I'm really sorry for the lack of information of our next gig!
We've been quite busy with our daily-job and also working for the next season.
Anyway, today, the awesome label AMDISCS will land in Barcelona and offer us 3 acts.
We're putting up the gig with Relampago. Tickets are 6 euros and it starts at 20h sharp. Seems will be a summer rainy day in Barcelona, so Miscelanea will be your perfect shelter for today.
In cooperation with Cristian Subirà we are very proud to present three amazing acts taking place in Miscelanea next week. On top of the bill are Lucky Dragons (Marriage/US) a band who most of you will know already, including their reputation for creating unforgettable live shows in which they involve the public. They will be supported by, on the one hand a cooperation between Sunny Graves (Jahbitat/Narhwal/BCN) & IVDB (US), and, on the other hand, Summer Recreation Camp (Foehn/Narwhal/BCN).
Lucky Dragons do not only make great records, they also make great live shows. Their music consists of carefully constructed layers that merge into beautiful atmospheres. Normally this doesn't really guarantee very exciting live shows. But nothing is less true for Lucky Dragon shows. In many of their shows they involve the public into the performance, often resulting in a collective party.
This act will be an exclusive cooperation by Simon Williams and Ivy Barkakati who both amazed us on earlier shows already. Sunny Graves is the new solo project of Simon Williams, his first show in Barcelona in Apolo was a great succes. Ivy also debuted in the scene the same night as one part of the band Vactor, and enchanted the public with her synths and beats. The combination of the two provides us something to look forward too.
Oh yes, this gig is going to be like enjoying a good whiskey. In a few weeks time two very exciting upcoming songwriters from the US will fly over to Barcelona to make us enjoy their guitar virtuosity and songwriting skills while seated nicely in Miscelanea. The 10th of May will bring us Will Stratton and Paleo. Check out the songs below to convince yourself!
Will Stratton is just 25 but has 4 studio albums. His first was recorded while in high school and had Sufjan Stevens playing on it. Will Stratton combines guitar virtuosity with excellent songwriting skills, a la Mark Kozelek, a combination rarely seen. On his latest record Post-Empire, released March 2012 he expands by adding a raw sound which comes closest to Kurt Vile. This is one of the gigs where it will be hard to choose between being amazed by his guitar playing or by the beauty of the song-writing.
POPMATTERS: "..a young, budding musical talent who releases an album that exhibits a maturity that's lightyears ahead of half the independent artists working today."
Paleo has been living in a car over the past few years, mostly travelling around the U.S. He played over 800 shows in a few years time. Daytrotter has seen him so many times and enjoyed his music to the extent of crowning him as their "poet laureate". His latest record "Fruit of the Spirit" on Partisan Records (Deer Tick / Holy Suns) reveals the authenticity and experience in making music that comes with a nomad way of living nowadays.
POPMATTERS: "This is one homeless man you might want to give a second glance." TINY MIXTAPES: "Artists this prolific make me think of the kid at the end of Stephen King’s 1981 short story 'The Jaunt': technically young, but infinitely old in the ways that count."
The last months we have been preparing a little series of nights in Miscelanea. In the tradition of small and intimate concerts in Miscelanea, we can confirm 5 artists divided over three nights that are going to prepare this recipe with perfection! Get yourself a ticket for the whole series for 12 euros, or buy individual tickets for your preferred night for 6 euros.
Friday 6th of April: Bitchin Bajas (Important Records/CAVE/USA) + Lucrecia Dalt (BCN)
The first night will see a side-project of two members of the awesome krautrock band CAVE: Bitchin' Bajas. The songs of their last record 'Water Wrackets' are called Water 1, Water 2, Water 3, Water 4, Water 1 (reprise) and Water 2 (reprise). This might seem boring at first, but Bitchin Bajas show with their analogue synths and organs how interesting and exciting repetition and getting deeper into the structures of sounds can be. Psychedelic music in its full power. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRTlH4hYj2I http://bitchinbajas.tumblr.com/
The night will be opened by Lucrecia Dalt a Colombian artist residing in Barcelona. She released the amazing record Congost in 2011, that you just keep putting back on. Her live shows make the old barrier between studio and stage fade away. With her voice and expanding the register of her bass with many electronic artefacts she creates enveloping mental states and ambiences that will surely enchant the audience next friday! http://soundcloud.com/lucreciadalt
Wednesday 11th of April: Ensemble Economique (Not Not Fun/USA) + Bradien (BCN)
The last record of Ensemble Economique on Not Not Fun directly catches you. His music has mystery all over it, while at the same time not compromising on the quality of the music. It is refreshing with so many acts that try to create mystery by aestethics, to find one that manages to achieve that by just making music. Maybe his music is summarized best by the name of one of his songs: "To Feel The Night As It Really Is" http://soundcloud.com/ensemble-economique http://ensembleeconomique.tumblr.com/ http://www.factmag.com/2011/12/15/ensemble-economique-heat-waves/
Bradien was the first live show one of us saw in Barcelona. The show consisted of instrumental music a la Yo La Tengo that makes you smile and appreciate live instrumental music again. It will be great to relive this feeling again in two weeks time. Bradien collaborated with Bill Wells, John Giorno and are now having a side-proyect with the catalan poet Eduard Escoffet. http://soundcloud.com/bradien
Friday 13th of April: Umberto (Not Not Fun/USA) Umberto makes music that sounds like horror-movie soundtracks. The good thing is that his music undoubfully has groove and depth by incorporating krautrock and drone elements into his songs. His label Not Not Fun everybody knows by now, and everybody should know Umberto, who seems to become one of the most succesful artists of the label. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piXSvY3T4Fo http://umberto.bandcamp.com/
Hello!! Two outstanding artists are coming to Spain next month! Umberto and Ensemble Economique are playing Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia! Check dates below. More info for the Barcelona gigs soon!
Umberto (Not Not Fun/Sonic Meditations/US) - http://umberto.bandcamp.com/ 10.04 - La Residencia, Valencia (+ Ensemble Economique) 11.04 - Nasti, Madrid (+ Reserva Espiritual de Occidente) 13.04 - Miscelanea, Barcelona
Ensemble Economique (Not Not Fun/Dekorder/US) - http://ensembleeconomique.tumblr.com/ 10.04 - La Residencia, Valencia (+ Umberto) 11.04 - Miscelanea, Barcelona (+ Bradien) 12.04 - Nasti, Madrid
We proudly present a night in La 2 de Apolo, Barcelona, with some amazing acts from the Iberian peninsula: Gala Drop, Sunny Graves and Vactor. On top of that DJ Gonzo (D.N.A. club) will make the time between the gigs more than enjoyable. It will be a combination of an act that has proven itself the last years in Barcelona, Gala Drop, and the first live shows of two new projects by people that have proven themselves very much in the local scene, Sunny Graves and Vactor. It will be a very danceable night that we are very much looking forward to!
Tickets will be 7 euros in pre-sale or 9 euros at the door.
You can buy them in Discos Paradiso (Calle Ferlandina, 9) or online in Codetickets
Gala Drop was one of the revelations of the last edition of Primavera Club, and delivered a very danceable show in MOOG the last time we brought them to Barcelona. Since their performance in Primavera Club they recorded a record together with Ben Chasny of Six Organs Admittance, making the material they present even better. See the link below for a taste of the record that will be released at the end of the Month. http://soundcloud.com/gala-drop/broda http://www.myspace.com/galadrop
Sunny Graves is the new solo project of Simon Williams. Simon has been very active in the local music scene first as Jahbitat and later also as one half of the band NARWHAL together with Cristian Subirà (Summer Recreation Camp). This show will be the first live show of Sunny Graves in Barcelona, which given the quality of his earlier projects is a must see. Check out some recordings below:
Vactor is a project of Ivy and Arnau Sala (Les Aus/Béstia Ferida) who met each other in 2011, sparking a collaboration between the two. The proyect merges influences of both, synths shocking with surreal beats, where the hiss of tape and saturation embrace repetitive melodies. Their first demo has been recorded in time spent jointly, but mostly isolated from the rest of the world in Maryland. http://soundcloud.com/ivdb/sets/vactor
Hey!!
We're really glad to annunce that SUNFLARE will come to Barcelona again! They will play on the next 13 of February in Cafe da Madeira (Via Laeitana, 6). The gig will be part of a small European Tour to promote their new record 'Ghetto Blast'.
The local band Isards is also playing. They're part of Colectivo Detakon, some of the most active people around! Check them out here.
For the ones that don't know SUNFLARE, you can listen to some killer tunes in their myspace.
Sunflare describe themselves as: "Sonic attack trio. Music that rises from spontaneous collective energy and heavy-fuzz blown out rock and roll". Check out some lines they got in press last year:
- Altered Zones: "This adrenaline-inducing rager, "Gravity Free," will have your neck aching after some serious headbanging"
- Foxy Digitalis: "the loudest record this year, a testament to all scorching, squalling and squeling noise ever recorded"
- Julian Cope presents Head Heritage: "this 12" EP seeps into your wall and engages the entire enviroment to such an extent that even the silent at song's end seems 'too loud'"
- Dusted Magazine: "Red-hot, blown out high speed scene blooz choogle, comparable to High Rise, out of this Portuguese ensemble."
I must say they sound fucking great live. Check this small video:
Our first show of 2011 will present two more acts of one our favorite labels right now, Not Not Fun.
Holy Strays and Cankun, alongside with Manuel Carvalho, will be presenting their latest material in Miscelanea on the 11th of January. It will be a night full of electronica, beats, and psychedelia, don't miss it!
Three high quality acts for 6 euro, members of Miscelanea pay 5 euro, check out the videos to see if you like it!
HOLY STRAYS (NOT NOT FUN/ FR)
Holy Strays is the recently adopted nom de plume of a young Paris-based producer, who delivers equally massive and intimate beats. His sub bass grooves and frenetic rhythms usually melt with atmospheric patterns, with a sound sometimes aluding to nu-jazz, R&B or even jungle. In a year or so HS remixed Forest Swords and shared the stage with Sun Araw, Prince Rama, Terror Bird, Ela Orleans, High Wolf, Cankun and Cough.
CANKUN (NOT NOT FUN/ FR)
French haze aesthete Vincent Caylet has been active on the marginal music frontlines in various capacities for several years at this point but Cankun is a even brighter-lit hideaway of mirages to pass out in. Chiming guitars balance-beam above looping heatwaved keyboards. Escapist, joyous, and psychedelically sunburned in equal measure.
MANUEL CARVALHO (BCN)
Manuel Carvalho makes synthetic psychedelia with noise and drone parts. His music consists of electronic elements that incorporate figures and oriental considerations, a maximalist micro-cosmos crowded by samples of persian rock, space ships, water aliens and synth solos of breeze-waving hair and with face forward to the sky. He will present his recently released EP "Manta" together with new and unedited material.
