Dove Street South
Tue 22 Sept · 20:00 · £16
Doors at 7.30 Kelly Moran's latest record, Don't Trust Mirrors is a neo-classical masterpiece. Released by Warp Records in 2025, it features lush piano arrangements overlaid with shimmering electronics. Add some deep bass and trippy visuals she presents a piano recital like no other! No surprise what with being a John Cage collaborator. Kelly has been experimenting with various instruments from an early age, and when she hit her teens she started experimenting with electronics. At Uni she started playing around with minimalism and post minimalism, where she composed piano pieces to accompany dance performances. This is echoed with the visual show she will be bringing. Back in New York City she played in no-wave punk band Cellular Chaos, and then in the experimental rock group Voice Coils, alongside Mitski. She also plays in Oneohtrix Point Never's touring band. After this period she started on her solo work combining classical piano with electronics and prepare piano. winning plaudits from the likes of The New York Times, Rolling Stone and Bandcamp. Until signing with Warp in 2018 she had been the sole engineer and producer on her work. In an interview, Moran noted that because the production world is male-dominated, she preferred establishing herself as an independent artist before bringing others in who may get credit for her work. Moran has referred to herself as "a very outspoken feminist" and believes "the act of a woman making music is a kind of political act in itself since we live in a world where women are expected to be quiet and are often silenced for speaking out." She believes performance and composition are ways for women to reclaim space and assert their existence. https://kellymoran.bandcamp.com/album/dont-trust-mirrors In Support: Minor Conflict are no strangers to the Cube having wowed audiences on several occasions with their take on post rock and leftfield folk. Adding a dash of classical sound via a beautifully played concert harp and trumpet.