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Ffffshhhheeeeeuuuuuwwwww.\u00a0 This is your brain on MOON DUO, the psychedelic Krautrock pairing of Ripley Johnson (guitarist from epic San Fran space-rock titans Wooden Shjips) and Sanae Yamada.\u00a0 Formed in 2009 and initially inspired by John Coltrane and Rashied Ali’s late 60s collaborations – exploratory spacey free jazz with titles like ‘Interstellar Space’ and ‘Cosmic Music’, so you can see where they’re coming from – Moon Duo quickly released 12″ ‘Love On The Sea’ and EP ‘Killing Time’ and now tour their\u00a0debut full-length\u00a0‘Escape’ on Woodsist.<\/p>\n
Rolling krautrock grooves, neanderthal riffs, spacey keyboard freakouts and half-buried, whispered vocals – think Silver Apples, Suicide, Neu!, Royal Trux.\u00a0 Less ‘usual suspects’, more a kitemark of doomy, heavy-lidded quality.\u00a0 This will be LOUD, and it will be ace.<\/p>\n
Nicely esoteric support choice too, with a still reasonably rare live sighting of experimental electronic operator Tom Raybould’s ZWOLF.\u00a0 A restless collaborator on many a drone\/improv outing at Chapter,\u00a0under the Zwolf banner he brings crunchy laptop beats and fleet-footed electro goodness.<\/p>\n
Swn presents…<\/p>\n
MOON DUO<\/p>\n
ZWOLF<\/p>\n
Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff<\/p>\n
Thursday 22nd July 8pm<\/p>\n
\u00a36 adv\/\u00a38 door<\/p>\n
Tickets from http:\/\/www.ticketweb.co.uk\/user\/?region=gb_wales&query=detail&event=388600<\/a><\/p>\n “If you could surf on sound, this song would be a pretty sweet wave to catch… propelled by skygazing guitars and a menacing, hovering organ like some UFO, real or imagined” – Tinymixtapes<\/p>\n