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Calmer*
Intimate, articulate,
experimental, beautiful. Laid back bands and acoustic/semi
acoustic performances at the Playhouse Theatre, The Hub and The
United Services Club in Cheltenham
The best new artists,
the best new songs, the best voices.
So far so great. So far thanks to Silverman,
Lianne Hall, Mario Vendredi, Caroline Martin, Jamie
Lawson, Amy Wadge, Miles Mann, 90
Degrees South, Longstone, Fruitbat, Symon
Bye, Rogue, Lorna, Earnest Cox, Bodixa, Sam
Holmes, Jim Bob, Applecraft, Pony Club, Pete
Bruntnell, Inkubus Sukkubus, Susanna Waters,
Steve Franks, Black Flowers and many more.
Exceptional performances from
exceptional performers.
Admission: £4
Doors: 7.30
Here's what we've got line up:
Sun Sept
26th - Calmer* @ The Playhouse - TBC
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Wonderful Wednesdays
- Full of Eastern promise. Gypsy fiddle, pumping accordian,
gold teeth. Absinthe and angels.
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Halflight: Promoting
new e.p. Subside. 'Minimalist chic', 'wondrously
elegant' - Popfactory.com. Winners of 2004's 'best new
talent in Wales'. www.halflight.info
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Dik Cadbury -
He's toured and recorded with Steve
Ashley, Decameron, Mike d'Abo, Johnny Coppin and Steve
Hackett. Showcasing songs from his debut solo album
'About Time' - www.dikcadbury.com
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Jeff Martinez -
All the way from the U.S. of A. Quality Singer/songwriter,
think straight Evan Dando, teisted Paul Simon
Friday
October 1st Calmer* Special @ The Hub (opposite the Town Hall)
Calmer* are/is proud to present
Lianne Hall, Caroline Martin and Bela Emerson on tour:
- Lianne Hall -
Think Cat Power, Tanya Donnelly, Lucinda Williams "If I
had my own record label I'd sign her up right now!" John
Peel. You HAVE to see her. www.liannehall.com
- Caroline Martin
- A John Peel session and Calmer* favourite. “Dark
disturbing, haunting music with a beautiful expressive voice
and a rare lightness of touch” Choke Magazine. Captivating. www.small-dog.co.uk
- Bela Emerson -
Experimental, comtemporary, outstanding celloist. Five Radio 1
sessions, a guest of British Sea Power, John Peel, Radio 3.
Sunday
October 31st - Calmer* @ The Playhouse
- Jon Gomm
- One man from Leeds providing haunting vocals, beats, bass
and even a bit of guitar. 'Sheer bloody genius' - Sandman
Magazine. www.jongomm.com
- Knowledge
of Bugs - 'the sound of Matmos snoozing on an autumn
afternoon'- Roughtrade.com. 'Like a warm E'd up love in with
your math teacher' - Choke March. Say no more - www.knowledgeofbugs.co.uk
- Richard
Walters - Maintaining the great tradition of Oxford's
finest singer/songwriters. Elegant and articulate. A
Beardmuseum man. www.beardmuseum.com/richardwalters.htm
- Mat Gibson
- A retro-alternative man. Think Pavement, Rufus Wainwright,
Tom Waits. www.matgibson.com
Saturday
November 27th - Calmer* presents 'The Flaw Set' @ The United
Services Club, 7 North Palce, Cheltenham.
Admission: £5
THE
FLAW_SET: A chaotic collision of live music, performance
and poetry - alternative cabaret for the 21st century. Think
'Phoenix nights' meets 'The Old Grey Whistle Test'.
"Cabaret that can't be
trusted and you wouldn't want it any other way" - Venue
Magazine.
Introducing............
- Rachel
Pantechnicon: Amazing, award winning, cat-fixated
author Rachel Pantechnicon will be reading poems about elves,
shelves and the importance of looking after your coccyx.
Peviewing the manuscript of her latest children's book
"The Three Coalscuttles",
- Derehctub:
An experimental orgy of electronic sound expressed though the
medium of the drum kit. You've never seen anything like it. www.koept.net
- The Special
Guests: A collision of performance, live art and
theatre. The Special guests invite you into the banality and
faded glitter of tacky, seedy and forever entertaining
city-centre Saturday night culture. www.thespecialguests.co.uk
- Ed:
With Mario Vendredi now confined to a jar on the
mantlepiece in his bedroom, anything could happen. Always
unpredictable, increasingly experimental, invariably
brilliant. Expect the unexpected
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