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Avec Sans
http://www.avecsans.com/
Avec Sans are Alice Fox and Jack St James, from Manchester and Trinidad respectively, now living in London, UK. They make dreamy electronic pop music.
Avec Sans started performing live in 2014 and quickly gained recognition for their energetic shows. Aiming to break down the walls of electronic laptop performances, Jack hacked his Novation launch pad to display a light show and uses three of them in tandem tilted towards the audience. He’s filmed performances using 19 launch pads simultaneously and has worked with Novation to demo and launch new products online.
Avec Sans supported Ladyhawke on her 2016 UK tour and have played alongside acts such as Little Boots, Capital Cities, Bright Light Bright Light and The Pet Shop Boys. They’ve played live for BBC Introducing and at events such as SXSW, Cannes Lions, Canadian Music Week, CMJ New York, The Great Escape, Kendal Calling, Bingley Music Live, Butlin’s Weekender (Electric Dreams for Vintage TV) and various other European events.
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 ‘𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰-𝘱𝘰𝘱’
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 ‘𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳.’
𝗡𝗠𝗘 '𝘈𝘷𝘦𝘤 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘰… 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘺 '80𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 21𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.’
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀: '𝘈𝘷𝘦𝘤-𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴-𝘵𝘰-𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 2017, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦.'
𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵 '𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰-𝘱𝘰𝘱'
𝗠𝗧𝗩 𝗜𝗴𝗴𝘆 '𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵!'
𝗡𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘆 ‘𝘈𝘯 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩-𝘱𝘰𝘱 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘷𝘦.’
𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ‘𝘚𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩-𝘱𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴: 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦.’
𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗮 ‘𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳’
𝗡𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗻 ‘𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘶𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘨𝘦…𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦.’
𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 ‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘶𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘚𝘵. 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘦.’
𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 '𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘸𝘰-𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦.'
𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗦 '𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘱'
𝗚𝗶𝗴𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲 '𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺. 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘷𝘦𝘤 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭.'
𝗣𝗼𝗽 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 ‘𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬.’
𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗽𝘆 ‘It’s easy to see why the duo have drawn comparisons to Chvrches… a talent to keep your eye on.’
𝗣𝗥𝗦 '𝘈𝘷𝘦𝘤 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘚𝘵 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘶𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘱 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.'
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗢𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝘁 ‘𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 80′𝘴-𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥… 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘺.’
𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲 ‘𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴… 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥.’
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Sunday 24th September
Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh