With Micachu
Wednesday, 3rd December begins with a few smaller showcases before the festival kicks into full swing the following day.
We begin at L'Ubu in town with Latvia's Goran gora who have an impressive grasp of Americana.
The UK's Michachu and The Shapes follow. Mica Levi and friends are noise experimentalists. Levi starts their set holding a hoover to his mic while singing, then moving on to mini toy guitars, stuck between a series of weird and wonderful beats from his two 'shapes', Marc Pell, drummer and keyboard/percussionist, Raisa Khan. Penultimate song 'Calculator' highlights this enjoyable and precocious talent.
Ending the night is German solo mixologist, Tim Exile. His deck-mixing electro show takes irony to a new level. If the 70s psychedelic rock scene had the technology of the new millennium, this is what it would look like. His fantasy-look attire consistent of a silver sparkly butterfly shirt and a large silver armour collar covering his shoulders complete with a metal bird perched on his left shoulder. His piece de résistance was his belt-mounted joy stick which was his mobile mixing tool. Yes, he was playing a phallus which perhaps all music geeks may be able to relate to. This is either genius or ridiculous. The jury is still out. Definitely worth witnessing, if only for the spectacle.
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We begin at L'Ubu in town with Latvia's Goran gora who have an impressive grasp of Americana.
The UK's Michachu and The Shapes follow. Mica Levi and friends are noise experimentalists. Levi starts their set holding a hoover to his mic while singing, then moving on to mini toy guitars, stuck between a series of weird and wonderful beats from his two 'shapes', Marc Pell, drummer and keyboard/percussionist, Raisa Khan. Penultimate song 'Calculator' highlights this enjoyable and precocious talent.
Ending the night is German solo mixologist, Tim Exile. His deck-mixing electro show takes irony to a new level. If the 70s psychedelic rock scene had the technology of the new millennium, this is what it would look like. His fantasy-look attire consistent of a silver sparkly butterfly shirt and a large silver armour collar covering his shoulders complete with a metal bird perched on his left shoulder. His piece de résistance was his belt-mounted joy stick which was his mobile mixing tool. Yes, he was playing a phallus which perhaps all music geeks may be able to relate to. This is either genius or ridiculous. The jury is still out. Definitely worth witnessing, if only for the spectacle.
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