FRIDAY, JULY 26th 2019
7PM
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ZEBULON
7PM
THIS IS NOT THIS HEAT
ZEBULON
This Is Not This Heat – the extended ensemble led by Charles Hayward and Charles Bullen performing the music of their crucial act This Heat – returns to Zebulon Café Concert to play their final show in Los Angeles, and one of their last anywhere...
The intuitive and virtuosic unit convened to tour this epic oeuvre alongside Bullen and Hayward over the past three years features a killer lineup of talents from across the spectrum of England’s creative music scenes: Frank Byng, Daniel O'Sullivan, James Sedwards, Alex Ward, and the sustained efforts of the London based I-D.A Projects.
Your deejay for the night (and into the morning) is Jimi Hey.
"Although widely considered to be Post-Punk’s finest, This Heat actually began performing their music in the early days of London’s punk era. Within their two albums and an EP they perfected a strange and volatile new strain of avant-garde rock that time has proved to be massively influential, a blueprint for much that would follow: post-rock, math rock, homemade musique concrète, experimental electronica…..
"Exactly 40 years to the day of their first gig in 1976 the two surviving members (Hayward and Bullen) of the original three came together, with a large group of collaborators, to perform expanded versions of the recordings. Conceived solely as a two night residency at Café Oto, under the project title of THIS IS NOT THIS HEAT, it sold out in a matter of hours with fans travelling from as far as Japan. An invitation from the Barbican followed along with countless offers from around the world. A touring band distilled in early 2017 leading to selective performances at major festivals and venues in the UK, Europe, USA and Japan with unfaltering fervent acclaim from critics and audiences alike.
"Ahead of their time, This Heat’s music sounds as startlingly original and relevant, live and on record, as the day it was created, but – in the words of Charles Hayward – 'moving forward has always been deep inside the music and we need to resolve that contradiction. Now.'
Consequently THIS IS NOT THIS HEAT will play their very last dates this July on their third and final trip to the US."
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"When punk had barely dawned, This Heat was already post-punk. From its start in 1976, This Heat was a contrarian band, dispensing corrosive noise, intricate math-rock patterns and cryptic, often politically charged lyrics. This Is Not This Heat’s Big Ears set was utterly precise in its cantankerousness…the songs’ bristling cynicism defies obsolescence." – The New York Times review of Big Ears Festival, Knoxville
"I get asked to play more music like This Heat, but to my knowledge there is no other music like This Heat" – John Peel
The intuitive and virtuosic unit convened to tour this epic oeuvre alongside Bullen and Hayward over the past three years features a killer lineup of talents from across the spectrum of England’s creative music scenes: Frank Byng, Daniel O'Sullivan, James Sedwards, Alex Ward, and the sustained efforts of the London based I-D.A Projects.
Your deejay for the night (and into the morning) is Jimi Hey.
"Although widely considered to be Post-Punk’s finest, This Heat actually began performing their music in the early days of London’s punk era. Within their two albums and an EP they perfected a strange and volatile new strain of avant-garde rock that time has proved to be massively influential, a blueprint for much that would follow: post-rock, math rock, homemade musique concrète, experimental electronica…..
"Exactly 40 years to the day of their first gig in 1976 the two surviving members (Hayward and Bullen) of the original three came together, with a large group of collaborators, to perform expanded versions of the recordings. Conceived solely as a two night residency at Café Oto, under the project title of THIS IS NOT THIS HEAT, it sold out in a matter of hours with fans travelling from as far as Japan. An invitation from the Barbican followed along with countless offers from around the world. A touring band distilled in early 2017 leading to selective performances at major festivals and venues in the UK, Europe, USA and Japan with unfaltering fervent acclaim from critics and audiences alike.
"Ahead of their time, This Heat’s music sounds as startlingly original and relevant, live and on record, as the day it was created, but – in the words of Charles Hayward – 'moving forward has always been deep inside the music and we need to resolve that contradiction. Now.'
Consequently THIS IS NOT THIS HEAT will play their very last dates this July on their third and final trip to the US."
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"When punk had barely dawned, This Heat was already post-punk. From its start in 1976, This Heat was a contrarian band, dispensing corrosive noise, intricate math-rock patterns and cryptic, often politically charged lyrics. This Is Not This Heat’s Big Ears set was utterly precise in its cantankerousness…the songs’ bristling cynicism defies obsolescence." – The New York Times review of Big Ears Festival, Knoxville
"I get asked to play more music like This Heat, but to my knowledge there is no other music like This Heat" – John Peel