Daniel Blumberg

Performs on Later… with Jools Holland

“a modern masterpiece” – 5/5 The Times

 “Minus is a statement of intent from an artist who has found his voice” – The Quietus

Daniel Blumberg appeared on Later… with Jools Holland last night, with violinist Billy Steiger and double bassist Tom Wheatley, performing ‘The Bomb’. Giving an incredibly stark and intense performance he pulled viewers deep into the nuanced reaches of the human soul and gave the wider public its first glimpse of one of Britain’s most unique contemporary voices.

Daniel Blumberg’s album Minus, out now on Mute, is an astonishing work, wedding an exploratory, free-music ethos to the rawest emotional songwriting. It was Rough Trade Shops’ Album of the Month and has received incredible reviews across the board.

“Minus is astonishing… Both stunning and original” – 4/5 Q

“Introspective explosion… recalls Talk Talk’s Laughing Stock and Neil Young’s ‘Ditch Trilogy'” 8/10 Uncut

“the outpourings of a unique mind…” 8/10 Loud & Quiet

“An object of rare beauty and sophistication” 4/5 DIY

“Minus feels alarmingly close to the album Blumberg was always supposed to write.” 8/10 Clash

Live, the material is radically reimagined from show to show, with a rotating cast of players pushing his song forms to their limits.  New dates, just announced, include London’s Kings Place in October, following a performance at Café OTO in July – full details below.

Blumberg is a prolific visual artist, described by Hans Ulrich Obrist as “one of London’s most exciting emerging new artists”. A new monograph of his drawings, the first in a series from Rough Trade Books, is available from the end of June.

DANIEL BLUMBERG LIVE

12 June         Olympic Café, Paris FR – Tickets

24 June          Berlin, Acud Macht Neu DE – Tickets

25 June         Munich, Ampere DE – Tickets

26 June         Dresden, Beatpol DE – Tickets

09 July             Café OTO, London UK – Tickets

25 Aug           Sea Change Festival, Totnes UK – Tickets

21 Sep           Zurich, Gamut Festival CH – Tickets

09 Oct               Glasgow, Glad Cafe UK – Tickets

10 Oct            Leeds, Hyde Park Book Club UK – Tickets

11 Oct            Milton Keynes, MK Gallery UK – Tickets

12 Oct            London, Kings Place UK – Tickets

13 Oct            Bristol, Cube Cinema UK – Tickets

26 Oct            Vendome, Festival Rockomotives FR – Tickets

03 Nov             The Hague, Crossing Border Festival NL – Tickets

Minus is out now on Mute

Listen to the album here

Watch the video for Minus

Watch Minus and Madder performed live at Café OTO here

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