Sat, Jan 24th, 8-10pm, Concert – Lara Kroeker (violin & vocal looper) & kele-kenji – January Duldrums road trip -Literary & Poetic Pop
Explore the literary & poetic musical landscapes with Vancouver-based artists Lara Kroeker & kele-kenji on their January Duldrums road trip!  Lara builds song structures and new sounds by looping violin & vocals.  The results are sounds of lush orchestral madness.   www.larakroeker.com  kele-kenji are a music critic and a musician who collided like 2 hockey players into the end boards…after 2 years of writing and recording, kele-kenji are happy to bring their literary pop toons out of the studio. www.tinforest.com
Lara builds foundations of familiar and discovers new sounds by looping violin and vocals to build song structures and the results are sounds of lush orchestral madness. She has played and toured across Canada and The US with indie groups Attics and Cellars, Sparrow (North America 2007), The Beauticians (Folk Festivals), The Insomniacs, The Mudlarks. She played with K-OS backup on the George Strombolopolis show, played festival stages with the legendary Odetta, performed on Canada Live on CBC Radio 2 with Attics and Cellars and in the Vancouver Philharmonic.   Lara Kroeker http://larakroeker.com  http://youtu.be/H61XkdvLU1E
Kele Fleming grew up in Vancouver, Nova Scotia, and Trenton, Ontario and began writing poetry as a child. She also sang and played guitar and French horn, but her interest in songwriting grew out of her love of literature.  Plaintive, political and poetic, they’re songs that ring with a social conscience.   Kele Fleming http://tinforest.com  www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGvBOAZpwRU
Advance Tickets $10 at Char’s Landing, Gayle’s Fashions & Rollin Arts (cash/cheque) out-of-towners email [email protected]
Char’s 19+ Lounge opens 1pm Tickets $13 at the door FMI (250) 730-1636 Char’s Landing, 4815 Argyle @5th. Port Alberni 
BIO LARA KROEKER http://www.larakroeker.com 
 
Lara builds foundations of familiar and discovers new sounds by looping violin and vocals to build song structures and the results are sounds of lush orchestral madness. She has played and toured across Canada and The US with indie groups Attics and Cellars, Sparrow (North America 2007), The Beauticians (Folk Festivals), The Insomniacs, The Mudlarks. She played with K-OS backup on the George Strombolopolis show, played festival stages with the legendary Odetta, performed on Canada Live on CBC Radio 2 with Attics and Cellars and in the Vancouver Philharmonic.
She also hosts a bi-monthly live concert series called the "Eastside Music Series". This started from a recording party where musicians would come from different communities, genres, ages and backgrounds and record a few songs in one take with CBC Engineer Derek Bird. The recording was a gift to each other and had no other purpose. It has evolved into a night of live music that hosts many of these same musicians.
 
VIDEO
http://youtu.be/H61XkdvLU1E
 
AUDIO
https://larakroeker.bandcamp.com
 
The Guru of Falling Leaves: https://larakroeker.bandcamp.com/track/the-guru-of-falling-leaves-words-by-sasha 
Silver Wings: https://larakroeker.bandcamp.com/track/silver-wings
Stop the Clocks: https://larakroeker.bandcamp.com/track/stop-the-clocks-words-by-w-h-auden 
Let’s Fly to Mars: https://larakroeker.bandcamp.com/track/lets-fly-to-mars
Stand Up: https://larakroeker.bandcamp.com/track/stand-up 
I’m Nobody: https://larakroeker.bandcamp.com/track/im-nobody-words-by-emily-dickinson 
Rocking Horse: https://larakroeker.bandcamp.com/track/rocking-horse 
Grandma was a Dancer: https://larakroeker.bandcamp.com/track/grandma-was-a-dancer 

BIO KELE FLEMING

http://tinforest.com

Kele Fleming grew up in Vancouver, Nova Scotia, and Trenton, Ontario and began writing poetry as a child. She also sang and played guitar and French horn, but her interest in songwriting grew out of her love of literature.  Plaintive, political and poetic, they’re songs that ring with a social conscience. 
She founded Hazel Motes while an English Lit student at university and named it for the main character in Flannery O’Connor’s novel, Wise Blood. At its most active, in the early and mid 90s, the band toured Canada three times; played Bumbershoot, NXNE and Canadian Music Week; charted at college radio across Canada and the U.S.; and recorded a Nightlines session with CBC Radio’s David Wisdom. Along with acts like the Grapes of Wrath and Lava Hay, the ethereal roots-pop outfit was sometimes described as typifying the “Vancouver sound.”
In 1998, Fleming decided she was through with the life of a starving artist and returned to school to study web technology. She now divides her time between her art and her day job in educational technology – a job she says influences her music by empowering her to experiment with digital production techniques. Fortunately, Fleming has become well-practiced at fine tuning the balance between her 9-5 work and her music, meaning fans will get to check out her new project when she takes it on the road over the next year (keep on an eye out for updates). In the constant sea of promising new voices hitting the stage, Fleming makes one appreciate the sophistication of a veteran performer.

VIDEO

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGvBOAZpwRU

AUDIO

Wishing Away: https://soundcloud.com/tinforest/wishing-away-july27?in=tinforest/sets/kele-kenji-rough-mixes
Vampire Song: https://soundcloud.com/tinforest/vampire-song-july27?in=tinforest/sets/kele-kenji-rough-mixes