a beard. His alter ego Lazy Sheepdog is an electro folk experimentalist. Come and see both of them.

http://www.myspace.com/lazysheepdog

http://www.myspace.com/soquietitkamerecords

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I'm really, really looking forward to this.

Francois and Rozi are also going to do a live soundtrack to an animation they made, projected onto the gallery wall.

sweeeeeet

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I've just been listening to "Tour de France" and it's blooming marvellous. This is going to be poptastic.

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This is going to be poptastic.

Tomorrow!

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Members of the Jinx / Wasow will be honorary 'Atlas Mountains' for tonights gig.

Bring your crampons.