Profound Sound: More Eaze & Seth Graham and claire rousay
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A second night of cool sounds from Folkestone’s experimental sound & music festival featuring an opening from Cherif Hashizume, and performances from —__–___ (More Eaze & Seth Graham) and claire rousay, with more local musicians and end of the evening DJ in The Clearing.
Saturday night running order:
// 7.30 - 8.15pm //Cherif Hashizume
// 8.30 - 9.15pm // —__–___ (More Eaze & Seth Graham)
// 9.15 - 9.45pm // claire rousay
// 9.45pm - 11pm // The Clearing + drinking up time
—__–___ (More Eaze & Seth Graham) released The Heart Pumps Kool-Aid in 2021, an album that’s been called an “expression of Midwestern sadness, the entrapment of class and inexpressible discontent”. This is a project composed of Mari & Seth, and accompanied with commissioned instrumentation from Karen Ng, Nick Storring, Rob Mcgill, Meteronori, spoken word from Proxy.exe and guest vocals from Recovery girl and Meteronori.
The opener “When you're hot around the narcs” showcases shoegaze-like whisper vocals with simple classical arrangements weaving blips of free jazz sax; this track sets the mood for The Heart Pumps Kool-Aid: a near-death experience from narcotics addiction (a common and personal story of Ohio).
There is clear vulnerability with phrases barely holding on to minimal arrangements. Mari's falsetto voice floats above breathing woodwinds, atonal classical expression with a consistent melancholy mood of crotale melody throughout The Heart Pumps Kool-Aid. A swirl of frustration and hopelessness led by crooner opera, akin to Harmony Korine’s works and Tilt by Scott Walker, or Blemish by David Sylvian.
“A body of work that is as numbing as it is touching, thanks to a unique combination of long pauses (too often forgotten in contemporary music), autotuned shards of vocals, reverberated explosions of metal screams, spaced out by electroacoustic and free-jazz manifestation. If you spent a considerable chunk of your life in the suburbs, this album will talk to you more than you can imagine.” Michele Sinatti, Soul Feeder
claire rousay has released music on a range of labels, most notably Astral Spirits, Second Editions, Longform Editions and American Dreams, who in 2021 released a softer focus, a collaboration with visual artist Dani Toral. rousay’s music has received acclaim from NPR, which writes that rousay “enchants the ordinary,” and Pitchfork, which calls her music “quietly devastating.”
rousay has presented music at venues like Issue Project Room, Casa Del Lago (CDMX) and Salon De Normandy (Paris), among many others, held residencies at Rhizome DC and Elastic Arts Exposure Series, and performed with musicians such as Ken Vandermark, Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten, Jacob Wick, and Tom Carter.
Join us for a single evening performance or make the most of the festival with our special Multi-buy offer.
Single tickets per event cost £15 or you can enjoy both the events for £22.
How to book a Multi-buy offer:
1. Select your tickets for each of the 2 events and add them to your basket
2. When you go to the checkout the discount will be applied to your basket
3. Booking more than one offer? Add all the concert tickets you want and discounts will be applied
If you have any issues booking tickets please contact the Box Office on 01303 760 740 or info@creativefolkestone.org.uk
Under 23 (proof of age may be required)