Underskog

Protect Your Balance presents: Electricity (UK)

Electricity is the new band by two englishmen living in Oslo. Using vintage, homemade and thirdhand equipment influenced by all electronic music throughout time, nothing is sacred, most is usable and everything is on the verge of breaking down at all times. Mark Francombe is perhaps better known as the spanner wielding dreadlocked guitarist of Cranes, the dark dream pop indie band, that gained cult status after being played by John Peel and playing support to The Cure. Francombes solo work since Cranes has predominately been live looping a heavily modified baritone guitar. His interest in electronics and synthesisers has existed from the early 1980s, citing Cabaret Voltaire and Kraftwerk as early influences.

Electricity is his first purely electronic project for over 15 years. Martin Powell began his Monolab project in 1992 in the beautiful town of West Bromwich, deep in the heart of the West Midlands.producing experimental / electronic “Space Music”.using mainly old 70’s/80’s analogue synths + old effects units. Similarities Have been made with:- Sonic Boom’s E.A.R Project, Add N To X, Space Machine, and the early works of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Mark Francombe – Synthesisers, Sequencers.
Martin Powell – Synthesisers, Electronics, Tape.

9.00 p.m.

DJ set by Indiana Ross before and after the gig until closing time.