There's a visual angle, too: download the iFilm video by Alison Faust for the track Mini at www.elsewhen.org.uk.
Imagine a world with no Elvis, no Beatles, no Stones, YOU HAVE ENTERED THE WORLD OF SLIPPER!
This is what Chalie Gillett from the BBC [+]There's a visual angle, too: download the iFilm video by Alison Faust for the track Mini at www.elsewhen.org.uk.
Imagine a world with no Elvis, no Beatles, no Stones, YOU HAVE ENTERED THE WORLD OF SLIPPER!
This is what Chalie Gillett from the BBC had to say about Slipper
I like surprises. I prefer not to know what's going to happen next.
Most records play it safe, declaring within ten seconds what genre they are in; rock, indie, chill, fado, tango, hip hop, etc. Occasionally, having given a generic album the benefit of the doubt, I'm rewarded with a performance so outstanding, I don't mind its conservatism. But more often, I stop it before the end of the first song, in my impatient quest for originality and adventure.
When the new album from Slipper arrived some months ago, there was note inside the packet from writer-producer Sam Dodson, introducing himself as 'the other half of Loop Guru' and explaining that this is his own separate project. From the opening seconds of the first song, both the music and the words were unusual and arresting, and before the second track had ended I was on the phone to Sam, fixing up a live session ahead of their next gig in London. On Thursday, Sam had organised for a Theremin to be added to the mix, and tonight he he played electric guitar while vocalist Andrea Black sang to the CD backing track.
It was only as they performed in front of me that I began to realise that their references and inspirations include the 'exotic' sounds of Arthur Lyman, Martin Denny and Les Baxter, early 1960s precursors of what is today called Lounge Music. Although I like Arthur Lyman's 'Taboo', I'm not a fan of the rest, much of which is dangerously close to kitsch. But these two manage to be simultaneously serious and good-humoured, a difficult trick to achieve. They would be perfect for Stranger Than Paradise, the once-a-month extravaganza organised by promoter Amanda Rogers at South London Pacific in Kennington. Meanwhile, Slipper's next confirmed booking is at the George 1V in Chiswick on June 16, more details in Alan Finkel's What's Going On at our website, www.soundoftheworld.
REVIEWS
THE WORD April 2005
SHIVAREE / SLIPPER
Fancy some dinner party-friendly moodiness? Try 'Who's Go Trouble' and ' When Hot Dogs Fly'
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