Grails – the experimental rock institution who have cultivated a quarter-century career out of crate-plunging cultural curiosities – returns a mere two years after the lauded Anches En Maat with their most personal and emotionally resonant album to date. While the band still revel in rearranging bizarre and obscure sources into something often revelatory and surreal, Miracle Music does so with an ascendant melodic power that feels hallowed.The Miracle Music lineup includes cofounders Emil Amos (Om, Holy Sons, Lilacs ＆ Champagne) and Alex Hall (Lilacs ＆ Champagne), alongside returning members, AE Paterra (Zombi, Majeure), Jesse Bates, and Ilyas Ahmed. Produced by Amos, Miracle Music reunites the group with recording engineer Jason Powers and his Type Foundry studio in Portland, Oregon, where the earliest Grails records were made more than two decades ago. Replete with acoustic and electric guitars, synths, woodwinds, brass, samples, percussion – and featuring horn arrangements by Kelly Pratt (David Byrne, M. Ward) – Miracle Music unveils an exquisite new horizon for Grails.Creatively tireless as ever, Grails balance the boundary-pushing claustrophobia of early Industrial music with the airy melodies of Classical compositions to craft the heavy mood that is Miracle Music. In a catalog defined by mercurial departures, this is Grails’most sentimental and high-minded trip yet. https://grails.bandcamp.com/ Expensive $hit (aka Paul Quattrone, 1/2 of Osees’ drum duo) incorporates vintage electronic drum pads, samplers, and an array of distortion ＆ delay pedals mixed with acoustic drums to create a rhythm/noise hybrid worthy of a generator-powered sonidero party in a Mexican parking lot. Echoes of afrobeat, krautrock, dub and harsh noise abound. https://expensiveshit-pq.bandcamp.com/track/rap-burglar Vorverkauf/Presale Arena Shop € 25,- (+ € 2,50,- Fee) Abendkassa/Doors tba.
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A live music performance by one or more artists or bands in front of an audience. The format and atmosphere vary widely depending on the genre and venue.
A Jamaican genre born from reggae, using studio effects — echo, reverb, and delays — as instruments in their own right to create spacious, hypnotic soundscapes.
A social event focused on dancing, music, drinks, and celebrating together. Dress codes, themes, and atmosphere vary depending on the organiser.
Music that defies conventional genre boundaries, prioritising sonic exploration and creative risk over established forms. Expect the unexpected.
Music centred on brass instruments — trumpets, trombones, tubas, and more — ranging from traditional brass band and big band to funk-influenced and contemporary styles.
Rock music that ventures well beyond traditional song structures, incorporating unconventional instruments, non-standard tunings, found sounds, or avant-garde production.
A genre combining harsh noise, electronic manipulation, and rhythmic, machinery-inspired sounds — often confrontational in both sound and themes.
