Last night saw two forward thinking bands perform at Music for Good's 'Off Beat'. A show I have been anticipating for quite sometime now and I'm happy to say I was not to let down. First up was Elektone. A one man band just for this night we were eloquently shown a lesson in singer songwriting with one man, one laptop and one guitar. Beats, melodies, appropriate distortion and effects came out of nuendo as lead singer and guitarist played chords, composed drum beats, melodies and sung all through out (apart from the instrumental song that came earlier.) I give much credit to this one man show, who seamlessly pieced together his songs with both ease and precision. His songs still sounding organic no matter how much technological mechanics were added into the mix.
Next was new (or should i say now?) post rock giant 'I am David Sparkle'. Since the addition of the somewhat mysterious Nico Santino, I have discovered this band to be making rampaging headlines and tearing down all forms of popularity for the current trend of local bands in Singapore. An impeccable collection of experienced musicians have replaced the following of short, catchy sing along songs to add their very own electrifyingly mammoth sets of harmonic chaos and mayhem.
Simplisitc melodies, building into a crecendo of drones and pure white noise finally there is an alternative to the 'alternative' we are polluted with in the music scene here in Singapore. Check back in a couple of days on the website to see which live band will be playing next. By the way who is CUT? I'll just throw that one out for randomness.
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who is CUT?
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