4/14: QUITZOW & Setting Sun come to SOUTHPAW
QUITZOW
Exuding the “aggression of Peaches, the melodic richness and cross-genre fearlessness of the Magnetic Fields, and the disco-classical fusion of the late Arthur Russell” (All Music Guide), Quitzow continues to blur the genre lines with her clever, catchy songs. Drawing inspiration from electronic innovators like Kraftwerk and Daft Punk, 80′s classics like Prince and Bel Biv Devoe, and even current pop explorers like Of Montreal, this record is Quitzow’s answer to a pop radio-feel good experience. She utilizes her abilities as a violinist and cellist to add emotional elements to the genre and her off kilter subject matter to further shake things up. Statements like “upstate New York singer songwriter Erica Quitzow gives her cello and Moog art whimsy a bubbly groove and defiant summer strut” from Spin Magazine aptly describe the dancey palate created from such unlikely instrumentation.
SETTING SUN
A psychedelic synergy of electro-folk-pop, with orchestral backing, power-house drums and intimate vocals. Setting Sun’s new full length release titled ‘Fantasurreal’, harbors fantastic landscapes and a surreal respite is achieved against a collection of songs that are urgently melodic and instantly classic. A perfect development from their last record Children of the Wild, Gary Levitt has established himself as a poignant songwriter, producer and classic arranger.
Drawing upon a full spectrum of emotions and sounds, the music of Setting Sun ranges from traditional rock instrumentation to exotic hallucinatory synth patches, strings, horns and beautiful orchestral sounds. Inspired by classic songs with contagious melodies, his voice has been compared to David Bowie and Elliott Smith and his arrangements to Arcade Fire, MGMT and The Beatles. However, the man has his own set of pipes with an unmistakeable purity and directness. Don’t let the band name fool you-Gary Levitt’s evolving musical project is a motion of rising, a triumphant success that inspires drive, love, and enjoyment, even when it acknowledges life’s dejection.