SHIP OF FOOLS NEW PROGRAM September to December 2009: Tursa & Kaparte Promotions present new dates for Ship of Fools: 13 September, 15 November, 13 December

After the well attended first series, Ship of Fools returns in autumn with an outstanding new programme featuring a special Christmas Party. Ship of Fools supports and promotes the best of experimental, neo-classical, folk and electronica, through a careful selection of both established and up and coming acts.

Sunday 13 September

Rose McDowall

Rose McDowall needs little introduction. Scottish musician, and former member of pop-punk duo Strawberry Switchblade, she has collaborated over the years with backing and main vocals for a number of high profile acts such as: Coil, Current 93, Death in June, Felt, Alex Ferguson, Nurse with Wound and Psychic TV. She formed the band Sorrow in 1993, releasing two albums and one EP, and touring the U.S and Europe extensively. Rose is best known as a vocalist, but also plays guitar, keyboards, melodica and drums. This is a rare chance to see Rose and her band perform in the capital.
www.myspace.com/rosemcdowall

Eva Eden

Born in Czech Paradise, Eva Eden grew up with a fondness of artefacts from forgotten times, the weird & wonderful world of tall tales & rhymes and she started to make music from an early age. She is at the vanguard of London's popular music scene, Patrick Wolf's single 'Accident and Emergency' features a cover of her track 'Underworld' as a B-side. She's also taken the stage at London's Scala, ICA and Luminaire, Tate Britain, Islington Academy and the radio waves, care of Steve Lamacq (Radio One).
www.myspace.com/evaeden

Sunday 15 November

SonVer

SonVer formed in November 2003, when Joanna Quail [cello] and Ben McLees [guitar] wrote and recorded 'Until The Stones Melt', a 9-minute track which would form the template for SonVer's cinematic. post-rock soundscapes. During the summer of 2007. SonVer expanded to a 4-piece, with the addition of guitarist/bassist Ruban Byrne and drummer Alistair Richardson. In November 2008, SonVer release their second album 'Luz del Abyss', supported by a live show in Leige [Belgium] and a third appearance at The Union Chapel in London.
www.myspace.com/sonver

Human Greed

Human Greed was established in 2000 by Scottish writer Michael Begg and painter/illustrator, Deryk Thomas. The pair have, over 8 years and 3 full length recordings developed and refined a technique encompassing abstract electronica, field recordings, manipulated samples, and, increasingly - and most noticeably in their most recent album, Black Hill: Midnight at the Blighted Star - acoustic instrumentation.
www.myspace.com/humangreed

Sunday 13 December (Xmas Party Special)

iNiT

iNiT plays sultry dancefloor sounds with an electro edge. Cabaret, electronica, rock and Middle Eastern influences fuse into a smokey eyed kaleidoscope. Songs of burlesque, urban angst and lurv are performed with outright audacity, plenty of tongue in cheek but almost always - a grain of truth. Their work entails both the creation of sound and a visual exploration of it. The latter is particularly evident in their colourful live performances. Think Depeche Mode, think Marc Almond, think dry ice and pulsating energy.
www.myspace.com/initmusic

Roshi

Born in Wales to Iranian parents, Roshi Nasehi is a singer -writer who presents her own evocative songs alongside sometimes quite radical interpretations of some of the Iranian songs she was brought up listening to. Her songs reflect her origins, influences and experiences in a personal and unique way accompanied by unusual piano or keyboard arrangements, her voice airy and tender but possessed of an inner power. It’s an unusual sound world combining Roshi's intimate singing style and Dids-Gagarin's experimental electronic powers and haunting string layers create a unique genre-crossing, exotic, folktronica landscape.
www.myspace.com/roshisongs

Alex Monk

Alex Monk is a musician and producer based in London and is fond of experimentation and improvisation, combining acoustic and digitally processed elements. Subjecting the guitar and found sounds to a variety of analogue and digital processes, Monk’s live improvised performances exhibit past, present and future sonic events. A creation of timeless artefacts akin to the apex of Post-Punk inventiveness, as well as today’s ecclesiastical drone rock.
www.myspace.com/alexmonk

For more info email: shipoffols@kaparte.info or check: www.kaparte.info www.tursa.com

PAST SHOWS

Tony Wakeford

The Ship Of Fools debut is Tony Wakeford assisted by Renee Rosen of Sol Invictus and Guy Harries and M from Orchestra Noir. Join them as they take a stumble through Mr Happy's back catalog. Expect also some new songs from the forthcoming Sol Invictus album out on Prophecy later this year and maybe a guest or two as a contrast to that silky voice and gay banter. WARNING: Concert will include graphic scenes of sitting and cravat wearing.

SIEBEN – As They Should Sound

As They Should Sound could have no better recommendation than the following: This album sounds like Matt Howden's live Sieben show. This is a polished and high definition studio album, but it retains the raw power and energy that Sieben live shows are famous for. Twelve of the best Sieben songs, those honed and refined through playing live across Europe and beyond. As They Should Sound is the culmination of Matt Howden's Sieben releases so far, by a country mile. As They Should Sound is released Monday 2nd March 2009, on Redroom Records. See matthowden.com for details. As They Should Sound - Redroom 2009 Desire Rites – Trisol 2007 High Broad Field - Trisol 2006 Ogham Inside The Night - Trisol 2005 Sex And Wildflowers – Trisol 2003 Our Solitary Confinement – Trisol 2002 The Line And The Hook - Redroom 2001 Forbid The Sun's Escape – Redroom 1999 Sieben is vocalist and violinist Matt Howden's one-man show. One voice, one violin, one simple loop-pedal. The songs are made live, layer upon layer of looped violin, beaten, plucked, bowed and thrashed! Matt has produced studio albums for various artists including The Mystery School and Sol Invictus; done string arrangements for artists such as The Walkabouts, Faith and the Muse, and L'Ame Immortelle; remixes for Emilie Autumn, Dope Stars and many more; music for film, television, dance companies, and art exhibitions; over 1,000 live appearances. Email: info@matthowden.com Web: www.matthowden.com Myspace: www.myspace.com/matthowden7

GLASSGLUE

London-Manchester based glassglue formed in 2004 and have regularly performed in venues in London, South-east England, Spain and Portugal and have played at the Subscuta festival in Barcelos, Portugal in 2006. They have released a five-track demo cd in 2006 which received enthusiastic reviews, and launched their first official single 'spiral stair / if i were the sky right now' independently on Kaparte Records last year.

NAEVUS

Naevus was formed in London in 1998 by Lloyd James and Joanne Owen. With their first two albums (Truffles of Love in 1999 and Soil in 2001), Naevus found themselves welcomed into the heart of the burgeoning post-industrial scene, while their third album, Behaviour (2002), marked a turning point in the band’s sound and paved the way for the classic albums which followed it (2004’s Perfection is a Process and 2007’s Silent Life). The group’s most recent album, Relatively Close to the Sea, was released by Hau Ruck! In 2008. The group’s sound has been described as “the Wire of the dark folk scene” and “what Swans would sound like if they were English”, but there is much more to the group than this; their distinctive lyrics and modernist approach set Naevus clearly apart from their contemporaries. http://www.wegottickets.com/event/43482

ANDREW KING

Though mainly known as a singer of traditional song and as a current member of Sol Invictus & The Triple Tree, Andrew King’s initial creative work was in the visual arts, exhibiting his Emblematic paintings both nationally and internationally. In 1994 he started making documentary recordings of traditional songs, music, and customs and in 1995 moved to London to further this work and the illustrative compositions that he was doing for a number of the Post-Industrial / Neofolk bands of the time (L’Orchestra Noir, Current 93, Ernte, Sol Invictus, etc), to complement this work he made his first attempts at traditional song the following year. As well as being a current member of Sol Invictus, Andrew has also performed with Tony Wakeford as Duo Noir, and with him has recorded the M. R. James influenced album Ghosts under the name The Triple Tree (released by Cold Spring in 2008), he has also collaborated with KnifeLadder and Andrew Liles (NWW, C93) whilst for his 2006 live performance in Portland (Oregon) he was privileged to have members of Waldteufel as his band.