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HSP & the BORDERLINE BALLROOM present:
an evening of deconstructed electro pop, spliced song-structures, voices fluttering like uncaged birds in digital ether & multi-instrumental melodic sublimity.
A dolly mixture of local and international artists, and a cornucopia of treats are in store for discerning listeners: Japan's finest avant pop, Ray Off's sublime electro-acoustic outsider-virtuosity, Greg Malcom coaxing the guitar as multiple, expanded instrument into formerly unknown territories, as well as the debut solo performance from one of Christchurch's more
mysterious aural polymaths.
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NG Gallery Basement,
212 Madras St (next to Galaxy Records)
Thurs 28th August
7:30pm
$10
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TUJIKO NORIKO (Japan)
Japanese avant-songstress Tujiko Noriko has been widely heralded as the queen of Japanese electro-pop. Her songs, as dreamy as they are melodic, have drawn comparisons to Bjork, Mum and a number of other left of centre icons. Touring Australasia (with an appearance at Sydney Opera house along the way) to promote her new album, U; for her debut Christchurch performance, Noriko rides in on the back of a plethora of new works, all delicately assembled with her unique vocals adorning them. This show promises to be a night of evocative eclectic songs, delivered by one of Japan's most original visionaries.
http://www.tujikonoriko.com/
RAY OFF (Dunedin)
Ray Off is a glistening, trapezoidal cellular structure where some of Dunedin's most free-thinking musicians sometimes gather to deposit their wild honey. Formed by Jim Currin in 2004, the band has moved through line-ups, form and format with restless zeal, as strikingly documented on the recent 'Split The Lark' triple cd which captured one year (2006) in the life of a group headed all over the place. Ray Off in Christchurch will be a quartet with Currin (guitar, cello and voice), Afke Riemersma (voice, marimba and drums), Toki Wilson (drums, guitar, toys) and Motoko Kikkawa (violin, voice). Expect delicacy, sweetness and gob-smacking strangeness.
GREG MALCOM (Chch)
"Greg Malcolm is a longtime stalwart of exciting NZ guitar-work who has been criminally under-appreciated for too long. Through all of this he has single-mindedly developed a highly individual musical vocabulary, often employing multiple guitars simultaneously to generate drones and rhythms. This has culminated in the design of his own, multi-output 'adapted guitar'."
- Forced Exposure
"Malcolm has introduced a poetic new vocabulary into the lexicon of acoustic guitar playing" - Edwin Pouncey/The Wire
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