Kelley Polar (Environ, USA) 7.9.2008 @ Helsinki

Kelley Polar Kuudennella linjalla 7. syyskuuta

Yhdysvaltalainen elektrodiskoartisti Kelley Polar esiintyy Kuudennella linjalla sunnuntaina 7. syyskuuta. Yhtä lailla 80-luvun konemusiikista kuin Bachista ja Schubertista vaikutteita ammentava Polar levyttää Morgan Geistin ja Metro Arean Environ-levymerkille, joka julkaisi I Need You To Hold On While The Sky Is Falling –kakkosalbumin alkuvuodesta.

Klassisen koulutuksen saanut viulisti on matkannut ensimmäisten ep-julkaisujensa instrumentaalisesta diskosta kohti pop-musiikkia: tätä nykyä Polar laulaa säveltämisen ja tuottamisen ohella. New Yorkin sykkeestä maatilalleen New Hampshireen vetäytyneen artistin molemmat albumit ovat olleet arvostelumenestyksiä. Pitchfork valitsi tuoreemman myös Most Overlooked Records of 2008 -listalle.

Kelley Polar on antanut panoksensa alusta pitäen Metro Arean tavaramerkkisoundiin vastaamalla jousiosuuksista Caught Upin ja Miuran kaltaisilla ajattomilla klubiklassikoilla. Nelihenkinen livekokoonpano – Kelley Polar (laulu ja jousisoittimet), Benjamin Herson (rummut), Lewis Martinez (basso) ja Daniel Sedgwick (koskettimet/vokooderi) – versioikin keikoillaan Polarin oman materiaalin lisäksi myös muita Environ-katalogin underground-hittejä.


"Now, with the release of Hercules and Love Affair's celebrated debut, listeners have two brilliant examples of the creative possibilities in the disco framework. Kelley Polar's sophomore effort is just as strong as the aforementioned, approaching a musical genre with heavy stigma attached and interpreting it in a sincere, innovative and modern way."
- Prefix Mag

"His head in the stars, his feet on the dance floor. Kelley Polar is sheer beauty. He reinvents romance for the 21st century."
- Time Out New York

Kelley Polar "Chrysanthemum" (video)
http://www.novestudio.com/KP/chrys.htm

Kuudes linja (Kaikukatu 4, Helsinki)
Sunnuntai 7. syyskuuta (21-03)
Liput 14 EUR, ennakot Tiketti
http://www.tiketti.fi/tapahtuma/3026

http://www.kelleypolar.com
http://www.myspace.com/kelleypolar
http://www.environrecords.com

Basso-lehden 02/2008 juttu (click):

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Illan vieras-dj:nä kuullaan nykypäivän diskonäyttämön värikkäimpiin persooniin lukeutuvaa Daniel Wangia. Kelley Polarin tavoin Environille levyttänyt Wang tunnetaan myös 90-luvun alussa toimintansa aloittaneesta Balihu-labelista sekä vastustamatonta energiaa säteilevistä eksentrisistä dj-seteistä.

DANIEL WANG / BIO

Daniel Wang was born in California but lived in Taiwan for eight years during his childhood. After returning to California for high school, Wang continued his education in New York and Chicago, studying psychology and literature. In 1990 he settled in New York City where he worked at a vintage synthesizer and record shop, as well as started his own record label Balihu in 1993. In addition, Wang has recorded for Playhouse and Morgan Geist’s Environ.

As both a DJ and a producer, Daniel Wang understands what does and doesn’t work musically. With a belief in simplicity, he places his focus on melody and texture

rather than trendy production techniques or uninspired samples. Wang’s music strongly echoes Italo Disco from the 1970s and 80s, but he is not hesitant to add modern touches. His sound made a perfect fit for Ghostly’s acclaimed Disco Nouveau compilation, to which he contributed the lead track “Pistol Oderso”.

Wang left the states in 2003 to live in Berlin, where he easily became part of the DJ community and enjoyed the political climate, pop culture, and gay atmosphere. His clubbing experiences there at venues like OST-GUT and Cookies led to the release of the Berlin Sunrise 12”, which coincided with a brief tour in Japan.

http://www.family-house.net/danielwang.html
http://www.play.fm/playfm_artists.php?p_id=5285
http://hypem.com/artist/daniel+wang

Daniel Wang @ Tim Sweeney's Beats In Space -radio show on Aug 5.!

LISTEN:
http://www.beatsinspace.net/main.html

DOWNLOAD:
http://www.beatsinspace.net/audio/2008/aug5/bis080508part1.mp3
http://www.beatsinspace.net/audio/2008/aug5/bis080508part2.mp3

Daniel Wang (Balihu Records) guest mix:
1. Mossimiliano Pagliara - Beach Birds Keep On Flying - Balihu
2. Runaway - Brooklyn Club Jam (Brennan Green Remix) - DFA
3. Amanda Lear - New York
4. Astrud Gilberto - All I've Got
5. Wilbert Longmire - Hawkeye
6. Madleen Kane - Touch My Head
7. Wiola Willis - Somebody's Eyes
8. Noel Pointer - Captain Jarvis
9. St. Tropez - Most Of All
10. Dr. Dragon - Street Walk
11. Loft Disco In Paris - Dance (Whoever You Are)
12. Grace Jones - Sorry
13. Bee Gee's - Warm Ride

Part 2
13. Bee Gee's - Warm Ride
14. Diana Ross - Same Laugh That Made Me Cry
15. Alec R Constandinos - Trocadero Bleu
Tim Sweeney takes over:
16. Love & Loveless - Nada
17. James Brown - Hot - Polydor
18. Cole Medina - Love You Inside Out
19. Pink Floyd - Echoes (Edit)
20. Yaz - Nobody's Diary - Sire
21. Gramme - Like You - Output
22. Family Fodder - Room - Fresh
23. Santana - Mother Africa

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Kuudes linja (Kaikukatu 4, Helsinki)
Sun 7.9 (21-03)

LIVE: KELLEY POLAR (Environ, USA)
+ DANIEL WANG (Balihu, Environ, Ghostly - Berlin)
+ DJ 80'S COP & GUESTS

Tickets 14e, presale Tiketti
http://www.tiketti.fi/tapahtuma/3026
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=32258591356&ref=ts

TUORE DANIEL WANG HAASTATTELU RA:N SIVUILLA

Playing favourites: Daniel Wang

In the first in a new interview series on RA, we sit down with Daniel Wang, play him some records and record the results.


http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature-read.aspx?id=955

"Don't worry, we have a surprise both for Metro Area fans AND for Danny in our touring set.... if we can do our full 45 minutes +, then you'll get to hear them...we tried them out for the first time at PS1 in New York a few weeks ago, I have to say it was a total blast."

Bändissä mm. Escortin rumpali...

Mike Kelley:

"We'll play songs from the new album and the first one, I have a great drummer from New York Ben Herson who also plays and records for the nouveau-disco group Escort, a guy Dan Sedgwick who is possibly the greatest live vocoderist in the world, and a badass dancing bassist named Lewis Martinez...I'm singing and playing viola, we will also do a cover from a relatively obscure disco gem from the late 70's, and since Danny Wang (also from the Environ label) will be DJing, we'll do a Metro Area cover as well! It should be fun-!"

Kelley Daniel Wangista:

"It's a fun combination, because I am really in the end a classical musician that has a great admiration and almost preoccupation with dance music, and Danny is almost the vice versa, I think! He loves classical music, I know that, but his knowledge of disco....it's staggering. He's a good friend and we swap mixtapes whenever we see each other, last time he gave me a bunch of obscure old-school disco, and I gave him a bunch of Schubert leider and my favorite baroque opera singer, Rosa Manion. Good obsessive, elitist, ivory-tower, pretentious times!"

Soittoajat alustavasti

21:00 80'S COP & GUESTS
23:00/23:30 KELLEY POLAR
00:30 DANIEL WANG

Ps. Wang tänään myös Nollassa

PS 2. MusicPeople show:n voi ladata tästä:
http://www.topbillinmusic.com/musicpeople/podcast/musicpeople20080904.mp3

ennakot vielä tänään myynnissä

http://www.tiketti.fi/tapahtuma/3026

DANIEL WANG JA KELLEY POLAR RADIO HELSINGISSÄ KLO 21 TÄNÄÄN

http://www.radiohelsinki.fi

Aikatauluista...

Juttelin bändin kanssa ja päätettiinkin aikaistaa vielä 30min. Eli Kelley Polar live klo 23:00.