ED KUEPPER (WITH MARK DAWSON) PLAY THE CLASSICS
January 14th 2011 23:11
Link: www.thekuepperfiles.com/
ED KUEPPER (WITH MARK DAWSON)
PLAY THE CLASSICS
With a recent run of sold-out solo shows under his belt, Ed Kuepper is pleased to announce a March tour this time featuring his former sparring-partner Mark Dawson (on drums) as they re-imagine the Kuepper classics: Electrical Storm and Today Wonder.
Electrical Storm was Kuepper’s first solo album recorded in early 1985 shortly after the dissolution of Laughing Clowns. Musically a departure from his earlier bands (the original Saints and Laughing Clowns), Electrical Storm proved to be the most raw and stripped back recording of Kuepper’s long career and featured some of his most enduring songs including the title track, 'Car Headlights’ and ‘Rainy Night’. Lyrically it was more straight forward, yet with the songs seemingly interconnected, its foreboding atmosphere is lightened up with glimpses of Kuepper’s trademark humour such as the musical quote from the Spiderman cartoon show in ‘When the sweet turns sour’.
Today Wonder was the album that began Kuepper’s wrecking ball-like prolific recording stretch in the 1990s. Recorded and mixed live in the studio over two days in early 1990, it features only Kuepper on effects-laden acoustic guitar and vocals, with Mark Dawson on drums and cardboard box. Kuepper described the sound at the time as “ambient rockabilly” and stated more recently that it was the album that enabled everything after it. Today Wonder draws on a host of Kuepper’s earliest influences and incorporates them into something new and adventurous. Several covers become originals and originals become covers in a seamless blend which still sounds unique to this day.
Tickets for the Kuepper/Dawson shows are on-sale now.
Before all that, though, Kuepper will appear in solo mode as special guest to Grinderman at their Sydney & Melbourne legs of their Australian Big Day Out tour. You can never have enough Kuepper.
January 24th: Brisbane, Tivoli Theatre - Ed Kuepper solo (with Grinderman)
SOLD OUT!
January 28th: Sydney, Enmore Theatre - Ed Kuepper solo (with Grinderman)
SOLD OUT!
March 18th: Melbourne, The Fabulous Spiegeltent (in association with the Arts Centre, Melbourne) - performing Electrical Storm
Tickets from www.theartscentre.com.au*, 1300 182 183* or the Arts Centre Box Office (*transaction fee applies)
March 19th: Melbourne, The Fabulous Spiegeltent (in association with the Arts Centre, Melbourne) - performing Today Wonder
Tickets from www.theartscentre.com.au*, 1300 182 183* or the Arts Centre Box Office (*transaction fee applies)
March 20th; Adelaide, The Gov - performing Electrical Storm & Today Wonder over two sets.
Tickets from www.feelpresents.com, www.moshtix.com.au or phone: 1 300 GET TIX & all moshtix outlets.
March 24th: Kincumber, Live @ Lizottes - performing Electrical Storm & Today Wonder over two sets.
Tickets available from www.lizottes.com.au or phone 02 4368 2017
March 25th: Sydney, The Basement - performing Electrical Storm & Today Wonder over two sets.
Tickets www.feelpresents.com, in person at the venue or phone: (02) 9251 2797
March 26th: Newcastle, Live @ Lizottes - performing Electrical Storm & Today Wonder over two sets.
Tickets available from www.lizottes.com.au or phone 02 4956 2066
PLAY THE CLASSICS
With a recent run of sold-out solo shows under his belt, Ed Kuepper is pleased to announce a March tour this time featuring his former sparring-partner Mark Dawson (on drums) as they re-imagine the Kuepper classics: Electrical Storm and Today Wonder.
Today Wonder was the album that began Kuepper’s wrecking ball-like prolific recording stretch in the 1990s. Recorded and mixed live in the studio over two days in early 1990, it features only Kuepper on effects-laden acoustic guitar and vocals, with Mark Dawson on drums and cardboard box. Kuepper described the sound at the time as “ambient rockabilly” and stated more recently that it was the album that enabled everything after it. Today Wonder draws on a host of Kuepper’s earliest influences and incorporates them into something new and adventurous. Several covers become originals and originals become covers in a seamless blend which still sounds unique to this day.
Tickets for the Kuepper/Dawson shows are on-sale now.
Before all that, though, Kuepper will appear in solo mode as special guest to Grinderman at their Sydney & Melbourne legs of their Australian Big Day Out tour. You can never have enough Kuepper.
January 24th: Brisbane, Tivoli Theatre - Ed Kuepper solo (with Grinderman)
SOLD OUT!
January 28th: Sydney, Enmore Theatre - Ed Kuepper solo (with Grinderman)
SOLD OUT!
March 18th: Melbourne, The Fabulous Spiegeltent (in association with the Arts Centre, Melbourne) - performing Electrical Storm
Tickets from www.theartscentre.com.au*, 1300 182 183* or the Arts Centre Box Office (*transaction fee applies)
March 19th: Melbourne, The Fabulous Spiegeltent (in association with the Arts Centre, Melbourne) - performing Today Wonder
Tickets from www.theartscentre.com.au*, 1300 182 183* or the Arts Centre Box Office (*transaction fee applies)
March 20th; Adelaide, The Gov - performing Electrical Storm & Today Wonder over two sets.
Tickets from www.feelpresents.com, www.moshtix.com.au or phone: 1 300 GET TIX & all moshtix outlets.
March 24th: Kincumber, Live @ Lizottes - performing Electrical Storm & Today Wonder over two sets.
Tickets available from www.lizottes.com.au or phone 02 4368 2017
March 25th: Sydney, The Basement - performing Electrical Storm & Today Wonder over two sets.
Tickets www.feelpresents.com, in person at the venue or phone: (02) 9251 2797
March 26th: Newcastle, Live @ Lizottes - performing Electrical Storm & Today Wonder over two sets.
Tickets available from www.lizottes.com.au or phone 02 4956 2066
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