Manchester eccentric Paddy Steer will soothe the ears at Xmas Cocktail (Hare & Hounds, 13 December) with an aural landscape described, intriguingly, as a ‘Swiss Cuckoo clock made of egg boxes and horse hair, glued together by an African Moog player in a Vietnamese iron monger’s shop.’ With a set up reminiscent of a circus sideshow automaton, Steer applies his deft hand to xylophone, percussion, synth, Hawaiian guitar and a vocoder to produce his playful, cartoony textures.
Paddy last played in association with Capsule at the Grand Cross Fayre, Stoke-on-Trent.
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