the BORDERLINE BALLROOM presents:
an evening of deconstructed electro pop, spliced song-structures,voices fluttering like uncaged birds in digital ether &multi-instrumental melodic sublimity.The Borderline Ballroom's 16th event promises a dolly mixture of localand international artists, and a cornucopia of treats in store fordiscerning listeners: Japan's finest avant pop, Ray Off's sublimeelectro-acoustic outsider-virtuosity, Greg Malcom coaxing the guitaras multiple, expanded instrument into formerly unknown territories, aswell as the debut solo performance from one of Christchurch's moremysterious aural polymaths.
TUJIKO NORIKO (Japan)Japanese avant-songstress Tujiko Noriko has been widely heralded asthe queen of Japanese electro-pop. Her songs, as dreamy as they aremelodic, have drawn comparisons to Bjork, Mum and a number of otherleft of centre icons. Touring Australasia (with an appearance atSydney Opera house along the way) to promote her new album, U; for herdebut Christchurch performance, Noriko rides in on the back of aplethora of new works, all delicately assembled with her unique vocalsadorning them. This show promises to be a night of evocative eclecticsongs, delivered by one of Japan's most original visionaries.
RAY OFF (Dunedin)Ray Off is a glistening, trapezoidal cellular structure where some ofDunedin's most free-thinking musicians sometimes gather to deposittheir wild honey. Formed by Jim Currin in 2004, the band has movedthrough line-ups, form and format with restless zeal, as strikinglydocumented on the recent 'Split The Lark' triple cd which captured oneyear (2006) in the life of a group headed all over the place. Ray Offin Christchurch will be a quartet with Currin (guitar, cello andvoice), Afke Riemersma (voice, marimba and drums), Toki Wilson (drums,guitar, toys) and Motoko Kikkawa (violin, voice). Expect delicacy,sweetness and gob-smacking strangeness.
GREG MALCOM (Chch)"Greg Malcolm is a longtime stalwart of exciting NZ guitar-work whohas been criminally under-appreciated for too long. Through all ofthis he has single-mindedly developed a highly individual musicalvocabulary, often employing multiple guitars simultaneously togenerate drones and rhythms. This has culminated in the design of hisown, multi-output 'adapted guitar'."- Forced Exposure"Malcolm has introduced a poetic new vocabulary into the lexiconof acoustic guitar playing"- Edwin Pouncey/The Wire
NG Gallery Basement
212 Madras St (next to Galaxy Records)
Thurs 28th August
7:30pm
$10
