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Artists	Birds That Change Colour, Hannah Peel
Date	Wednesday 24 August 2011
Organisation	AB
Location	Warandepark Accessible to visitors with handicap Smoking Ban Hearing damage risk - Earplugs available
Hour	19:00

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7:30 pm 19h00 SOUNDTRACK BY: 8:30 pm Birds That Change Colour (BE)“Zowel qua materiaal als productioneel een klein meesterwerkje.” (De Morgen)Brand new Belgian band that immediately...

7:30 pm 19h00 SOUNDTRACK BY:

8:30 pm Birds That Change Colour (BE)

“Zowel qua materiaal als productioneel een klein meesterwerkje.” (De Morgen)

Brand new Belgian band that immediately impress with their debut ‘On Recording The Sun’. We hear the old T. Rex, Midlake, Syd Barrett (in the days of ‘The Madcap Laughs’) and the spirit of Devendra Banhart (at the time of his haunting debut ‘Oh Me Oh My…’). Top-shelf psych-folk. Behind Birds That Change Colour you will find a frontman with a fantastic name: Koen Kohlbacher. He's supported by good folks like Zita Swoon-bassist Christophe Albertijn, drummer Dave Schroyen (Millionaire) and the ladies from Laïs. Just to conclude: a quote from De Morgen that describes their album track ‘Woods’ “as if Kohlbacher is sauntering through a fairy-tale forest full of talking trees.”. Fairy-tale forest? Feeërieën? You get it?

9:45 pm Hannah Peel (UK)

"The arrival of a genuine creative force in British folk music." (Drowned in Sound)
“'The Broken Wave' is een paradepaardje van een debuut.” (Humo)

It's difficult not to run into highly commending reviews of ‘The Broken Wave’, the debut by Irish born Hannah Peel. Leading English mags like Mojo, Q and Uncut soon gave her debut 4-star reviews. Rightly so too, as this multi-instrumentalist writes gems of songs and, what's more, she can sing superbly too. Hannah Peel moves in folk-pop circles but don't be surprised if you suddenly hear a song by New Order (‘Blue Monday’), OMD (‘Electricity’) or Soft Cell (‘Tainted Love’) when she plays live. But then played in Peel's own way, as can be heard on her debut EP ‘Rebox’ (where she reworked her favourite 80's songs). Both her debut and her EP were released on Static Caravan, the label that already offered us Tunng (present at the Feeërieën in ’05). For that matter: Tunng-member Mike Lindsley sat behind the dials for the production and Nitin Sawhney provided the string arrangements. Hannah Peel? A very versatile lady, if you ask us.