Mellowtone and Rebel Soul present SNØKRYSTALL in The Scandinavian Church Liverpool

· Venue: The Scandinavian Church, Park Lane, Liverpool
· Date: Friday 4th April 2014

· Time: 7pm – 11pm

· Tickets - £6 adv // £8 otd: http://skdl.it/NdMAyg
***Bring Your Own Drink***


Featuring:

Silent Cities

With a raw-honey falsetto voice and intricate guitar stylings, Silent Cities is fast becoming a favourite on the live music scene and a regular feature on both national and international radio.

His debut EP, Eigenlicht, produced by Mario Leal (Stealing Sheep, The Tea Street Band, Mumford and Sons, Ragz Nordset) has been described as '12 minutes of tender, troubled beauty' and has garnered a cult following amongst audiences across the country.
www.wherethesilentcitieshide.com


Ragz Nordset

Hailing from Norway, Ragz possesses a sweet, soaring voice known to captivate and move her audience.
Baring her soul through beautifully crafted songs delivered with a powerful, evocative voice, she has cemented herself as an acoustic favourite in the North West. Ragz has also supported the likes of Laura Marling, Noah and the Whale and Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Check out her latest EP, Sleepdancing, released through NuNorthern Soul: http://mynunorthernsoul.bandcamp.com/album/sleepdancing

Henry Pulp and The Sons Electric

Henry Pulp and The Sons Electric perform 'an ode to nostalgia' - A message to our collective higher conscious.

"There is a stairway right over there but you gotta cross a lotta tracks, you gotta watch for trains."

Check out their current EP, Born and Raised Amongst Everybody Else - recorded within bathrooms and in alley ways across Europe, and released through Milk:Presents: https://soundcloud.com/milkpresents/sets/henry-pulp

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The audio backdrop for the evening will be provided by Liverpool based DJs and crate-diggers, X-Ray Katt and Beaten Tracks.

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Wunderkammer (Visuals)

Wunderkammer: a visual artist and designer who draws heavily from a background in film and theatre. This exciting first collaboration with Mellowtone and Rebel Soul will be exploring the scientific nature of snowflakes and crystals, using light installations, projection and other ethereal treats.

Soul star Alice Russell returns to Liverpool Kazimier

Launching The Kazimier’s newly founded and carefully curated events series; the enticing Alice Russell will be gracing our stage as she makes her long awaited return to Liverpool on the back of a seamless new album.

With the recent release of her 5 th solo album, ‘To Dust’, Alice Russell marks the next step forward in a remarkable career which has seen this diminutive Brit universally acknowledged as one of the best soul voices of our time. Previously collaborating with the likes of Roy Ayres, Mr Scruff, Quantic, Nostalgia 77, TM Juke, her new album has reached new artistic heights and merited gleaming reviews from such outlets as BBC and Rolling Stone, symbolising one of the most exciting periods of her already accomplished career.

http://www.alicerussell.com/

Support comes from songstress Ragz Nordset and more TBA soon.

“Nordic siren with an enchanting voice and haunting melodies” - Liverpool Sound City

"Catastrophically beautiful" - Altsounds

“spellbindingly magnificent" - The Fly

Ragz possesses a sweet, soaring voice known to captivate and move her audience.  An acoustic favourite for a number of years, she has supported the likes of Wild Beasts, Foy Vance and Laura Marling.  Her most recent EP - Sleepdancing was released earlier this year on NuNorthern Soul.  Be sure to arrive at the Kazimier early for a rare acoustic set from the Norwegian chanteuse.

http://soundcloud.com/nunorthernsoul/sets/ragz-nordset-sleepdancing-1/

Music between the acts comes from the Beaten Tracks DJs, renowned for framing a diverse selection of live acts, in addition to being resident DJs at Mellowtone.  They champion the rare, the dusty and the forgotten... expect funk, soul, reggae, latin, hip-hop, blues and jazz; left-field beats and soulful enlightenment.

www.mixcloud.com/beatentracks

www.mellowtone.info

The night s also supported by Liverool-based independent record label, NuNorthern Soul.  With no specific musical boundaries, Phil Cooper's NuNorthern Soul label is about presenting a rich tapestry of music, not restricted by genre or production techniques.  A natural extension to his long-running NNS nights and podcast series ... it is not a Soul music label, but a label for music WITH Soul.

www.nunorthernsoul.co.uk

Ragz Nordset releases Sleepdancing -15th April

2013 has seen record label NuNorthern Soul consolidates their inspiring entrance of last year with the runaway success of BJ Smith’s ‘Dedications to the Greats’ in January. A double header of covers of classic 90s Hip-Hop, it saw widespread love from Gilles Peterson, Rob Da Bank, Craig Charles, Ashley Beedle and many more.

Their next release sees them continuing the eclectic allure of their mission statement ‘(quality music suited to the art of relaxation’), by moving into a differing musical direction yet staying within the music with soul ethos, this time via Nordic chanteuse Ragz Nordset.

An acoustic favourite in the North West for a number of years (where’s she’s supported the likes of Wild Beasts, Noah and the Whale and Laura Marling), ‘Sleepdancing’ channels a new electronic direction for the singer, which owes much to the production of Mario Leal. Mario’s previous work involves Mumford and Sons, Digitalique and the Tea Street Band, and the manner in which he harnesses the electronics alongside a classical influence, bringing out the ethereal and enchanting qualities of Ragz’ voice.

The four track EP is designed specifically as a ‘story to be told’ via vinyl, with the double sided release segueing two tracks into each other to add to the individual quality of the songs. Side A starts off with the playful ‘You Started It All’, the rumbling sonics dovetailing with a gentle before the shuffling overtones of ‘More’ take over. Here the choral qualities of her voice come to the forefront to create a stirring paean to love, best encapsulated by the closing refrain that opines ‘We’ve all forgotten what the heart is for’.

The B-Side follows the same formula, with ‘New August’ backed by crunching percussion and haunting strings before melting outwards into the EP’s final song, ‘Sleepdancing’. The most evocative of the four tracks, it creates a rousing finale for the EP with its sweeping chords, finalising the narrative charm of the release. There’s remixes to come as well of both ‘You Started it All’ and ‘Sleepdancing’ to come later on in the spring, with label stalwart BJ Smith, Crazy P’s Ron Basejam and Capac all contributing mixes.