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SUMMARY:Esprit D'Air + Diamond Black – Manchester
DESCRIPTION:Esprit D’Air has just announced their new tour dates\, including a show at Manchester Academy 3 on 22nd February 2023. \nJoining them on main support are dark goth rockers Diamond Black\, fronted by Ben Christo of The Sisters of Mercy. \nThe award-winning band re-entered the Official Charts six times this year following their successful self-promoted tour of the UK in London\, Newcastle\, Glasgow\, and Manchester. \nKai (Esprit D’Air) will be joined by session musicians Jan-Vincent Velazco (Pendragon\, Gus G) on drums\, Takeshi Tokunaga on bass\, and Yusuke Okamoto on guitar. \nEsprit D’Air’s most recent album\, Oceans was released on 18 February. The album peaked in the Official Charts at #8 in the Rock and Metal Albums Chart and #5 in Independent Albums Breakers. The album includes collaborations with members of the iconic gothic rock group The Sisters of Mercy and Japanese metalcore band Crystal Lake\, plus remixes by Heavygrinder\, and Shirobon. The new album Oceans is receiving support and praise from Loudwire\, Kerrang! Radio\, as well as from members of Cradle of Filth\, The Sisters of Mercy\, and The Birthday Massacre. \n\n“Catchy and atmospheric\, with incredible vocals and an otherworldly guitar solo. What a song!”\n– Richard Shaw\, Cradle of Filth \n“It’s a really unique blend of djent\, industrial\, electro\, goth\, emo\, metal and much more. I love the dramatics and cinematic quality it has\, with haunting\, melancholy colors swooping betwixt the cruel\, relentless jaws of the machine.”\n– Ben Christo\, The Sisters of Mercy \n“Leviathan is a wonderful song\, feels like a modern day opera with heavy guitars set on fire! Melancholic and haunting\, the vocals cut deep. A truly inspired song.”\n– Michael Falcore\, The Birthday Massacre \n\nReformed in 2016\, Esprit D’Air is a Japanese electronic rock/metal solo project led by vocalist\, multi-instrumentalist\, and producer\, Kai. In 2018\, Esprit D’Air won ‘Best Metal Album‘ at The Independent Music Awards in New York\, for the release of their debut album\, Constellations\, judged by an esteemed panel featuring Slayer\, Amy Lee (Evanescence)\, Sepultura & more. \nKai is not seeking a major record label but instead\, follows a strong DIY ethos and produces everything himself to be as self-sufficient as possible. Consequently\, they record and produce their own releases in their own home recording studio\, and book and promote their own shows. \nKai adds: \n“The Oceans album took almost four years to create. My laptop containing all of my work-in-progress was stolen in 2019 and I had to start all over again from 2020. In the past two years\, I worked hard and collaborated with awesome people to finish the album and we also have our fans to thank for crowdfunding it.” \nThe 20-track album Oceans is out now on Apple Music\, Spotify & hmv. \nTickets are available here. \nEsprit D’Air 2023 UK Tour Dates: \n\n17 Feb: Cardiff\, The Globe\n19 Feb: York\, The Fulford Arms\n20 Feb: Newcastle upon Tyne\, The Cluny\n21 Feb: Edinburgh\, La Belle Angele\n22 Feb: Manchester\, Academy 3\n23 Feb: Birmingham\, O2 Academy3\n25 Feb: London\, The Black Heart (Private Patreon Party)\n\nLinks: \n\nhttps://www.espritdair.com\nhttps://www.facebook.com/espritdair\nhttps://www.instagram.com/espritdairofficial\nhttps://twitter.com/espritdair\nhttps://www.youtube.com/espritdairofficial\nhttps://www.patreon.com/espritdair
URL:https://thegothcalendar.co.uk/event/esprit-dair-diamond-black-manchester/
LOCATION:Manchester Academy\, Oxford Road\, Manchester\, M13 9PR
CATEGORIES:Live Bands,North West
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SUMMARY:Club Velocity/New Mind presents Kristeen Young + Strange Cities
DESCRIPTION:Yves Tumor\, Kate Bush\, Diamanda Galas are all attempts to explain hard-to-describe\, multi-genre artist\, Kristeen Young. But\, they are wrong. You can’t find a comparison because there isn’t one\, and isn’t that a nice change? She plays piano/keyboard in a dissonant bashing style\, sings using a wide range with operatic vocals\, and her lyrics eviscerate in a playful way like an afternoon with a Victorian child ghost. You’ll be dead but you will have enjoyed your own life’s kill. And ….speaking of…..her new (self-produced) album\, The Beauty Shop\, is a song cycle based on the life of a serial killer\, with each song also representing a different major emotion. “But\, it’s really about how life kills our emotions\,” she interjects. The album’s lived-in imagery originates from the beauty shop her foster/adopted mom had in a room in the little St. Louis house where she grew up. Besides the audio of the album\, Kristeen has also shot and edited 6 song videos (herself) for The Beauty Shop and plans to release a visual version of the album in 2023. Never on a record label\, or with management\, continuously navigating on her own\, Kristeen has always been the epitome of DIY. Shortly after arriving in New York (where she now resides) she met legendary producer\, Tony Visconti\, who brought David Bowie to one of her shows and ended up recording a duet with Kristeen (a song she wrote called Saviour). She also toured several times as Morrissey’s opening act. Dave Grohl discovered one of her songs on a mix tape and then contacted her….which lead to him to playing drums on her entire 2014 album\, The Knife Shift. Nick Zinner (Yeahs Yeah Yeahs) was guitarist for her 2017 album\, Live at The Witch’s Tit. Her first live show post-pandemic was Riot Fest\, September 2021. Following by her own curated night at SxSW 2022. Since the June 2022 release of The Beauty Shop she’s been filling rooms in New York\, San Francisco\, St. Louis\, London and Manchester…. touring on her own. She has a West Coast tour booked for early December 2022. \n\n\n\nStrange Cities :San Francisco post punk band Strange Cities was formed from the ashes of several Bay Area bands. Featuring former members of In Letter Form\, Murder of Lillies\, NRVS LVRS\, and Upstairs Downstairs. Drawing on influences such as Echo and the Bunnymen\, The Chameleons\, & JAMC\, Strange Cities’ sound also reflects the foggy\, jagged\, industrial landscape that inspired their name. Whether stitching up pieces of a broken past or reflecting on an unknown future\, their music skirts the fringe of noise and nihilism\, melodic and melancholic\, tragedies and trajectories. A post-post punk if you will. \n\n\n\nWith Daniel Nakazo Clark (vocals and guitar)\, James Levis (guitar)\, Clayton Vorheis (bass and vocals) and Dan Caporale (drums). \n\n\n\nThe band recently toured the western half of the US with Gene Loves Jezebel. On that tour they met Smiley\, UK based producer and drummer for GLJ\, The Alarm. Archive\, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros. Strange Cities will be heading to Fleet to work with Smiley at his studio\, Sunshine Corner in Feb. \, 2023 \,coinciding with their debut tour of the UK .
URL:https://thegothcalendar.co.uk/event/club-velocity-new-mind-presents-kristeen-young-strange-cities/
LOCATION:The Facebar\, Reading\, Chatham Street\, Reading\, RG1 7JE
CATEGORIES:Live Bands,South East
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