Lunatraktors

Event information

Lunatraktors are choreographer and percussionist Carli Jefferson, and nonbinary vocalist and composer Clair Le Couteur. Influenced by flamenco, post-punk and trip hop, their' 'broken folk' sound strips trad folk back to rhythm and voice. The pair turned heads in 2019 when their DIY debut This Is Broken Folk – recorded live in a viaduct arch by Ramsgate harbour – made it onto MOJO Magazine's Top Ten Folk Albums. New releases blend analogue synth, whistles, accordion with tuned drums, vocal harmonies and a hybrid of tap dance and body percussion, which Jefferson developed after touring with Stomp.

Reimagining British folk through a shared teenage absorption in dance music and art rock, Lunatraktors have built up a passionate fanbase through performances at festivals, art galleries, museums, theatres and queer cabarets. Jefferson's compulsion to dance while drumming prompted Lunatraktors to put together a tonal percussion kit, providing both rhythmic and melodic elements to their sound. A double act in the old fashioned sense, Le Couteur's channeling voices of multiple tragi-comic characters matches Jefferson's hyper-expressive performance style.

More about Lunatraktors at lunatraktors.space
Listen here on Bandcamp lunatraktors.bandcamp.com

Here are three videos:

16,000 Miles

Anemoia

Turn of the Plough


This event is also part of Summer is Ready! Field System’s Mayday Celebration run in collaboration with our neighbours, Field System gallery.

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