THE LIGHT & SHADOW SALON presents MYTH-O-RAMA

DOORS 7PM

£5 on the door

An evening of sonic adventures, curated by singer/multi-instrumentalist Jowe Head (Swell Maps, Television Personalities, etc) and cellist/vocalist Jasmine Pender (Rotten Bliss). They shall perform together as ELEVENTH HOUR ADVENTISTS. Guest performers include MISS ROBERTS (Rude Mechanicals) , and SEVEN-HEADED RAVEN. The evening shall feature various exciting collaborations between the various performers.

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Eleventh Hour Adventists

A collaboration between Jasmine Pender (aka: Rotten Bliss) who is a vocalist and electric cellist, and Jowe Head (ex-Swell Maps, Television Personalities, The Demi-Monde), who contributes vocals, slide guitar and mandocello. They usually operate as a duo, with guest Ravi Low-Beer contributing his unique deft skills on drums and percussion.  Between them, they weave a tense and terse sound-world. Jasmine's electronically treated cello emits deep hypnotic drones and bursts of uncanny minimal melody. Jowe's clipped manipulation of stringed instruments usually providing the pulse, and interjections of top-end shards of shiny noise. Their vocals tend to blend together in close harmonies, their voices twisting together in a sensual struggle.  Their work is mainly self-composed, some of it referring to ancient mythological themes. Material includes Jasmine’s reflective and often profane imagery on one hand, and Jowe’s more quirky lyrics on the other.  The material includes an eerie ballad about Tempelhof airfield in Berlin and a series of mythological tableaux. There is also an ancient murder ballad that's undergone gender reversal, and a radical arrangement of a song by blues pioneer Skip James.  This is their first headlining performance since returning from their first overseas concert, in Berlin.

7 Headed Raven 

An international, multi-national folk ensemble, performing, performing both traditional and contemporary music, featuring cello, kookie (Latvian dulcimer), and bowed saw.  Their sound suffused in nature worship, melancholy and nature. This weird band has a pagan feel, and features multi-instrumentalist and singer Catherine Gerbrands (Valerie & Her Week of Wonders, Infernal Contraption) and cellist/vocalist Tim Bowen (Chrome Hoof, The Demi-Monde) who shall be leading a multi-national band playing their own arrangements of traditional tunes and their own material.

Miss Roberts

The mysterious and ethereal Miss Roberts presents a performance called "Curious Contraption", who shall weave a sinister web of surreal intrigue featuring surreal stories, dramatic monologues, poetry and song, with sound effects and ambient music provided by Jowe Head.  Miss Roberts, chanteuse with the decadent surreal Rude Mechanicals is a visual whirlwind of bizarre costumes, audience interactions and gestures. 

Rotten Bliss

Jasmine Pender has describes her solo project, Rotten Bliss, as a research project into the outer limits of the electric cello and voice.  Part exploration and part revelation, Rotten Bliss builds up sonic storms of exploratory textures with FX-laden cello, giving way to brutally bare arrangements made from haunting vocals sung over sparse bass riffs. Jasmine defies expectations of the cello her abrasive playing style, evoking the possession and freedom of rock and roll, deconstruction and decay. The result is a hypnotic, seasick voyage that takes in elements of folk, noise, surrealism and drone, referencing dystopian harbours, amorous fishes, nightwatchmen and transcendence.