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Post by esp on Dec 10, 2008 12:42:43 GMT
first gig of 2009 Rammel Club #2 presents... Emeralds / Birds of Delay / Modulator ESP / Gareth Hardwick have been asked to do a 30 minute set. more details when I have them  |
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Post by esp on Dec 18, 2008 12:50:59 GMT
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Post by esp on Jan 2, 2009 14:53:06 GMT
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Post by esp on Jan 17, 2009 17:33:33 GMT
and here's the poster in the window of Selectadisc  |
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Post by esp on Jan 23, 2009 13:14:15 GMT
For those who may be interested, I will be using a pretty minimal set-up for this gig as I'm using public transport
Nord G2 into Electrix Repeater for loops, weird ambiences and minimal sequences
Korg microKorg
Roland SP-404 for pre-recorded drones/loop
Boss RC-20 Space Echo
Boss DD-20 Giga Delay
Xenyx 1002 mixer
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Post by esp on Jan 23, 2009 13:18:07 GMT
Should be quite busy as there's an interview with Emeralds in the latest issue of The Wire and an ad for the gig |
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Post by esp on Jan 23, 2009 14:54:37 GMT
Looks like I'm on first at about 8:45pm
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Post by esp on Jan 26, 2009 23:32:08 GMT
Well, I really enjoyed this gig, the place was full as loads of people had come to see Emeralds I was on second, after Gareth Hardwick who did some droney/ambient guitar looping stuff, joined on stage by Dan Layton aka Apalusa, who I'd seen before an rather enjoyed. Their set was plagued by technical difficulties at the start and took quite a while to get going, but ended up much as I'd hope from hearing them soundcheck, as a wall of chiming, droning guitars I went on shortly after they finished, after a speedy equipment change and played 30 minutes of improvised space music 'to help propel you into the outer reaches of the cosmos', or something like that  It was my first gig using the Repeater to build up loops and layers and it worked really well, I came up with some stuff that surprised even me and at one point I got a loop going that just made me grin I tried to keep things changing, playing live stuff over loops from the Repeater and layering in some stuff from the SP-404, at one point I even went a bit Vangelis, just for the fun of it Recording of my set is here After me came Birds of Delay who started out with a single bass note drone that didn't change much for four or so minutes, when it was joined by something that sounded like metal blades being sharpened and then this all dropped out to be replaced by several different versions of the word 'snap' repeated and layered in ever so slightly out of sync loops for about 20 minutes. I stayed for a few minutes but decided this was a good opportunity to retire to the bar Emeralds were on last and they were what everyone had been waiting for, myself included. They are three young chaps from Ohio, two with synths (Korg MS10 and Moog Microomoog) and one with a guitar, all three with lots of pedals. They played a set with huge walls of synth/guitar drone interspersed with sections of spacey melodic guitar and even a section of sequences. It was all very loud and noisy but still kind of cosmic and was over far too soon after only 30 minutes Had a nice chat with the guys from Emeralds and bought their last album, Solar Bridge, which is pretty nice Didn't manage to take any photos, but hopefully I can get some from Alan, who had his nice camera It was very nice that lots of people I knew turned up, so many thanks to: Alan Walker Pete Challoner Rob Johnson & Jon Poole Dave Davies Susi O'Neill Suzie and Ian from work Dave Buxton and Geoff Kemm |
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Post by esp on Jan 26, 2009 23:41:12 GMT
Alan's review of my set... Performance review 25 January 2009; venue Rammel Club, Nottingham, (England) Modulator ESP, one of Jez Creeks many musical personae put in a set of semi-improvised soundscape, firmly in the Space/Berlin School. The piece was operatic in scale and majesty, a great Tanhauser of a beast that threw mesmerising slabs of sound at the audience like lightening bolts, controlled by this millenial warlock and his bank of electronics. It was all encompassing and held me enchanted from beginning to end. There were quotations of Zeit and Phaedra era Tangerine Dream, but with Jez’s own ingredients and sensibility that gave the music it’s own special uniqueness. The pace of the single piece, some 30 minutes long was excellently realized, rising to a magisterial Bladerunner/Vangelis-esque passage – that Jez says he put in for me, a brief lift of harmony in the rich layers of timbre that made this set, of the four, my personal favourite. Lush structures piled, wave after wave, one over the other, each building and releasing tension that gave the piece a distinct sense of geometry, each block of sound supporting the next. I have watched Jez develop over the last few years as a musician, and I can say with absolute conviction that he has achieved mastery over his genre and his instruments. see www.landschaft.co.uk/other_pages/Rammel_Club.htm for the reviews of the other acts The Vangelis bit was a my reply to Alan's comments in his last review of my gig at the Orange Tree back in January 2007 |
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