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17th June - James Ferraro, Heatsick + Guests @ The Berkeley Suite, Glasgow. 8pm. £6 advance tickets.
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Cry Parrot, Braw Gigs & Shadazz Present: James Ferraro + Heatsick, Glasgow, 17th June!
James Ferraro
Heatsick
& Guests
Sunday 17th June
The Berkeley Suite, Glasgow
8pm
£6 advance tickets available now from:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/168436
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James Ferraro
A man who needs zero introduction, James Ferraro has flexed and contorted his musical output into all sorts of warped and wonderful scenarios in the past few years – be it the vocal tape murk of The Skaters, his earlier lo-fi manipulations or through his postmodern takes on hallucinogenic pop and synth configurations. A soundtrack which is as equally forward thinking as it is retrogressive.
With last year’s controversial release “Far Side Virtual” being named Wire’s album of the 2011, James dove head first into another simulated and unchartered realm. Sounding somewhere between an old “Help” application on Windows 95 and the incidental music on the Bloomberg channel, love it or hate it, it was easily one of the most discussed, dissected and unexpected releases of last year.
Ferraro live sets are always a pleasure in the flesh and they simmer in the same bizarre pallet which much of his recorded output has mutated into. It’s this strange confluence of the experimental and an “every day” psychosis of the modern world which has made him one of the most talked about musicians in recent years. It’s with great pleasure we welcome him to the Berkeley Suite this June!
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Heatsick
Heatsick is the solo dance moniker of Steven Warwick, also one half of the mighty Birds of Delay. Having fully immersed himself in the underground club scene in deepest and darkest Berlin, the music of Heatsick is reflective of the styles and syncopations found in seminal Chicago house legends like Larry Heard and Ron Hardy, with hints of Latin rhythm and Italo inspired minimalism.
His use of a beat up Casio keyboard along with some clinical looping adds a distinct flavour to his live sets. Having rocked parties, galleries and floor shows all around Europe – Heatsick whips even the squarest of crowds into a dancing free for all. With a brand new 12” in the pipeline on Rush Hour and last year’s absolutely fantastic “Intersex” LP on Pan-Act, get down early to catch one of the most infectious live acts from the continent.
Braw & Powan Present: Sir Richard Bishop + Black Twig Pickers, The Banshee, 23rd April!
Sir Richard BishopComposer, improviser and guitarist extraordinaire, Sir Richard Bishop has been a total legend in the underground music world for the last three decades. A former member of ‘Sun City Girls’ (one of the finest bands to have ever walked the planet) - and one half of the mighty ‘Brothers Unconnected’ with his brother Alan Bishop, whom he also co-founded Sublime Frequencies with. He’s recently performed as a trio with Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance) and Chris Corsano in his last visit to Scotland under the new group Rangda and has toured solo with Earth in previous years.
Richard’s body of work rides the same mystical and eccentric wave patterns of his former group, combining Flamenco, Gypsy, North African and Eastern structures on both electric and acoustic guitar. It’s his physical finger work outs combined with the delicate intricacies in-between that make his recordings and live performances utterly unique to any other solo guitarist. This will be a rare chance to see him in such an intimate space, so book your cheap tickets ASAP.
http://www.sirrichardbishop.net
Black Twig Pickers
Banjos and fiddles, boards and bones in hand, the Black Twig Pickers dove into a living tradition of old-time music that surrounds their homes in Southwest Virginia and never looked back. Both scholars of the regional sounds and advocates of an ecstatic and highly personal approach to the music, the Twigs hold down local dance and bar gigs, play all manner of celebrations and every so often, hit the road. Along the way, Isak Howell, Nathan Bowles and Mike Gangloff kept company with some of underground America’s heavyweights and haunted the doorsteps of Appalachian fiddle and banjo masters.
They’ve played for the National Council for the Traditional Arts and for audiences overseas. And they’ve put out a string of acclaimed albums, including 2008’s Hobo Handshake and last year’s Jack Rose & the Black Twig Pickers. Armed with a brand spanking new 7” on Thrill Jockey entitled ‘Yellow Cat’, the Twigs are a must see live band and anyone who caught them at the Braw Trails gig at the Roxy a couple of years ago with Charlie Parr will testify to this.
http://www.thrilljockey.com/thrill/The-Black-Twig-Pickers/
Greg Thomas
1/3 of Helhesten performing a rare solo set. Expect Conrad-esque violin drones and wordless vocals.
£6 advanced ticket, there will only be limited space downstairs - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/159806Doors from 7.30pm
Monday, 23rd April.
The Banshee Labyrinth, Niddry St.
Edinburgh.
Braw Gigs Presents: John Wiese + Guests! The Banshee, 29th March.
John Wiese
One of the prime movers and shakers in L.A.’s underground scene – John’s laptop aided creations have been decimating ear drums for well over a decade. With a brand new LP out “Circle Snare” and having recently released his 100th seven inch single, John’s musical output has been utterly insatiable. The Sissy Spacek founder has also collaborated with the likes of Sunn O))), Bastard Noise, Wolf Eyes, Kevin Drumm, C Spencer Yeh and having toured with the likes of No Age, Liars and Matmos to name but a few - and it’ll be his first visit to Edinburgh since the amazing Jazkamer and Mark Durgan tour a few years back. Brace yourselves for one of the loudest Thursday’s of the year, this will be a doozey.
http://www.john-wiese.com/
CK Dexter Haven
Rhian “Hockyfrilla” Thompson under her solo guise will be summoning to life some broken toys and dilapidated electronics within the witchy confines of the Banshee. Rhian’s a true stalwart of the Edinburgh and Manchester weirdo scene’s and a live favourite in the Braw camp.
Stewart Greenwood
A local tink with various tricks up his long coat sleeves. A former member of 90’s Edinburgh noise legends Sepopeplel and long-time A Band regular – expect a totally unpredictable solo lash out from this crisp loving loon.
Snake Until Listen
Fresh sounds from the new kid on the block, Graeme Smith. Synth, rattle and roll from this slender man with some seriously dapper hair.
£6 entry, 7.30pm Doors.
Thursday, 29th March,
The Banshee Labyrinth,
Edinburgh
Hype Williams, 23rd March, Studio Warehouse, Glasgow!
Braw Gigs, Cry Parrot and Tracer Trails Present:
What can be said that hasn’t already been said about the mysterious Berlin based duo – their brand of refracted dub, lo-fi scuzz and two step syntheses has taken the underground by storm over the last few years. Blending and grinding some of the most infectious and downright bizarre rhythms with abject noise and pulsations, Hype Williams are crossing as many musical borders as possible and leaving a fine trail of releases and staggering stage shows in their wake. We can’t think of many other artists operating that encapsulate the same amount of genre melting and crossover charm as these two.
From the same co-promo team that brought you Group Inerane last December – it’s with great pleasure to announce one of the most intense and mind altering stage shows of the year. This will be as much of an experience as it is a concert, so expect some seriously intense lighting and sound with countless other surprises on the night. This will be an exclusive UK concert right on the eve of their widely anticipated release on the mighty Hyperdub in April, so be sure to get a ticket online before they get snapped up. Early bird tickets are on sale now.
£10 early bird tickets, £12 after
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/152861
Braw Gigs Presents: Gnod and Guests, 23rd February, The Banshee!
Gnod
Manchester’s mind bending psych-rock outfit will be making a quick stop off this February - and I’m mega chuffed to have them play the cavernous confines of the (newly refurbished) Banshee pit. With countless releases and appearances around Europe, Supersonic and the Supernormal fests – Gnod have been trundling their avant-kraut leanings to much critical and live acclaim, a must for fans of Ash Ra Temple, Wooden Shjips and Sunburned Hand of The Man. Gnod is creating some of the finest hallucinogenic live music in the UK, so open your inner eyes.
And if that’s not enough, Julian Cope has somewhat of a semi for these chaps and chapette’s too –
“..like an even more garagey Chrome playing Wire in La Dusseldorf’s rehearsal space, and (there) a psychotic Syd Barrett leading an Amon Düül 2 in a Parson Sound-type excursion. But, phew, this Gnod debut is really just one helluva fucking mind-X-panda of its own. And that’s a dribbling, drooling factoid.”
http:// ingnodwetrust.tumblr.com/
Muscletusk
Edinburgh’s loudest and finest - heavy as hell noise-rock with equal parts sludge and squeal thrown into the spokes. I’ve probably harped on about these widos enough over the past few years, so you know exactly the kind of racket to expect. Topless, testosterone fuelled thuggery for all the family – please hide your camera phones.
http://www.myspace.com/muscletuskband
Lunar Landing Module
AKA. The band formally known as Homunculus, from the same creative crew of King Bear and The Zephyrs, expect Spacemen 3 and Kevin Shield’s transcendence through buried guitars and manipulated vocals. Did a total blinder opening for Glasgow’s Pyramidion last May in Sneaky Pete’s - so get there quick sharp!
http://soundcloud.com/lunarlandingmodule
Sao
A last minute addition to the bill! Solo drones from the Banshee’s sound tech/wiz - Davey Campbell! Lush tones that straddle the axis between Earth and Stars of The Lid.
http://saoart.blogspot.com/
Thursday, 23rd February
The Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh
7.30pm, £5 Entry
Braw Gigs Presents: Jazzfinger + Guests, 13th January, The Third Door!
JazzfingerA band who need zero introduction and a live favourite for Braw and the Edinburgh weirdo scene in previous years. The Geordie drone goliath will be rolling back into town and having opened a black hole in Inverleith House last February - e xpect further low end rattle and subsonic transcendence through guitars, keys and dictaphones. Easily one of the finest live acts in the UK underground and some of the nicest people too, we’re glad to have them back in town.
http://www.myspace.com/jzzfngr
King RibA techno inspired set from the slicked back librarian of Scrim. Drum loops, sequencers and fierce riddum via ebay’ed equipment and charity shop haulage. Watch him build a house and LIVIN’ IT!
Basillica
Darkened guitar shriek and static straight from the smoked up mind of Mike Vest - from the mighty Bong. Heaviest of vibrations.
The Third Door (formally Medina)
45–47 Lothian Street. Edinburgh
January 13th, 7.30pm.
£5 entry
Braw Trails Present: Daniel Higgs Trio, 10th December, Summerhall! - CANCELLED
Daniel Higgs Trio
& Sarah Kenchington
*PLEASE NOTE - THIS HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED, DANIEL’S TOUR HAS BEEN PULLED AT THE 11TH HOUR, SO THIS SHOW WON’T BE TAKING PLACE. APOLOGIES TO EVERYONE WHO WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS*
What can we say about DANIEL HIGGS? The ex-Lungfish legend and his banjo return to the UK, this time in a trio with Maya Dunietz (piano/percussion) and Assaf Talmudi (accordion/electronics), after his jaw-dropping 2-disc release on Thrill Jockey last year, Say God - a record that is spare, spacious and quite possibly his most transcendental record to date.
After 11 albums (10 for the esteemed Dischord), Lungfish seemed to grind to a halt in 2005 following the release of Feral Hymns. Simultaneously, Higgs’ solo activities took off, leading to his series of hypnotising outsider excursions for Holy Mountain, Thrill Jockey and others
Thick with folkloric, religious and mythological imagery, his recent recordings are a mesh of banjo plucking, electronic drones and contemplative mantras. His live performances are transfixing, transcendental, unrepeatable experiences and will be well-served by the gothic surrounds of the lecture hall in Summerhall - located on the southside of the city.
Support comes from sculptor/instrument maker/composer/performance artist SARAH KENCHINGTON, one of the stand-out acts at this year’s Music is the Music Language festival.
Summerhall, Edinburgh
Saturday 10th December, 8pm Doors
Tickets £6 advance from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/144108
Braw Gigs Presents: KARP LIVES! Free Screening, 16th December!
Something a little bit different from the Braw Camp. A FREE screening on the brand new KARP documentary in the Banshee cinema. We’ll have Bill the director coming along for a quick intro and Q&A. I caught a bit of his screening of this at Supersonic this year and the film is awesome.
This film is a biography of a friendship. Set in the indie rock utopia of an evergreen forested Olympia Washington of the early 90′s, this film chronicles the journey of the love of three friends from childhood to adulthood over a span of 20 years. Nestled in the mythology of bands such as Beat Happening, Bikini Kill, Unwound, and the Melvins, the story of KARP is the story of a childhood love forced to make adult changes in order to survive an adult world and how the choices we face as we follow our dreams affect those whom we love most. It is the story of how so often the thing that frees you can become your largest obstacle.
http://karplives.com/
Free Entry
Friday, 16th December. 7pm.
The Cinema room in The Banshee Labyrinth,
Niddry Street,
Edinburgh
Braw Records: Fordell Research Unit - The Illusion of Movement CD, out now!
Braw Records is back with a co-released, full length CD with At War With False Noise. We’re both chuffed to be putting out Fordell Research Unit’s The Illusion of Movement. Heavy and ethereal drone from Edinburgh’s Fraser Burnett, four tracks recorded over various sessions. I’m obviously biased, but his work has been some of the finest drone I’ve heard in years and he’s been a regular performer at many a Braw Gig too.
£5 in person, or £6 including postage within the UK. Paypal - skidblue@gmail.com
Fordell Research Unit CD and Musletusk LP package deal will also available, £13 in person or £15 postage within the UK.
Group Inerane & Flower-Corsano Duo, 2nd December, Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow!
Cry Parrot, Tracer Trails and Braw Gigs proudly present:
GROUP INERANE & FLOWER-CORSANO DUO
A dream pairing of two of the most ecstatic and transcendental rock units imaginable. Simmering up from the rebel heart of the Tuareg guitar scene, Group Inerane are a rough-hewn, tranced-out juggernaut from Niger with two white-hot albums on Sublime Frequencies to their name; Flower-Corsano Duo is the thrilling collaboration between kinetic free drummer Chris Corsano and Vibracathedral Orchestra’s Mick Flower (shaahi baaja or Japanese banjo). Whether channelling West African guitar practice or free noise dynamics, both bands are capable of extended jams that reach for altered zones. A one-off and profoundly psychedelic double bill.
Friday 2nd December
Kinning Park Complex
8pm
£8.50 adv
Advance tickets are available in person at Monorail Music or online at:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/131615
Directions:
http://www.kinningparkcomplex.org/directions/
Braw Gigs Presents: Alan Courtis + Guests, 6th November, The Banshee!
Alan Courtis
(aka Anla Courtis, Alna Courtis)
It’s with great pleasure to welcome back to Edinburgh one of Argentina’s most spaced out sound trippers, the Maradona of “weird” - Alan Courtis. Classically trained, he is a founding member of one of the finest (and strangest) experimental bands of the nineties, “Reynols”. Alan’s sound is as distinctively abrasive as it is exotic, renowned for mixing and matching guitar shriek with found objects, homemade electronics and traditional instrumentation.
Alan has collaborated with musicians like: Pauline Oliveros, Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Damo Suzuki (Can), Eddie Prevost (AMM), Astro, Sir Richard Bishop (Sun City Girls), Yoshimi P-Wee (Boredoms), Chris Corsano, Ashtray Navigations, Michael Snow, Aaron Moore (Volcano the Bear), Culver, Birchville Cat Motel, and members of Avarus and Kemialliset Ystävät. He has also released more than one hundred solo releases and collaborations on labels like Tonschacht (Germany), Blossoming Noise (USA), Antifrost (Greece), Celebrate Psi Phenomenon (New Zealand), 267 Lattajjaa (Finland), Jewelled Antler (USA), Riot Season (UK).
He will be performing a solo set on the night, with or without a guitar. Either way, you’ll be in for a pretty far out ride - unlike anything you’ll see this year. Espléndido!
Tube O’ Mould
A degenerative collaboration between Rhian Thompson (Hockyfrilla, CK Dexter Haven) and Stuart Arnot (Smear Campaign, label boss of Total Vermin). Tube O’ Mould is a triumphant combo of dilapidated electronics, broken percussion and static hiss. Fun fun fun!
Sloppy Lathers
A new testosterone fuelled duo comprising of Euan Currie and Daniel Rutter from Muscletusk. I’m picturing some sort of topless, bro-down of drum machismo and tape mud - similar to the “Beat up dat beat” scenes from Jersey Shore. We’re all winners!
Dougal Marwick
As a member of Edinburgh’s cuddly beard-synth ensemble 7VWWVW, Dougal makes sexy sounds come out of flash looking keyboards - like some sort of Portobello Moby. We’ll probably be the ugliest crowd he’s ever played to.
Facebook event -
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129043683862398
£5 Entry
6th November, 8pm.
The Banshee Labyrinth,
Edinburgh
Braw Trails: An Evening with Richard Youngs, 19th November, Canon’s Gait!
Tickets £5 : http://www.wegottickets.com/event/131707
Braw Trails are back and it’s with great pleasure we can announce a very special night of music with one of the most enigmatic and prolific songwriters working in the UK underground, Richard Youngs.
With hundreds of solo and collaborative releases on countless labels (including his own “No Fans” label) Richard’s music has been heaped with accolades since the 1990’s. Whether through his collaborations with the likes of Simon Wickham-Smith, Jandek, Neil Campbell or Makoto Kawabata, or in his solo work encompassing the starkest minimalism, lush acapella and acoustic balladry, Richard adds a touch of humanity to any project he’s involved with - a rare thing in the sterile surroundings of the experimental scene.
Despite his longstanding reservations about live performance, Richard has been blessing audiences with more and more live gigs, mostly in his hometown of Glasgow. This will be a very rare chance to see him perform two sets in one night, one purely vocal and another accompanied with guitar.
Anyone who caught his recent scuzzed-out performance at The 78, opening the Music is The Music Language festival, will know not to miss this gig. The show will take place in the intimate confines of The Canon’s Gait Pub (at Richard’s request); there will be no support, and an intermission between the sets.
19th November. 8pm.
The Canon’s Gait, 232 Canongate. Edinburgh.
Braw Gigs Presents: Astro + Guests, 25th October, Sneaky Pete’s!
Astro
ASTRO is the solo project of legendary Japanese noise artist Hiroshi Hasegawa, also highly revered as a member of the seminal noise band C.C.C.C (along with Fumio Kosakai of Incapacitants, amongst others). Hasegawa is rightly regarded as a major player in the noise world, appearing on over 50 releases in various guises, famously touring the US with Hair Stylistics and Jazkamer, collaborating with Damion Romero, Masonna, Richard Ramirez and many others. He also appeared at 2006’s No Fun Fest in New York as half of Astromero, his duo with Romero. Expect intense, punishing psychedelic synth noise – the sound of ASTRO may cause delirium and use of machinery following dosage is not recommended.
http://www.myspace.com/astrojp
Support from:
Okishima Island Tourist Association
Transcendental harsh noise levitation from Lea Cummings (Kylie Minoise) and Sarah Glass (Grimalkin555)!!!
Muscletusk
This Edinburgh based “avant/thug rock unit” will be making a rare appearance on the night - first gig in what seems like ages too. Wido noise-rock of the highest calibre. Feedback, squeal and rhythm.
http://www.myspace.com/muscletuskband
This is Astro’s first ever tour of the UK and this is his only Scottish date!
7pm, 25th October. £6 on the door.
Sneaky Pete’s, Cowgate. Edinburgh
Braw Gigs stage at The Music Is The Music Language Festival, Glasgow. 3rd September!
I’ve been kindly asked to curate a stage for the The Music is The Music Language Festival next weekend by DIY titans Tracer Trails and Cry Parrot. It’s an afternoon pre-gig of sorts at The 78, in Glasgow’s west end. The rest of the Festival will be commencing in SW3 and various off site locations. It’ll be a great weekend with plenty of excellent acts through out both nights and some great after parties too. I would advise you to book tickets ASAP via - http://www.wegottickets.com/f/2653
The line up for the Braw Gigs stage will be Richard Youngs, Usurper, Scrim and Nackt Insecten in that order. Starting from 2pm till 4.30pm so get down ASAP!
Venue info - http://www.the78cafebar.com/
Facebook event page - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=179742958749360
Braw Presents: Bong + Guests, 23rd July, Sneaky Pete’s!
Facebook event page - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110079535750282
Bong
Newcastle’s drone heathens will be making a one off return to Scotland this July at Sneaky Pete’s. As seen opening for the likes of Sunn O))) at Stereo and performances at Supersonic, Roadburn and Kraak festivals - as well as headlining various gigs around the UK, respectively. Expect tantric low end vibrations and invocations from one of the heaviest live bands in the UK. With a “real” penchant for the sticky stuff, Bong are equal parts drone metal as they are eastern mystics, as seen with their heavy use of delayed sitar mixed with crushing doom dynamics, all wrapped in an occult cloak of sensimilla.
http://www.myspace.com/landbong
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118238065424&v=info
Fordell Research Unit (TBC)
Dronemeister General, Fordell Research Unit will be invoking the spirit of Phillip K. Dick and the Theatre of Eternal Music via beer soaked equipment and blood shot vision. Heavy static and spiritual drone by way of Oxgangs – swamping and all encompassing.
http://www.myspace.com/fordellresarchunit
Sunsmasher
Glasgow’s answer to the likes of Grief, Buzzoven and Eyehategod and one of the most exciting live bands in the country. Pulverising ASBO-sludge with a three way vocal assault and a taste for buckie-fueled misery. Sunsmasher, ya bas!
http://www.myspace.com/sunsmasher
Saturday July 23rd,
7pm Doors. £6 entry.
Sneaky Pete’s, Cowgate, Edinburgh
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