Battles perform at HMV Institute, Monday 27th June. Coventry’s Young Montana? has been confirmed as support – he’s been lauded by the likes of Pitchfork and Gaslamp Killer for his experimental approach to hip hop, grime and glitch.
Be warned, tickets for this show are already selling fast, to get yours go here
Monday 27th June
Battles + Young Montana?
@ HMV Institute, Birmingham
https://www.hmvtickets.co/performances/7688/book
Wow – what a show! Sunday’s Matmos show at the mac was really something special, thanks to all who came down.They were joined on stage by J Lesser and were supported by the ever mesmerising John Weise. A special thanks to the vocalists who joined Matmos to re create a 1960s vocal sound piece, complete with tippexed out glasses and monotone chanting, it made the show extra special.
A review by Ross Cotton is online now…
Forwarding what Pierre Schaeffer had once begun, Matmos innovatively break through the musique concrete barrier, with the use of bottled water, scraping singing bowls and ‘anything goes’ percussion, the duo portray abnormality in it’s greatest form of entertainment, both extremely uncomfortable and highly eccentric, the unpredictability provides that thrill ride to anybody who is keen to be pushed to their limit.
Read the full review here
Thank you to Kate Fitzgeorge for the photographs.
The next show is Emeralds + Iron Fist of the Sun + Mr Underwood at Hare & Hounds on Sunday 22nd May, should be another great one so snap your ticket here
Oh and don’t forget we’ve announced the initial line up for Supersonic Festival 2011, if you fancy seeing Electric Wizard, Zu93 (David Tibet + Zu), Zombi, Secret Chiefs 3, Lucky Dragons, White Hills and more all in one place then get your Early Bird tickets here while they last!
Supersonic Festival 2011
Fri 21 – 23rd October
Birmingham UK
Line up includes special guests Zu93, Electric Wizard and Secret Chiefs 3
joined by
a.P.A.t.T., Agathe Max, Antilles, Astro, Bardo Pond, Blarke Bayer/Black Widow, Cloaks, Eternal Tapestry, Fire! w/ Oren Ambarchi, Lucky Dragons, Monarch, Pekko Käppi, Scorn, The Skull Defekts, White Hills, Wolves In The Throne Room, Zombi
Limited early bird tickets available from www.theticketsellers.co.uk
“Capsule’s Supersonic festival has evolved…to consistently provide one of UK’s most anticipated Festival line-ups. Fans of dubstep, krautrock, free-jazz and doom metal were all catered for on a bill which promised to both rupture the ears while stimulating the mind through its diverse selection of music, film and specialist talks.” – CLASH
Go to http://www.supersonicfestival.com for info on the line up, hotel deals, volunteering etc
And if you need any more convincing – look at how much fun we had last year…
Matmos – the electronic duo comprised of Drew Daniel and Martin Schmidt – have been creating, constructing and collaging sonic ephemera since the mid 90s. With each album they release, Daniel and Schmidt seem to have thrown each other a gauntlet, between them creating compositions based around the collection and processing of particularly unorthodox sounds. Sometimes compared to artists like Steve Reich, and certainly to Pierre Henry (the ‘father’ of Musique Concrete), Matmos have created albums entirely from the sounds of surgery (A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure), used the sound of a bovine uterus (on their venerative album The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of A Beast which pays tribute to notable queers), and on their first self-titled effort sampled the nerve signals of a crayfish.
Read the full interview by Nix Lowrey HERE
Matmos perform with J Lesser at the mac in Birmingham this Sunday tickets are available HERE
We’re intrigued and so should you be – see you there.
Exciting news – the ever intriguing Matmos will play at mac, Birmingham this Sunday 15th May and they are looking for people to contribute vocals to their performance.
Members of Dream Dreams the Dreamer will be involved and Matmos are looking for 4 more people to perform. mac staff will be recruiting people on the night as they collect their tickets so if you fancy taking up this unique opportunity to contribute to Matmos’ show then grab your ticket here and look out for mac staff on the night.
You don’t need to be an experienced, or even talented, vocalist and instructions will be given on the night (you can’t just sing anything I’m afraid).
We’re even more excited than before- should be a cracker!
Music-News have published a review of our gig with Seefeel at Hare & Hounds last month.
Seefeel certainly had something more than a legacy to live up to, as they took the Hare & Hounds back towards a dreamy beautification from a far gone shoegaze era.
It was a great gig with wonderful support from Brighton’s Dead Fader (whose almighty unleashing of bass seemed to startle more than a few gig goers) and shoegazers Epic 45.
Click here to see the full review
“Could you imagine Elgar, Bach or Vaughn Williams’ cello adagios thunder-busting the bass-bins? Before tonight, me neither. Which is why Lori Goldston’s not quite so mellow cello opening set of angst-fueled arpeggios, left punters mesmerized, bewildered, fascinated and eye-bleedingly catatonic in equal measure.”
Lori Goldston opens for Earth
Followed by Earth joining Lori on stage
The godfather of drone Dylan Carlson
Earth play to a sell out audience – Thanks you
“Tonight, it bordered on reverence, and we know how H&H punters don’t take prisoners. Primal, tribal, viscerally asymmetric, it has to be said Earth’s dronal incantations are not everyone’s chosen vat of hemlock: their bruised muse being very much for the alternatively, esoterically inclined. But, subtle wiles are this band’s perplexing charm. And damnably nice people as well. Happy Daze! Thanks to Capsule for another great gig.”
Read full review by John Kennedy on Brum Live with thanks to Katja Ogrin for her fantastic photos
Last Wednesday the Arts Council announced their National Portfolio, unfortunately Capsule’s application was not successful.
This was the first time that Capsule had been invited to apply for such support through Arts Council, with the intention of supporting our year round program and underpinning the activity of the organisation. Our application was received very positively in the first round, however we were turned down in the second round and feedback was that due to the current financial landscape & competition we were not taken on.
Whilst the decision is of course extremely disappointing to us, it will not halt us in our dedication to conducting a first class, innovative programme of activity.
2011 is set to be an exciting year with the ground breaking Home of Metal project to be launched across the region in late June.
We’d like to thank our audience for their continued support and to say that we need you now more than ever, so watch this space for exciting announcements over the coming months!!
