To mark 6 months of 07:OH:03 Stylusboy and Atlum Schema will be taking to the stage. It will be an amazing evening and a chance for everyone to see full-length sets from the organisers. They will also be joined by the wonderful Irene Rae.
SATURDAY 19th JUNE 2010 TIME: 19:00-21:00
Atlum Schema
Andy Mort has played in bands since before his voice broke, starting behind the drums as a schoolboy in Leamington Spa. He took seven months after leaving school to write and produce The Final Scene, which was a collection of thoughts and sounds inspired by nighttime driving and his attempts at holding down jobs. Atlum Schema was born and June 2005 saw the first live outing, which comprised of Andy, a guitar, piano and a loop box.
Ever since, apart from releasing a mini EP and completing a degree, he has been travelling between bedrooms, kitchens, garages and hallways playing live and working on the follow up LP. The self-titled 11-track album has taken three years of evolution and reworking. At points Andy was forced to stop and use his imagination in order to raise the necessary funds to carry on recording and now release the LP on his own label.
The live show has taken on a life of its own reaching soaring heights through live sampling, the creation of huge loops and a cocktail of acoustic and gadgetry that leaves audiences stunned and open-mouthed.
‘F*** ME!! Passionate, gorgeous epic songwriting: a MAJOR new talent’
Tom Robinson (BBC 6 Music)
Stylusboy
“Are your pieces beautiful?” asks Steve Jones (aka Stylusboy) in his song Jigsaw. “Everyone has so many pieces to their life but how do they all fit together? I often try in my songs is describe parts of my life and what the moment means to me. Some songs are snapshots of one moment in time, some are about a collection of different moments”. Stylusboy’s songs are heartfelt, delicate and full of hope…
“Mixing a sense of melancholy akin to Aqualung with a sense of the melodic that recalls the lighter side of Ryan Adams.”
– God is in the TV
Irene Rae
“I love playing with passion and feeling. To connect with an audience through my experiences and voice is what I strive for. The feelings that I express are raw, and so should be the vehicle of their expression.”.
Life and how people treat others are the main influences on Irene Rae’s reflective and emotional sound. “I find it fascinating how people can effect your outlook on life and the way that you live it”.
Music was something that Irene adopted quite late on in comparison to her peers, in fact she taught herself to play the guitar at the age of 22. “I started writing music when I was going through a situation that I couldn’t explain via speaking”. Basically sitting down and teaching herself to play to accompany the singing that was already a natural part of her through Musical Theatre training.
It is this voice that has caught the attention of Local BBC radio stations throughout the UK and also the eye of signed musicians such as Midge Ure. Irene’s first performance was actually supporting Midge Ure at a Festival, two months after starting to teach herself Guitar. Many more artists supported include Hazel O’Connor, The Levellers, John Power (Cast and The La’s), Rod Clements (Lindisfarne), Mark Morriss (the Bluetones) and the Wonderstuff.
