offramp Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 as part of SEE, SALT AND SOUND festival, interesting music promotions presentSOY UN CABALLO + DEBUTANTTuesday 16th September 2008The Beach Ballroom (Reception Room), The Esplanade, Aberdeen, AB24 5NR. Phone 01224 647647Doors 9.30pm Entry 5http://www.seesaltandsound.co.ukhttp://www.myspace.com/interestingmusic SOY UN CABALLOTake a Belgian couple who write and perform songs of exquisite fragility, record them in Brussels with an amazing line up of musicians such as Bonnie Prince Billy (Will Oldham), members of Raymondo and producer Sean OHagan (The High Llamas), and you have the duo Soy Un Caballo (Spanish for I am a horse).Aurelie Muller and Thomas Van Cottom now release their debut album, titled Les Heures De Raison - you may have already caught a glimpse of them featured in Blogotheques Take Away Show, or maybe you heard Aurelies collaboration with Bright Eyes Conor Oberst."Call it global village music: on "La Chambre", Belgian boy/girl duo Soy un Caballo and Louisville's Will Oldham sing entirely in French over what is essentially indie-fied bossa nova. Backed by nothing but an acoustic guitar, a Rhodes piano and a brokedown rhythm preset, Oldham and Aurlie Muller sound weightless and content, their half-sighed verses resolving into sweet choral refrains. Of course, the language doesn't hurt either; it's downright charming to hear Oldham's woodsy Kentuckian palette wrap itself around a French lyric." (Pitchfork)smooth harmonies and a smoother pop sensibilityas sophisticated as a Parisian boulevard as diffident as exhaled Gauloise smoke, as cool as Jean-Paul Satre and as romantic as the Left Bank." (The Wire)www.myspace.com/soyuncaballoDEBUTANTDebutant is one man; a guitar; a capo; a reverb pedal; a delay pedal; a fantastic new loop pedal; and some songs about stuff. Its a project with a strong focus upon creating a lo-fi atmospheric sound to augment a sort of acoustic dream pop approach. Its ambient, minimal, delicate and simple.Debutant's music ignores genres altogether, sounding something like what would happen if Mark Kozelek and Kevin Shields had an afternoon, a spare room and a multitude of ideas. Definitely worth checking out live" (is this music?)www.myspace.com/musicbydebutant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted September 14, 2008 Report Share Posted September 14, 2008 This gig will actually now be upstairs in the Star Ballroom, just ask when you get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offramp Posted September 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Big thumbs up to everyone who made the effort to come down to the beach for this. Was a pretty cool night - thanks to Phillip and Soy Un Caballo for two beautiful sets... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free tibet Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Was a pretty cool night - thanks to Phillip and Soy Un Caballo for two beautiful sets...'twas lovely, nice setting, nice sounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest idol_wild Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Big thumbs up to everyone who made the effort to come down to the beach for this. Was a pretty cool night - thanks to Phillip and Soy Un Caballo for two beautiful sets...Thank you for inviting me to play. Despite one or two small technical glitches during the transition between first and second song, I really enjoyed it - nice space (it was like an art gallery!) and brilliantly attentive audience.I thought Soy Un Caballo were terrific. Didn't understand a word of any of their lyrics, but that didn't matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 I really enjoyed it - nice space (it was like an art gallery!) and brilliantly attentive audienceThat sounds really cool!Is the Beach Ballroom going to be hosting any more gigs of this sort in the future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest idol_wild Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Is the Beach Ballroom going to be hosting any more gigs of this sort in the future?I wouldn't have thought so. Not enough people would turn up.Plus, it appears that the Council are not the easiest of organisations to co-ordinate with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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