Monday 23 May 2011, 8.00 - 11.00 (door times)
Juffage + neuschlaufen + Section 9
Juffage is Jeff T. Smith, a solo sound artist and multi-instrumentalist from Leeds, via Chicago, Illinois. He is often seen in bars, art galleries, and basements with a band’s worth of instruments.
A recording enthusiast at heart, he has spent time in some of Chicago’s finest studios including Engine Studios (w/ Brian Deck), and Electrical Audio (w/ Steve Albini). Live shows see him coming up with inventive new ways of bringing his multi-layered recordings to the stage. Through the use of cassettes, drums, guitars, and assorted other loop-pedals and gadgets, Juffage creates complex, yet surprising catchy pop songs.
Juffage performances have been compared to a synthesis of Lightning Bolt’s rhythmic ferocity with Radiohead’s lush pop sensibility.
In the summer of 2008, Jeff somehow fit all his music gear into a station wagon and played over 100 shows across the U.S., before setting off for the UK and Europe and touring for the majority of majority of the year. In July/August 2009 yet another self-booked U.S. tour of the east-coast and midwest followed.
In September 2009, Jeff moved to Leeds, England to complete a masters degree in Music Technology and Computer Music. Once he re-accumulated enough amps, drums, and other bits of music gear, he resumed playing live and received an overwhelmingly positive response within the Leeds music community.
neuschlaufen is the new project of John Tuffen and Steve Carter. The outfit take their cue from Krautrock and take it ever-spinning into indeterminable threads of looped harmonies and shimmering feedback underpinned by live percussion that roots the core of the tracks. Their first gig garnered this impressive review from Whisperin' And Hollerin'; "neuschlaufen (yes, all lower case) may only be two in number, with some of the savviest and most innovative use of a loop pedal. The songs - largely instrumental pieces - build and build around simple motifs repeated ad infinitum in an approximation of early Suicide."
Age Restrictions: 16+
Tickets: £4 adv / £5 otd
