The Rapture

Heroes of punk-funk, The Rapture cornered the market waaaay before the flood of indiedance acts that followed. The New York-based band have created an indie-electro-rock juggernaut that draws upon everything from acid house to punk, funk and straight up rawk’n’roll. These boys blew the crowd away on the Parklife tour last year, living up to their reputation for being astronomically excellent live.

Erol Alkan

Have you heard the one about Erol Alkan? The humble 12 year old maestro-in-the-making who sneaks out the window of his parents flat to play gigs for a tenner? About the bearded studio-sorcerer worshipped by bands and DJs half and twice his age as a living electronic idol? About the kid in his early 20s who founded that Trash night in London where they’re playing Bowie and basslines at the same time? I heard that he invented the mash-up. I heard that he created the second coming of French Touch just by remixing Justice’s “Waters Of Nazareth”. I heard he brought guitar music back from the grave. No, it was electronic music. Or was it reggae? I heard he once revived a Roland 303 just by looking at it. Didn’t you hear? He’s bringing psychedelia back? Wait – I heard he’s bringing Disco back? Didn’t you hear?

Thursday 6th January 2011

Metro Theatre, Sydney

Support: Erol Alkan and Strange Talk

Tickets: $55+ BF on sale Midday, Tues 30 Nov

From: fuzzy.com.au / metrotheatre.com.au / ticketek.com.au