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| 0 | LONDON: Cafe Oto |
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| P | Saturday 7th April, 2012 |
| N | 8:00pm |
Two radically different approaches to song - Gira's songs are stripped back to a raw and powerful simplicity where Grouper submerges herself in layers of ambient fog. This will be Michael Gira's first solo set in London since reigniting Swans and Grouper's counterflows appearances will be her only song-based sets during her European tour.
MICHAEL GIRA
Starting in the late 1970s, Michael Gira, founder of Swans, has made some of the most abrasive, visceral and violently beautiful music imaginable. Counterflows is thrilled to have Michael perform two rare solo shows here at our inaugural festival (in London and Glasgow).
GROUPER
Grouper is the musical project of Portland's Liz Harris. Stripped down guitar lines and looped wurlitzer and environmental recordings form a bed of drifting tones over which Liz's haunting voice intones unforgettable harmonies and melodic lines that embed themselves in your consciousness.
Liz is touring Europe this spring with a new work of tape collage material 'Violet Replacement'. This return concert at Cafe OTO however will see her dip into her luminous songbook...
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Counterflows
Counterflows is a new series of festivals exploring international networks of underground music. This first festival takes place across London, Berlin and Glasgow from 6th-15th April. Produced by OTOProjects in Berlin and London and AC Projects in Glasgow the festival was made possible with support from Sound and Music, The British Council, Creative Scotland, The PRS for Music Foundation and The Goethe Institut.
