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The Diamond Family Archive
Ghostly folk with heartfelt vocals and deeply emotive songwriting.

Robert Stillman (Horses)
Archaeo-futuristic instrumental music and sound, one-man-band Americana.

Clara Kindle
Tender, whispering and eerie folktronica.

Date: Saturday 2nd of May
Venue: The Basement. 24 Kensington Street, Brighton. BN1 4AJ
Time: 8-11pm
ENTRY BY DONATION (all money made on the door goes to the performers)
Over 18s only

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The Diamond Family Archive
Trance-like and intimate, folksongs for darker hearts, Laurence Collyer's mesmerising live performances are hard to translate to record but, they do and amazingly so. Chilling evocative lyrics coupled with a droning countryfied guitar and assorted accompaniment. Imagine how Bob Dylan and the Band might have sounded if they'd been holed up in a cold drizzling English countryside with only bottles of cough syrup and Lou Reed's Berlin LP on constant rotation. It's that good.

“…this is haunting, intense, spectral folk but with a distinctly British sound… Laurence Collyer's diamond family archive is a unique, revolving ensemble, centering around his ghostly, deeply emotive songwriting. imagine Mark Kozelek's haunting folk with elements of Robert Wyatts heart wrenching vocals combined with Collyer's beautiful songs this is a truly great disc” – Rough Trade

http://www.myspace.com/thediamondfamilyarchive

Robert Stillman (Horses)
HORSES is wordless music and sound by Robert Stillman. The spirit of 'Horses' music is somewhere between the fairground, the rural parlor, and the stars; while the shrewd listener may be able to pick out hints of Stillman's influences, (among whom he counts John Fahey, Kurt Weill, Scott Joplin, and Maurice Ravel), his music exists on its own terms, a detailed musical territory unto itself.

Attendees of Stillman's live shows have come to expect the unexpected; a 'Horses' performance can mean a one-man-band, tape-based sound collage, live accompaniment of silent archive footage, or a full ensemble event.

Stillman's most recent release, Early Maine Films (l'animaux tryst field recordings), is a CD/DVD featuring original sound and music composed to accompany turn-of-the-century archive footage from Stillman's native corner state. Selections from the project were performed live with the films at the H&M High Line Festival (curated by David Bowie) in New York City.

"...'Horses' whirls like a dancer in a slit skirt, each slow turn and quick step showing you a glimpse of something you desperately want to see again, and each track another chance to capture it." The Washington Examiner

http://www.myspace.com/robertstillmanshorses

Clara Kindle
Clara Kindle is an anagram under which illustrator Daniel Michael Clark (b. 1988) records music. Daniel spent much of his childhood exploring the woods surrounding a smallholding his parent's bought together or playing in the junk shop his father owned in a nearby town. Today he lives in Brighton where he splits his time between making music, drawings & short films.

“…this is a dusky hued record crackling with imagination that feels totally and utterly free. Melodies tangle but never too tightly, vocals turn out of a whisper and a song, it’s all so heartbreakingly tender, even when breaking to abstraction the record feels structured and nuanced. I can’t wait for the album, or whatever comes next. I’m in for life, I suggest you join too’-Eyeless Records (Oxford).

http://www.myspace.com/clarakindleaudio