Wandering Oak: Alabaster DePlume
Schedule
Thu, 01 May, 2025 at 07:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Gosforth Civic Theatre | Newcastle Upon Tyne, EN
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Wandering Oak brings you:Alabaster DePlume
plus Lucy Gooch
at Gosforth Civic Theatre
Tickets: https://www.seetickets.com/event/alabaster-deplume/gosforth-civic-theatre/3198353 • https://link.dice.fm/xbf54954bfe2
• Alabaster DePlume • (International Anthem)
Gus Fairbairn, aka Alabaster DePlume, has a pocketful of phrases that he uses all the time whether he’s walking down the street or holding court with musicians and an audience. For a long time the Mancunian would tell anyone who’d listen that they were doing very well. More recently, it’s another phrase which has a similar effect and which belies his unwavering commitment to personal vulnerability and collective politics: “Don’t forget you’re precious.”
A process that is people-first not product-first ensures that the music is unique; often gem-like. Alabaster DePlume’s songs are built on sonorous circular melodies and luminous tones that transmit calmness and generosity in warm waves – unless they’re raging against complacency and the everyday inhumanity of end times capitalism. Most importantly, he brings a valuable transparency to his work. “This is what I’m really doing,” he says. “I want to talk about why I’m doing this, and how I’m doing this.
"[DePlume] delivers a serene reminder of what matters most" - Pitchfork
"DePlume is a fixture on the London avant-jazz scene whose greatest value is openness" - NPR
"He’s a garrulous, heart-on-sleeve rabble-rouser, an anti-cynic keen to reduce the fourth wall to rubble." - The Observer
“An incredibly unique record. Every second of the precious hour and seven minutes is dedicated to vulnerability and collective politics” - CLASH
FFO Robert Wyatt / Alice Coltrane / Ivor Cutler / Rozi Plain / Kiran Leonard
https://www.alabaster-deplume.com/
• Lucy Gooch •
Lucy Gooch’s music is a beautiful ethereal fog; like hearing a subliminal echo of Kate Bush on a fading tape loop, masked by an internal wall of sound that vibrates with the hum of everyday life. She grew up in rural Norfolk, singing in choirs. Her search for harmony took her to Bristol and its evolving ambient scene. Lucy’s debut EP, ‘Rushing’, gained plaudits from NPR to The Guardian.
Imagine The Cocteau Twins’ dream pop, cautiously overlapping Cluster’s trippy nuances; cast a thought of Eno and Julie London after cocktails. Think of the church organist on downers and the choir free forming, a phalanx of voices vying for attention. It’s a truly uplifting and life-affirming sound; dramatic, filmic, passionate.
https://www.lucygooch.com/
Advance tickets available via See Tickets:
https://www.seetickets.com/event/alabaster-deplume/gosforth-civic-theatre/3198353
via DICE:
https://link.dice.fm/xbf54954bfe2
Also available in person at Reflex CD Vinyl Newcastle
Gosforth Civic Theatre
Regent Farm Rd
Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 3HD
https://www.gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk/
For ages 14+ (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult), from 7:30pm
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Where is it happening?
Gosforth Civic Theatre, Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 1, United Kingdom,Newcastle upon TyneEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
