The Notwist. Performing at Union Chapel on 12th December.
In the run up to Christmas there are more shows happening around town than ever. Here, we pick the best of the bunch from some of our favourite London based promoters. Want us to add in other shows (including regional)? Email ret@thelineofbestfit.com with the subject line “Xmas Shows” and we’ll see about including them.
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Arctic Circle presents…
Food with Mark Wingfield & Vladislav Delay (feat Lucio Capece)
November 12 at Union Chapel
Vladislav Delay – the Finnish artist (electronics/percussion) will be joined by Argentinian Lucio Capece (bass saxophone/clarinet) who features on Delay’s new album, and first on Leaf, Tummaa.
Food is now in its 11th year and is an enduring partnership between English Saxophonist Iain Ballamy and Norwegian Percussionist and electronica sensation Thomas Stronen. By combining acoustic elements including bells, blocks, gongs and lyrical saxophone, their music is enhanced and tempered with live sampling and drums creating moods which range from minimalist to very turbulent. Food have released 5 albums, most recently “Molecular Gastronomy” for the Norwegian label Rune Grammofon.
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Arctic Circle presents
North Sea Radio Orchestra w/ Nild Frahm
Saturday 21st November at St Giles in the Fields
60 St Giles High Street, London WC2H
As well as material from their first 2 albums, NSRO will be performing some music by Vernon Elliott recently performed at the Union Chapel as part of the ‘Marganilised’ series of concerts.
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The Leisure Society
Wednesday 25th November at St Giles in the Fields
60 St Giles High Street, London WC2H
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Daylight Music presents
P Jørgensen + Rameses III + Seasons (pre-din)
Saturday 28th November at Union Chapel
FREE ENTRY 12pm – 2pm
Daylight music is a dazzling idea presented by the Union Chapel to open up their amazing gothic venue to a shiny new daytime crowd and provide a rather exciting platform for artists. Encouraging experimentation and profiling new music as well promoting a free music ethos. Join us!
P Jørgensen:
P Jørgensen is a sound artist and composer for both ensemble and film currently based in Copenhagen, Denmark. His second album entitled “To” is released on Low Point on September 14th. Exploring the relationship between composition and chance, Jørgensen created the music for this release by drawing upon a palette of acoustic instrumentation and field recordings which were then transformed via computer processing into luminous textures, crystalline tones and vibrant ambient drones. Coinciding with the release will be touring Denmark and the UK in November.
In 2007 Jørgensen released his debut album “Lets the sun drag itself out in a long ray” on Warsaw basel label Monotype Records. He recently produced the score for a feature film on Danish resistance member Kim Malthe-Bruun. A movie which will premiere at festivals in November. The soundtrack will be released on British label Under The Spire.
Seasons (pre-din):
With his gentle and romantic, spacious soundscapes flowing over glitchy sweeping strings, the enigmatic Seasons (Pre-Din) has already found himself burdened with quite a following with those in the know, having made his presence felt performing alongside label-mates from Type Records.
Rameses III:
Rameses III want to take time hostage – slow it down and put it on ice. Combining acoustic guitar, lap steel, samples, voice, keyboards and field recordings they atomize isolated notes, before stretching them into lush oceans of somnambulant sound. These ambient explorations have scored them gigs with such genre luminaries as Stars Of The Lid, Fursaxa, James Blackshaw, Yellow Swans, Astral Social Club and Rothko. It’s also seen them put out albums on such notable labels as Type, Important, Digitalis and Celebrate Psi Phenomenon. Their next gig at the Union Chapel, a rare live outing, will see the trio unveil a one-off set inspired by their forthcoming album on Type Records, ‘I Could Not Love You More’.
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The Moonshine Jamboree presents
Left With Pictures + Jake Bellows (Neva Dinova) + Tristram + Dry the River + Mathew and The Atlas
Sunday December 6th at The Slaughtered Lamb
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Platforms:Live presents
Alessi’s Ark w/ Jake Bellows (Neva Dinova) + Treetop Flyers
Thursday 10th December at The Luminaire
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Arctic Circle & The Line Of Best Fit presents
The Notwist & The Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra w/ The Sleeping Years
Saturday 12th December at Union Chapel
After many a celebrated concert in Hamburg, Amsterdam, Munich and Cologne, The Notwist and The Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra will be playing at the Union Chapel in London on the 12th December.
The combination of a 20-piece orchestra with a 5-piece band from Bavaria, holds a lot more promise than the typical “Rock meets Classical” set up. Instead, old and new Notwist songs are elaborated upon to form extremely complex and intelligent orchestral arrangements that are sometimes moody and often happily insane but live up to high expectations.
The Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra make music in their very own galaxy – a similar one to which Raymond Scott, Sun Ra or Bach and Beethoven must have once passed by. These evenings celebrate a new interpretation and elaboration of the Notwistian songbook, which due to logistical reasons can only take place on a few very special occasions.
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Slow Club
Thursday 17th December at Union Chapel
Slow Club reprise their heartwarming sold-out Xmas show from last year at the Union Chapel, this time to help celebrate the release of their 5track EP ‘Christmas, Thanks for Nothing’ out on Moshi Moshi 14th December.
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God Don’t Like It presents
Hook and the Twin + Drum Eyes + There Will Be Fireworks + Teeth of the Sea + Special Guests!!
plus DJ sets from Experiment on a Bird, Offset Festival, Experimental Circle Club & many many more.
Friday December 18th at Queen of Hoxton
Doors at 9:00
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Want us to add in other shows (including regional)? Email ret@thelineofbestfit.com with the subject line “Xmas Shows” and we’ll see about including them.
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Ta much Rich!