Nathan Fake ‘Hard Islands’ Tour : Summer 2009

Computer terrorizer Nathan Fake releases his awesome new Hard Islands collection on May 18th, which means he has plenty of new musical ammunition stored on his hard drive ready to unleash at one of the live shows on his forthcoming tour across the islands, highlands and lowlands of Europe. It is essential to experience the full body workout of a Nathan Fake live show in the flesh, but first download your own companion copy of Hard Islands exclusively from Bleep from 11th May, or pre-order on CD from HMV or Amazon to be dispatched on the May 18th release date.

“Playing live a lot over the last couple of years has had a profound influence on the way I make music now,” says Nathan of his latest album offering, and the unique loose-feeling, dynamic and finely-tuned sound that we hear on ‘Hard Islands’ is the product of that direct experience on the dancefloors of Europe. The hour long unstoppable industrial assault of the Nathan Fake laptop live show is a much more intense and visual experience than one has traditionally come to expect from the genre, and although recent support slots for Squarepusher and Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid have placed Nathan centre stage in the live arena, ultimately the immediacy of the interaction with the crowd that you get in a club environment remains of the utmost importance to him. Catch one of the following live shows and you will understand why (more to be confirmed as the album rolls out, so keep checking Nathan’s website for the latest news):

8th May : Loop @ Jam, Brighton, UK
15th May : Hard Islands @ Corsica Studios, London, UK
21st May : Nuits Sonores, Lyon, France
23rd May : Spectrum, Manchester, UK
24th May : Nation of Shopkeepers, Leeds, UK
28th May : New Music Meeting, Norrköping, Sweden
29th May : Liquid Lounge, Cork, Ireland
4th June : Amfiteatro, Rome, Italy
6th June : Distillery, Leipzig, Germany
12th June : Cable, London, UK
18th June : Border Community @ The Loft, Barcelona, Spain
4th July : Have A Nice Day, Eibergen, Holland
16th July : Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland
19th July : 10 Days Off, Gent, Belgium
25th July : Stiff Kitten, Belfast, UK
31st July : Airbound Festival, Zidar, Croatia
8th August : H2Zone festival, Llieda, Spain