Tag: Cosmonaut Transfer

Dry spells

It’s been a while, but back in January 2013 with skronk and skree, and a new format for the blog.

Noteherder and McCloud

The first Noteherder and McCloud starts slow vibrating washes of electric swamp with skittering soprano sax pausing for occasional languors, before getting up with a noisy switchback over bass drones and some proper skronking and ending with a grumble off between the pair.

The second Noteherder & McCloud set took me by surprise by starting with some whistling birdsong before electronic burbles transformed into staccato bass with Chris saxing at full throttle with noise stabs sliding in sawtooth. It degenerates into squeaks and pops before coming back for a little full throttle action and close. I can’t comment on _minimalVector’s visuals, as I was looking the wrong way, but I’ve heard they were immersive to the point of overwhelming: sliding across two walls like slippery nightmare woods.

EMB Ortolan

EMB Ortolan has a nice guitar chime loop with jazz cymbals to start, looping most satisfyingly before bringing in church bells and playgrounds, a gloriously excessive piece of uber guitar riffery upsets things and pulls it back to another understated guitar loop with annoying HF feedback whistling under it. Paul then did a reprise of his quiet Aural Detritis piece with the light sensitive devices. A brave decision in the infamously loud Green Door Store, but one that worked well – very subtle and understated, and making good use of the sub bass available in the large PA. Finishing with a low level blistering and shortwave conversation.

Cosmonaut Transfer

Cosmonaut Transfer ended the night with their space age tomfoolery, slowed down vocals and Tangerine arpeggios start the set in the right mode, Dave’s guitar flying fluid lines and trills of sustain while disappointingly the space helmet stays on the floor this time. The arpeggios wind down into speech and swirls and Nick brings out the violin and we all get a bit more abstract until the Krell monster from Forbidden Planet puts in an appearance and the arpeggios return with a more propulsive beat than previously and we’re off to Mars for the climax.

Temporal Visions

Travelling through time: a backwards look at The Future with The Spirit of Gravity. As usual Video at the end!

I’m Dr Buoyant and Broken Star collaborated on taking a sideways look at memory,


The Organ Grinders Monkey sang about Robots and Humans.


The Glyphs discussed philsophy with Aliens.

And Cosmonaut Transfer cut the crap and just went out there.


Here is Cosmonaut Transfers full set on soundcloud:

Cosmonauttransfer Live at the Komedia Club January 2011 by cosmonauttransfer


I’m Dr Buoyant and Broken Star live Spirit of Gravity jan 2011

The Spirit of Gravity | Myspace Music Videos

The Organ Grinders Monkey

Glyphs


Cosmonaut Transfer live at The Spirit of Gravity jan 2011

The Spirit of Gravity | Myspace Music Videos