KDVS Presents
@ Luigi's Fungarden
1050 20th Street #160
Sacramento
all ages, $5
8-11pm only
LAKE (K Records)
DESOLATION WILDERNESS (K Records)
ELLIE FORTUNE (Sacto)
>From krecs.com...
LAKE is a group of cloudy individuals brought together through lines drawn along Interstate-5, intersecting in olympia on or around 2005. Since forming, they have both gained and lost members, recorded 12 full length albums (only 3 of which have seen proper release), played across the world supporting such talented acts as Adrian Orange and Her Band, Half Handed Cloud, Laura Veirs, and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. The sounds they craft are straight from the playbook of the good parts of Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac, and Turkish psychedelic music. Caressing the Rhodes piano, endearing drum fills, guitars that dont sound like guitars, and some slamming bass lines: Listening to LAKE is like pouring sugar in your ears. They'll turn your brain into chocolate, 67% cacao.
Nicolaas Zwart began recording as Desolation Wilderness in 2005, mapping a course without compass or sextant. The tools are vibraphone, tape delay, glockenspiel, electric guitar. A synthesizer, too. Voice plays its role, though Desolation Wilderness speaks volumes through audio themes without words. The themes of Desolation Wilderness are rarified and also mundane, the usual in common with literature, art and the midway at Coney Island. If Lawrence Ferlinghetti went on a rabbit run to that midway with popgun in hand, Desolation Wilderness would be his ringtone.
The time came for Desolation Wilderness to go beyond the recording programs provided free with the standard laptop. A live version as "band" has coalesced with fellow music-makers lending chimes to the pre-established Desolation Wilderness wavelengths. Extensive touring to follow.
Ellie Fortune is some sweet folk music by a sweet young guy named Jesse. Maybe you've seen him play drums for Silver Darling. He can really sing, too. Simplicity, beauty, poignancy, and a wonderful falsetto!