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Architecturally and acoustically stunning, and with the kind of reverent atmosphere that can only come from sitting in church with a host of other believers, the Union Chapel could hardly be more fitting a setting for tonight’s performance. Over the course of the evening the light flooding through the ceiling and windows gradually fades to twilight, leaving the ornate stained glass aglow behind the stage as Owen Pallett reaches for his violin and eases into ‘The Sea’.
As a live artist Pallett’s reputation precedes him; a hugely talented composer and string arranger, he is also a violinist of considerable dexterity and a dab hand (or foot) with a loop pedal. On record his classically influenced pop songs are complex, layered and repeatedly overdubbed. As a solo performer his means of recreating that density on stage is through looping individual parts to reproduce the whole – as visually as it is musically arresting. Alongside him, a friend produces charmingly ramshackle visuals with an overhead projector and scraps of paper and plastic, which dart and flit from their screen over the walls and ceiling. … Continue Reading
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