Please note this show is not happening at The Old Hairdresser’s, it is taking place at The Flying Duck.
Kling Klang are an experimental kraut-punk band from Liverpool consisting of noisy synths and drums. Starting as a trio in 1999, Kling Klang began making music using only cheap keyboards and manually operated drum machines fed through distorted amps. Initially setting out to be a guitar-based rock group, the use of the above instruments was intended only for the first gig to counteract the lack of a full line-up/drummer/etc. But instead, excited with the sonic impact of this accidental setup – they decided to embrace & start writing songs with this new sound.
This line-up went on to release a few 7″ singles capturing these askew drone-fuelled yet melodic arrangements, which at the time were enthusiastically received, by John Peel and the underground press.
In 2001 the band became a 5-piece, ditching the drum machines altogether in favour of adding live drums, vintage synths & minimal use of guitar. Releasing the Nexus/Apex single with this new heavier line-up, the band moved further into previously uncharted space-punk terroritory. Following the excitement of this release and their increasingly confident live performances, they were invited by bands such as Mogwai, Stereolab, Clinic and Trans Am to tour with them, regularly sending their partisan crowds away talking as much about the support as the headline act.
In June 2002 the band in collaboration with respected German performance artist/mineralogist Mister B presented the ambitious live performance – “Esthetik Of Destruction”. A stunning sound and visual performance situated in a Liverpool warehouse involving 14 televisions converted to transform sound into incredible optical effects.
Their album “ESTHETIK OF DESTRUCTION” was released on Mogwai’s Rock Action Records in 2006. It features all of the bands recordings to date, as well as some brand new, previously unreleased material.
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Lucid Sins are Andreas Jönsson & Ruaraidh Sanachan.
“You stumble through the forest. Alone and far from home. Lost in a world of green. Hidden in the dark. As the light fades you glimpse flickering flame and catch the scent of smoke…
Shadows cast by a low fire take human-esque forms. Leaning in for warmth, they share *TEN TALES OF HOPE AND BETRAYAL, MAGIC AND MADNESS, LOVE AND LOSS*
One-by-one the figures begin to dance and spin as the sound of *OCCULT PSYCHEDELIA* drifts through the trees. With swirling perception you release your grip on space and time…
Around a glowing fire, deep in the woods, LUCID SINS ARE DANCING IN THE DARK…WILL YOU DANCE WITH THEM??”
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Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh is a viola player exploring the tonal possibilities of gut strings and wood in both amplified and acoustic contexts.
Amalgamations of influences from improvised, traditional and early music styles can be heard on solo recordings Oreing (Fort Evil Fruit 2017), The Rounds (KRUT 2021) and most recently Live At Sonic Acts (Scatter Archive 2023). She lives in Glasgow where she plays in free-improv quartet Dome Riders with Fritz Welch, ArminSturm and Mike Parr-Burman.
