Warm Leatherette, Thursday 22nd July at Madame Jojo's
The launch of a new night of live Post-Punk hedonism from the creators of Electrogogo!
Frankie D is famous as the curator and resident DJ of many long-running cult Electro nights including of course the iconic Electrogogo, which packed in the crowds at Madame Jojo's, to which he returns with his brand new live music night Warm Leatherette, featuring a host of Post-Punk and Electro bands and DJs.
The opening night has as its theme an homage to the legendary Killing Joke, and celebrates all things electronic, synth, gothic and alternative. Three of the bands have a Killing Joke connection: opening act Tribazik have supported Killing Joke several times and their debut album features vocals from Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman. Inertia are joined by Killing Joke's keyboard player Reza; and finally, topping the bill is legendary Killing Joke bassist Youth's side project, the fantastic turbo-charged Vertical Smile.
As if this weren’t enough, those wonderfully twisted Berlin-based troubadours Noblesse Oblige will darken the proceedings with their avant-garde, Franco-German cabaret. Warm Leatherette is a night not to be missed!
Lineup:
Vertical Smile
A side project of Youth - aka Martin Glover - founder member and bassist from Killing Joke and The Freelance Hellraiser! Expect nothing but a pure masterclass from these legendary musicians and renowned producers!
“Vertical Smile embody the original spirit of punk … an exhilarating kick to the head … that's Youth on bass - he who put the funk into Killing Joke's punk” - Nemesis To Go.
(Onstage approximately midnight)
www.myspace.com/weareverticalsmile
Noblesse Oblige
Based in Berlin, this dark and twisted cabaret duo have recently launched their fabulous third album 'Malady' on Repo Records. With themes of voodoo, witchcraft and magic, it is an an occult concept album that cites the visual mysticism of Kenneth Anger, Aleister Crowley's storytelling, and the morbid melancholy of Christina Rossetti's poetry.
Further inspiration was the Voodoo literature by Haitian writer Rene Depestre and readings of field research work by anthropologist E.E. Evans-Pritchard and his studies of witchcraft and magic among African tribes. The aura of these texts and stories have been incorporated in many of the songs while Valerie, who during her teenage years lived on the French Caribbean island of Martinique - one of the heartlands of voodoo practice - worked up her own memories of myths and stories told by the locals, including her voodoo priestess neighbour.
(Onstage approximately 10pm)
www.myspace.com/noblesseoblige
Inertia
Featuring Killing Joke’s keyboard-player Reza Udhin, Inertia are also launching their new covers album 'Kloned' which features a mind-boggling 21st century dance version of T-Rex's Children Of The Revolution, to name but one of many of the great tracks they put their indelible stamp on! Or as Gary Numan puts it: "The best and most aggressive band in London!"
(Onstage approximately 9pm)
www.myspace.com/inertia001
Tribazik
London's excellent Tribazik create "uncompromising stabbing riffs, siren calls, war dispatches, dark ominous bass with righteously indignant booming vocals!" - Kerrang.
(Onstage at 8.15pm)
www.myspace.com/tribazik
DJs:
Frankie D
Frankie D is famous as the curator and resident DJ of many long-running cult Electro nights including Eurobeat 2000, Club Noir, Unholy and of course the iconic Electrogogo.
Roi
Roi Robertson is vocalist synth-player of Mechanical Cabaret – “Surly, savvy, viciously spikey synth-pop; really rather good” - Mixmag Magazine.
Plus guest DJs.
Warm Leatherette: Thursday 22nd July
Doors: 7.30pm-3am
£8 in advance from www.flagpromotions.com or www.ticketweb.co.uk
(Club only from 11pm, £5 advance/with flyer, £6 door (Inc. Vertical Smile)
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