A gig held at Art Club on Wednesday 27th September. The event starts at 19:30.
Velvet Echoes & Extra Terrestrial Promotions present Gitkin - a world renowned and inspired psychedelic groover, hailing from Brooklyn and ready to entice us with his blend of enchantingly psychedelic music. Support comes from Brighton's soft psychers Hutch and Bristols mind-benders ggardenpartyy
Gitkin
Gitkin’s music exists somewhere between primal, rootsy memory and distant
exotic yearning — A dusty bordertown where the familiar blends imperceptibly into the enchantingly foreign. After a long and fruitful run as a bandleader with relentlessly touring party-rockers, Pimps Of Joytime and a Grammy-nominated country blues collaboration with Cedric Burnside, multi-instrumentalist Brian J set out to “explore tonalities I’d never messed with,” as he puts it.
Reviews of Gitkin’s first two LP’s grappled with descriptors, tagging it vaguely as “cinematic” and comparing it favorably with Khruangbin. True, the music is largely wordless, emotionally evocative, and guitar driven. But it possesses an alluring alchemy all its own.
Gitkin’s first release, 2018’s well-received Five Star Motel, amply demonstrated
his ease with earthy funk and comfortably-cut rhythm. On his follow up album, Safe Passage, the itinerant guitar slinger broadened his already rich palette with melodies informed by Greek and Middle Eastern modalities, Peruvian
Chicha and Tuareg Saharan guitar styles. No gimmick, this juxtaposition of gut-
bucket blues and funk low-end with unexpectedly twisting lead phrases highlights
the intense flavors found in each savory ingredient. Gitkin’s production radiates character and warmth, leaning on soft-focus vintage mics, dubby spring reverbs and the quirks of an analog tape machine.
Hutch
In 2022 Twang-Pop Post Yacht-Rock Soft Psychers Hutch had an astounding first year releasing three singles, picking up a strong organic following, hitting the festival circuit, receiving BBC and international radio attention, making the glastonbury longlist 2022 and selling out both of their headline shows. 2023 has already seen Hutch on tour, taking their Brighton-crafted twang to all new cities and audiences. As well as securing festival slots for the summer and
playing sold out shows across the first few months of the year, they are busy writing and recording new material as well as creating live sessions in staple Brighton venues. As the bands sound becomes more mature and refined, their local and national following marches on: stronger in numbers. If you want to see “a band as good as ‘Rumors’-era Fleetwood Mac” jump aboard the train to twang town and strap in, we’re going to the moon.
“Ultimately we’re left grinning from ear to ear having witnessed a band as good as ‘Rumours’-era Fleetwood Mac” - Nick Mcallister, Brighton Source
A loyal fanbase sang back the lyrics to ‘Mechanical Bull’ sung by Dan: “I don’t know why you try so hard”, an apt ode to a seemingly effortless performance” - Elsa Monteith
ggardenpartyy
Mind-space soundscape music for the rough patch between alt & art rock!
Entry requirements:
Gitkin
Gitkin’s music exists somewhere between primal, rootsy memory and distant
exotic yearning — A dusty bordertown where the familiar blends imperceptibly into the enchantingly foreign. After a long and fruitful run as a bandleader with relentlessly touring party-rockers, Pimps Of Joytime and a Grammy-nominated country blues collaboration with Cedric Burnside, multi-instrumentalist Brian J set out to “explore tonalities I’d never messed with,” as he puts it.
Reviews of Gitkin’s first two LP’s grappled with descriptors, tagging it vaguely as “cinematic” and comparing it favorably with Khruangbin. True, the music is largely wordless, emotionally evocative, and guitar driven. But it possesses an alluring alchemy all its own.
Gitkin’s first release, 2018’s well-received Five Star Motel, amply demonstrated
his ease with earthy funk and comfortably-cut rhythm. On his follow up album, Safe Passage, the itinerant guitar slinger broadened his already rich palette with melodies informed by Greek and Middle Eastern modalities, Peruvian
Chicha and Tuareg Saharan guitar styles. No gimmick, this juxtaposition of gut-
bucket blues and funk low-end with unexpectedly twisting lead phrases highlights
the intense flavors found in each savory ingredient. Gitkin’s production radiates character and warmth, leaning on soft-focus vintage mics, dubby spring reverbs and the quirks of an analog tape machine.
Hutch
In 2022 Twang-Pop Post Yacht-Rock Soft Psychers Hutch had an astounding first year releasing three singles, picking up a strong organic following, hitting the festival circuit, receiving BBC and international radio attention, making the glastonbury longlist 2022 and selling out both of their headline shows. 2023 has already seen Hutch on tour, taking their Brighton-crafted twang to all new cities and audiences. As well as securing festival slots for the summer and
playing sold out shows across the first few months of the year, they are busy writing and recording new material as well as creating live sessions in staple Brighton venues. As the bands sound becomes more mature and refined, their local and national following marches on: stronger in numbers. If you want to see “a band as good as ‘Rumors’-era Fleetwood Mac” jump aboard the train to twang town and strap in, we’re going to the moon.
“Ultimately we’re left grinning from ear to ear having witnessed a band as good as ‘Rumours’-era Fleetwood Mac” - Nick Mcallister, Brighton Source
A loyal fanbase sang back the lyrics to ‘Mechanical Bull’ sung by Dan: “I don’t know why you try so hard”, an apt ode to a seemingly effortless performance” - Elsa Monteith
ggardenpartyy
Mind-space soundscape music for the rough patch between alt & art rock!
Entry requirements:
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