Strobes support: Robocobra Quartet

Brilliant Corners - a festival of jazz in Belfast is back with another incredible line-up featuring some of the most varied, exciting, and interesting music around.

STROBES
A sonic triangle of electrified polyrhythms, spaced-out synth jams and off-kilter beats. Formed of keyboardist Dan Nicholls (Squarepusher and Matthew Herbert), drummer Joshua Blackmore (Troyka) and guitar and synth man Matt Calvert (Three Trapped Tigers, Heritage Orchestra), Strobes create a sound that eschews genre and feels free from time-stamps. Intensely high-octane, the group fire off frantic tempos and intricate complexities, yet somehow manage to retain accessibility through fluid grooves and an engaging sense of melodic intuition. Conjuring big beats and a vast array of sonic possibilities, Strobes flicker effortlessly between the worlds of electro-improv, minimalist polyrhythm, Afrocentric grooves and distinctively original hooks. Built from collective composition, studio production, live sampling and improv jams, the music ranges from fiery, exhilarating odd-tempo loops, to polyphonic synth soundscapes and beats that make loose clothing shimmer and earrings rattle.

“Staggering’” Clash Magazine

“Fabulous…an alt-rock muscular gentle giant” BBC 6 Music

“A stunning debut” The Afterword

ROBOCOBRA QUARTET
Mining influence from jazz, hardcore punk and contemporary classical music, Robocobra Quartet sound like little else. As an expanding, contracting and ever-changing collective, the group began performing live in 2014. Since then, their no holds barred approach - centred on a howling drummer-vocalist and offset by menacing saxophones - has garnered the group a reputation as a must-see live act, and a participant on our first Emerging Artist Programme.

“Fugazi meets Mingus.” Drowned in Sound
“Barely of this world.” DIY Magazine

​”A sprawling sound that takes in jazz, post-hardcore and classical music.” Loud and Quiet

On Saturday March 11, 2017 at 9:00 pm (ends Sunday March 12, 2017