We Talk Music

Remember the days when we spent our weekends watching reruns of Baywatch, 7th Heaven and The Love Boat, mindlessly whiling the day away just waiting for your next glimpse of Lorenzo Lamas in Renegade? I do. Oh and last I checked, Lorenzo looks kinda like Fabio and Dog the Bounty Hunter’s illegitimate child. Not sexy no more.

Anyway, this weekend will have none of that, because Old School is hosting the Up To The Sky Festival. The line-up is pretty sweet:

And that’s only the musical acts. Great representation from the region. Samuel’s in love with Indonesian band The Trees and the Wild, like how trees are in the wild (I apologise for the failed ‘I miss you like the deserts miss the rain’ reference), and I’m excited to see Malaysian band Tenderfist, Bani Haykal’s solo stuff and of course, Deerhoof.  Headliners Mogwai are always amazing live. I’m not sure what to expect with a DJ set, but being post-rock guys, they’ll definitely bring something completely different to the (turn) table.

But what we are the most jazzed about is the video program, and particularly, La Blogotheque genius Vincent Moon. We love him almost as much as our mothers love us, which is a lot. The mustachioed wonder is in town for his new project Petites Planetes, which according to my lousy French means Small Planet? Other inclusions for the video program are local filmmaker Ho Tzu Nyen, and Indonesian representatives Ruangrupa and Dimas Wisnuwardono.

Tickets for Up To The Sky are available here.

Event Details:
3rd December, Saturday
11.30am - 11pm
Old School, 11 Mount Sophia

www.uptotheskyfestival.com

Celebrated Indonesian band White Shoes and The Couples Company will headline the stage at LaSalle on Tuesday 8 November, with French electronic band SayCet and homegrown heroes B-Quartet rounding out the trio of bands set to excite your Tuesday night.

We’ve been huge B-Quartet fans for a while now, especially mesmerised by Bani Haykal’s soft and comforting lull, bedded in the dreamy ambience of gentle but assertive instrumentation. This show’s going to be particularly special, as it will be their curtain-closing performance.

“Shoebox” by B-Quartet

French maestros SayCet are reminiscent of a lovechild between the ever-fascinating Lymbyc Systym and legendary Mogwai. Clean beats, thoughtful sampling and catchy instrumentation create ambient landscapes that are almost tangible. The band is fronted by composer Pierre Lefeuvre, who names Boards of Canada and Múm as his inspirations, and created his debut solo album, One Day at Home, “evoking abstract landscapes and fairy tales for adults from song to song”.

“Dreamfactory” by SayCet

Hailing from Jakarta, Indonesia, the folks from White Shoes & The Couples Company have been keeping themselves busy touring South East Asia and several cities in America for the past couple of years. Signed with Minty Fresh Records in Chicago, they played at SXSW in 2008 and were slated to play again the following year, only to cancel their set last minute due to visa issues (get yo shit together America). Immigration problems aside, these guys are Indonesia’s version of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. At their core, they’re revivalists playing music from our parents’ heyday. Hell, they even dress the part. Their shows are always a blast to go to, and it seems like even KOC’s very own Erlend listens to them. Case in point.

“Vakansi” by White Shoes and The Couples Company

Come say hi if you meet us at the show!

Event Details:
8 November 2011
Doors at 7.30pm; Show at 8pm
$25 with reservation; $30 at the door
LaSalle, Main Theatre
1 McNally Street
187940 Singapore

For reservations, hit up:
http://www.figure8-agency.com/?p=273
Tel: +65 986 69259

www.myspace.com/bquartet
www.myspace.com/saycet
www.myspace.com/whiteshoesandthecouplescompany