IDEA13 » Culture as a Dare http://idea13.org A network for culture and events across Southend on Sea. Tue, 22 May 2012 13:19:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Sat 5 May 11.30-4pm – SAAL-HAALA @ The Kursaal Function Suite http://idea13.org/2012/04/saal-haala/ http://idea13.org/2012/04/saal-haala/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:52:02 +0000 admin http://idea13.org/?p=10817

SAAL-HAALA is a free, all-day ‘A&R’ event for Southend-on-Sea’s alternative music scene organised by Mat Do and Focal Point Gallery on Saturday 5 May.
‘Taking the form of a trade convention or fair, an eclectic range of people working or involved in music from Southend will represent themselves and what they do in the function suite rooms at The Kursaal.

Participants include Screenary, Culture as a Dare, Level 4, Noisy Fanzine, Maple Studios, Monday Funday, Southend Punk History/Angels in Exile, The Pink Toothbrush, The Railway Hotel, Liberez/NoRecording Studios and others.

There will also be special performances by artists and musicians during the event as well as DJs who will provide a soundtrack to the day’s proceedings themed around Essex’s celebrated and ongoing contribution to popular music.

Schedule of performances:

Q&A with Mat Do and Saim Demircan
1.00pm

The co-organisers of SAAL-HALLA will discuss the ideas behind the event in relation to Southend’s alternative music scene, and artist Mat Do’s personal connection to it.

Liberez
2.00pm

Local musicians Liberez will radically rework three famous Dr Feelgood songs using a live recording of the band at the Kursaal in 1975, creating a unique composition performed especially within the architecture of the famous venue.

‘The restoration of the submerged‘
3.00pm

A reading and sound work by the artist Mark Titchner to launch of ‘ENDS THOU‘, the artist’s new site-specific temporary public artwork produced for the exterior of the railway bridge that spans Southend-on-Sea‘s pedestrianised high street.

For further information: contact Saim Demircan, Focal Point Gallery Curatorial Associate – Offsite Projects: +44 (0)1702 534 109 / saimdemircan@southend.gov.uk

The Kursaal Function Suite, First Floor at The Kursaal, Eastern Esplanade, Southend-on-Sea,Essex SS1 2WW, UK

]]> http://idea13.org/2012/04/saal-haala/feed/ 0 Wed 11 April – LIBRARY TAPES @ The Railway Hotel http://idea13.org/2012/04/library-tapes-2/ http://idea13.org/2012/04/library-tapes-2/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:33:20 +0000 admin http://idea13.org/?p=10707 The first Culture as a Dare of the year presents moody Library Tapes.

Full line-up:

Library Tapes
Listen to them here:

For more information, see their MySpace page.

Thverfellshorn – MySpace page
Adrian Lane
Anthony Briggs

8pm start
£5 on the door

The Railway Hotel

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A free evening of electronica.

Line up:
Weird Gear
The Low Behold
Stuart Bowditch
Little Penguin (Floppy Disc Single/EP launch)
SonicSlice VJ (tbc)

Doors at 8pm, free entry.

Bar Lambs / Westcliff

For more information about CULTURE AS A DARE,  see their MySpace PROFILE.

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Tomorrow at Bar Lambs, CULTURE AS A DARE present CISSY, Bluebeard, Son of Buff and Swimmers.

8pm / £4 entry

- CISSY promises “afrobeat crossed with synthpunk to create a technicoloured danceable joy” and this gig is part of their tour 16-31 July.

Check out their MySpace PROFILE.

- BLUEBEARD – MySpace.

- SON OF BUFF - Buff Ben – Drums, Lance Buff – Guitar & Vocals – MySpace

- SWIMMERS – MySpace

Bar Lambs, Westcliff on Sea

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CULTURE AS A DARE presents Eric Chenaux, Dead Rat Orchestra and Plus Plus @ Bar Lambs.

Programme:

- ERIC CHENAUX (Constellation records): experiments with guitars, ballads, electronics and tunes as an improviser and songwriter with an affection for balladeers such as Betty Carter. MySpace

- DEAD RAT ORCHESTRA:

- PLUSPLUS – on MySpace

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Starts @ 8pm/ £5 entry

Chekc out CULTURE AS A DARE podcast HERE.

BAR LAMBS / 270-274 Station Road Westcliff-On-Sea SS0 7SD Tel: 01702 332380

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Culture as a Dare presents Bird Names, psychedelic, damaged folk pop from Chicago, which has been compared to Captain Beefheart, Ariel Pink, touches of Zappa and the Beach Boys.

Also playing that night are Neon Harvest, Lost Harbours and Psycho Active.

Art by the illustrator, Amy Adele. (WEBSITE)

Doors open at 8pm, £4 entry. DJs till 1pm

BAR LAMBS / 270-274 Station Rd, Southend

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- BREAKNECK STATIC – noise rock / MySpace PROFILE
(Debbie Lane, Tommy Flynn’s, Camden, 13th March 2009 – by Neil www.wildblanket.com)

- SPUTNIKO – J-pop via London, Sputniko WEBSITE.

- WENDY SOLOMAN – MySpace PROFILE

- CLUNES - MySpace PROFILE

Railway Hotel / 32 Clifftown Rd, Southend

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Culture as a Dare presents a one-off evening of experimental sounds:

Temperatures / Ninni Morgia Control Unit / Lost Harbours / Sonicslice & more…

VENUE – please note that this event will not take place at TAP as originally planned but at the Railway Hotel

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