Ven 25 Ottobre | Andrew Weatherall & Sean Johnston pres. ALFOS - Ballo al Palazzo Lepri - Chieti

Venerdi 25 Ottobre Ballo al Palazzo Lepri presenta l'evento più importante della stagione. 3º Episodio 2ª Stagione "Viaggi Interplanetari" ◼ LINE UP ◼ Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnston present A Love From Outer Space Open to close set ♥ ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ A Love From Outer Space nasce originariamente nel 2010, come esperimento notturno giocato in coppia tra Andrew Weatherall e Sean Johnston - un esperimento perfetto all'epoca per entrare in sintonia col contesto intimo ed intenso della fascinosa venue The Waiting Room, nel nord di Londra. L’idea alla base è semplice e precisa: Andrew e Sean, due venerabili veterani della scena rave anglosassone, con un’amicizia tra loro che si è cresciuta e rafforzata nel corso degli anni, decidono di rendere tutto più dilatato ed onirico (ma non per questo meno intenso…), anche partendo dal comune amore per il santone del dub Adrian Sherwood. Un modo per sfuggire alla dittatura monocratica dei “soliti suoni" sui dancefloor: per riportare finalmente in circolazione nuovi colori, nuove sfumature, nuovi sogni. Un decennio più tardi, ALFOS è diventato un’autentica leggenda sotterranea nella scena club mondiale, dando vita a qualcosa di speciale, diverso, unico. Con pulsazioni dilatate, senza mai superare i 122bpm (“Non è una scelta intenzionale, ci viene fuori così”), ma raccogliendo tutta la visionarietà dello spirito originario dell’acid house - e traducendolo pure percorrendo strade soniche e stilistiche alternative. Derive disco, suggestioni post-punk, viaggi dub: ALFOS è un viaggio negli stili e nelle sensazioni. Antidoto perfetto al senso del “Suona tutto uguale, è tutto la stessa cosa”, che pervade sempre di più il clubbing odierno. Qualcosa che racconta l’esperienza-club come quello che potrebbe essere, non come quello che è in questo momento: un racconto che è diventato culto, prima nella residenza londinese al Phonox e poi al Berkeley Suite School a Glasgow, e poi ancora attraverso inviti in santuari come il Trouw di Amsterdam (inviti ripetuti poi anche nella mutazione in De School), o in festival di risonanza mondiale come il finlandese Flow o Love International sulla costa croata. Un’entità unica, magica: che sbarca in esclusiva italiana a Ballo Al Palazzo Lepri. *** A Love from Outer Space originally began in 2010 as a nocturnal experiment between Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnston, and one that instantly resonated within the intimacy of The Waiting Room in North London. The plot was simple; Weatherall and Johnston, two veterans of the UK rave scene and a pairing whose friendship had been slowly maturing within similar circles, cemented by a mutual love of the music of Adrian Sherwood, were set to lower the pace, if never the tone. “A measured escape from the one-techno-fits-all mindset” and, “an elusion from the impersonality of the overly veneered and the tedium of the moronically paced”, were just a few of the words on their lips. In short; for once, let’s take it slow. The best-part of a decade later, and ‘ALFOS’ have forged an offbeat path as a true British clubbing institution, at a time when such a precious outlet is increasingly rare. What’s more they have continued to do so “without ever knowingly exceeding 122bpm.” Instead, Weatherall and Johnston have taken the acid house nous of their past, and opened up the gateway to regular musical journeys that are embedded with it’s spirit and it’s style, if rarely it’s classics. Instead, melding “disco’s drive and glossy gestures with the cosmic glints of kosmische, thunderous dub-sonority, and intrepid post-punk”, ALFOS have been charting journeys that pay-off gradually but powerfully, as a keen club-ready antidote to our contemporary culture of instant gratification. Inspired not by what is, but the brimming potential of what could be, A Love from Outer Space cull a specific sonic vision from their wide-ranging record collections, often finding hidden euphoria or outright oddness at severely manipulated tempos. A Love from Outer Space are afforded their greatest freedoms entertaining a dedicated cult following throughout their residencies at both London’s Phonox, and further north at The Berkeley Suite School in Glasgow, but have also taken their unique musical attitude far and wide on the nightlife road map, while always remaining true to their mutually beneficial ethos. Appearances at Amsterdam’s legendary Trouw led to a natural return to it’s follow-up venue, De School, and a recent eight-hour excursion at Berlin’s notorious ‘Cocktail D’Amore’ suitably soundtracked moments of both sleaze and spirituality. They’re just as at home on a boat off the picturesque shoreline of the Croatian countryside at festivals such as Love International, as they are bending minds at UK festivals big and small like Port Eliot, Festival No.6, or Green Man. Likewise beyond home pastures, at Finland's renowned Flow Festival. And if Todmorden’s Golden Lion wasn’t Britain’s coolest pub before Weatherall and Johnston propped up at the bar, it’s could certainly file it’s claim now – hosting a Weatherall & ALFOS weekender for 2019’s summer solstice. More highlights to look forward to this year will be their appearance at the Apollo 50 moonlanding anniversary celebrations at Goonhilly in Cornwall as well as their integral set at Convanenza in Carcassonne. ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ❌Ticket: 20 euro (1 drink included) Info / (WhatsApp): +39 339 8849631 +39 333 6771821 balloalpalazzolepri@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/balloalpalazzolepri Shuttle PESCARA - PALAZZO LEPRI Departure: PESCARA (Autobus station stop) - PALAZZO LEPRI 1st route 10:30 pm 2nd route 11:30 pm Return: PALAZZO LEPRI - PESCARA (Autobus station stop) 1st route ore 03:50 am 2nd route ore 04:30 am Ticket + 1 DRINK + Shuttle 30 Euro Info booking shuttle +39 333 3672811 end of the booking Friday 25 October 2pm Venue Address: Palazzo Lepri, Via N. 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