Trangallan - Spanish Restaurant

LONDON
Patrick Keiller, 1994, 81min.

Part-documentary part-fiction depiction of our hometown –a prescient critique of a socio-economic climate that remains relevant today.

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CIRCO
Aaron Schock, 2010, 75'

Circo Mexico, journeys across the Mexican countryside in search of paying customers. Wanting to please his father and continue the family business, Ponce has recruited his young children as performers while labouring night and day to maintain the circus's faltering financial fortunes. But a growing resentment brewing within his wife about their hardscrabble existence suggests troubles on the horizon.

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BRAZIL
Terry Gilliam, 1982, 132'

Sam Lowry is a harried technocrat in a futuristic society that is needlessly convoluted and inefficient. He dreams of a life where he can fly away from technology and overpowering bureaucracy, and spend eternity with the woman of his dreams. While trying to rectify the wrongful arrest of one Harry Buttle, Lowry meets the woman he is always chasing in his dreams, Jill Layton. Meanwhile, the bureaucracy has fingered him responsible for a rash of terrorist bombings, and both Sam and Jill's lives are put in danger.

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GOLDEN BALLS
Bigas Luna, 1998, 88'

Javier Bardem as Benito, a conceited stud who wants to erect a skyscraper in his own honour. In order to achieve his ridiculously macho goal, he marries Marta (Maria de Medeiros), the daughter of a wealthy banker, but also keeps a mistress (Maribel Verdu) as well. When the two women see through his shallow plans, it looks like Benito may not have any more assistance with his erection.

She writes gypsy and blues inspired folk ballads, contrasting cotton wool folk melodies with strong and soulful vocals. Her unique voice and expression is second to none while her simply beautiful songwriting and total dedication to music, means the only path for Brooke Sharkey is upwards in the world of music.

http://brookesharkey.com

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Set within the walls of the wailing harmonica and the screeching fiddle, the sometimes dark and often caustic lyrics belie the foot stomping swing of the double bass and guitar. Here is where comedy and tragedy meet head on to deliver a full spirited testament to Franky and the Jacks’ one and only mantra: "make 'em dance".

http://frankyandthejacks.com/

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CARLOS VIDAL

After a year away from the stage, Carlos Vidal returns with new songs, songs of his old band (PORTRAIT) and some classics by Radiohead, Pixies etc ...
Acoustic folk pop at its purest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FM6smZH_-k


THE CASTRELOS 
Rascals, alcoholic and womanizing. For The Castrelos, playing on stage is like getting laid their instruments. Delivered in body and soul until they reach orgasm.R'n'R not suitable for all audiences



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Laboratoro is a powerful combination of poetry, new music and performance. Drawing from sound poetry, electronic music and movement, Laboratoro creates new pieces for each performance making each show unique. This Brighton based group works with ideas, instinct, art, sound, presence and improvisation.

http://laboratoro.net/

Hyperpotamus makes music with his voice. Oblivious to trends or pose, he will continue to push things forward through his muscled music, which relies on nothing but heart, sweat and sheer joi de vivre. A spectacle not to be missed, Hyperpotamus will spare you the bore of revisiting the usual stage antics."

http://www.hyperpotamus.com/

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THUR 10 MAY 8pm £3
PATRIZIA PAOLINI & ADAM BOHMAN

Patrizia Paolini is a writer, performer, cabaret artist, stand-up comedian, poet, cook, pin-up, rather silly person, female Sean Penn and experimental musician who makes shows about death, sex, scar on chins, kisses and the awkwardness of communication (well, she is Italian) If pressed to describe what she does, she may say that life is chaos, a bundle of sensations linked together by accidents of memory, and that her work is not an attempt to defy this chaos to express it.

http://www.myspace.com/patriziapaolini


Adam Bohman one half of The Bohman Brothers, is known for his unique experimental sound based live performances  which use found objects, text and an innumerable array of sound sources.

Their humourous visual set-ups which resemble hard-wired flea markets, are the basis from which the duo, in the spirit of Fluxus, musique concrète and sound poetry, create their often grotesque soundscapes freely quoting from any source available to them. Found texts such as advertising spiel is juxtaposed with sounds ranging from amplified shoe brushes to a tape cutup of seventeenth-century instruments.

http://lukas.home.xs4all.nl/pagina/bohmans.htm



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CelláSalòn

:an evening of experiments in live performance:

cel•lása•lòn

noun
1. a room for performance, wholly or partly underground

2. a stock of the finest in contemporary and experimental bottled performance

3. an underground room or story unfolding all around you

4. an assembly of welcomed guests in such a room, common during the 17th and 18th centuries and continuing into the present day, consisting of emerging and established living artists performing, sharing, drinking and discussing.


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A Polak, a Spaniard, a Neapolitan and an Indian Living in London. Making music together. Portakal is an improvisatory world music band, which aspires to create a sound that is evoked by the love and subsequent immersion of it’s members in different genres of music. The band seeks musical direction from Indian classical, Balkan, Jazz and contemporary western traditions and can confidently describe its music to sound nothing like its influences.

http://www.portakalmusic.com/

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Berlin, Die Sinfonie Der Grosstadt, Walter Ruttmann, 81m.

Cinema & The City is a four week screening program that documents the relationship between film and the urban landscape. Cities provide the backdrop for countless films, yet rarely do the cities themselves and the collective experiences they foster take centre-stage. Each selected film is deeply revealing as to what urban life was like at a specific moment in recent history.


#1: Berlin can be seen as an attempt to come to terms with how technological advance changed the urban way of life so rapidly.

#2: Hanoi, Tuesday 13th is director Alvarez’s attempt to conjoin the Cuban and Vietnamese cultures of ‘68 under a unified socialist vision.

#3 Six In Paris:(Tues 3 April) French New Wave directors focus on Parisian districts to produce short films dedicated to the streets that made them famous.

#4 London:(Tuesday 1st May) Patrick Keiller’s part-documentary part-fiction depiction of our hometown –a prescient critique of a socio-economic climate that remains relevant today.

Our journey comprises four films, four cities, four months.
www.tech-yes.blogspot.com

Cinema and the City is curated by Douglas Brennan.


CINEMA AND THE CITY WILL TAKE PLACE THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH UNTIL MAY 1ST 2012

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The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie, 1972, Luis Buñuel

We continue our journey through some of Luis Buñuel's filmography. This time, with the 1972 Oscar-awarded film that tells the story of a group of upper-class people attempting to dine together, although they will live many incidents that will make it difficult to do so.

SPANISH CLASSIC CULT FILMS are on the last Tuesday of the month.
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A collection of vintage cartoons that shows some of the first animated works ever done. Including pieces by Emile Cohl and Walt Disney himself among others. It can also be a reflection on how society at the time was accounting some facts such as racism and overt sexuality.

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WORK IN PROGRESS
José Luis Guerín, 2001, 125 min

This documentary reflects one of the mayor planning and artichectural changes that has recently undergone one of the most popular neighborhood of Barcelona: El Xino. This rough neighborhood was home to workers, immigrants, squatters, prostitutes and drug dealers. The urban change developed serious social conflicts as many of the residents were forced to move to other areas of the city.                           
DOCUMENTARIA is on the third Tuesday of each month.

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Launching in April 2012, Whirlygig Cinema and Trangallan will present Spotlights - a series of short film nights focusing closely on the work of the next generation of filmmakers.

Each event will feature films and talks by three up-and-coming directors, providing audiences with a gripping insight into their work and practice whilst traversing a range of styles and genres. We will strive to create a regular meeting place for filmmakers and film-lovers, showcasing hand-picked emerging film talent in a relaxed and intimate environment.

Spotlights #1 will take place on Tuesday 10th April, with events to follow every two months.

Tickets are £5, or £4 in advance. Booking is highly recommended due to limited capacity.

wegottickets.com/whirlygigcinema

whirlygigcinema.com

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Gypsy caravan: When the road bends, 2006, Jasmine Dellal, 95'

A brief look into Romani culture and Rom (Gypsies) from around the globe while five famous Romani groups tour the USA. The film visits their families at home in Spain, India, Macedonia and Romania.


Documentaria is a monthly cycle featuring selected documentaries that are relevant to our contemporary culture.

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Welcome Mr Marshall
1953, Luis Garcia Berlanga, 95'

Considered one of the masterpieces of Spanish cinema, it tells the story of a small Spanish town, Villar del Río, which hears of the visit of American diplomats and begins preparations to impress the American visitors in the hopes of benefiting under the Marshall Plan. A central theme of the film is the stereotypes held by both the Spanish and the Americans regarding the culture of the other. Hoping to demonstrate the side of Spanish culture with which the visiting American officials will be most accustomed, the citizens of Villar del Río (Soria) hire a renowned flamenco performer, and redecorate their town in Andalusian style.

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DOCUMENTARIA - a monthly documentaries' cycle

Manufactured Landscapes, 2006, Jennifer Baichwal, 80'

Photographer Edward Burtynsky travels the world observing changes in landscapes due to industrial work and manufacturing.

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Jose Luis is an executive at his parents underwear factory where his girlfriend Sylvia works on the shop floor. When Sylvia falls pregnant, Jose Luis promises her that he will marry her, most likely against the wishes of his parents. Jose Luis' mother is determined to break her son's engagement to a girl from a lower-class family, and hires Raul, a potential underwear model and would-be bullfighter to seduce Sylvia.


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Whe Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him.

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TUE 28 FEB 8pm £Free
SPANISH CLASSIC CULT FILMS:

Cows, 1992, Julio Medem, 96 min.

The Film takes place in the Basque region during the Carlist war of 1875 and ending during the civil war 1936. It narrates the story of rivalry between two families. The act of cowardice from a member of one of the families is the trigger to this intense conflict that lasts for over sixty year.

SPANISH CLASSIC CULT FILMS are on the last Tuesday of the month.

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Old folk hits a new groove as three troubadours collide in a rich harmony of guitar, accordion and clarinet; with songs that speak and voices that ring. While home is their Woodburner nights deep in Hackney’s underground, this is a sound that resonates far beyond...

http://www.wearebard.com/

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The Jon Miyawaki trio comprises Jon Miyawaki and Jake Maun on guitars and Marcus Penrose on bass. Jon Miyawaki has been making a name for himself on the London jazz scene playing Gypsy Jazz with a modern twist. He has played with some of France's greatest modern exponents of the style and he's regular performer at some of London's gypsy jazz venues. The trio perform modern interpretations of classic jazz and swing tunes in an elegant and sophisticated style and have played at various venues around the country. These guys really swing!

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She writes gypsy and blues inspired folk ballads, contrasting cotton wool folk melodies with strong and soulful vocals. Her unique voice and expression is second to none while her simply beautiful songwriting and total dedication to music, means the only path for Brooke Sharkey is upwards in the world of music.

http://brookesharkey.com

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Dakota Jim will be hosting another incredibly warm and intimate evening evolving all around folk, gypsy and americana. Come by for a drink and some tapas while enjoying this Tranga's regular night. 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dakota-Jim/124956464245882

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London-based music improvisation collective that comprises a group of performers and multi-instrumentalists. The on-going motif of this encounters is to face music as a playground. Hailing from countries such as France, Portugal, Holland, England and Mexico, Orchestra Elastique fill this playground with diverse instruments including accordion, trumpet, harmonium, piano, harp, theremin, drums, percussion and voices. The result of these improvisations is a form of music that takes influences from Free Jazz, Middle Eastern, Krautrock and various folkloric traditions.

http://www.myspace.com/orchestraelastique

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Inspired by the timeless work of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Joanna Newsom amongst many others, Robin colours in his songs about love and life with guitar, banjo, ukulele, mandolin, piano, double bass, organ, percussion toys and any other instruments he can afford and fit into his little studio.

http://www.robingrey.com/about/

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A night of instrumental music, minimalist composition, free form experimentation and various permutations in between.

Clorinde

“Their music is  a really luscious minimalist style that recalls Steve Reich / Arnold Dreyblatt, etc”- Fat Cat Records
“The imaginative and beautifully played arrangements do yield some exquisite moments”-The Wire

Clorinde is an instrumental avant-folk project composed by multi instrumentalist Andrea Salvatici, Simone Salvatici, David Harris and Derek Yau. It has been producing music based on a minimalist approach towards repetition, melodies, rhythm and sounds, resulting in beautiful
fragile balance between tight cyclic structures and free form improvisation.They make extensive use of acoustic and electric instruments (banjos,
guitars , vibraphones, African kalimbas, zithers, clarinet, bass, electric organ, cello, flute, various drums and percussions), bringing an
enchanting flavor of rithmic psychedelia mathematical post-folk with exciting structures and surprising passages of minimal introspection. www.clorinde.org

Isnaj Dui

Standing somewhere between neo-impressionism and electronica, Isnaj Dui,
aka Katie English, conveys a minimal yet capturing sound using electronically manipulated flutes and homemade instruments. Katie has released several critically acclaimed albums including 2007’s Amacrine. She has appeared at venues such as the National Portrait Gallery and Union Chapel in London and has received extensive play on Radio 3's Late Junction and BBC 6 Music.
http://isnajdui.bandcamp.com/

Karina ESP

Karina ESP is the ambient recording project of Chris Gowers who also runs the Trome Records label, and is active with the bands Signals and Rome Pays Off. Output centres around slowly formed melancholic ambience, minimal guitar drones and blurred melodies. A new album, 'Detachment', will be released on the Belgian label Morc Records in the coming months. "Karina ESP sets in slow motion a series of tonal drifts from attack suppressed guitar resonance and carefully  controlled amplifier feedback,
resulting in a barren and vaguely hostile environment"- The Wire
http://www.morctapes.com/karinaesp/index.html

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Hailing from Turkey but now involving a collective of musicians from all around the world, London-based Collision Cascade play a powerful blend of traditional Turkic music, psychedelic folk and rock. London Carnage say: "With thoughtful beauty and mind-blowing multi-instrumental crescendos they are as impossible to define as the are to ignore. Truly breathtaking stuff." Specially for this gig at Trangallån, the band will perform using all acoustic instruments. 

http://collisioncascade.com/

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It's the third time since Soren is around at Trangallán showing his work. A new question has arisen through these several short residencies at Trangallán. How to go about developing work in a space that is not meant to be for rehearsal? By transforming the space of the audience, i.e. the public space, by bringing the sound perception closer, by blurring the subject of the autobiographical fact ,trying to challenge the conception of the "self" and the "other" at the time that he invites to look for the connections between contemporary democracy and pharmaceutical politics. Physical, playful, obscure, delightful and unconventionally autobiographic.  Now alone, now in symbiosis with the audience. Through detached voices and lights that reveal the people behind them, we are entwined in a battlefield of intimacy and catastrophe. http://sorenevinson.posterous.com

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Mamoru is an incompetent zoologist and award-winning theatre designer who has been making multimedia performance with mesmerizing graphics and surrealist humor. Mamoru invites you to a journey that begins from a man and ends in a woman (with a possible return trip to a man). Along the way, he shows several short performance pieces made around his favorite tunes.

http://www.iriguchi.co.uk/

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A night of poetry, video Art, and experimental music.
Organized by Photographer Leandro Quintero and Michael Salu the Creative Director of Granta Magazine.
Bring along a book and be ready to be part of the stage for a night of eclectic poetry reading, good wine and good Tapas...

www.leandroquintero.com
http://www.leandroquintero.com/

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Years of record collecting, playing and collaborating around Europe have seen Aurelian find his own original and defined sound, influences of which we undoubtedly see stream their way throughout his production and live sets today.
We also see him working for the established Juno Records as well producing for commercial advertising. His down tempo, minimal house and quirky techno are always looking for the patterns and structure of the inner sound. Sequences within the sound, reaction of the mind and body as well as the interaction of images across the music are the pillars of his work.

http://soundcloud.com/doubtingthomas

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Double bill with...

Melanie Eden- she produces her own one woman show. Taking her audiences through a fantastical journey of life itself. Including both “LOL” and “ROFL” moments through to edge-of-your seat teary-eyed drama. Whilst always maintaining an honest and inspirational performance.

http://cargocollective.com/melanieeden/About-Melanie-Eden

Rebecca Biscuit- High Priestess of Love Rebecca Biscuit presents: The Holy Trinity, A Bearded Guide to Modern Seduction. A performance poem & introduction to the methods of pick-up artists.

http://www.rebeccabiscuit.co.uk/


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Gareth Lewis presents another round of Kleppmusik, his own blend of dreamy, hypnotic, rhythmic, sometimes dissonant sound and vision. Nod your head, tap your foot, wriggle about a bit, while eating and drinking in Trangallan's groovy underground space. Be part of the experience, baby!

www.facebook.com/pages/Kleppmusik/253318301390326

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Hosted by James Alaska & Tom Mudd.

Featuring:

Gus Garside & Dan Powell
Carousel
Tom White & Matthew Hammond

Live Sound Tracks is a bi-monthly night hosted by James Alaska and Tom Mudd where musicians and composers are invited to present live scores
to short sections from films and visuals of their choosing.

www.livesoundtracks.co.uk

James Alaska and Tom Mudd will put together a selection of musicians and composers who'll be scoring films and visuals live in our basement.
Vlk will be soundtracking sections from Jennifer Baichwal's film 'Manufactured Landscapes'. The excellent duo Invisible Bees will also present a live score as will Jussi Brightmore (of Gum Takes Tooth). Smallthundersound will be playing DJ sets in between performances.


www.livesoundtracks.co.uk

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