October 2016 sees the release of kele fleming’s 5th full-length album, no static.
Date/Time: Oct 15 2016, 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Vancouver, The Vancity Culture LabCost: $25.00
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A two-year project in the making, no static is a homegrown Vancouver project co-written with musical collaborator Ron Yamauchi, and recorded, mixed and mastered by Brent Cross at Grizz Studios.
no static is a departure for fleming musically, and features short, structured pop songs due to the influence of Yamauchi. It is the best of fleming’s flowing and open-ended literary pop, improved by Yamauchi’s notion of short, structured, baroque pop. Yamauchi first met fleming after writing a review of fleming’s former band hazel motes for a local entertainment weekly, and admired her artistic talent.
A beautiful heart and gut record, no static explores the universal themes of our time through personal and local narratives. fleming writes from where and who she is. no static is an album that explores narratives of: the missing women of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, the loss of friends and love, the silent alienation suffered within society’s systems, and the role of technology in shaping identity and culture. The album brings forward what is most raw for us in a way that also brings light in – it reflects the essential beauty available to the human experience: moments of personal redemption, love, and wholeness.
The lead song, ekologik, embodies these themes and fleming and Yamauchi consider it their artist statement for the record.
kele and Ron will be joined onstage by Vancouver indie musicians…members of Silent Martin (Ken Schroeder, Jenny Beech and Lorri Dar); Lisa Butel and Brent Cross (Her X and the Wildman and LBS); and Lara Kroeker.
Enjoy the intimate ambiance of the culture lab in celebrating the release of no static.
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