LOCOMOTIVA, sunday 18th April

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LOCOMOTIVA, a weekend of reverb, delay and landscapes.

Sunday 18th April

VESSELS (Leeds)
"Leeds-based four-piece Vessels are a tough outfit to accurately categorise using conventional and accepted critical pigeonholes. While the band are clearly able to craft epic post-rock soundscapes, their electronic-sourced influences blaze proudly from their sleeves. But they're no 65daysofstatic wannabes "this band is stirringly unique, operating at a more cerebral level than the foot-tapping beats of said Sheffield glitch-rockers." Drowned In Sound
Debut album, White Fields And Open Devices (2008), was released to critical acclaim and showcased the eclectic nature of a band who draw influence from rock, electronica, techno, metal and ambient music. Their explosive live show has attracted many fans and resulted in appearances at Latitude, Bestival and Leeds festivals, amongst others, and support slots with Efterklang, Caribou, Brett Anderson and The Wedding Present's Dave Gedge with the BBC Big Band. 2010 has already seen the band successfully tour with Oceansize, previewing songs from their forthcoming second album.
http://vesselsband.com
http://www.myspace.com/vesselsband

EF (Sweden)
Ef is a post-rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden. This will be the bands first gig in the UK after many years of playing around Europe and building up a good following. With three guitars, bows, lots of effects, organs, glockenspiel, cello, laptops, melodica and trumpets they create their beautiful soundscapes. It's all topped with fragile and tender vocals, used more like a storyteller than to spread clichés. Their debut album Give me beauty... Or give me death! was released in May 2006. In February 2008 the band released their second album I Am Responsible. They accomplished 10 full EU tours, numbers of festival shows and weekend adventures. ef was featured on television, student radio, did 100s of interviews and also did a live radio session for Belgiums biggest radio station; Studio Brussel. New album "Mourning golden morning" will be release on 1st April in UK, Europe and Asia, and this show is part of their world tour.
http://www.myspace.com/ef
http://www.efmusic.nu/

AIR FORMATION (Sussex)
Air Formation are an English Shoegazing/Dream pop/Space rock band that debuted with their first 7" in the summer of 1998 under the name "b.e.a.b Approved". In early 2000 they were forced to change their name, they chose Air Formation. Highly inspired by bands like Flying Saucer Attack, Spacemen 3, and The Jesus and Mary Chain, their music incorporates heavily delayed guitar and feedback, droning keyboards, and soft vocals. Over the past nine years they have released three albums, two EPs, and three 7" singles. In November 2008 they released a new 7" single through Distant Noise Records. Air Formation will release their highly anticipated 4th album "Nothing To Wish For (Nothing To Lose)" in March 2010.
http://www.myspace.com/airformation

I CONCUR (Leeds)
I Concur's music tells a story of deep understanding, a rock solid sense of purpose and, above all, limitless passion for their songs and the subjects they cover. Live, this translates in to far more than just a re-telling of their already excellent material: the frazzled peaks of their songwriting are propelled even further, the stories told face to face, the sheer overwhelming size of the music increased. I Concur formed in Leeds at the tail end of 2006 thanks to a shared love of American indie, slowcore and post rock - bands such as The National, Low, Wilco and Mogwai. The debut album Able Archer was recorded in the spring of 2009 with James Kenosha (Grammatics, This Et Al, Duels) and was released on Club AC30 records (Jenniferever, Ulrich Schnauss, Exit Calm) in October 2009.
http://www.myspace.com/iconcurband

KEYBOARD CHOIR (Oxford)
Keyboard Choir started out in Oxford during winter 2004, creating live music with the turbulence and dynamics of 'traditional' ensemble performance using purely electronic sound sources - keys, synths, drum machines, samplers, fx boxes and laptops. They've since gone from strength to strength, playing support to bands as diverse Metronomy, Coldcut and Cadence Weapon, and picking up an army of fans that includes the godfather of UK electronic music Brian Eno. They have been written about widely including favourable articles in The Independent, Stool Pigeon, Plan B, Kruger and Drowned In Sound. Debut album 'Mizen Head to Gascanane Sound' was released on Brainlove Records in 2008.
http://www.myspace.com/thekeyboardchoir

STANDARD PLANETS (London)
Standard Planets create epic symphonies that effortlessly combine elements of monolithic drone, caustic machine funk, '67 psych, carpathian hillbilly, fourth world soundscapes, bipolar sludge and tectonic krautrock.
http://www.myspace.com/standardplanets

NEDRY (London)
"(Nedry) reinvent the (trip-hop) genre on their terrific debut, a futuristic sonic collage of dreamy glitch-folk, shimmering electronica and weapons grade dubstep percussion." **** UNCUT
"Featuring soaring vocals and spectral soundscapes, this London trio look set to become the first mainstream dubstep indie band." THE GUARDIAN
http://www.myspace.com/nedrymakesmusic

CURSOR MINER (London)
Cursor Miner is an underground electronic music producer from Chichester, England. Signed to Lo Recordings in the UK, he has released 3 albums, Explosive Piece Of Mind (2002), Cursor Miner Plays God (2004) and Danceflaw (2006). His music was described by Uncut as 'electro Syd Barrett meets Aphex Twin meets Gary Numan with a touch of early Eno and a nod at Beck'. He is also a popular remixer, and in 2005 had an underground hit with his remix of Temposhark's 'Little White Lie'.
http://www.myspace.com/cursorminer

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