GANG COLOURS / GWILYM GOLD - SOLD OUT
Thursday 8th March, 2012
The Vortex
11 Gillett Square, London, N16 8AZ
7:30pm / £8
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Presenting a special launch for the forthcoming "The Keychain Collection" at Dalston's The Vortex for an extremely exciting new artist, Gang Colours, released on Giles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings.
“Whenever I used to get an album, I’d always be drawn to the slower song,” Gang Colours (aka Will Ozanne) admits. “Even on Dizzee Rascal’s ‘Boy In Da Corner’, I loved that track ‘Brand New Day’; it was just really simple and quite emotive.” Similarly, it’s the emotive, dreamy quality of Gang Colours’ debut album ‘The Keychain Collection’, that really strikes you from the outset. Floating in ambiguity, not leaning towards one genre nor another, its organic simplicity leads to a unique groove: one that maybe hasn’t been paved just yet. Aligning the symbolism of his childhood keychain collection as doorways to distant memories, leagues of meaning hide in the simplicity of the song titles assembled on his debut album.
Striking out in June 2011 with his debut EP ‘In Your Gut Like A Knife’ – a neat summary of his electronic excursions at that point – the beautifully artworked 12” acted as a portal into a world of daydreams, tumbling into shadows and embracing luminescence simultaneously. Breeding surreal headphone-friendly landscapes, he struck a peculiar and delicate balance between otherworldly and familiarity, at times sneaking a sly glance towards the dancefloor but mostly conjuring a sense of longing and rye melancholy.
Taking a step back from chopped ‘n’ screwed RnB vocals and the swing of UKG, ‘The Keychain Collection’ explores more sombre recesses within Gang Colours’ palette. The scattered technicolour synth melodies that characterised his EP are present, but softer… cosier even… weaving betwixt and between forthright piano chords and Will’s own vocals. This sees an album launch show for "The Key Chains Collection" at Dalston's seated Vortex venue, complete with grand piano.
soundcloud.com/gangcolours
Gwilym Gold was vocalist and keyboardist in Golden Silvers, who released a critically acclaimed album, True Romance, via XL Recordings in 2009. In April 2010 he announced that he had disbanded Golden Silvers and was working on a new project with Lexxx, the east London-based producer who has collaborated with Wild Beasts, Esser and Björk, amongst others. In summer 2011 the pair revealed BRONZE, a new musical format created by Gold and Lexxx, born whilst working on the music for Gold’s forthcoming album, due for release later this year. BRONZE reinterprets a song in real time, manipulating all aspects of the sound, from the rhythms to the texture and structure, and generating a unique version on each and every listen. Since then there have only been a handful of live and DJ performances, including shows at Gold’s own Bronze Club in London.
All tickets for this show are now completely SOLD OUT.
