Kogumaza (Notts/Shrops - Low Point Records) and XAM Duo Live in Sowerby Bridge (Matinee)
Schedule
Sun Dec 08 2024 at 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Puzzle Hall Community Pub | Halifax, EN
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Sunday 8th December 2024ADRA promotions and Puzzle Hall Inn present …
Kogumaza (Notts/Shrops - Low Point Records)
Long-anticipated regeneration of the UKs finest drone-rock trio featuring members of Wolves of Greece, Rattle, Haress, Little Girl With Cherries.
https://kogumaza.bandcamp.com/
XAM Duo (Sowerby Bridge)
Moduar synth and alto sax electronic explorations from Matt Benn (Holodrum) and Chris Duffin (Holodrum/Yard Act). Releases on Sonic Cathedral and remixed by the likes of James Holden.
https://xammusik.bandcamp.com/album/xam-duo-ii
at Puzzle Hall Inn, 21 Hollins Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2RF
4pm - 6pm
FREE ENTRY with donations for bands gratefully accepted.
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Kogumaza
Kogumaza formed in Nottingham in 2009. They use primitive rhythms, patterns and riffs to create dense and mesmeric song-cycles. The band's live sound is manipulated through dub delays and echoes, allowing what is basically a heavy rock trio to expand and willingly lose control of the sound they make as they make it.
The resulting music marries fuzzed-out psychedelia to an ambient aesthetic, placing the band somewhere between the infinite repetition of Moondog, the thick gloop of Master Of Reality-era Sabbath and the hypnotic pulse of Lungfish.
They have released albums on the Low Point and Lancashire & Somerset labels and toured Europe with Zomes (Asa from Lungfish).
"At times Kogumaza sounds like the future or the strange murmurings of the universe; at others, the cyclical pounding of drums conjures ghosts of ancient rituals, as if drawn from the very centre of the earth" Fluid Radio
XAM Duo
"XAM Duo have spent the past few years collaborating with Virginia Wing and releasing the fun single ‘Tisch Tennis’, as well as playing live with everyone from Stereolab, Sonic Boom and Michael Rother to Jessy Lanza, The Necks and Anna Meredith. They are also both members of Holodrum, the band formed from the ashes of Hookworms whose debut album came out earlier this year.
Despite being over five years in the making, ‘XAM Duo II’ is a much more concise affair than their debut, clocking in at just under 30 minutes. The journey begins and ends with the beat-driven ‘Blue Comet’ and ‘Cold Stones’, taking in shorter ambient jams along the way, making use of saxophone, drawn out tape chords, floating Rhodes piano and spaced-out synths, alongside very precise and intentional, sequenced and punchy synth tones.
With the digital approach it could feel cold and processed, but it’s the opposite – warm and natural. This is something that is reflected in the striking artwork by long-time collaborator Jonathan Wilkinson which comes from a series of prints inspired by his time hiking around the Calder Valley in West Yorkshire. One thing that has stayed the same is the influence of The Sopranos, with three of the six tracks on the album named after episodes of the classic series."
- Boomkat
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Where is it happening?
Puzzle Hall Community Pub, 21 Hollins Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2, United Kingdom,Halifax, West YorkshireEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
