I
won't be getting over to California until the end of the year, but will forward
this to my brother and sister-in-laws in San Fran. thanks (and I'll
stop adding beergut to everything now)
Hey Jonn, Julz, Tasha, and any other members of the list
that live in the US, here is a neat show you MIGHT want to check out! Robin,
was (is) in the band 'The Cocteau Twins', so if you like them, you might
like the show I haven't seen any dates for Canada yet, but I'm hoping. If
you arre lucky enough to go, please let me know how it was!!
Laurens van
Graft
The Grip Guy
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Robin
Guthrie USA 2004
performing
a live instrumental set
Lumiere
is a 40 minute long animated film created as a backdrop to a sublime
collection of sensual and atmospheric, guitar only, instrumentals of truly
hypnotic beauty performed live by
Robin Guthrie.
As
the founder member of the seminal
Cocteau Twins, Robin Guthrie has created some
of the most beautiful music of recent times and is widely regarded as a
musical visionary. The distinctive sonic landscapes that have become his
trademark are again on display throughout the Lumière performance and at
time touches upon his, thus far, only instrumental album Imperial and his
legions of admirers will find much that they recognize and love.
Yet
what marks this performance out from his recorded work is the spaciousness
of the music. Robin employs an astonishingly down-tempo pace throughout
the performance to mesmerizing effect. This is music to drift away
to...music in which you can lose yourself...
The
film itself has been made with the same craft and techniques which Robin
has used in the sonic world for years, an interweaving and layering of
images, creating distinct moods which are reflected my the music being
played. The music is 'improvised within the framework dictated by the
visuals' and used no fixed rhythm or 'beats' but more relies on layers of
treated guitars and cyclic melodies.
Monday
November 1st Arlington VA Iota
Club & Café
Tuesday
November 2nd New York NY Knitting
Factory
Wednesday
November 3rd Philadelphia PA Tin Angel
Thursday
November 4th Brooklyn NY Southpaw
Saturday
November 5th Boston MA Paradise
Lounge
Sunday
November 6th Chicago IL Black
Orchid Showroom
Monday
November 8th Detroit MI Magic Bag
Wednesday
November 10th Los Angeles CA Knitting
Factory
Thursday
November 11th San Francisco CA Rx Gallery
Saturday
November 13th Seattle WA EMP Level
Three
Robin
will also be appearing as special guest at a Benbecula Records evening in
Glasgow
at the Arches on October 24th 2004 Robin Guthrie has recently scored, with Harold Budd, the new Gregg Araki movie, Mysterious Skin. The Movie will be featured at
The London Film Festival on October 25th and 26th 2004