Capitol K at Granary Square

Capitol K at Granary Square

£8.00

Friday August 17, 20:00-22:00

Granary Square, N10, London

AirDraft welcomes underground London producer Kristian Craig Robinson, AKA Capitol K aboard. This ace manipulator of audio and punk warlord of groove has crossed a tapestry of styles and approaches with his own secret compass since 1998.

His latest work 'Goatherder' is the seventh album and was developed and recorded in his native Malta, where he built a studio in a cave (a former goat stable). K gathered bamboo instruments collected around the world, including an ancient Quecha reeded pipe (his new-found lead instrument), and various resonating vessels and percussive objects including dry fennel storks collected from Punic troglodyte sites, and atonal flutes built from fresh cut farmland reed. Ritualistic improvisations took place over a series of seasonal visits, awakening genetic memory and plant communication.

Back in London the tracks were interfaced and expanded with post-industrial machine beat and bass guitar lock down. Homage is paid to New Age synthscapes, while a Spirit Jazz overtone arrives from K's recent years as the sonic muscle behind a plethora of luminous albums born in his Total Refreshment Studio.

K starts at 8 don't be late come early for a BYO drink on the towpath.