Read Issue 37 here Art and Soul magazine is an independent Peterborough magazine encouraging the arts, literature, music and theatre within the Peterborough area and beyond.
Supreme Death / Black Metal art - that is the moniker BELPHEGOR have been sailing under since 1993 now! They are back with their eigth studio album - "Walpurgis rites - Hexenwahn", a brutal yet technically filigree opus with an overall Sabbathian witch and black magick / occult theme! The now legendary demo "Bloodbath in paradise" marked BELPHEGOR`s entry to the musical world of all things dark and extreme. Their trademark blasting highspeed attacks could also be found on their debut album "The last supper" in 1995, full of anti-religious and anti-life hymns. The follow-upin 1997, "Blutsabbath" gained them an even bigger fanbase and a notorious reputation. "Necrodeamon Terrorsathan", a blackened masterpiece, was released in 2000. In 2002 it was time for their 10th anniversary: the live album "Infernal live orgasm" was released on the band`s own label, Phallelujah Productions. With 2003`s effort "Lucifer incestus", BELPHEGOR had definitely left the so-called underground for good: especially the catchy title track remains a fan favourite to this very day, and the crisp and clear production got the Austrians to a whole new level! "Goatreich - Fleshcult" was accompanied by a huge European headliner tour, the "X-Mass Festivals" in 2005. "Pestapokalypse VI" was BELPHEGOR`s first record for Nuclear Blast in 2006, and Helmuth and co. outdid themselves with a multilingual approach to lyrics to hymns such as 'Bluhtsturm Erotika'. Their combination of perverse eroticism, Satanism, midtempo riff madness and unrelenting highspeed Death/Black attacks turned them into a supremely unique act! This found its continuation in "Bondage goat zombie", released 2008. Now BELPHEGOR serve us "Walpurgis rites - Hexenwahn". To quote vocalist/guitarist Helmuth: "With these nine compositions/ arrangements we continue to piss on the damn mainstream. It`s BELPHEGOR to the highest, the hymns are extremely varied, more intense and epic than ever, there are new elements and structures added." Not to forget the blasphemous lyrical concept: "The witch/ devil concept is amazing to work with and we used a lot of original chants/ incantations from archaic scripts..." Delve into this masterpiece which celebrates the darkest pleasures in life!
Music, horror, humour and ballroom - an explosive mix at The Cresset this March
MUSIC through the ages takes us through March at The Cresset with stars and songs from the Sixties, Seventies, Eighties, Nineties and now. Combined with outrageous shows like The Circus of Horrors and Roy Chubby Brown, boys’ fun with Charley Boorman and the Hairy Bikers, and finishing with a night of TV ‘s favourite Strictly Come Dancing stars - there’s something for everyone. Dig out those Eighties sequins and prepare to strut your stuff with Who’s Bad, The Ultimate Michael Jackson tribute band. Complete with glittering gloves and white socks, the audience can dance their way through three decades of chart-topping tunes from the King of Pop. Tickets cost £22.50 for the show on March 3. Doors open at 7.30pm.
For a complete change of pace, darts heroes Eric Bristow and John Lowe will be in Legends of The Oche - Series 2 on March 5. Doors open at 7pm and tickets cost £15.
It’s the turn of music from the Seventies as Errol Kennedy’s Imagination takes to the stage on March 6. Errol was one of the three original members of the funk/soul trio Imagination, whose first UK hit single Body Talk spent 18 weeks in the charts. And if a string of hits in 28 countries, a royal performance and a dozen silver discs wasn’t enough, Errol was the first ever “Page 7 fella” in The Sun newspaper. Tickets cost £17.50 and doors open at 7.30pm.
Circus of Horrors Presents The Day of the Dead is the latest shocking new show set in Mexico. Witch-doctors, Voodoo acrobats, pickled people, bendy bodies, demon dwarfs and flying vampires erupt from a tank of blood to perform their amazing blood curdling stunts. It has to be seen to be believed. Tickets for the March 7 show cost £20 and doors open at 7.30pm.
From Mexico to the USA, and back to the Sixties, as the Magic of Motown is next up at The Cresset. With the music of the Temptations, Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, Lionel Richie and many more, the audience will be dancing in the aisles. The show at 8pm on March 12 costs £19.50.
Multi-million-selling recording artist Barbara Dickson brings her 40 years of showbiz experience to The Cresset in a welcome return visit to the Bretton theatre on March 13 at 8pm. Tickets are £19.50.
On March 17, actor, adventurer and author Charley Boorman takes a break from travelling the world to host an evening of entertaining anecdotes and revelations about his escapades. The Charley Boorman Show opens at 7pm and tickets cost £18.50.
And if you like boys’ adventures, The Hairy Bikers Big Night Out is packed full of Simon King and David Myers’ fascinating stories and great cooking. Tickets cost £19.50 and doors open at 7.30pm on March 19.
A month at The Cresset wouldn’t be complete without a healthy dose of comedy. Roy Chubby Brown is bringing his outrageous humour billed as “too rude for television” to Peterborough on March 25. Tickets cost £20 and the show starts at 7.30pm.
The following night, The Comedy Club is back at 8.15pm with Eddy Brimson, Susan Murray, Hattie Hayridge and Jon Robbins bound to have you rolling in the aisles. Tickets cost £9.50.
Rounding off an amazing month is An Evening with Strictly Come Dancing’s Brian Fortuna and Kristina Rihanoff. Fans of the TV hit will be able to see dancing demonstrations, ask questions and join in workshops with audience participation. Tickets cost £20 and doors open at 7pm on March 26. For more information or to book any of the shows go online at www.cresset.co.uk or call the box office on 01733 265705 or 01733 842500.
Saturday 31st July 2010 will see the return of Field Day to London’s leafy green corner ofVictoria Park. Embarking on their fourth annual outing, Field Day have an incredible array of acts lined up that will ensure that you’ll have no choice but to mark the date for one of this summer’s truly essential festivals firmly in your diary. Brought to you by London’s most forward thinking and bold promoters - Eat Your Own Ears, Adventures In The Beetroot Field, Bugged Out!- Field Day will once again deliver the freshest line up of bands and DJs of the 2010 Festival season,plus the Village Mentality, village fete area complete with Brass Band, tug o' war, sack racing and much more.
Tom Baker of Eat Your Own Ears and main booker for Field Day says: "We are delighted to be back now in our fourth year, incredible how time flies; it seems so long ago that Field Day began. I am really excited to have Phoenix headline, a great live band and a band that will get you dancing and singing... The rest of the bill is really shaping up, there are so many great albums out in 2010, it feels like an exciting time for music..."
Starting with a bang, Field Day are proud to announce that Grammy award winning Gallic indie-pop sensationsPhoenixwill be headlining 2010’s event. With their fourth album ‘Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix’ gathering accolades left right and centre, whilst continuing to bowl over their fans and win them a whole new audience of admirers, the band’s irresistible blend of strutting disco and blissfuleuphoricpop all topped off with their effortless insouciant indie vibe will be the perfect end to what promises to be Field Day’s most amazing event yet.
Other acts to be unveiled include Amiina, the spellbinding Icelandic female four-piece who have graced the albums and shows of Sigur Ros, who will be showcasing their enchanting take on minimalist and contemporary classical music. Beth Jeans Houghton will be performing her experimental folk with keyboards, xylophones and a looped choir of herself and will be joined on stage by her band the Hooves Of Destiny. Caribou, whose amazing new album ‘Swim’ (out in April) will be taking the dynamic interplay between visuals, electronics and live sound to the next level with a setof brightly textured, rapturous gems that gleam with astonishing production.Chilly Gonzales, the world record holder for the world’s longest solo performance, will be tickling the ivories in his own inimitable style and partaking in some mass audience participation. Corsano And Flowers featuring Mick Flower (Vibracathedral Orchestra, Sunroof, Magik Markers, Michael Flower Band) and Chris Corsanomost well know for his incredible percussion work with Bjork, will be revelling in their virtuoso collaboration, drawing on influences from primitive blues, La Monte Young and John Cale. Strains of Kate Bush or Siouxie and the Banshees can be heard in the echoing, eerie vocals of Esben And The Witch who present the dynamics of post-rock in an bewitching, electronic, pop context. The Brighton three piece's sound has also drawn comparisons with PJ Harvey, Portishead, Bjork, Radiohead and Cocteau Twins but present a dark, haunting music that is very much of their own. Gold Panda started writing beats and collaborating a few years ago, working with the likes of Infinite Livez and Shuttle (both Ninja Tune) as well as creating his own beautiful, glitchy electronica, referencing a multitude of influences and born out of samples constructed partly from charity shop vinyl and VHS. This BBCs “sound of 2010” and MTV-dubbed “remix king” created raved-about reworkings for the likes of Telepathe, Bloc Party, Simian Mobile Disco and Health. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble's insanely catchy and upbeat instrumental hip-hop is sure to get your feet working as the 9-piece work up a frenzied sweat.Born in Chicago, with Phil Cohran (Sun Ra Arkestra) as their dad, the 8 brothers began their career as street musicians, busking on the sidewalks before they laid anything down on tape. Their jazz roots are evident, but jazz from 100 years ago, solid, dancefloor music which differs from the avant-garde offerings of their father's community, but is as individual as anything you'll ever hear. The group feature on the new Gorillaz album ‘Plastic Beach’ alongside Lou Reed, Bobby Womack, Mos Def and more.
The man to get even the most jaded dance music aficionado excited about music again, James Holden, will be dropping a superlative set that takes in elements of house, electro, breakbeat, techno and beyond. Plus there will be must-see appearances from Bristolian beat maverick Joker And MC Nomad who will be supplying the pressure. The mighty Max Tundra will be throwing down an intricate mosaic of sounds and styles, and as anyone who saw him supporting Hot Chip on their last tour will testify, Max Tundra knows how to get the party started! Memory Tapes will be droppingtheir cutting edge 80-s infused catchy, wistful grooves, electronic pioneers Mouse On Mars make a rare live outing to come and play Field Day, they are currently working on their brand new album, so expect new music and exciting new sounds. Pantha Du Prince who has just released a brilliant new album, ‘Black Noise’, on Rough Trade, will be communing with nature playing his pastoral techno made with sounds sampled from the great outdoors. All the more appropriate that he should bring his shoegazey, psychedelic soundscapes in the open air of Victoria Park. And the incredible psychedelic experimental synth genius Silver Apples, whose interstellar drones and driving, minimalistic music pre-empted krautrock, 70s electronica and 90s rock, will be bringing a healthy dose of New York attitude to the east end of London.
There will also be the return of 'Village Mentality', the off-the-wall Village Green area within the festival that supplies the masses with some bucolic treats away from the hubbub of the main festival. Inspired by summer sports days and country fetes - Field Day's very own village green will host stalls and activities throughout the daytime, ranging from sack-racing, to whack-the-rat, Bowling for Bacon, you can try your luck on the tombola, crack a few nuts on the coconut shy - or just sit on some hay bales and stuff your face with homemade cake... and lots more to be announced, and as the country saying goes - "be like an ant in the days of summer”.
Keep your eyes peeled for future line up announcements and for the latest news visit - www.fielddayfestivals.com (new website coming soon)
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