Bird On The Wire

STAGE TIMES*
7.30pm – Grinel (Donkey Pitch) DJ
8.15pm – Kara-Lis Coverdale
9.15pm – The Range

Potential is the new album from James Hinton, aka The Range, out March 25^th 2016 on Domino. The magic of Potential – his first album for Domino, following 2013’s Nonfiction – is as a document of its time. The Range has made an electronic record inspired by Baltimore club, early ‘00s grime and mid ‘00s electronica, but also as a member of the last generation that will remember going online for the first time.

As its backbone, Potential utilizes a series of vocal samples that Hinton found in the forgotten corners of YouTube, introducing us to unknown artists expressing themselves unfettered by the constraints of industry. He might be fascinated by the code that determines his YouTube searches, but what truly grips him are the human stories behind the samples. Hinton explains,

“I found each person by using a small set of search terms on YouTube. Each song is inextricably linked to the point in time that I came across each video. I endeavored to tie the songs of Potential together by telling my own story alongside the stories of the people I sampled. Every song tries to acknowledge a sense of vulnerability or difficulty in life, as well as an intense drive to cope with problems in ways that don’t drag you into the abyss.”
http://www.therange.us/

Kara-Lis Coverdale
https://soundcloud.com/klissay

Grinel (Donky Pitch) DJ
https://soundcloud.com/donky-pitch

* – stage times subject to change