In de aflevering van Signaal/Ruis van vrijdag 30/03/2012 geven we gratis duotickets weg voor het optreden van Chelsea Wolfe in Magasin4 te Brussel op 13/04/2012. Vorig jaar leverde ze nog met Ἀποκάλυψις één van de beste platen van het jaar. Zie onze lijst!!! Benieuwd hoe dat live klinkt! Het voorprogramma wordt verzorgd door de Franse bands Cerceuil en Unison.
California native Chelsea Wolfe has always embodied light and dark. Her music is a raw, dirging doom-folk with hints of black metal, deep blues and minimal synthesizer music, but it’s as prone to triumph as it is despair. Her voice is both haunting and seemingly haunted, though whether by angels or demons is unclear. And her lyrics reflect an obsession not only with life’s murkier moments, but the unlikely truths and beauty they so often reveal. At 9, she started sneaking into her father’s home studio to record warped covers and goth-R&B originals. But growing up, she never shared her music. It wasn't until recently she considered making music for others to hear. After a stint abroad with a nomadic performance troupe playing cathedrals, basements and old nuclear factories, Wolfe returned home inspired. She began toting around an 8-track and recording as the mood hit, eventually winding up with the songs that would become her stunning 2010 debut, The Grime & the Glow. Described as both healing and harrowing, enchanting and narcotic, the album established Wolfe as an elemental force on the rise. Just as telling were a pair of cover songs — the timeless “You Are My Sunshine” and a deep cut from Norwegian metal icon Burzum — that in her capable hands managed to sound equally burnt and terrifying. Drawn to Los Angeles’ unique mix of gloss and grit, she moved to the city late last year and recorded her second album, Ἀποκάλυψις (pronounced “apokalypsis”), out on Pendu Sound Recordings in 2011. Chelsea Wolfe’s name exploded in the music world after pop artist Richard Phillips used her song “Moses” in his newest art-film starring Sasha Grey which premiered at the Venice Biennale in June of this year.
Usefull links:
Chelsea Wolfe @ Magasin4
Chelsea Wolfe (Us)
Cercueil (Fr)
Unison (Fr)
Tijdens zowat elke Belgische Low–passage is het wederom raak. Een kwaliteitslogica die tevens opgaat bij zowat elk album dat de band uitbrengt. Zo ook voor hun jongste dra te verschijnen album ‘Ones & Sixes’ dat opgenomen werd in Bon Iver’s befaamde April Base studio. Achter de knoppen: BJ Burton die tevens het meest recente album van The Tallest Man On Earth in goede banen leidde of eerder reeds Poliça en Colin Stetson. Ook Wilco’s Glenn Kotche was present. Fun fact: op de albumhoes prijkt een uil, in het Engels een mooi anagram van Low. Klaar voor Low’s vijfde AB-passage?