Date
Tuesday 2 June 2009
Location
ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Mall,
London,
SW1Y 5AH,
United Kingdom
Tel: 020 7930 3647
Link
Description
Following hearty SXSW success FANFARLO play an early summer set, filling the ICA with lovely, lilting tones and shivering, hypnotic melody.
Fanfarlo is a London based band formed by the Swedish musician Simon Balthazar (vocals, guitar, clarinet). Their name refers to Charles Baudelaire’s novella, “La Fanfarlo.”
After issuing the singles Talking Backwards, You Are One Of The Few Outsiders Who Really Understands Us, Fire Escape and Harold T. Wilkins on four independent labels between 2006 and 2008, Fanfarlo travelled to Peter Katis’s studio in Connecticut, USA to record their debut album, Reservoir. The album was self-released in February 2009 to coincide with a tour of England and Scotland, including dates supporting Snow Patrol. They also performed five shows at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas in March.
In May, Moshi Moshi will release Fanfarlo’s fifth single, Drowning Men, on 7” while Reservoir will again be self-released as a special ‘box’ edition of 500 CDs.
The band is a quintet of Justin (bass), Leon (trumpet/keyboards), Cathy (violin, mandolin, keyboards) and Amos (drums). Mark (electric guitar, keys, accordian) left in December 2008.
http://www.fanfarlo.com
http://www.myspace.com/fanfarlo
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