‘If there is any justice he’s about to step into the spotlight.’ – The Slow Music Movement
‘A well-lit art pop success with rhythmic and melodic exuberance.’ – Obscure Sound
A double bill featuring Saxophonist/cellist songwriter Alexander Painter will perform songs and improvisations, presented with a full band for the first time and we are excited ! Featuring a one-off collaboration with Taiwanese composer/pianist Jui-Ying Huang and William Doyle (from Mercury prize nominated East India Youth)performing a set of his own material; his first Brighton appearance since 2024!
Alexander Painter: Performing using a DIY hand-built electroacoustic cello, saxophone and a variety of experimental techniques, Alex draws inspiration from influences such as modal jazz, the 70s New York experimental scene, and outsider art; and is equally at home with the experimental avant-garde (performing improvised sets at Huddersfield Contempory Music Festival) as with alternative and pop worlds, often collaborating with artists such as Orlando Weeks, Gazelle Twin, Tony Njoku, and Anna B.Savage. He also composes for film and designs hand-built effects.
William Doyle
Having graduated from his early, Mercury Music Prize-nominated incarnation as East India Youth, William Doyle has since emerged under his own name making his strong mark as a contemporary British songwriter. His recent records have claimed their place on end of year lists, with the Metro ranking 2019’s Your Wilderness Revisited as “among the best albums of the century”. In 2024 he released Springs Eternal, his most ambitious, dynamic and immediate record yet.
“Doyle’s ability to compose and fold together a particularly British pop history is both the attraction and infamy of his work – think a kind of Ableton Tarantino.” – The Quietus
“a singular master at work, bending form, lyricism and production to underline his prescient thesis.” – Loud & Quiet