5th MARCH @ MADAME CLAUDE: ELYAS KHAN (US) + THE ELECTRIC SET (US) + BLACK RABBIT (UK)

elyas khan is better known as charismatic front man of brooklyn based sextet and two drum kit heavy nervous cabaret. this time solo with guitar and percussion. a few months ago he supported amanda palmer on tour. nervous cabaret were featured recently in a documentary called Between the Bridges. their last album Drop Drop was out on naive. we had the honour to present them previously the first time in 2007 in berlin. meanwhile it got the current home of elyas khan where he works at the Funkhaus in Nalepastrasse, about to release a new album soon.


quotes:

"His live performances are bloodily moving: by turns Ellington, Post punk, Led Zeppelin and vaudeville orchestra." homepage

"Der Tänzer, Schauspieler und Video-Künstler wirft alle Stilrichtungen in einen Topf, ob Clash, Tom Waits oder den Qawwali, die traditionelle Musik aus Pakistan..." arte

"Man stelle sich Captain Beefheart plus Marc Bolan geteilt durch The Streets vor. Weitere Verweise gehen in Richtung Dick Dale, Joy Division, Dinosaur Jr. und Sun Ra." indigo





the electric set is the solo project of brandon davis from houston, later brooklyn based band indian jewelry he started in 2001. terrible eagle is the other main side project beside indian jewelry he is doing extremely well with currently (see our past gigs of january his year). the electric set released their last album Real Magic in 2009 on meanwhile berlin based label tigerbeat 6. he will give a special acoustic performance with justin farrow, known from the jacobites, nikki sudden and others. brandon davis is also busy as visual artist and lives currently in hamburg.


quotes:

"centering his lyrics on theories of mind control and psychic exploration. Nine tracks of pulsing electro rhythms, manipulated electronics and acoustic ramblings boldly carry out Davis' mission to create something new with whatever is available." tigerbeat 6

"sounds like one of those shoddily recorded Joy Division live bootleg LPs, full of overdriven bass and coated in a kind of choppy, mucky fuzz" boomkat

"they don't stray terribly far afield from the latter's Brightblack Morning Light-jamming-with-Hawkwind approach; there are electronic squiggles, fuzzy atmospheres, and processed vocals aplenty to give you that floating-on-a-sea-of-absinthe feel." prefix mag

"Davis started with reverb based shoegaze, kicked the treble up a bunch of notches and somehow made depressing shit eminently listenable" the fader




black rabbit is the brand new project by kevin kennedy, formerly known from the london, later berlin  based band nemo. he is also a fantastic song writer. he will perform a special acoustic set.




on decks residents. rad spin rotate club plays new electronics, experimental, noise, psychedelics, punk and disco.




WANN: 5th march, 9pm
WO: Madame Claude, Lübbener Strasse 19, U-Schlesisches Tor
WIEVIEL: FREE donation


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elyas khan

the electric set

black rabbit