CLARK (Warp) + ROCKETNUMBERNINE (live) + ELITE BARBARIAN (live) + ROUGH TRADE DJS + STENCHMAN + EBOL

Event information

Lithe Presents:
Clark – August 1st
+ Rocketnumbernine + Rough Trade Djs
£10(Advance),£12(Door) 8pm

Clark -

Holding court amidst high expectations from your audience should not phase most artists. Especially not those as gifted and merciless as Chris Clark (AKA:Clark).

Having convinced old ears and new with his tech-savvy Opus 'Body Riddle'(Warp) in 2006, Clark embarked on the seldom-straight and narrow road to perfection via a number of cheeky, if informative, raves overseas. The end result is 'Turning Dragon'(Warp,2008) - a ravenous, winged-beast of a session that ruthlessly feeds on the sweat and cheers of the masses. Upping the tempo and donating the very blood that runs through his fibre-optic veins with this most recent release, Clark proves that he has that rare, reassuring, ability to cater for both ends of the "electrum". Either end will surely shake hands cordially when they meet halfway during his forthcoming, powerhouse live performance. Unstoppable and not to be missed.


Rocketnumbernine -

Setting Rothko aside, in the nicest way possible, Tom and Benjamin Page again show us what they're made of with their extra-curricular project 'Rocketnumbernine'. Free-wheeling beats, cybernetic grooves and risk-heavy riffs are the order of the day. The magic of their performance is bound two-fold, first by their improvisation and second their intuition. Testament to this was demonstrated by the inclusion of a double-bass musician at their last show. Plucked strings dripped droplets of sound at perfect intervals, inviting all and sundry to partake in their semi-psychic interaction. Anticipate a showcase of tonal talent and musical immodesty.


Rough Trade Djs -

With access to the record collection that plastic dreams are made of, it would take God-and-sunny-Jesus for these guys to be undersold. Vintage post-punk, chunky electronics, steady rock and rolling te-tappers cement the bricks of any line-up. Architectually Sound.