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Bodytonicmusic Live Present: WALLS (Live) [Kompakt} & Bingo (Live)

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  • 16-05-2012 3:35pm
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    eimear_
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭


    WALLS (Live) [KOMPAKT]
    + Bingo (live)

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    24th May
    8pm / The Twisted Pepper
    €12/10
    bodytonicmusic.com
    thetwistedpepper.com

    Advance Tix: http://www.bodytonicmusic.com/events/2838/


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    WALLS’ Alessio Natalizia and Sam Willis don’t deal in perfect wholes. The Kompakt duo return swiftly on the back of 2010’s critically lauded self titled debut, an album that picked up Mojo’s coveted Electronic Album Of The Year, featured in NME’s end-of-year lists, not to mention winning fans such as of Jamie XX, Caribou, James Holden and impressing US trio Battles. Yet it isn’t these admittedly impressive accolades that made the announcement of second LP ‘Coracle’ such an anticipated one; what makes WALLS so alluring is the fully immersive experience of their mellifluous electronica – reaching out far and wide to pull influences sonic, emotional and theoretical together into patterns of blissful phantasmagoria.

    Taking their debut as the prototype, Willis and Natalizia have taken those initial early-sunrise evocations and pushed them to even more grandiose expanse. ‘Coracle’, their second LP took a more dance-orientated stance, the soft-edged rhythms of ambient combining with older influences from the protean Detroit techno and Chicago house music of Juan Atkins, Mr Fingers et al to propel the likes of opener ‘Into Our Midst’ and lead-off single ‘Sunporch’ forth. Yet, as stated, WALLS don’t deal in perfect wholes; sonic shapes often collide in slow motion, whilst a greater usage of guitars and pedals – twisted to push the instruments beyond their comfort zone – have further cemented links to krautrock (Cluster / Popul Vuh) and shoegaze (MBV / Ulrich Schnauss.) At times aural ideas bleed together, sometimes one pushing the other into the background, elsewhere combining to morph into something new.

    After two successful albums and a warmly received 'Into The Midst' EP in 2012, WALLS impact on electronica thus far marks an effort the world is keen to continue following. They play live at The Twisted Pepper, 24th May.


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