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Sadly Lauren Pritchard is no longer playing at The Basement this time round, but as she'd given us a quick interview to plug the show, we thought we'd get it online for you to read and fingers crossed she'll come play for us soon!
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Daedelus, known as Alfred Darlington when he's not on stage, is one of the top musicians and producers coming out of the fertile Los Angeles music scene, most famous for his original live set-up that pioneered the use of the Monome and has released on such legendary labels as Ninja Tune and Warp.
He played The Basement back on 26th October 2009 with BLBX and Dataline and promoter Jonathan Meager of Hessian and Ducked Tapes conducted the following interview.
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Whoop whoop!! Aria Jalali's railcars project finally arrive in The Basement on Feb. 2nd, we've been getting particularly excited about this show for some months now. In anticipation, we have this exclusive interview conducted by Ducked Tapes (Jonathan Meager of Hessian and Joe Coates of PPY).
railcars is one Aria Jalali, his first release came last year as a 7" recorded by Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart and they have recently pounded sounds with Crystal Antlers, Handsome Furs, and Former Ghosts. While his recorded noise-pop is just him, his live show incorporates more players including live visuals making for quite a visceral experience bringing the songs to life. railcars will be on tour throughout Europe in January and February of 2010.
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Malcolm Middleton, member of the legendary Arab Strap and now a hugely successful solo artist is playing tonight in The Basement.
In anticipation Charles Hutchinson, of The Press, York, conducted an interview with the arch-miserabilist himself.
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Hugh Hefner once said ‘progress is all about mans ability to control his environment’. Undoubtedly this is true to the manner in which Daedelus has progressed in making music since starting in the late nineties. He has lead the way using the Monome (an experimental instrument) to layer various styles of music electronically to create a live music experience tuned into the audience before his eyes. One of a kind, he fits perfectly into the Ninja Tunes label where his love of Edwardian Dandyism puts him in stark contrast to producers Diplo and The Cinematic Orchestra. Talking to HAUS it soon came across that rather than being reactionary Alfred Darlington is simply achieving what’s natural for him Surprisingly the gig, in York basement, put together by ‘Hey,Sian!’ was the best I have seen to date.
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