LONDON: Babble Jar

SUN 2ND JUN, 2013 Doors 7:30pm, Music 8pm

Stoke the Fire is an evening of new music and performance hosted by Bird Radio. It has now officially migrated to Babble.Jar Basement in Stoke Newington. This month we have an amazing lineup not to be missed!
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SZILÁRD (New York)
szilárd is Jeremy Young. Former guitarist for post-rock troublemakers [the] slowest runner [in all the world] and current mixer-jockey for Sontag Shogun, his solo music is somewhat of a conceptual intermediary between the two, taking the form of tone&tape textures that eschew notions of musical stability and consonance. Young is interested in exploring the dialogues between sonic elements, creating interesting environments of sound and utilizing narrative from either literature or theory that help to give life to otherwise meaningless collage, as ambient music often does not speak for itself. In performance, he uses multiple simultaneous reel-to-reel tape players, wave oscillators, contact-mics and a wash of reverberating guitar tones. Spokes, his debut physical release, was created in experimentation with obscure tape-loop installations both around a room and outdoors; taking 1/4" tape recordings in the woods and immediately playing them back to record along with the natural layering of clean outdoor ambience being woven together in a moment. In this respect, Young sees his solo work as a combination of installation and performance, documented by specific recording treatments.
http://www.palavermusic.com/szilaacuterd.html
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SIMONNE & THE DARK STARS (Brighton)
Simonne & The Dark Stars continue to capture the attention of audiences as they bring poetry to life with driving piano, rock, rhythms and saw! Inspired by artists such as Nick Cave & Patti Smith, their unique sound has won them an NME published video and award nominations for Band of Year for Brighton Music Awards 2013.
http://simonneandthedarkstars.com/
http://www.facebook.com/S.TheDarkStars
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TORSTEN THE BAREBACK SAINT
Random moments coalesce as poly-sexual Torsten The Bareback Saint pours forth his flambed brain in which the recalls snapshots of moments lived and lover's trysts during which he felt "Almost Alright".
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Hosted by Bird Radio
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