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Wed 4th The Luminaire presents SARAH NIXEY + Trademark + Mister Solo
Doors 7.30 The Independent's 'Best Shows in July'
"Strangely enough, she's wonderful." [The Word] Sarah Nixey made her show business entrance as one third of the darkly glamorous pop group Black Box Recorder. "A reluctantly romantic, fairytale world." [Drowned In Sound (8/10)] She was in the severe, dreamy centre, singing scheming songs that were deadly serious about trivia, and deeply frivolous about important matters. She sang the songs as if they were bruised lullabies, as if she was soothing the 20th Century to sleep. "A hauntingly sensual selection of ambient pop songs." [MSN] Sarah is now solo. She sings smart pop songs that tell heady, half-crazed stories about minds and bodies, flesh and spirit, memories and illusions, desperation and passion. She sings them on her debut sollo album 'Sing, Memory' with that tough, tender combination of explicit English detachment and cryptic European emotion that’s all her own. “'Sing, Memory' is as listenable as it is addictively seductive, the perfect soundtrack for when the curtains are drawn and the sheets are made of black satin.” [musicomh.com ****] Each song on 'Sing, Memory' is a drama, a story told, and a rhythm joining the pleasure dots between body and soul. Great when you're on your own, wonderful when you're sharing a space with lots of other people. 'Swimmy and strange, late nights and beautiful people..." [Plan B] Sarah Nixey's new single 'The Black Hit of Space' (the Human League classic) is released on ServiceAV, 9th July. "A glossy, shimmering presentation." [Stylus Magazine] Main support are Truck Records' resident electro-pop geniues, Trademark, back with a new album - 'Raise The Stakes' - and a new live show with reinterpreted songs and a stage set with integrated lighting. "Hello - are you my new favourite band?" [Word Magazine] "Their total lack of self-conciousness allows 'Raise The Stakes' to skate across every conceivable synth-based genre with wit and confidence." [The fine, upstanding gentleman that is Charlie Ivens, The Fly]
Opening are Mister Solo, a one man son et lumier extravaganza of uplifting pop performance, utilising analogue and digital music-making devises together with synchronicitous moving image projection. Occasional songs are enhanced by the poetic dance of two ladies known as Sparkle Motion. |
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