Clock Opera and Fenech Soler at the Garage – HMV Next Big Thing – February 2010
So, its Friday night and it is Highbury Corner. After a day thinking about ice cream and the various flavours that it comes in it was down to the Garage for the HMV Next Big Thing show featuring Clock Opera, Fenech Soler and Marina and the Diamonds.
So what do we know about them so far?
Clock Opera is very familiar to those in the know. With White Noise they have shown just how it is possible to make music that’s good to listen to and which stimulates the minds whilst also being entertaining and they are a fave on this site as you probably already know.
They have a slight change in the line up with Dan (formerly one of the Rushes) taking over from Nick and, of course, Guy’s beard is getting biblical by now so we wait and see if he can part the waters or turn at least turn them into wine.
Fenech Soler – well they sound French and their first single cam,e out on a French label so they must be French? No, they are from King’s Cliffe in Northamptonshire and they do Electro Pop very very well. They have a Marina and the Diamonds remix under their belt and little thing going on with Groove Armada (see them at the Forum later this year with GA) and they have an energy that is quite a sight on stage.
Marina and Diamonds – ’nuff said. There would be pictures here from yours truly but you will have to make do with a quote ‘you cant take pictures of Marina, we have to protect her image’ – courtesy of someone from their management who clearly cant see the difference between me and the dozens of Marina fans up against the front of the stage all with their camera out and snapping away to do what? Put them on their facebook pages and let the world see the protected image of Marina.
Ah well, maybe I should use a smaller camera like the Ricoh Capillo – does raw images and looks like a domestic fun camera so doesnt attract officious management jobsworths. That’s the rant over.
If you like Kate Bush then you’ll like Marina. If you like the eighties then you’ll like Marina. If you like lyrics that are not going to stretch you or your intellect then you’ll like Marina.
Apart from that she’s quite mundane. (I will await comments and flames very soon for being so heretical but hey I cant help that).
So, here are some pictures for you.
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