Dilettante + Ellen Beth Abdi + Caitlin LM @ Gullivers, Manchester - Tantrum Debut Album Launch Party

Fri Oct 14 2022 at 07:30 pm

Gullivers NQ | Manchester

Dilettante
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Dilettante + Ellen Beth Abdi + Caitlin LM @ Gullivers, Manchester - Tantrum Debut Album Launch Party
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Dilettante are celebrating the launch of their debut album ‘Tantrum’ this October and they want YOU to come celebrate too! ‘Tantrum’ is an album 4 years in the making and is all about growing up, being disappointed in what you’ve found and finally accepting it. Singles include Big Fish, Mouth Shut, Surrogate Lover and Keep Time which have received playlisting from BBC Radio 6, Amazing Radio UK and USA.
Dilettante is the art-pop brain-child of multi-instrumentalist Francesca Pidgeon. Live shows are a genre-phobic loop-fest, featuring everything from fuzzy guitar licks to 5-part saxophone harmonies. When not making music (or hyphenating words) Francesca moonlights in BC Camplight and enjoys slamming into people on skates (roller derby).
FFO St Vincent, tUnE-yArDs, Dirty Projectors, Kate Bush and Fiona Apple.

"One of my new favourite bands"
- Tom Robinson, Radio 6
“Dilettante’s set is an exceptional performance piece, combining an unreal amount of live layering and looping with jazz drum patterns and delicate electronic textures. Front woman Francesca Pidgeon keeps her eyes fixed on the middle distance whilst spitting vocals with deft pronunciation; this level of art wouldn’t work with sunshine and smiles. Exceptional.”
- Damian Robinson, NARC Magazine
"I have to admit that my appetite for artists that use loops is somewhat jaded but Francesca uses them in inventive and, at times, mind-boggling ways – I tried at one point to actually work out how she was doing it but couldn’t. The way she uses her voice to create music is to be honest incredible. And what a voice she has.”
- Frank Roper, Local Sound Focus
“A fusion of forward-facing indie and retro-vibing jazz is where she’s at her most comfortable. St. Vincent and David Byrne’s influence can be clearly heard in the idiosyncratic, left-of-centre grooves.”
- Derval McCloat, Fresh On The Net
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Ellen Beth Abdi is a vocalist, producer, multi-instrumentalist and DJ from Manchester. Her unique sound fuses smooth vocals with live loops, pokey drums and undulating synths. Using classic sensibilities and experimental writing to create something completely new.
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Caitlin LM is an electronic songwriter and producer from Manchester. Her ethereal vocals and pulsating synths form a sense of groundedness and optimism, providing solace after a period of grief, instability, and upheaval. Taking inspiration from Björk, James Blake and Thom Yorke, her music flows from vulnerability to defiance, breathing visceral authenticity.
“A really talented artist” - Roddy Hart, BBC Radio Scotland
“[Caitlin LM’s] soulful lyrics are the perfect antidote to the stress of everyday life. They’ll make you feel like you’re free again.” - LefutureWave
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Gullivers NQ, 109 Oldham Street,Manchester, United Kingdom

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