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Posted by: gemma
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13/11/08
I certainly am. And I am also ever so slightly buzzing after my internet detective work unearthed a list of forthcoming European dates from LA's wonderful Lucky Dragons, including the obligatory London appearance at The Luminaire on January 26th 2009 (although the news has yet to hit the Luminaire website, tickets are already on sale so I am not totally mad to be planning my life so far in advance). I was also lucky enough to make it along to Lucky Dragons' last London show, but it being a weekend, almost everyone else that I know would have loved it was out of town: thankfully this new show falls on a Monday, so this time I won't be accepting any excuses whatsoever from Mr Holden, Mr Abbott, Mr Fake, Mr Oliver or Mr Linares...
That afore-mentioned previous London show also took place at the Luminaire, where audience and band roles began to blur as statuesque Dragons Luke and Sarah set up their array of custom-machines, rocks and wool-clad sensor-cables in the middle of the Luminaire's floor, gently encouraging the participation of the surrounding seated viewers by handing them a rock, cable or touching hands to morph the sound as appropriate, whilst the remainder of the audience were permitted to pile onto the stage for a better view. Actually, I am not sure that any word-based description can ever do justice to the amazing interactive nature of their performance, but luckily the dedicated Upset The Rhythm crew have uploaded a couple of grainy videos from the show to their Youtube channel to give you more of an idea of this rock-based sound modulation:
The Lucky Dragons could also give our own Nathan Fake quite a run for his money in the live-show-fitting stakes, it seems:
My tip-off on Lucky Dragons' European manoeuvres originally came from a plug for Berlin's upcoming Clubtransmediale festival in January 2009, where amongst an impressive 10th anniversary line-up that includes Anja Schneider, Benga, Black Devil Disco Club, Daniel Bell, Dirty Soundsystem, Fuck Buttons, Lindstrom, Mathias Kaden, Mika Vainio, Pan Sonic, Peverelist, Pilooski, Pole, Prins Thomas, Skream, The Emperor Machine and Zombie Zombie, I noted the Dragons' presence. That then led me to the website of booking agents Paper & Iron, and a complete list of European dates so far as follows (with more dates still to be confirmed, so don't give up hope on them dropping by your hometown just yet):
25th January: The Joy Gallery @ Redspace, Dublin, Ireland
26th January: Luminaire, London, UK
27th January: KSET, Zagreb, Croatia
29th January: Maria @ Club Transmediale, Berlin, Germany
30th January: Recycleart, Brussels, Belgium
2nd February: Grrrnd Zero, Lyon, France
3rd February: LJUD @ Musikcafeen, Aarhus, Denmark
4th February: Semifinal, Helsinki, Finland
As you can probably tell, I am quite the fangirl, and as such the Lucky Dragons' drawing-based side-project Sumi Ink Club inevitably also gets my vote of approval, not least for their guest t-shirt design for Upset The Rhythm (available now from the Upset The Rhythm online shop), which I also picked up along with the Dragons' back catalogue at that legendary London show:
That afore-mentioned previous London show also took place at the Luminaire, where audience and band roles began to blur as statuesque Dragons Luke and Sarah set up their array of custom-machines, rocks and wool-clad sensor-cables in the middle of the Luminaire's floor, gently encouraging the participation of the surrounding seated viewers by handing them a rock, cable or touching hands to morph the sound as appropriate, whilst the remainder of the audience were permitted to pile onto the stage for a better view. Actually, I am not sure that any word-based description can ever do justice to the amazing interactive nature of their performance, but luckily the dedicated Upset The Rhythm crew have uploaded a couple of grainy videos from the show to their Youtube channel to give you more of an idea of this rock-based sound modulation:
The Lucky Dragons could also give our own Nathan Fake quite a run for his money in the live-show-fitting stakes, it seems:
My tip-off on Lucky Dragons' European manoeuvres originally came from a plug for Berlin's upcoming Clubtransmediale festival in January 2009, where amongst an impressive 10th anniversary line-up that includes Anja Schneider, Benga, Black Devil Disco Club, Daniel Bell, Dirty Soundsystem, Fuck Buttons, Lindstrom, Mathias Kaden, Mika Vainio, Pan Sonic, Peverelist, Pilooski, Pole, Prins Thomas, Skream, The Emperor Machine and Zombie Zombie, I noted the Dragons' presence. That then led me to the website of booking agents Paper & Iron, and a complete list of European dates so far as follows (with more dates still to be confirmed, so don't give up hope on them dropping by your hometown just yet):
25th January: The Joy Gallery @ Redspace, Dublin, Ireland
26th January: Luminaire, London, UK
27th January: KSET, Zagreb, Croatia
29th January: Maria @ Club Transmediale, Berlin, Germany
30th January: Recycleart, Brussels, Belgium
2nd February: Grrrnd Zero, Lyon, France
3rd February: LJUD @ Musikcafeen, Aarhus, Denmark
4th February: Semifinal, Helsinki, Finland
As you can probably tell, I am quite the fangirl, and as such the Lucky Dragons' drawing-based side-project Sumi Ink Club inevitably also gets my vote of approval, not least for their guest t-shirt design for Upset The Rhythm (available now from the Upset The Rhythm online shop), which I also picked up along with the Dragons' back catalogue at that legendary London show:
Labels: Holden, Luke Abbott, Nathan Fake
thanks for posting, very inspiring.
have a nice day
-Dan