Masters of Budvar
present
at
THE LABOUR CLUB,
NORTHAMPTON NN1
on
FRIDAY 2nd JUNE
2006
>>a summer
psychedelic special of mind-melting mentality<<
featuring
SATURATION POINT
Saturation Point are John Langley (drums), Joe
Allen (bass) and Julian Poole (guitar).
They come from Bristol and have an awesome
pedigree. They were all in that ferociously dark band Strangelove during the
nineties. This year they formed the rhythm section for the Blue Aeroplanes as
they toured the UK on the EMI release of their Swagger Deluxe album. John and
Julian have both also played with Witness, with whom they appeared on Jule
Holland's Later.
Joe has played with just about everybody from
Rodney Allen to Groove Armada.
The Saturation Point sound is lush, loud and
psychedelic. John was blunt:"It's Spacemen 3 without the
singing."
It's not far off the truth, though the band's
simple melodic basis probably owes as much to Spiritualised and Slipstream as it
does to the original psychedelic stormtroopers. This is beautiful music and it
should be a treat. The band are also three of the loveliest men you could hope
to meet. There is some disagreement among experts as to whether the band's name
refers to the levels at which they play or the state of John Langley's
liver.
SYD MEATS
www.sydmeats.co.uk
A special guest appearance from Southampton's
Leading Weird Bloke. From humble origins as songwriter-in-residence at BBC Radio
Lincoln, Syd has gone on to become one of the most oddly beguiling solo
performers around. An oasis of calm in tonight's proceedings, if not quite
anything as mundane as sanity.
THE SPECIMEN
EYEBALL
www.lemonrock.com/charlie
Mind-melting electric guitars and a tidal
wave of tape delay shimmer all around the dark and devious songwriting of
Charlie Barnard, backed up this time by a full band of his shadowy associates
from the breezeblock jungle of Milton Keynes. Your brains will turn to jelly,
seep out of your ears and dribble down your cheeks. And you will like
it.
Usual terms and conditions
apply
free admission - bar till midnight -
first act on about 9:00 o'clock
Because we are staging three live acts
this evening, no superstar DJ this month, but there will be a selection of tunes
both current and classic to soothe the troubled soul and make it think about
having another Budvar.