Logo
DiS Needs You: Save our site »
  • Logo_home2
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • In Photos
  • Blog
  • Podcast
  • Search
  • Community
  • Records
  • In Depth
  • Blog
  • Community

THIS SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED AND CLOSED.

Please join the conversation over on our new forums »

If you really want to read this, try using The Internet Archive.

26356

news

Capsule announce special Birmingham Town Hall show
Mike_Diver by Mike Diver August 6th, 2007

The brains behind the annual Supersonic Festival (2007 review here), Capsule, have announced details of a very special show at Birmingham's Town Hall, to be staged as part of said venue's re-opening festival.

Playing live on October 15 will be Pram (pictured), Modified Toy Orchestra and DiS favourites Shady Bard, soon to be on tour with iLiKETRAiNS. Say the powers that be: Prepare to be amazed by a menagerie of artists using unconventional instruments and enchanting visuals to create three stunning live performances.

The event's a seated affair, and tickets are a tenner in advance from the Town Hall website, which can be found here. Alternatively, tickets can be purchased over the phone by calling 0121 780 3333.

MySpace linkage? You've got it...

Pram: HERE
Pioneering experimentalists Pram will showcase their latest album, The Moving Frontier. Mixing theremin,trombone, stylophone, clarinet, bowed vibraphone, airsynth and analogue keyboards with loops and samples, they create gently chaotic rhythms around strange tales of mermaids, chrysalids and owls. The gig is a welcome return home for the Birmingham-based band, whose most recent adventures have seen them headlining St Etienne's Joe Meek tribute night for the Turntable Cafe at the South Bank Centre en route from Moscow to Istanbul.

Modified Toy Orchestra: HERE
Modified Toy Orchestra are a live electronic act that uses no conventional instruments, no midi, no sequencing, no sampling, no synthesizers, no laptops. Modified Toy Orchestra are a collection of abandoned and reconstructed children’s electronic toys, conducted by a selection of musicians. Their performance at last year's Sonar Festival in Barcelona attracted huge attention resulting in performances at seven European festivals this year, including Dissonance (Rome), Zemos (Madrid), Faster than Sound Festival (UK) and Birmingham’s very own Supersonic Festival. Their appearance at the Town Hall's opening festival will be a welcome return and fitting finale to this year’s festival performances.

Shady Bard: HERE
Described as a miniature indie orchestra, Shady Bard's line-up includes violin, cello and French horn alongside guitars, piano, percussion and samples, resulting in beautiful, frail torchlight melodies; broken and melancholy, songs that are hauntingly mysterious and rich. The Birmingham five-piece have been drawing comparisons to Mercury Rev, Super Furry Animals, Low, Godspeed and Arab Strap.

Add show to your gig calendar HERE; for more Capsule events/information click HERE



LATEST


  • Drowned in Sound's 21 Favourite Albums of the Year: 2020


  • Drowned in Sound to return as a weekly newsletter


  • Lykke Li's Sadness Is A Blessing


  • Glastonbury 2019 preview playlist + ten alternative must sees


  • A Different Kind Of Weird: dEUS on The Ideal Crash


  • Way Out East: DiS Does Sharpe Festival 2019

Share on
   
Love DiS? Become a Patron of the site here »




LATEST

    news


    Drowned in Sound's 21 Favourite Albums of the Y...

  • 106141
  • news


    Drowned in Sound to return as a weekly newsletter

  • 106139

    Playlist


    Lykke Li's Sadness Is A Blessing

  • 106138
  • Festival Preview


    Glastonbury 2019 preview playlist + ten alterna...

  • 106137

    Interview


    A Different Kind Of Weird: dEUS on The Ideal Crash

  • 106136
  • Festival Review


    Way Out East: DiS Does Sharpe Festival 2019

  • 106135

    Festival Review


    25 years of SPOT Festival: DiS Picks Its Best 11

  • 106134
  • Festival Review


    Twelve Hours Of Drone Is Just The Beginning: Di...

  • 106133
MORE


    Column


    Human After All: Auto-tune, Technology, and Hum...

  • 101442
  • Interview


    Interview: Bjork talks piracy, punk, Lady Gaga ...

  • 79700

    feature


    The Icarus Line: a perpetual appetite for destr...

  • 24537
  • review


    Kate Nash - Made Of Bricks

  • 26283

    news


    Podcast: 15 Years of Music Blogging

  • 101499
  • review


    The Enemy - Music For The People

  • 93727

    news


    DiS curates the #IndependentMusicMonday Playlist

  • 101788
  • feature


    United by emo's Golden Age: a reminder of Rival...

  • 36447
MORE
Drowned in Sound
  • DROWNED IN SOUND
  • HOME
  • SITE MAP
  • NEWS
  • IN DEPTH
  • IN PHOTOS
  • RECORDS
  • RECOMMENDED RECORDS
  • ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
  • FESTIVAL COVERAGE
  • COMMUNITY
  • MUSIC FORUM
  • SOCIAL BOARD
  • REPORT ERRORS
  • CONTACT US
  • JOIN OUR MAILING LIST
  • FOLLOW DiS
  • GOOGLE+
  • FACEBOOK
  • TWITTER
  • SHUFFLER
  • TUMBLR
  • YOUTUBE
  • RSS FEED
  • RSS EMAIL SUBSCRIBE
  • MISC
  • TERM OF USE
  • PRIVACY
  • ADVERTISING
  • OUR WIKIPEDIA
© 2000-2021 DROWNED IN SOUND