MANCHESTERMUSIC.CO.UK

Presents

 

The Electric Circus #13

www.theelectriccircus.net

 

   @ The Castle , Oldham

    The Castle, 38 Union Street, Oldham, OL1 1DJ

    01706 882 759 (Steve Jones)

    http://www.castlelive.com/ 

 

SATURDAY 26th June 2004 – THE CASTLE OLDHAM

MEGARIDER, POLITBURO, THE FOREST

 

Entry £2 Before 10.30pm (£3 After) with free entry to late licenced Castle Rock Club

 

ManchesterMusic.Co.Uk’s next generation of events follows up CHAIRSMISSING with its next installments of firebrand rock, visiting bands and deliberate genre bending.

 

The Electric Circus features a mish mash of art, electronica, different cities and headshrinking sounds, but all with one common theme – cutting edge excitement…featuring key up and coming out of towners (out of country) acts such as  Econoline (Seriously Groovy label / London) and Part Chimp ( Rock Action / London), Broadzilla (USA), Seed (Leeds), Tarzan Stripes ( Germany), Ormondroyd (Sheffield), Drat (Belfast), Youth Movie Soundtrack Strategies (Fierce Panda / Oxford)  – we’ve also begun to include the next batch of Mancunian frontline hopefuls.

 

Now confirmed is the Electric Circus Residency up at the Castle in Oldham until January 2005, usually on the last Saturday of each month 

 

BANDS

 

MEGARIDER

The Megarider battlebus travels alongside Performance on a journey to crown Manchester as the new city of electronica. Releases via Valentine and Skint Dog are imminent.

 

“. .drum beats and throbbing bass lines, sliced with effects, often seemingly straight out of the BBC’s Radiophonic workshop. Snappy female  -  pure and cut and pasted into the driving transistorised maelstrom….thrives off minimalism as much as it does loud noises and a heavyweight thrust... as fluffy as a couple of razorblades hidden in a feather pillow

 

Web: http://www.wearemegarider.co.uk  

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE FOREST

 

“…Grinding, often instrumental led offerings from the same new school of The Longcut – The Forests output  contains barking vocals and repetitive, mesmerising guitar loops...the very essence of new wave and alt.rock  -  a vision of prog’ as could be played by the Gang Of Four through Marshall stacks - every riff, whilst capable of overturning cars, is stunningly captivating. Like a rabbit in headlights - caught in the beat – locked into the churning sound of the engine..then...bang – you’re out” 

 

 

 

POLITBURO

The Fly : “Politburo deliver 21st century glittered, gutter level punk with an IQ. Cut with consciously dark-tinged shades of midnight hour rock and roll, and explosive Detroit ‘75 spontaneity, Politburo offer up  a mass of thumping primal bass transmissions, the guitar delicately picking out distorted riffs in a kind of way that may well distil the ragged glory of Joy Division, with the anthemic lust of The Dead Kennedys …”  -now spliced with electro backing and pulsating anthems, Politburo are Manchester’s newest, bravest and possibly best prog-punk songwriters.

Web: www.politburostateradio.co.uk

 

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PERFORMERS:

-          -          MEGARIDER

-          -          POLITBURO

-          -          THE FOREST

 

DOORS:

9.00 until late

 

ENTRY

£2 -  Door (£3 After 10.30pm)

 

GENERAL EVENT INFO:

http://www.theelectriccircus.net/

www.manchestermusic.co.uk

 

 

Venue:

The Castle, 38 Union Street, Oldham, OL1 1DJ

01706 882 759 (Steve Jones)

http://www.castlelive.com/

 

WWW.THEELECTRICCIRCUS.NET