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HERE IS WHAT CURRENTLY GOES ON IN THE HAPPY CLUB
We're awfully excited about this show...
"I think those that are staying alert, making sure to crest the wave, are already ecstatic in the ways they have found to re-order those energies for their benefit and the furthering of psychedelic and tuned-in living." - SUN ARAW interviewed on Tiny Mix Tapes
The High Seas, Under The Radar and VBC Present:
SUN ARAW (US) + Orchestra of Spheres
Thursday 14th of October at HAPPY
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Presales $20 from http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/
SUN ARAW is the sound of the late-night party deepening to cosmic levels as you turn up the bass and fog up the place. Mantras emerge from voluminous reverb. Old-school Jamaican grooves roll deep with Afro-funk guitar. Shuddering percussive delays stretch out to the event horizon. It's like taking a journey from Kingston via Nigeria en route to the heart of the sun.
Hailing from Long Beach, LA, Cameron Stallones is the man behind this musical solar storm. A member of heavy rockin' psych-revivalists MAGIC LANTERN as well as recording with the likes of POCAHAUNTED and VIBES, Stallones infuses his lysergic blues with a hefty dose of tropical sunshine in some places, and deep-as-space Kraut-drone elsewhere. Moments on his latest double LP ON PATROL (Not Not Fun Records) sound a little like Lee Perry going crazy in the Black Ark Studio with members of the Sun Ra Arkestra, with an appropriately cinematic feel as the different sonic dimensions shift in and out of focus.
The SUN ARAW live experience sees Stallones taking the recorded material even further into realms of dubbed-out bliss, utilising guitar, Farfisa organ, vocals and a whole lot of delay to entrance the crowd in his colossal hypno-grooves. If astral projection had a soundtrack, this would be it. You can either get lost in this music and watch a universe being created or just dance like a stoned jellyfish. Whichever path you choose, make sure it leads to HAPPY, Wellington on Thursday 14th October.
WITH SUPPORT FROM ORCHESTRA OF SPHERES
Orchestra of Spheres take you to higher dimensions through mathematical ratios of rhythm and chaos patters of sound. Born from the Frederick Street Sound and Light Exploration Society in 2009, the Spheres have developed a cult-like following in their brief existence. Like celestial sponges, they draw on influences far and wide: the hypnotic beats of Kuduro; repetitive minimalist Bornean sape music; celestial chimes of gamelan. DIY instrument makers, the Spheres use the biscuit tin guitar, electric bass carillon and sexomouse marimba to create their cosmic dancing sound!
EVENTS @ HAPPY
* LIVE JAZZ - EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT FROM 8:30PM - FREE ENTRY
* WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25 - The Nerines w, Old Grey Wolf & The Lost Boys
* THURSDAY AUGUST 26 - Simon Comber, Rory Storm & Claire Terry $10
* FRIDAY AUGUST 27 - Vinyl Friday FRIDAY JULY 30 - Vinyl Friday (various collectors spinning their more interesting selections with boutique beers for purchase) 5:30pm FREE ENTRY
* FRIDAY AUG 27 - T54 with No Aloha and Hatemen - early show! Starts 9:30pm sharp
* SATURDAY AUGUST 28 - RESEARCH, Jetsam Isles & no miracles. 8:30PM. $5.
* THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 2 - Lauris, Announce and OCELOT.
* FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 3 - Creaky Draws & Kittentank
* SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 4 - VITAL SOUNDS Hi Fi presents REGGAE REVIVIAL. 9PM. $5
* FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10 - Murder Chord & Freddy Fudd Pucker
* SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 25 - Nathan Haines & The Dream Band
* TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 28 - Grouper (US) with Pumice
* SATURDAY OCTOBER 2 - Pine 'Books and Magazines' album release show with Luc Arnult
* THURSDAY OCTOBER 14 - Sun Araw (US) with Orchestra of Spheres. Presales $20 from utr.co.nz
NEW RESIDENCY! VINYL FRIDAY last Friday of every month
The Rotating Plastic Inevitable presents
VINYL FRIDAY at Happy
A monthly celebration of rare groove and good beer.
It’s official. Digital tyranny has failed to stifle the joy of music that warps if you leave it out in the sun, so Happy are staging a celebration. The Rotating Plastic Inevitable presents an occasion designed to flush out a whole bunch of great, good and sporadically lamentable music from bedrooms and basements all over Wellington and give it a public airing.
Each month we offer relief to the families and flatmates of two different DJs who get to bore a whole new audience with the high points of their record collections. It’s a chance to relive some youths, hear stuff you’ve never encountered before, or just get some shit off your chest in the company of people who are at least vaguely sympathetic. We’re not sure whether it’ll be pipe smoking and beard stroking or a bacchanalian riot of strip limbo, but it’s definitely up the alley of the musically bi-curious.
To strike the right tone, there will be a selection of excellent boutique beer likely to appeal to people suspicious of iPods. If your idea of music is something that’s even more analogue than the Book of Kels, then get along to Vinyl Friday and lap it up. You’ll be in excellent company.
WHERE Happy, 118 Tory Street, Wellington
WHEN 5.30pm
Friday 30 June and the last Friday of every month
WHO Want to pencil a spot as DJ? Contact bookings.happy@gmail.com
Melancholy Babes
We have these fine chaps playing for us on Tuesday July 13 & 20
The trio of saxophonist Jeff Henderson, bassist Tom Callwood and drummer Anthony Donaldson are three of the country's most experienced and innovative jazz improvisors and blend an array of influences into their own unique sound. Expect music that soars like a bird, snaps like a crocodile and breathes like a dragon!
Saxophonist Jeff Henderson is a prolific international performing and recording artist who has recently returned from a month touring Japan with drummer Shoji Hano. He has performed with Many leading jazz and experimental musicians such as Steve Lacy, Han Bennink, Tetuzi Akiyama and Marilyn Crispell and has close associations with great New Zealand musicians such as Mike Nock, Richard Nunns and Gerard Crewdson.
Drummer Anthony Donaldson is a legend in New Zealand music, from the seminal avantjazz collective the Primitive Art Group to The Six Volts to his massive stage show productions with The Village of Idiots, Anthony Donaldson is one of the most influential and inspirational musicians and
bandleaders in New Zealand today.
Bass player Tom Callwood is a member of popular bands Little Bushman and the Phoenix Foundation. Recently he has released the album Little Bushman with the NZSO, toured Australia and performed extensively throughout New Zealand. His jazz credentials are exemplary, having performed with Mike Nock, Roger Sellars, Leila Adu and Marilyn Crispell to name but a few.
Stumble It!
"I think those that are staying alert, making sure to crest the wave, are already ecstatic in the ways they have found to re-order those energies for their benefit and the furthering of psychedelic and tuned-in living." - SUN ARAW interviewed on Tiny Mix Tapes
The trio of saxophonist Jeff Henderson, bassist Tom Callwood and drummer Anthony Donaldson are three of the country's most experienced and innovative jazz improvisors and blend an array of influences into their own unique sound. Expect music that soars like a bird, snaps like a crocodile and breathes like a dragon!
