January
Sat 16th	Stockholm	Sodra Teatern (solo)
Fri 22nd	Athens	Bios (VD Quartet)
March
Sun 28th	Helsinki	Kiasma theater (rescore of "I Hired A Contract Killer" )
Tue 30th	Huesca	Centro Cultural Matadero
Wed 31st	Elx	L'Escorxador
April
Fri 2nd	Geneva	Electron Festival (VD Quartet)
Fri 23rd	London	Ether Festival
August
Sat 14th	Helsinki	Flow Festival
September
Wed 1st	Tartu	Eclectica Festival
Thu 16th	Berlin	Echtzeitmusiktage *
December
Thu 2nd	Hamburg	KörberForum

* Vladislav Delay Quartet

2010
January
Sat 16th	Firenze	La Murate
February
Thu 25th	London	Kings Place w/ Hildur Gudnadottir
April
Sun 18th	Leipzig	Central Theatre w/ Max Richter
Sat 24th	Barcelona	Obra Social Caja Madrid
May
Thu 20th	Madrid	La Casa Encendida (rescore of 'Vampyr of Dreyer')
Fri 28th	Milan	Teatro dell'Arte
June
Thu 10th	Palma	Museu es Baluard (rescore of 'Vampyr of Dreyer')
Fri 11th	Granada	Teatro Isidoro Maiquez (rescore of 'Vampyr of Dreyer')
Sat 19th	Essen	Zeche Zollverein
July
Fri 2nd	Gallarate	Museo MAGA
Sat 3rd	Aosta	Aosta Sound Fest
August
Sat 21st	Berlin	Modern Solo Piano Festival
September
Sat 4th	Vleiland Island	Into The Great Wide Open
Thu 16th	Dusseldorf	Langham Foundation
October
Mon 4th	London	Secret show (mailing list only)
Mon 15th	Pau	La Centrifugeuse
Mon 16th	Rodez	Venue TBC
Fri 22nd	Lisbon	Teatro Maria Matos
November
Wed 3rd	Berlin	Hau1
Thu 4th	Tilburg	Paradox
Tue 9th	London	Bush Hall*
Wed 10th	Oxford	St Michael at The Northgate
Thu 11th	Brighton	Duke Of Yorks
Fri 12th	Coventry	St John The Baptist Church
Sat 13th	Manchester	Lowry Hotel (2 shows)
Sun 14th	Gateshead	Sage
Mon 15th	Glasgow	University Chapel
Tue 16th	Reading	South St Arts Centre
Tue 23rd	Oslo	Bla
Wed 24th	Stockholm	Sodra Teatern
Thu 25th	Gothenburg	Koloni @ Cinnober Theater
Fri 28th	Aarhus	Voxhall
December
Wed 1st	Hamburg	Uebel & Gafaehrlich
Thu 2nd	Leipzig	Ut Connewitz
Fri 3rd	Dresden	Cinema Schaumburg
Thu 9th	Torino	Teatro Astra
Sat 11th	Den Haag	State X New Forms Festival
2011
February
Fri 19th	Hasselt	CCHA
May
Sat 14th	Luxembourg City	Exit 07 (rescore of 'Vampyr of Dreyer')

* Performing Foreign Landscapes with 10-piece orchestra

April
Tue 20th	Brighton	Concorde 2 *
Wed 21st	London	Shepherds Bush Empire *, **
Thu 22nd	Oxford	O2 Academy *
Fri 23rd	Edinburgh	Cabaret Voltaire ^
Sat 24th	Belfast	Black Box ^
Sun 25th	Dublin	Whelans ^
Tue 27th	Bristol	Metropolis ^
June
Mon 28th	London	Serpentine Sessions w/ Grizzly Bear
August
Sun 8th	Herts	Standon Calling
Sun 22nd	Brecon Beacons	Green Man Festival
November
Sun 7th	Liverpool Music Week	o2 Academy

One of those special bands who blaze their own creative path and conjure up live shows that conjure up a joyful feelings. Efterklang are a expressive, expansive (7 to 12 members jumping all around the stage) and beautifully choreographed band in their prime. This majestic ensemble have performed with Britten Sinfonia at the Barbican and alongside peers such as Tortoise and Peter & Heather Broderick. Now with a more rocking, widescreen live sound and show, which is in keeping with the high pop perfection of their tantalising new album 'Magic Chairs' just out on 4AD this tour will surprise old fans and win them new followers.

Special supports are
(*) Heather Woods Broderick and
(**) Esben And The Witch
(^) Slaraffendland

May
Thu 6th	Edinburgh	The Roxy Room
Fri 7th	Halifax	Old Cock Inn
Sun 9th	Newcastle	The Bridge Folk Club
Tue 11th	Cambridge	The Portland Arms
Wed 12th	Birmingham	Hare & Hounds
Fri 14th	London	Bush Hall
Sat 15th	Brighton	Brighton Great Escape Festival
Sun 16th	Exeter	Phoenix
Mon 17th	Coventry	Tin Angel
Tue 18th	Manchester	Band on the Wall
Fri 21st	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	Cinema D
Sat 22nd	São Paulo, Brazil	Studio Sp
June
Fri 4th	Edinburgh	Queen Elizabeth's Hall w/The Unthanks
Sun 20th	Scotland	Insider Festival
Sat 26th	Glastonbury	Glastonbury Festival
July
Sat 3rd	Reading	South Street Arts Centre
Sun 4th	Hertfordshire	Tapestry Festival
Wed 21st	Glasgow	Stereo
Sat 24th	Bradford	Playhouse
Sun 25th	Wiltshire	Trowbridge Festival
Tues 27th	Belfast	Empire **
Wed 28th	Dublin	Whelans **
Thu 29th	Dublin	Whelans **
Fri 30th	Galway	Roisin Dubh **
Sat 31st	Skibbereen	Cork x Southwest **
August
Mon 2nd	Coventry	St John's **
Tues 3rd	Manchester	Cathedral **
Wed 4th	London	Shepherds Bush Empire **
September
Fri 10th	Dorset	End of the Road Festival
Sat 11th	Bristol	St Bonaventures
October
Sat 23rd	Cardiff	Swn Festival
Sat 30th	London	Cecil Sharp House
November
Sat 27th	Utrecht	Le Guess Who? Festival
December
Fri-Sun 10-12th	Minehead	ATP Belle and Sebastian Bowlie 2

** with “Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & The Cairo Gang”

May
Fri 14th	Minehead	ATP Festival (with Voices)
Sat 15th	London	Bishopsgate Institute (with Voices)
August
Thu 26th	London	The Lexington (duo show)
November
Sat 27th	London	Union Chapel (with Voices)*

* featuring The Roundhouse Experimental Choir

July
Sat 17th	Antwerp	Werkkamp 010 *
September
Thu 2nd	London	Bush Hall (James Blackshaw Ensemble) *
Thu 9th	Oslo	Bla *
Sat 11th	Copenhagen	Festival of Endless Gratitude *
Mon 13th	Aarhus	Atlas *
October
Thu 21st	Cork	Cyprus Avenue
Fri 22nd	Dublin	Button Factory
Sat 23rd	Cardiff	Swn Festival
Sun 24th	Birmingham	Supersonic Festival
Mon 25th	Glasgow	Arches
Wed 27th	Brighton	Concorde
Thu 28th	London	Koko
Fri 29th	Leeds	Uni Stylus
Sat 30th	Manchester	Academy
November
Tue 23rd	Gronignen	Vera
Wed 24th	Utrecht	Le Guess Who Fest
Thu 25th	Brussels	AB Club
Fri 26th	Lille	Le Grande Mix
Sat 27th	Rouen	106 Club
Sun 28th	Paris	BBMIX festival
Tue 30th	Toulouse	Le Phare
December
Wed 1st	Lyon	Epicerie Modern
Thu 2nd	Geneva	L’Usine
Fri 3rd	Turin	Musica90 c/o Sala Espace
Sat 4th	Bologna	Locomotive Club
Sun 5th	Roma	Piper Club
Tue 7th	Vienna	Austria
Wed 8th	Prague	Akropolis
Thu 9th	Wroclaw	Firlej
Fri 10th	Warsaw	Palladium
Sun 12th	Hamburg	Kampnagel
Mon 13th	Berlin	Volksbuenne

all dates above are JAMES BLACKSHAW on tour with SWANS except *

July
Sat 24th	Lisbon	ZBD
Sun 25th	Porto	Fundação de Serralves
Mon 26th	Leiria	Teatro Miguel Franco
Tue 27th	Milton Keynes	Kiln Farm
Wed 28th	Leeds	The Brudenell Social Club
Thu 29th	Coventry	Taylor Johns
Fri 30th	Reading	South Street Arts Centre
Sat 31st	London	Field Day
August
Sun 1st	Manchester	Klondyke Club
October
Sat 9th	Utrecht	Rumor Festival
December
Sat 3-5th	Minehead	ATP Festival (curated by Godspeed)
CHRIS CORSANO (SOLO)
October
Fri 15th	Gothenburg	Freefest
Sat 16th	Stockholm	Strand*
Mon 18th	Berlin	West Germany
Fri 22nd	Graz	Elevate Festival

* w/ Joe McPhee with Lonberg-Holm & Zerang + Hush Arbors + Voice Of The Seven Thunders

August
Fri 27th	Northamptonshire	Barn Nova in Shambala Festival
Sun 29th	Madrid	La Terraza Suena *
Tues 31st	Penryn	Miss Peapods **
September
Wed 1st	Penryn	Miss Peapods **
Fri 3rd	Bristol	Garden Show
Sat 4th	London	Cafe Oto
Sun 5th	Brighton	Freebutt
Mon 6th	Birmingham	Kitchen Garden Cafe
Tues 7th	Edinburgh	The Roxy Room
Wed 8th	Newcastle	Star And Shadow
Thu 9th	Bradford	The Vicarage
Fri 10th	Manchester	Band On The Wall
Sun 12th	Dorset	End of The Road Festival *

Kath Bloom is some kind of legend, she comes from a special place where country, blues and folk are made beautifully translucent and emotive. Highly regarded but a bit of a mystery. The Connecticut based singer/songwriter has a special gift - her almost supernaturally beautiful, wavering soprano is one that has to be heard, she has a clear transparent moonlight tone combined with a earthly raw quality that can silence a room.

* Kath Bloom only
** also with MV & EE

September
Thu 9th	Manchester	Band On The Wall *
Sun 12th	London	Kings Place *

* w/ Denis Jones + Homelife

The high and lonesome cosmic hobo from the USA is back in Europe. Since way back when Paul Metzger has been experimenting playing his art-guitar complete with a crash cymbal mounted to its bottom and his distinct heavily modified 23 string banjo. Since 2003 he went public playing out sets of his own music, part old time strung out blues and raga's and part deep listening compositions that wind their way through you inner ear. This is not however the limit..what he can do with his instruments live also includes clangorous, rapidly punctuated percussive workouts that blow audiences away. He pulls the listener inwards and then takes them out the backdoor to experience the other.

October
Fri 8th	Pardubice, Czech Republic	Divadlo29
Sat 9th	Lysa Nad Labem, Czech Republic	Luft Kino Klubn
Sun 10th	Svaty Jan Pod Skalou, Czech Republic	Svatojanska Kolej
Mon 11th	Prague	NoD
Tue 12th	Berlin	Madame Claude
Wed 13th	Rostock	Jaz-Rostock
Fri 15th	Rennes	La Bascule
Sat 16th	Paris	Les Voutes
Sun 24th	London	Cafe Oto
Tue 26th	Bradford	Vicarage
Wed 27th	Manchester	Sacred Trinity Church
Sat 28th	Newcastle	Morden Tower
Sat 30th	Bristol	Mountain Of 9, Arnolfini
Sun 31st	Bath	The Bell

Jailbreak are drum and pedal steel pyrotechnics in extremis. The duo of pedal steel/vocalist Heather Leigh (Scorces / one of the heads behind Volcanic Tongue Record Shop/Distribution to the underground) and drummer Chris Corsano (Jim O'Rourke/Evan Parker/Bjork) bring together free jazz fire power to amp-humping sex beats.

October
Sun 10th	London	CAMP
Mon 11th	Sheffield	Red House
Tue 12th	Newcastle	Star & Shadow
Wed 13th	Bristol	Cube Cinema*
Sun 24th	Birmingham	Supersonic

* w/ Carla Bozulich & Massimo Pupillo

October
Thu 14th	Leeds	Howard Assembly Room
Fri 15th	Stirling	Le Weekend
Tue 26th	Bristol	Old Vic Theatre w/ Beak>
November
Mon 15th	Manchester	Band On The Wall
Tue 16th	London	QEH (London Jazz Festival)

October
Mon 25th	Den Haag	The Villa
Tue 26th	Berlin	West Germany
Wed 27th	Stuttgart	FFUS
Thu 28th	Aalst	Netwerk
Fri 29th	Lyon	Grrrnd Zero
Sat 30th	Nantes	Soy Festival
Sun 31st	Montpelier	Le Baloard
November
Wed 3rd	Madrid	El Perro Club
Fri 5th	Lisbon	ZDB
Sat 6th	Leiria	Teatro Miguel Franco
Tue 9th	Milan	Hundebiss
Wed 10th	Geneva	L'Ecurie
Sat 13th	Amsterdam	De Nieuwe Anita
Tue 16th	Bristol	Arnolfini°
Wed 17th	London	CAMP*
Thu 18th	Brighton	Hectors House**
Fri 19th	Bristol	The Croft***
Sat 20th	Nottingham	The Arts Organisation
Sun 21st	Manchester	Islington Mill#
Mon 22nd	Glasgow	Arts School##
Tue 23rd	Leeds	Brudenell Social Club###
Thu 25th	Belfast	Pavilion
Fri 26th	Dublin	Joinery Gallery
Sat 27th	Cork	Triskel Arts Centre

° Sun Araw vs Fellini's "Satyricon"
* w/ Zun Zun Egui, Hype Williams
** w/ Zun Zun Egui, Peep Holes + 20 Jazz Funk Greats DJs
*** w/ Zun Zun Egui, Andrew Hung (Fuck Buttons) DJ + Silver Pyre
# w/ Zun Zun Egui, GNOD
## w/ Zun Zun Egui, Blue Sabbath Black Fiji
### w/ Zun Zun Egui + Runners + Quack Quack

November
Wed 17th	London	CAMP*
Thu 18th	Brighton	Hectors House**
Fri 19th	Bristol	The Croft***
Sat 20th	Nottingham	The Arts Organisation
Sun 21st	Manchester	Islington Mill#
Mon 22nd	Glasgow	Arts School##
Tue 23rd	Leeds	Brudenell Social Club###

* w/ Hype Williams
** w/ Peep Holes + 20 Jazz Funk Greats DJs
*** w/ Andrew Hung (Fuck Buttons) DJ + Silver Pyre
# w/ GNOD
## w/ Blue Sabbath Black Fiji
### w/ Runners

The first return to Europe this year for the musical legend from Syria. His debut 2009 European tour left dancefloors crazed from Cornish community halls to Sonar's main stage and generated huge interest across the board, from Syrians needing some Dabke dancing to psych aficionados, from ARTE to CNN. Everywhere the reception was delirious.

The touring coincides with the release of new album 'Jazeera Nights' on Sublime Frequencies, which spans 15 years of his tireless repertoire and is rife with frenzied Dabke, Iraqi Choubi and a host of Arabic, Kurdish and Turkish styles - an amalgamation that exemplifies the musical essence of North Eastern Syria. Experience the genuine sounds of Syria and the Middle East without the condescending polish and shine of much exported 'world beat'.

May
Tue 11th	Bristol	Metropolis
Wed 12th	Glasgow	Stereo
Thu 13th	Leeds	Brudenell Social Club
Fri 14th	Manchester	Sound Control
Sat 15th	Minehead	All Tomorrows Parties (curated by Pavement)
Mon 17th	London	Scala (Upset the Rhythm)
July
Thu 1st	Rome	Maxxi Museum
Sat 3rd	Belfort	Eurockeennes Festival
Sun 4th	Rotterdam	Metropolis Festival
Tue 6th	Nantes	Le Lieu Unique
Wed 7th	Paris	Nouveau Casino
Thu 8th	Nijmegen	Doornroosje
Fri 9th	Brussels	Recyclart
Sat 10th	Kortrijk	Kortrijk Conge Festival
Tue 13th	Porto	Casa De Musica
Wed 14th	Vigo	Festival Sinsal
Thu 15th	Lisbon	Lux Fragil
Sat 17th	Cartagena	La Mar De Musicas
August
Thu 12th	Cannes	Festival Pantiero
Fri 13th	Berlin	Wassermusik Festival
Sat 14th	Helsinki	Flow Festival
Fri 27th	Venlo	Zomerparkfeest
Sat 28th	London	Upset the Rhythm @ Corsica Studios
Sun 29th	Northamptonshire	Barn Nova @ Shambala Festival
Tue 31st	Oslo	Blaa
September
Wed 1st	Gothenburg	Enrico Palazzo
Thu 2nd	Malmo	Inkonst
Fri 3rd	Aarhus	Voxhall II
Sat 4th	Copenhagen	Images Festival
Sun 5th	Dublin	Electric Picnic

Performing collaboratively for the first time, prepared piano player Hauschka, 12-string guitarist James Blackshaw, and singer/songwriter Nancy Elizabeth play their beautifully matched music together in a contoured programme of solo and ensemble performances.

May
Mon 10th	London	Barbican Hall
Wed 12th	Cambridge	Junction
Thu 13th	Bristol	St Georges
Fri 14th	Oxford	Holywell Music Room
Sat 15th	Manchester	Band on The Wall
Sun 16th	Edinburgh	Roxy

February
Fri 12th	Nottingham	Muse
Sun 14th	Hamburg	Golden Pudel Club
March
Sat 6th	Utrecht	Theater Kikker
Tue 9th	Manchester	The Attic
Fri 26th	Bristol	The Croft
April
Fri 16th	New York	Love (Dub War)
May
Wed 12th	Nottingham	Spanky Van Dykes
June
Fri 25th	Bruxelles	Recyclart (Bruxelles Chappelle trainstation)

Geiom is a consistent influence on worldwide electronic and bass music culture. A mover and shaker who plays live, DJs and produces, while also running the Berkane Sol label, which has so far put out twelve killer 12”s and his own CD album ‘Island Noise’. A beat auteur tuned into dance music's cutting edge and outer limits.

February
Mon 1st	Malmo	Skanes Scen
Tue 2nd	Copenhagen	Christianias Boerneteater
Wed 3rd	Aarhus	Musikcafeen
Thu 4th	Ipswich	The Blue Room *
Fri 5th	Cambridge	CB2 Cafe *
Sun 7th	London	Borderline *
Mon 8th	Brighton	Freebutt *
Tue 9th	Leeds	Brudenell Social Club *
Wed 10th	Newcastle	Star & Shadow *
Thu 11th	Stirling	Tolbooth *
Fri 12th	Manchester	Islington Mill *
Sat 13th	Coventry	The Tin Angel *
Sun 14th	Bristol	Cube Cinema *
Tue 16th	Antwerp	Bar Mondial **
Wed 17th	Amsterdam	OCCII **
Thu 18th	Krefeld	Kulturrampe **
Fri 19th	Stuttgart	FFUS **
Sat 20th	Neuchatel	Case A Chocs - Queen Kong Club **
Sun 21st	Geneva	Ecurie de L'Ilot 13 **
Mon 22nd	Barcelona	Heliogabel **
Tue 23rd	Madrid	Wurlitzer Ballroom
Wed 24th	Viseu	Teatro Viriato **
Thu 25th	Lisbon	Museu Do Chaido **
Fri 26th	Santa Maria da Feira	Festival Para Gente Sentada

* with The Doozer
** with Head of Wantastiquet

MV & EE continue their singular cosmic orbit with this Springtime tour of Europe in support of new album Barn Nova, out on Ecstatic Peace this October after a year of releases on LP, CD and cassette. Their vision Is unique and totally inspiring. Last time they played Europe was a double drum experience at 2008's Primavera Festival. Now they return in music-bending duo (free)form. This tour goes up close and personal with the pair, with Matt on vocals, guitar and 'bantar' (his self-designed guitar/banjo hybrid) and Erika on vocals, lap steel and 'mini' firebird (a four stringed single humbucking pickup mandolin).

Together they could explore lunar blues, fingerstyle noise/space, or lonesome frontier folk. Their live shows can go so many ways but that skewed, in-the-zone MV & EE sound is always in tune with their environment.

January
Fri 29th	Bristol	Fleece
Sat 30th	Glasgow	CCA
Sun 31st	Gateshead	The Sage
February
Mon 1st	Birmingham	Hare & Hounds
Tue 2nd	Brighton	Audio
Wed 3rd	London	Tufnell Park Dome w/ John Butcher
Thu 4th	Manchester	The Deaf Institute
Fri 5th	Liverpool	The Kazimer
Sat 6th	Belfast	Black Box
Sun 7th	Dublin	Button Factory

The Ex have hooked up with one of the most powerful horn sections imaginable for this one-off UK tour - and sparks are sure to fly. Since 1979 this inspired, intrepid and seminal bands have consistently pushed the envelope, plotting a restless course from their anarchist punk origins to embrace everything from fractured noise to Ethiopian groove. Their thrillingly raw and rhythmic rock sound is born from their ideals, musical friendships/networks and work ethic. Alive to the moment, they are sometimes described as 'experimental trance-dance avant-afro-punk improv music' - and no one knows what descriptions this metamorphosis will conjure up.

On this tour The Ex plan to unleash a new wild and combustible show in collaboration with four of the world's most powerful and performative horn players for some in-the-red swing time. Brass Unbound comprise Swedish force of nature Mats Gustafsson (saxophone), Chicago jazz heavyweight Ken Vandermark (saxophone), Italian wild card Roy Paci (trumpet) and boundary busting classical/futurist Wolter Wierbos (trombone). The line up is dexterous and dangerous - as players, improvisers and entertainers this group are nothing short of phenomenal. Expect fireworks.

January
Thu 14th & Fri 15th	Eindhoven	Plazaplus Festival

A collaboration between Hauschka and visual artist Jeff Desom in which Hauschka appears as a ghost, playing the piano to a live audience by means of an ancient optical illusion. The concert is accompanied by Desom's mapped projections. Following the short film "Bloksky" and the more recent promo "Morgenrot", this is the third installment in an ongoing collaboration between the two.

December
Thu 10th	Dublin	Tripod

(U:Mack 15th Birthday Party with Battles, 65daysofstatic and more)

New live delivery system in place for Bass Clef with extra drum pressure. Bass Clef with Magic Drum Orchestra plan to go deep to lift the spirits.

November
Fri 27th	London	Corsica Studios @ Trouble Vision

New white label 'Promises' is getting radio and DJ play and serious momentum is building for new album 'May The Bridges I Burn Light The Way' (Blank Tapes).

November
Sun 15th	Newcastle	Culture Lab (as Jailbreak*)
Mon 23rd	Dublin	Whelans

JAILBREAK is Heather Murray and Chris Corsano

Wed 28th October

London

Barbican

A rare opportunity to see one of the most ambitious and uplifting musical collaborations of recent years - a performance of Efterklang's 2007 album Parades scored for the band and the Britten Sinfonia. The Danish collective's music is already celebrated for combining soaring melodies with an engaging sense of intimacy; in the orchestral arrangements of Karsten Fundal it is revealed as a breathtakingly individual soundworld.

For this show core Efterklang members Rasmus Stolberg, Mads Brauer, Casper Clausen and Thomas Husmer will be joined by Efterklang regulars Rune Mølgaard, Peter Broderick, Katinka Fogh Vindelev (Oh Land), Niklas Antonson (Slaraffenland), Frederik Teige & Qarin Wikström. The will work alongside the Britten Sinfonia, who have carved out their own prestigious reputation as an artistically open-minded and technically exemplary ensemble, hungry for new works and collaborations.

Known for their expansive and beautifully choreographed stage shows, Efterklang delight in crossing borders and boundaries in their voyages through pop, sound, light and on-stage costumed dramatics. Live, they twist their complex and carefully-constructed songs into ever more beguiling forms; mountainous and symphonic, rockin’ and electronic. This special show celebrates the release of a brand new live album and film Performing Parades'(The Leaf Label), to be released on October 19. ‘In many ways this release marks the pinnacle of what we have been trying to achieve with our two albums, Tripper and Parades,’ says the band's Casper Clausen.

with support from Norwegian Ninja tunists decatet, Jaga Jazzist


In association with Arctic Circle

October
Fri 16th	Diksmuide	4AD
Sat 17th	Namur	tbc
Sun 18th	Antwerpen	Trix
Mon 19th	Clermont - Ferrand	Maison de l'Oradou
Tues 20th	Lyon	Ground Zero
Wed 21st	tbc	tbc
Thu 22nd	tbc	tbc
Fri 23rd	Cardiff	Swn Festival
Sat 24th	Bristol	The Croft
Sun 25th	Brighton	Freebutt
Mon 26th	London	Luminaire
Tues 27th	Glasgow	Captains Rest
Wed 28th	Edinburgh	Sneaky Petes

Our Brother The Native (FatCat) - are hushed and melancholic, loud and epic, a band who are warped in all the right places. Joshua Bertram (guitar, bowed banjo, sounds/samples, synth, vocals) will be joined by Alessio Di Turi - the guest percussionist who toured with OBTN last time they toured Europe, plus Dennis Pieters as guest guitarist. The band, like the music, is fluid.

Live they are exciting in the way they present themselves and are fully into harnessing DIY culture and underground aesthetics to make beautiful soundscapes and songs that do spells on your ears. Percussively the band fill out some mad textures: steel drum, gamelan, the backs of chairs and other ethnic drum pattens are weaved with weird electronic clicks, acoustic folk instruments embellished with eerie drones, and their distinctive simmering and haunting vocals. The melody is always there, if sometimes strung out of beautifully disorienting passages. Samples of radio broadcasts/TV and other audio gives the band that 'antenna to the star' quality. They create a music shimmers and swells but it still has that reflective, personal quality that gives it THE feel.

October
Fri 2nd	Bristol	Black Swan
Fri 9th	London	Fabric
Fri 23rd	Bristol	Basement 45
November
Sun 22nd	London	Royal Festival Hall Ballroom
December
Sat 12th	Bristol	Take 5

Geiom is a consistent influence on worldwide electronic and bass music culture. A mover and shaker who plays live, DJs and produces, while also running the Berkane Sol label, which has so far put out twelve killer 12”s and his own CD album ‘Island Noise’. A beat auteur tuned into dance music's cutting edge and outer limits.

September

Sat 19th	Brighton	Cowley Club *
Sun 20th	London	Cafe Oto
Mon 21st	Sheffield	The Shakespeare
Tue 22nd	Edinburgh	Henry's Cellar Bar
Wed 23rd	Glasgow	CCA
Thu 24th	Newcastle	The Bridge
Fri 25th	Bristol	Colston Hall 2
Sun 27th	Penryn	Miss Peapods

*Chris Forsyth & Ignatz only

Telescoping lots of micro-scenes into one, this special tour goes foraging for kaleidoscopic sounds featuring artists that breath new/ancient life into THE song. Three sound travellers emerge from three outposts for this tight knit and out-there UK tour.

Es (Fonal's Head Honcho) arrives from Finland's verdant psych pack, New York's all-systems/all-outcompassing Peeesseye splurge forth Chris Forsyth, and Ignatz (Kraak) appears to play his amazingly intense songs after seemingly undergoing some aural time travelling via an internship with some delta-blues players and the New Zealand no-fi scene.

All three have a wayward and magical feel for the song/track as rites of passage, taking well picked/thumbed influences from beyond the grave and beautifully obscuring them through dream-state music and the criss-cross currents of our modern sound streams, alongside more oblique sources. These artists also have a beautiful warped pastoral/urban nature to their haunting music. This is sound and songcraft from the borderline - folk played in subways, mini industrial symphonies played in overgrown allotments, cement garden music, and noise pop lullabies. Get entwined in their ways. Intimate and involved.

Ignatz and Es have a collaborative release scheduled for Autumn release. Lots of merch from all three artists.

The Bristol Channel is a giant battery, power source, and energy centre. Metaphorically it acts like a massive generator for all flux across any region in contact with it. Vi plans to ride on its physical, mythical and latent power with a series of live in-field performances and recordings.

This is an environmental tour of the sea region of the Bristol Channel. In it Vi will be travelling by van across the coastal region from Marloes and Skokholm Island all the way around to Hartland point in Devon equipped with a petrol generator, a sound system and a table of startling and primitive electronic equipment. He will be making impromptu performances, sometimes utilising material recorded with microphone onto tape and processed live. A sight and sound well worth investigating. He could be playing to walkers, seagulls, fisherfolk, pirates, teenage couples, no-one, in the mud, on sand, or in a disused industrial complex... the background is going to be wild and the audience is going to be surprised.

Please visit. Check www.bristol-channel.org for more info or call 07968 360 216 to discover locations / dates and times.

July
Sat 25th	Bristol	Arnolfini, Dark studios 4pm
Sat 25th	Bristol	Arnolfini, Dark Studios 8pm
August
Thu 2nd	Cheltenham	The Vine

Freeze Puppy aka Tom Wilson is an astonishing songsmith and performer from Knowle with a life-affirming live show. His hugely entertaining music often bewilders first time listeners with its audacity and singular otherness but his dreamy pop sensibility keeps people coming back for more. Kindred spirits include Daniel Johnston, Micachu and Ariel Pink. Initial exposure to Freeze Puppy reveals a mass of contradictions: sumptuously recorded instrumentation sits side-by-side general midi drum sounds, classic pop hooks get skewed by irregular meter, and delightful harmonies crash into searing dissonance... all densely packed into one and a half minute song. His non-stop kinetic live shows leave you marvelling how something so complex can be so addictive. For this is screwy pop music, at once cerebral and accessible, always leaving you wanting more.

This duo is an acutely musical collaboration between kinetic drummer Chris Corsano and Vibracathedral Orchestra's Mick Flower on shaahi baaja (Japanese banjo). As a two-piece they conjure, sweat and divine a music that elevates through rhythm and ecstatic harmonics. It's a sound that's intimate and epic, raw and tender, it can rumble like a looming thunderstorm but contains exquisite raindrop touches. The dynamic is great. Eastern harmonics laced with a thrilling sense of noise and melody. An explosive sight/sound that shudders the body and colours the mind.

Sat 25th July	Birmingham	Supersonic Festival

Sublime Frequencies travel the globe, digging deep for overlooked and forgotten music, looking for artists and groups that move their souls, and making strong connections with musicians and music lovers wherever they go. Folk and pop musicians are sought out, documented and released on the Sublime Frequencies record label, capturing ultra-vivid sights and sounds from rural life and urban street. Radio broadcasts, field recordings and lost archives are also assembled into CD and vinyl releases, all presented in a genuinely thrilling and unabashed style. This tour follows in that tradition. Street-level folk-pop, over-driven psychedelic meditations, desert blues and Syrian party bangers are all combined with films and DJs on this once in a lifetime Sublime Frequencies tour experience.

This is the first ever Sublime Frequencies tour. It brings to Europe two live acts who have released albums on the Sublime Frequencies label; Group Doueh (from the Western Sahara) and Omar Souleyman (from Syria) plus Sublime Frequencies DJ sets. The label are presenting some of the greatest expressive music in the world with only one agenda in mind: that it needs to be heard or seen, respected and recognised. This is a rare opportunity to see the two maverick and genuinely great groups from vastly different traditions and influences playing on the same bill.

May

Sun 31st	Paris	Villette Sonique (Omar Souleyman only)
June
Tue 2nd	Paris	Les Instants Chavires
Wed 3rd	Paris	Les Instants Chavires
Thu 4th	Amsterdam	Occii
Fri 5th	Luxembourg City	Exit 07
Sat 6th	Hasselt	Kunstencentrum Belgie
Sun 7th	Rotterdam	Worm
Tue 9th	Stockholm	Kagelbanan
Wed 10th	Oslo	The Villa
Thu 11th	Aarhus	Pakhuset
Fri 12th	Gothenburg	Clandestino Festival
Sat 13th	Berlin	Festsaal Kreuzberg
Sun 14th	Berlin	Festsaal Kreuzberg
Tue 16th	Cologne	Stadtgarten
Wed 17th	Geneva	L'Usine
Thu 18th	Geneva	L'Usine
Fri 19th	Barcelona	Sonar (Omar Souleyman only)
Sat 20th	Madrid	Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo
Sat 20th	Toulouse	Rio Loco Festival (Alan Bishop DJ only)
Sun 21st	Lisbon	Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Sublime Frequencies travel the globe, digging deep for overlooked and forgotten music, looking for artists and groups that move their souls, and making strong connections with musicians and music lovers wherever they go. Folk and pop musicians are sought out, documented and released on the Sublime Frequencies record label, capturing ultra-vivid sights and sounds from rural life and urban street. Radio broadcasts, field recordings and lost archives are also assembled into CD and vinyl releases, all presented in a genuinely thrilling and unabashed style. This tour follows in that tradition. Street-level folk-pop, over-driven psychedelic meditations, desert blues and Syrian party bangers are all combined with films and DJs on this once in a lifetime Sublime Frequencies tour experience.

This is the first ever Sublime Frequencies tour. It brings to the UK two live acts who have released albums on the Sublime Frequencies label; Group Doueh (from the Western Sahara) and Omar Souleyman (from Syria) plus Sublime Frequencies DJ sets. The label are presenting some of the greatest expressive music in the world with only one agenda in mind: that it needs to be heard or seen, respected and recognised. This is a rare opportunity to see the two maverick and genuinely great groups from vastly different traditions and influences playing on the same bill.

May

Wed 20th	Brighton	Brighton Festival @ St George's Church
Thu 21st	Birmingham	Hare & Hounds
Fri 22nd	Glasgow	Stereo
Sat 23rd	Newcastle	Star & Shadow
Sun 24th	Bristol	Fiddlers
Mon 25th	Falmouth	Miss Peapods
Wed 27th	Manchester	Mint Lounge
Thu 28th	Norwich	Norwich Arts Centre
Fri 29th	London	Tufnell Park Dome
Sat 30th	Cambridge	A Palimpsest Cut Up @ Unitarian Church

As part of the Sublime Frequencies tour, three sessions of film screenings from their vast archive of visceral and immediate folk cinema from North Africa, the Middle East and South/Southeast Asia with the full SF team in attendance.

Featuring the premiere of Hisham Mayet's new film 'Palace Of The Winds'. The film explores a culture that is cloaked in mystery and mired in struggle: the Saharawis from the dry, tea-fuelled and wind swept Mauritanian Sahara. Journey through music from the northern fringes of the Western Sahara to the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott - an intoxicating tapestry of sight and sound from some of this obscure region's most legendary musicians.

Alongside the films, Alan Bishop, Hisham Mayet and Mark Gergis will be talking about their work and artistic practices as well as taking questions.

May

Tue 19th	Bristol	Cube Cinema
Sat 24th	Newcastle	Star & Shadow
Tue 26th	London	Downstairs at The Dome

Open the windows, let in the summer sounds. The magic-realist music of A Hawk And A Hacksaw lands back in town. The elements have aligned themselves and the A Hawk And A Hacksaw caravan hits the road in support of their new album Délivrance (The Leaf Label). The duo have expanded to a roving live band to play their thrilling new songs, augmenting the beautifully weather-beaten textures with trumpet, tuba and bazouki.

May

Thu 14th	Brussels	Les Nuits Botanique
Fri 15th	Opwjik	Nijdrop
Sat 16th	Antwerp	Bar Mondial
Sun 17th	Utrecht	Ekko
Mon 18th	Nijmegen	Doornroosje
Tue 19th	Amsterdam	Paradiso
Thu 21st	Dresden	Dreikoenigskirche
Fri 22nd	Poznan	Dragon
Sat 23rd	Berlin	Maschinenhaus
Sun 24th	Leipzig	Scala
Tue 26th	Copenhagen	Vega
Wed 27th	Aarhus	Musikcafeen
Thu 28th	Gothenburg	Storan
Sat 30th	Oslo	Bla
Sun 31st	Stockholm	Kagelbanan
June
Tue 2nd	Rostock	Jaz
Wed 3rd	Hamburg	Fundbureau
Thu 4th	Hannover	Feinkost Lampe
Fri 5th	Stuttgart	Laboratorium
Sat 6th	Paris	New Morning
Sun 7th	Lille	Tous Au Sud Festival
Mon 8th	Freiburg	White Rabbit
Tue 9th	Geneva	L'Usine
Wed 10th	Carpi	Auditorium San Rocco
Thu 11th	Cuneo	Nuvolaria Libera Tribu
Fri 12th	Ravenna	Hanna-Bi
Sat 13th	Lyon	De L'Autre Cote Du Pont
Tue 16th	Brighton	Duke of York
Wed 17th	Bristol	Fiddlers Club
Thu 18th	London	Cecil Sharp House
Fri 19th	Newcastle	Baltic
Sat 20th	Stirling	Tolbooth
Sun 21st	Glasgow	The Arches
Mon 22nd	Manchester	Ruby Lounge
Tue 23rd	Birmingham	Hare & Hounds
Wed 24th	Oxford	Holywell Music Room
Thu 25th	Norwich	Arts Centre
Fri 26th	Bradford	1 in 12 Club
Sun 28th	Laerz	Fusion Festival
Mon 29th	Cologne	King Georg
Tue 30th	Dortmund	Subrosa
July
Wed 1st	Munich	Rote Sonne
Thu 2nd	Frankfurt	Das Bett
Fri 3rd	Dresden	Schaubudensommer @ Scheune
Sat 4th	Dresden	Schaubudensommer @ Scheune
Fri 10th	Canterbury	Lounge on the Farm Festival
Sat 11th	Reading	South Street
Sun 12th	Cardiff	The Gate

Sat 9th May	London	SonicRecycler5 @ Waterman Art Centre
Fri 24th July	Madrid	Circulo Bellas Artes
Sat 25th July	Vic	Jazz Cava
Sat 1st August	Manchester	Hedgefest

Straight for the heart, 12-string guitar music from one of England’s finest. James Blackshaw makes magic, spirit-lifting compositions for the agnostic age. Meditative in quality, like a twig in a river, this music gracefully moves and spirals into different patterns, motifs and harmonics. Moving and elegiac mantras from the deft hands of a gifted young guitarist. Open tunings, fine ears and an ability to drift into extended emotional pieces make his work resonate as much with minimalist composers like Terry Riley as exemplary contemporary finger-pickers like Jack Rose.

Sat 2nd May	Leeds	fuseleeds09 @ Playhouse

The UK premiere of Efterklang's score to their celebrated 2007 album Parades (The Leaf Label) for band and orchestra. The band will perform their majestic, otherworldly pop songs alongside acclaimed orchestra Britten Sinfonia.

The Danish collective's acclaimed second album manages to be both magnificently ambitious and engagingly intimate; a breathtaking panorama of sound. In a parallel universe, songs like 'Mirador' and 'Caravan' would be number one.

Tickets/info: www.fuseleeds.org.uk

Sat 25th April	Leeds	fuseleeds09 @ O2 Academy

Photo credit: Agnete Schlichtkrull/DR

Hauschka is the captivating Düsseldorf-based pianist Volker Bertelmann, who records on Fat Cat. His music can be microscopic in detail and quietly entrancing, or widescreen and cinematic in scope and feel. A suite of songs can take you on a journey into the world of the piano and all it can conjure for the listener. Hauschka performs beautiful post-classical chamber works drawing on minimalism and laced with the spirit of Fluxus. The results are startlingly original and vivid yet immediately accessible - Eric Satie's mischievous miniatures, Indonesian gamelan and The Books all get a look in.

Mon 20th April	London	Ether Festival @ QEH w/ Spaceshipp
Sun 26th April	Benicassim	Cinemascope Festival (live score of 'Vampyre of Dreyer')
Wed 27th May	London	Union Chapel w/ The Necks
Sat 30th May	Carpi	Cortille del Castello

Straight for the heart, 12-string guitar music from one of England’s finest. James Blackshaw makes magic, spirit-lifting compositions for the agnostic age. Meditative in quality, like a twig in a river, this music gracefully moves and spirals into different patterns, motifs and harmonics. Moving and elegiac mantras from the deft hands of a gifted young guitarist. Open tunings, fine ears and an ability to drift into extended emotional pieces make his work resonate as much with minimalist composers like Terry Riley as exemplary contemporary finger-pickers like Jack Rose.

Thu 16th April	Hove	St Andrews Church w/ Earth
Sat 18th April	London	Cafe Oto w/ Caroline Weeks

A one-off London show for Zun Zun Egui at Ether Festival warming up for David Byrne.

They are a band with a hypnotic blare-out sound that is making a joyful noise. Very on the corner, off its head and a blast. This is "tropicalism" but with an influence of subterranean shaped rock edges and quick edits, Japanese progressive epicness and a heavy dose of Fela Kuti inspired eternal groove. East African guitar practise hotwired to Zappa-like subversions and underpinned by a thumping rhythm section sounds hot. This is where the wild music lives on. Political, inspirational and dance floor friendly.

Mon 13th April	London	Royal Festival Hall Ballroom

More dates for the Trembling Bells to promote their debut album, 'Carbeth', on legendary folk/world/modern compositional label Honest Jons. From the ashes of Glasgow collective Scatter comes Alex Neilson's (drummer to Baby Dee, Tight Meat, Bonnie Prince Billy, Josephine Foster and more) new song-writing concern, seeking to reanimate the hidden, mythic landscapes of Great Britain via a love of canonical rock, Earlie Musik and traditional folk. It can be swoonsome, raucous, beautiful and feral. The band both defies convenient catagorisation and helps reassert the emphasis on good, re- fashioned classic songwriting.

Fri 10th April	Brighton	The Hope
Sat 11th April	Coventry	Taylor Johns House w/ Dave Swarbrick
Sun 12th April	London	Cafe Oto w/ Benjamin Wetherill
Tue 14th April	Bristol	Louisiana
Wed 15th April	Penryn	Miss Peapods
Thu 16th April	Manchester	Deaf Institute
Fri 17th April	Glasgow	Mono
Sun 31st May	Stirling	Le Weekend Festival

Here come Vialka, the nomadic high-spirited guitar/drums duo of Marylise Frecheville and Eric Boros return to these isles. Having blown audiences wide open at the Hokaben festival, they now bring back their surreal live show back to UK shores for the next phase of their never-ending tour. This time in support of a new album called 'Succès Planétaire International'.

April

Wed 1st	London	Secret Show - contact us for details
Thu 2nd	Birmingham	Hare and Hounds
Fri 3rd	Margate	Limbo Arts
Sat 4th	Liverpool	Mello Mello
Mon 6th	Derby	The Mist
Tue 7th	Glasgow	Twisted Wheel
Wed 8th	Hull	The Adelphi
Thu 9th	Bristol	The Croft

The original guitar legend from the Sixties is alive and well, and playing more than ever. A stunning fusion of Indian raga and Spanish flamenco guitar from a Greenwich Village master. This is a very special opportunity to see this legendary and highly influential American guitarist who recorded two pivotal folk raga albums for the Vanguard label in the late Sixties and now inspires a new generation of artists like Jack Rose and Ben Chasny. This is the second phase for a majestic guitar hero.


March

Sat 14th	Edinburgh	GRV
Sun 15th	Stirling	Blend Festival
Tue 17th	Hull	Adelphi w/ Nancy Elizabeth
Wed 18th	Coventry	Taylor Johns House w/ Nancy Elizabeth
Fri 20th	Falmouth	Miss Peapods w/ Nancy Elizabeth
Sat 21st	Bristol	Folkhouse w/ Nancy Elizabeth
Sun 22nd	London	Cecil Sharp House w/ Nancy Elizabeth
Wed 25th	Geneva	Kab de L'usine
Fri 27th	Paris	TBC
Sat 28th	Aalst	KC Netwerk
Sun 29th	Brussels	Schip
Mon 30th	Amsterdam	VPRO Radio
April
Thu 2nd	Skovde	Kulturhus
Fri 3rd	Copenhagen	Art & Colour
Sat 4th	Gerlesborg	Skolan
Sun 5th	Gothenburg	Rohsska Museet
Tue 7th	Stockholm	Ugglan/Strand
Fri 10th	Helsinki	Livegraphy
Sat 11th	Tampere	Telaka
Thu 16th	Aveiro	Mercado Negro
Fri 17th	Porto	Plano B
Sat 18th	Lisbon	ZDB

Aufgehoben are, hands down, one of Britain’s most exciting bands. Double drummer attack, scorching electronic shock therapy plus amazingly rhythmic guitar freak Gary Smith. In almost ten years of existence they've only played a handful of shows, and an Aufgehoben live show is a special event - momentous, clattering and with that propulsive heavy live funk that can drive you mad. Fearless, warped and uncaged beast music.

Sat 7th March	Newcastle	Star & Shadow
Sat 14th March	Rotterdam	Redsound Festival

Playing two shows as a duo with Heather Leigh Murray (Taurpis Tula/Scorces) as part of a special series of dates before he moves back to the USA. A drums and pedal steel guitar/vocals duo that will be free from convention, time and space. Bound to be elemental.

February

Sat 28th February	Glasgow	Stereo
Sun 1st March	Edinburgh	Henry's Cellar Bar

Chris Corsano's drumming has to be seen to be fully appreciated. An ‘into the void’ musician who collaborates with a huge range of artists and can still pull off mad solo shit. It is a rare drummer that can hold his own with his customized kit, clatter practice and circular breathing drone exhortations but retain a dynamic and structure that works. He also self-releases a CD of distorted and spiked keyboard pieces on the Hot Cars Warp label to confuse those who try to pin him down. Loose-limbed, intense, even melodic, he exposes the audience to sounds and rhythms that defy normality. He moves light footed around the world sparking off into all kinds of collaborations playing with/alongside Jim O'Rouke, the Dimension X project, Whitehouse, MV&EE, Bjork, Mick Beck, Okkyung Lee, Mick Flower and Bill Nace among many.

February

Sun 22nd	Birmingham	Hare & Hounds w/ Paul Dunmall
Mon 23rd	Manchester	Deaf Institute
Tue 24th	Coventry	Tin Angel
Wed 25th	Cheltenham	Slak w/ Tony Bevan & Dominic Lash

Trembling Bells will soon be performing at selected dates in the UK to promote their debut album, 'Carbeth', on legendary folk/world/modern compositional label Honest Jons. From the ashes of Glasgow collective Scatter comes Alex Neilson's (drummer to Baby Dee, Tight Meat, Bonnie Prince Billy, Josephine Foster and more) new song-writing concern, seeking to reanimate the hidden, mythic landscapes of Great Britain via a love of canonical rock, Earlie Musik and traditional folk. It can be swoonsome, raucous, beautiful and feral. The band both defies convenient catagorisation and helps reassert the emphasis on good, re- fashioned classic songwriting.

Wed 18th February	Glasgow	Captains Rest
Fri 20th February	Edinburgh	The Bowery
Thu 26th February	Glasgow	Stereo w/ Vetiver

This duo is an acutely musical collaboration between kinetic drummer Chris Corsano and Vibracathedral Orchestra's Mick Flower on shaahi baaja (Japanese banjo). As a two-piece they conjure, sweat and divine a music that elevates through rhythm and ecstatic harmonics. It's a sound that's intimate and epic, raw and tender, it can rumble like a looming thunderstorm but contains exquisite raindrop touches. The dynamic is great. Eastern harmonics laced with a thrilling sense of noise and melody. An explosive sight/sound that shudders the body and colours the mind.

February

Sun 15	Newcastle	Cumberland Arms
Mon 16	Leeds	Brudenell Social Club
Tue 17	Cambridge	Portland Arms
Wed 18	Brighton	Freebutt
Thu 19	Bristol	Arnolfini
Fri 20	London	Bardens Boudoir w/ Zun Zun Egui
Sat 21	Ipswich	Village Hall
Fri 27	Sheffield	Heeley Institute

Straight for the heart, 12-string guitar music from one of England’s finest. James Blackshaw makes magic, spirit-lifting compositions for the agnostic age. Meditative in quality, like a twig in a river, this music gracefully moves and spirals into different patterns, motifs and harmonics. Moving and elegiac mantras from the deft hands of a gifted young guitarist. Open tunings, fine ears and an ability to drift into extended emotional pieces make his work resonate as much with minimalist composers like Terry Riley as exemplary contemporary finger-pickers like Jack Rose.

Sat 7th February	Brighton	Westhill Hall

As Nancy Elizabeth applies the finishing touches to the follow up to 2007's Battle and Victory album, which will be out in late spring we bring you news of some shows.

Mon 2nd February	Manchester	Cross Street Chapel w/ Valgeir Sigurosson
Tue 17th March	Hull	The Adelphi w/ Peter Walker
Wed 18th March	Coventry	Taylor Johns House w/ Peter Walker
Fri 20th March	Falmouth	Miss Peapods w/ Peter Walker
Sat 21st March	Bristol	Folk House w/ Peter Walker
Sun 22nd March	London	Cecil Sharp House w/ Peter Walker
Fri 27th March	Manchester	Klondyke

A giddy live act and analogue fetishist of the bottom end kind. Bass Clef's live show bypasses laptop/looping and embraces a primitive and banging multi-instrumentalism with ringing cow-bells, heavy trombone blasts and effects all spicing up his deep, delicously warm undertow. He has an electric, heads-up, 21st style stage presence. He is a heady combination of heavy bass, dirty high-end and killer melodies. Kinda like Rahsaan 'Roland' Kirk jamming with Iration Steppas on a full moon.

Fri 30th January	London	The Fly
Sat 31st January	Berlin	club transmediale
Sat 21st February	Chelmsford	Barhouse
Fri 6th March	Bristol	The Croft
Sun 15th March	Minehead	Bloc Weekender
Fri 27th March	Leeds	Beaverworks
Tue 31st March	London	93 Feet East
Sat 9th April	London	Club Rockfeedback @ The Lexington
Sat 11th April	Nottingham	The Golden Fleece
Thu 16th April	London	Land of Kings @ Visions Video Bar
Fri 17th April	Dublin	Wobble
Sat 24th April	Carmarthen	Waterside Club
Sun 25th April	Bristol	Timbuk2
Fri 1st May	London	Forever Heavenly @ Corsica Studios
Sat 23rd May	Nottingham	Golden Fleece

Zun Zun Egui hail from Bristol but are from everywhere. They make a hypnotic blare-out sound that is making a joyful noise. Very on the corner, off its head and a blast. This is "tropicalism" but with an influence of subterranean shaped rock edges and quick edits, Japanese progressive epicness and a heavy dose of Fela Kuti inspired eternal groove. East African guitar practise hotwired to Zappa-like subversions and underpinned by a thumping rhythm section sounds hot. This is where the wild music lives on. Political, inspirational and dance floor friendly.

Sat 24th January	Bristol	The Croft w/ Infinite Livez + SJ Esau
Fri 20th February	London	Bardens Boudoir w/ Flower-Corsano duo
Sat 21st February	Nottingham	Arts Organisation w/ Lords
Sun 22nd February	Manchester	Tiger Lounge
Sat 14th March	Trowbridge	Sonic Sanctuary
Sat 28th March	Bristol	The Croft @ How Come w/ Micachu & The Shapes

Hauschka is the captivating Düsseldorf-based pianist Volker Bertelmann, who records on Fat Cat. His music can be microscopic in detail and quietly entrancing, or widescreen and cinematic in scope and feel. A suite of songs can take you on a journey into the world of the piano and all it can conjure for the listener. Hauschka performs beautiful post-classical chamber works drawing on minimalism and laced with the spirit of Fluxus. The results are startlingly original and vivid yet immediately accessible - Eric Satie's mischievous miniatures, Indonesian gamelan and The Books all get a look in.

Thu 15th January	Aarhus	Musikcafeen
Fri 16th January	Oslo	Bla
Sat 17th January	Stockholm	Sodra Teatern
Fri 23rd January	Dusseldorf	Museum Kunstpalast w/ Quartet
Sat 24th January	Cologne	St Apostle Church w/ Quartet
Sat 31st January	Luxembourg City	EXIT07
Sat 7th February	Hamburg	Uebel Und Gefaehrlich w/ Quartet
Thu 12th February	Pau	La Centrifugeuse
Thu 19th February	Zaragoza	Auditorio Eduardo Del Pueyo w/ 2 Duo
Thu 12th March	Reading	South Street Arts Centre
Fri 13th March	Bexhill on Sea	De La Warr Pavilion w/ John Tilbury
Fri 20th March	Berlin	Live at Dot
Fri 3rd April	Utrecht	Theater Kikker

Straight from the soul, raw and untamed fire music from the Balkans. Félix Lajkó is a Hungarian-Yugoslavian virtuoso of the violin and zither renowned for his beautifully intense, soaring and wild live performances. He skips effortlessly between European folk traditions, conservatoire-trained classicism and feral string symphonies, intoxicating all kinds of audiences with his dazzling music and force of personality. His performances in the UK are a rare occurrence and are to be savoured.

December

Thu 11th	London	Union Chapel w/ Rachel Unthank
Sat 13th	Northampton	St Peter's Church