Date
Saturday 3 July 2010 at 12:00pm
Location
Union Chapel
Compton Terrace,
London,
N1 2UN,
United Kingdom
Tel: +44.(0)20 7226 1686
Description
Daylight music is a dazzling idea presented by the Union Chapel to open up their amazing gothic venue to a shiny new daytime crowd and provide a rather exciting platform for artists.
Encouraging experimentation and profiling new music as well promoting a free music ethos. Join us!
Experience music and Saturday afternoons in a whole new way.
Produced by Arctic Circle
Rob Bravery: London-based singer/songwriter Rob Bravery is characterised by his diverse musical influences, from Elliot Smith’s light hearted melodies to the epic folk creations of Joanna Newsom.
Rachael Dadd: Whether it be by handing out cake or percussive pots of rice to shake, Rachael puts her audience at ease - she’s had plenty of practice, having toured England and Japan numerous times, and played festival slots since 2001. She enjoys performing in intimate settings the most, but can adapt well, having proved this when she performed a series of shows in Japan, each to an audience of 3000.
The Hand: The Cascade Steps were treated Saturday afternoon to the absorbing, intrinsically brilliant sounds of Rachael Dadd and her banjo and Wig Smith on the kora as they poked around in their folk back-catalogue for every maritime song they could remember. They were never short of material being two workers on the Bristol ferries, and it was a nice touch and deliciously heart-warming to hear that most of these fantastic songs were inspired by the harbour behind them as they played.
Ichi: Ichi, from Nagoya in Japan, takes the notion of a one-man band to new limits - combining steel-drum with ping-pong balls, tape-loops with double bass and trumpet with bongos, all in the space of one short set. Somehow there's an ancient, ritualistic feel to his performances, he's like the misplaced leader of a tribe and perhaps he will be - it's this kind of excellence and innovation which inspires a cult following
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