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RESCHEDULED DATE!Thomas Truax - New Music Machines tour 2021
"Endlessly inventive and creative…A show not to be missed!” -Oxford Times
Merging a fevered imagination and solid songwriting with a mad scientist's brain for weird gadgets, American singer Thomas Truax is a true one-off.
UNCUT magazine says "Truax is shaping up nicely as one of the great rock eccentrics" while Splendid magazine called him "one of the five or ten best singer/songwriters in the world that you've never heard of...an exceptional talent."
He is also known for his unique self-made instruments including a motorized drum machine made of bike wheels called 'Mother Superior' and a souped up Gramophone called 'The Hornicator’
After riding the album/tour/album/tour cycle perpetually over nearly two decades with these ‘band mates’, Thomas decided it was due time to dedicate himself to expanding the menagerie with some new musical contraptions.
Bolstered by his Bandcamp supporters and some Arts Council England funding, he devoted much of last year to dreaming up and building these special new music making machines which, along with his familiar friends, will make their first live appearance on this tour.
Notable Truax supporters and collaborators include Jarvis Cocker, Duke Special, Richard Hawley, Amanda Palmer, Brian Viglione (of the Dresden Dolls/Violent Femmes), Budgie (of Siouxsie and the Banshees) and the late author Terry Pratchett.
“Operating from the shadowy space between the glass-blown ambience of (‘Amelie’ composer) Yann Tiersen and ‘What’s he Building In There?’ era Tom Waits, musician/inventor Thomas Truax is something of a visio
nary.”
-The Mouth Magazine
https://www.thomastruax.com/
https://thomas-truax.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/thomastruax/
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Kate Arnold
‘Magical, magnificent, meticulous music’ (A Specs) on hammered dulcimer via live looping and electronic effects, along with violin and vocals.
Kate recently supported Lindy-Fay Hella of Wardruna in London and contributed to albums by Jim Bob (Carter USM), the Monochrome Set and Paul Morricone (Scaramanga Six). She has worked with Lisa Knapp, Daemonia Nymphe, Rose McDowall (Strawberry Switchblade, Sorrow), Doudou Cissoko and has recorded with Steve Albini and Tony Visconti. She also fronts 'punk baroque' band Fear of the Forest.
Kate's new EP 'ROTA FORTUNAE I' has just been released, with a second episode to follow later this year. She is looking forward to returning to her home town to play for you!
https://katearnolduk.bandcamp.com/album/rota-fortunae-i-ep
http://katearnoldmusic.com/
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Centrala, Unit 4, Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, B5 5RT Birmingham, UK, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Tickets
GBP 8.00