SECOND LANGUAGE NIGHT, LONDON, NOV 11TH 2010 (4/9/10)

Second Language is proud to present its inaugural evening of live music at London's intimate Slaughtered Lamb venue. Treading the boards on Thursday, November 11, will be a quartet of past, current and future Second Language recording artists, in between which the label’s Glen Johnson and David Sheppard will rotate a selection of recondite musical discs. They’ll also be a selection of choice Second Language merchandise to peruse and purchase. 
 
The artists:

A contributor to 2L's recent Vertical Integration compilation and a former NME cover star, Pete Astor is the one-time linchpin of Creation Records pioneers The Loft and The Weather Prophets. Also a noted solo artist in his own right, in more recent times Pete has plied his trade as one half of eclectic soundscape duo Ellis Island Sound (alongside Second Language’s David Sheppard) and helmed critically revered Matador recording artists The Wisdom Of Harry. Pete is currently mixing a brand new solo album, some of which we've heard; it’s amazing! He'll be debuting some if its tracks tonight, along, perhaps, with a smattering of his former glories.
 
Another Vertical Integration alumnus, Klima is the musical alias of velveteen-voiced Angèle David-Guillou, the Anglophone French chanteuse whose eponymous 2007 debut album for Peacefrog was a critical wow - The Times placing it in the Top 5 of their 2007 ‘Records of the Year (New Acts)’ review. Angèle is also known for her vocal contributions to some of Piano Magic’s best known songs: ‘Incurable’, ‘Comets’ and ‘Disaffected’, to name but three. Klima’s much-anticipated second album, Serenades & Serinettes is finally released in late October. 

Musical polymath Ollie Cherer’s Dollboy franchise has released a clutch of albums embracing experimental, electronic music and more orthodox, singer-songwriter fare. Ghost Stations/Geisterbahnhöfe, his elaborately packaged, spring 2010 album for Second Language, sold out in a trice. A wonderstruck evocation of the lost underground railway infrastructures of London and Berlin, it was the jing to the yang of his no less compelling 2008 album of Robert Wyatt-esque songs, A Beard Of Bees (Static Caravan). We can’t wait to see which Dollboy manifests on stage!

Plinth is one of Dorset musician Michael Tanner’s many guises; he is also an active member of Directorsound, United Bible Studies and Tyneham House and a collaborator with folk musician Sharron Kraus. He is currently working with cult singer-songwriter Mark Fry (as heard on Vertical Integration). In 2008, Plinth collaborated with Textile Ranch, the solo project of Second Language’s Glen Johnson, to create the album The Rest I Leave To The Poor (Make Mine Music). Plinth’s forthcoming album, Music For Smalls Lighthouse, proffers Grand Guignol Victorian mystery, while tonight’s performance includes vintage tape recorders and image projectors…

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