Bond Street Bridge & Hannah Curwood
3pm, Sunday 11th July
Mauersegler
Bernauer Straße 63
13355 BERLIN (Mitte)

Bond Street Bridge is the solo project of New Zealander Sam Prebble, who has become a fixture of the Auckland indie folk scene over the past few years, playing mandolin, fiddle and guitar in a wide range of up-and-coming bands.  He has been playing various instruments for as long as he can remember, and one of his favorite hobbies is learning to play more of them.

The live set is a solo show in which Sam uses loop pedals and tape echoes to build up layers of guitar, violin, beats and vocals to produce a hypnotic, compelling and original sound.  Audiences are drawn in to the strange world Bond Street Bridge conjours up with a combination of compelling, poetic lyrics and sonically lush instrumental arrangements.  The summer of 2010 will see Bond Street Bridge’s European debut, with extensive touring planned from Germany to the UK.

Hannah Curwood is an intense, friendly bundle of precocious energy and musical force.  An early childhood spent in the sparse redness of Western Australia was followed by adolescence amongst the cool, clear rivers, lakes and mountains of Central Otago in the South Island of New Zealand.
Hannah has two passions in life, music and animals.  Her lyrics often evoke imagery and experiences from her youth, rusty water-tanks wavering in the heat of a merciless sun, dancers shuffling though piles of autumn leaves and Hannah herself riding through snowy mountains on a white horse.
Hannah has her own, authentic musical voice.  She writes folk-pop with a dark edge, weaving a delicate balance between dulcet pop melodies and something darker and more ambient.  An obsession with Burt Bacharach and 60’s style backing vocals is melded with the black poetry of Nick Cave and the eclectic beauty of Kate Bush to produce something entirely unique.  Live, her ethereal voice is accompanied by fierce electric guitar, strings, percussion and a plethora of backing vocals.