Sir-Vere Album Launch Party
SIR-VERE + The Caulfield Beats + Brett. B + ELIZABETE BALČUS
Entry Requirements: 18
Sir-Vere invite special guests The Caulfield Beats, Brett.B and Elizabete Balcus to celebrate the release of their debut album, Psychoballisticfunk album!!
Hosted by Mark Jones (Wall of Sound) Records DJ & Stevie Vega on the decks, all in one very special night of beats, breaks & sonic mayhem
22:15 The Caulfield Beats 21:30 SIR-VERE 20:45 Brett.B 20:00 ELIZABETE BALČUS
Sir-Vere release their debut album, Psychobalisticfunk October 26.
Expect a selection of finely sculpted, party-stoking breakbeats, techno bleeps, electro machinations, shuffling house rhythms and garage and jungle sub-bass tremors, all colliding with a storm of rousing, distorted guitars and punky, attitude heavy vocals of Craig Sir-Vere.
Line Up
The Caulfield Beats
Brett. B
Elizabete Balčus is a Latvian musician and actress who creates neo-psychedelic dream pop from surprising, collaged, genre juxtapositions that is simultaneously melodic and experimental. She works with a strong visual aesthetic that draws upon modern surrealism, contemporary fashion and geometric imagery.
Her new album "Conarium" is like a eulogy for the subconsciousness; it searches into the deepest depths. The spirit of the album is weirdly theatrical, welding together free-jazz flute improvisations, unearthly voice, electronic beats, ancient sounds, elements of chamber music and magical secret glitches. One of the instruments she plays is a synthesizer which enables her to play fruit and vegetables as instruments. Live performances engage the audience with a psychedelic and theatrical situation that is as befuddling as it is mesmerizing.
“She frequently employs her voice as another instrument with its whoops, shrieks and groans giving the impression of a ghostly opera singer, while at other times creating an eerie choir by multi tracking her vocals. Overall the album is a hazy, dreamy sonic delight (with just enough surprises) which leaves the listener in a blissed out trance like state, somewhere between the waking and sleeping as the album title suggests.” *// Album review by Dave Hammond, *Sounds Magazine**
“Cocteau Twins meets Bjork. Great arrangement and gorgeous vocals (song “The Hanging Garden”)” Vehlinggo.com
“...Her electro-pop inclinations often hardwired and intensive, with the flute improvisations of “Behind the Castle” mixing with a beat that could match Portishead’s “Machine Gun” if it wanted to. These kind of moments show Balčus sowing together total opposites, putting herself in untenable positions -- free jazz jams and stringent rhythmic policies -- in the name of a very particular kind of pop music. It’s a fantastic, weird record, possibly unlike anything you’ve heard. A triumph of fanfare and fury with a patchwork discipline (album “Conarium”)” NormanRecords.com
