One Little Indian / Rough Trade / 4AD / Luaka Bop
“Embracing dub, soul and paisley pop, A.R.Kane pushed boundaries most of their contemporaries completely ignored” – Pitchfork
“English art music of the best quality from a band continually suspicious of what England exactly is” – The Quietus
“Ambient, psychedelic… a love-struck fugue… they were greeted as the herald of rocks “new golden age” – Spin Magazine
After performances in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Estonia and elsewhere in the UK this summer, including such mainstay indie festivals as Primavera Sound and NOS Primavera Sound, reformed pioneering dream pop outfit A.R.KANE will next be performing at Britain’s On Blackheath Festival on Saturday, September 10, along with Primal Scream, Hot Chip, Róisín Murphy, LoneLady, Rosie Lowe, Neneh Cherry (DJ Set), legendary DJ and BBC host Don Letts, Thundercat and Connan Mockasin
The first to coin the term ‘dream pop’ back in the 1980s, referring to the music they make, A.R.Kane went on to influence everyone from My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive to Andrew Weatherall – whose long-running night A Love From Outer Space derives its name from their seminal 1989 track, and also were an important progenitor of such genres as shoegaze, trip hop, acid house and post-rock.
Last summer, A.R.Kane made several festival appearances with the new line-up featuring original ‘Kaners Rudy and Maggie Tambala, as well as a new member – Andy Taylor. Their festival repertoire for 2016 includes classic A.R.Kane songs, alongside new material. The band kicked off the 2016 touring season by playing Manchester‘s Soup Kitchen – the first time an A.R.Kane line-up has played a non-festival headlining show in 22 years (the last ones were at CBGBs in NYC and at Hammersmith, supporting David Byrne).
“We are still firmly entrenched in dream pop; from psychedelic folk to trip hop, from shoegaze to electronica, dub and experimental noise … we are focused on live performance more than ever before”. Their performance now combines 3 voices, 3 guitars, effects-drenched noise intervals, beats, loops and live synths, creating a fresh space for their structured Dreampop songs.“We have a bunch of new songs and are going to start recording this spring – we’d like to release something soon”.
The band will also be recording new material this year. In the meantime, the band is collaborating with Canadian-Ukrainian dreampop duo Ummagma on several new tracks planned for release in late 2016. Most recently, A.R.Kane worked with The Veldt to produce ‘And It’s You’ on their new EP ‘The Shocking Fuzz of Your Electric Fur’.
East London duo Rudy Tambala and Alex Ayuli originally formed A.R.Kane in 1986, disrupting the UK music scene by combining groove-based music with indie rock. Refusing to being categorized, they coined the descriptor “Dreampop”, with the term being widely adopted by music critics thereafter. Widely recognized as one of the most influential bands of their era, they laid ground for many musical genres that came to dominate the alternative music scene. AllMusic describes A.R.Kane as “the most criminally under-recognized band of their era”. The Guardian calls their work “some of the 80’s most extraordinary music”.
After releasing their debut EP on the One Little Indian label, they moved to 4AD in 1987 and issued the Lollita 12″, produced by Robin Guthrie ofCocteau Twins. Alex and Rudy later released through Rough Trade andDavid Byrne’s own label Luaka Bop. During their brief stint on 4AD, A.R.Kane collaborated with label-mates Colourbox to produce the sample-heavy dance track ‘Pump Up The Volume’ under the nameM|A|R|R|S. They blew the top off the UK charts, reaching number one – the biggest single to ever have appeared in 4AD’s history to this day.
Recording highlights include A Love from Outer Space, the two albums 69 and“i”, and M|A|R|R|S Pump Up The Volume/ANITINA. In 2013, One Little Indian also released a double CD ‘Singles Collection’ to great critical acclaim.
LIVE DATES
Green Hazed Daze (Rough Trade) www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEtp80EQOgw
Baby Milk Snatcher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wes8tT2_YG8
Haunting (One Little Indian) www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF18bkfrZUE
A Love From Outer Space (Rough Trade) www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwgQKKkZwvc
When You’re Sad (One Little Indian) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGoA9ChLnj0
Lollita (4AD) – produced by Robin Guthrie www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3fx9CAfFCY
Sea Like a Child (David Byrne’s Luaka Bop) www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDzcxM4q3tQ
And I Say (Rough Trade) www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBIVXJkq5TY
Anitina (4AD) – as part of M|A|R|R|S [Pump Up The Volume] www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5_GnLJf79M
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