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Saturday 25th July

The Custard Factory
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Dialed In
VJ vs Drummer

Bobby Previte maverick and electrifying drum style has won him accolades and respect from the rock and jazz world and this unique project joins him with Visual Jockey Benton-C Bainbridge creating a live improvised audio visual experience. A prolific performer New Yorker Previte has played concert venues such a Lincoln Center and the New York EMPAC .. Previte triggers every sound with live- no loops, no laptops and no overdubbing. VJ Benton-C paints with light, spilling off the screen and onto the performers. Using obsolete and forgotten technology scavenged from the tech dump, Benton-C warps video into strange shapes not seen since Electric Company, while Previte whips sonic fragments into powerful songs.

This eclectic project will have you mesmerised and their performance at Supersonic 2009 will be the only UK date.

“Previte’s records often sound like soundtracks to an imaginary movie, with a multiplicity of characters, an enigmatic story line, and no particular axe to grind.” — The Penguin Guide
“Fantastic video images by Benton-C Bainbridge depicted suspended human figures, floating abstract patterns, looming godlike figures and flickering city buildings.” — NY Times

www.bobbyprevite.com

www.capsule.org.uk/supersonic/

For the full festival timetable please go to :http://www.capsule.org.uk/blog/

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The line up at this year’s Supersonic Festival run by Capsule is shaping up to be a fascinating mix!

As well as the Birmingham Jazz favourite Bobby Previte’s Dialed In on Saturday 25th July, the festival features some enticing events. A few highlights to tickle your fancy are detailed below or alternatively have a look on the Supersonic website : www.capsule.org.uk/supersonic

Festival timetable : http://www.capsule.org.uk/supersonic/2009/page/saturday

Flower/Corsano Duo – US/UK

As a powerful and loud guitar/drum duo, Lightning Bolt comparisons come cheap….the Flower-Corsano Duo are something else – more like a white-punk-jazz-trash Konono No.1 or an Eastern sound, opiate-fixated Harry Pussy. As a duo they have that special power to elevate through noise, rhythm and primal harmonix. An exhilarating sight/sound that shudders the body and cleanses the mind. Obsessive stuff.

http://www.myspace.com/chriscorsano

Zu – Italy

Zu, the Roman metal/math/no-wave/free noise/punk/jazz trio.

“…combining the abstractions of Sonic Youth with the out-there explorations of the best free jazz” – The Times

http://www.myspace.com/zuband

Kim Hiorthøy – Norway

An electronic musician, graphic designer, illustrator, filmmaker and writer. On his records Kim Hiorthøy combines weird beats, lo-fi/leftfield electronics, field recordings, electro-acoustic sounds and samples, resulting in a sound all his own.” His live sets, however, differ from his recordings, with louder, faster beats and a techno undertone.

http://www.myspace.com/kimhiorthoy

Remember Remember – Scotland

Remember Remember (AKA multi-instrumentalist Graeme Ronald), is the newest signing to Mogwai’s Rock Action Records and late last year he, with Saxophonist James Swinburne, Violinist Joan Sweeney, erstwhile Errors drummer James Hamilton and various other collaborators, released the self titled debut Remember Remember album. A kaleidoscope of sonic textures taking in Krautrock, drone, modern classical, found sound collage, primitive techno, gushing melodies and free noise, the debut album met with glowing praise from such disparate sources as experimental music blogs and the NME.

http://www.myspace.com/rememberremember

www.birminghamjazz.co.uk