About this Event

January blues be gone! L-space are bringing their brand of Glaswegian dream-pop to Manchester. So excited to have OLA, espher, and IORA on the bill to open the night! KITS and friends DJs until the early hours.



Tickets £4 adv / £5 otd: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/421231



L-space - https://soundcloud.com/lspaceband

L-space is an electronic dream pop band from Scotland that frequently indulges its noisier tendencies. They write music about the future using ethereal vocals, dramatic synths, fuzzy bass and dreamy guitar. They formed in January 2017 and have been releasing music and playing shows as much as possible since. Throughout 2018 they will be releasing music through Last Night from Glasgow.



OLA - https://soundcloud.com/o-l-a

A two-piece taking the less travelled path around Manchester’s

live venues. Over the past few years OLA comprising Dean Jones and Kevan Hartman - have performed on stages at John Rylands Library, Manchester Cathedral and Whitworth Art Gallery and have shared the stage with Here We Go Magic, Future Islands, Zola Jesus, Sylvan Esso and Errors touring constantly in the North West.



Hard to pin down, their music is characterised by it’s questing, forward momentum, guitars and delicate orchestral elements into great dream-pop odysseys. They have released two EPs since 2013, assembled and performed film scores, including Ron Fricke’s Koyaansqatsi and collaborated on various creative projects with organisations and artists. They plan to release a new single Light Year’s and a new album in 2018.



espher - https://soundcloud.com/espher

Described as a ‘superb introduction’ and ‘intense yet sonically beautiful’ by Clash Music in 2014, formative EP Insular saw Pearson interrogate feelings of love and inordinate desire, its power to transmogrify, tether and taunt. Dark electronica and sullen vocals pervaded, through the ecstatic techno that elevates lovers, “[…] born again, together in the sky” to the delicate piano and strings of ‘When Me and You Collide’ and the abounding heartache of ‘Still’. Channelling raw emotions and technical adroitness, Pearson’s first release gave assurances that he was one to watch.



A fascination with analogue field recording techniques, vocal looping and live drum sounds has carried through his work to date. Inspired by artists such as Nils Frahm and Jon Hopkins, his music veers from elegant acoustic piano motifs to explosive house and techno – A sound that is reactive, sentient… breathing.



After four EPs and a year-long leave of absence to Melbourne, Ultraviolet is a culmination of everything Pearson has learnt during that time. It is an album that is powerfully emotive, as diverse as it is coherent. Balancing expansive soundscapes with subdued introspective pieces, from the extended opener ‘Zenith’, which crescendos as Pearson sets forth the scope of his ambition, to the tenderness of ‘Within’; from the galvanic beats of ‘Orchid’ to the arresting simplicity of Mangata; Espher is truly the master of all trades.



Anyone familiar with Pearson will know that his interests go beyond the confines of music. He has also produced a series of over 50 audio/visual experiments entitled Fragments which explore the relationship between the two media. The ‘experiments’ range from miniature clips to full track-length pieces.



IORA - https://soundcloud.com/ioramusic

IORA’s Music is a combination of vocal and instrumental harmonies, married with electronic samples and sounds, intriguing the audience with it's originality. With a blend of folk tones, a versatile voice and haunting arrangements, IORA tells stories, fascinating in their melodies and musical delivery. Her countryside roots adds to her songbird affinity that creates rich and emotive moments, contrasted with moments of raw drama. The live loops and electronic instruments build to create songs that will stay with you.