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Sun 10th The Luminaire presents MURCOF + Bass Clef + Robin AC30 and Ulrich Schnauss DJ sets
Doors 7.30 Murcof was founded early 2001 by only member Fernando Corona in Tijuana, México. “A work of unimaginable complexity and staggering simplicity… a haunting collection of atmospheric music of a style few have ever managed to crack with such grace.” [Indigoflow] “Exquisitely spare, generally sombre mix of microhouse and contemporary classical music” [Uncut] “Remembranza [takes Martes’] minimalist laptop fundamentals and polishes further, honing and refining…carefully restrained elements on a bittersweet pillow of stroking and swooping string arrangements. His judgement is extremely precise. The balance is perfect.” [The Wire] This project is about experimenting with electronic and classical music in their more minimalistic expression, to bring face to face digital precission with acoustic warmth and try and find harmony and complementation between them, in a way as a form of reflecting today's digitalized way of interacting with the world, with each other and even ourselves; a reminder that, regardless of the means, the end user will allways be human. And always approaching technology as a tool of expression rather than as an end in itself. “With Remembranza Fernando Corona creates an overwhelming stillness, like peering into an immense darkness… a vast and unspeakably haunting emotional terrain. Stunning.” [Rocksound Magazine] “Listen to it and you’re immersed in a world of…deep reverberations that seem to come from a distant underwater cathedral…this is mesmerising.” [The Guardian] Main support is Bass Clef and if you're able to produce the kind of bass-drops and low-end charges that inhabit much of Ralph Cumbers' - Bass Clef - excellent debut album, you'll find yourself in very good company. Bass Clef don't quite straddle the tried and tested Dubstep templates that have become de rigueur for the scene as the months have passed, instead opting for a more schizophrenic approach that takes-in Cumbers' evidently well-worn collection of Idm, Dub and Jungle records, mashed up and re-processed with a heavy analogue underlay, demonstrating charm and untold heaviness.
Not entirely unlike the Werk label's excellent Actress, Bass Clef don't discriminate against any given styles, pairing off Cumbers' Bristol roots against his current surroundings in Hackney - a sort of geographic trawl through bass culture that's incredibly modern yet well-grounded in over 30 years of beat science. |
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