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“He
is a burst of imagination, colour and noise” - The New Statesman
“We
can't decide whether he's the new Viv Stanshall, a young Eno, a
British Zappa, or a replacement for Frank Sidebottom (RIP)” - The
Guardian
“He's
like the grandma-gobbling wold in Little
Red Riding Hood, swallowing down the
entire world, all the better to heave it back up in your face” -
The Wire Magazine
“The
Emperor of Music!” - Tom
Ravenscroft (BBC 6Music)
“Mad,
but mesmerising” - The Times
“One
of the most inventive composers around” -
BBC Radio 3
“A
truly English original who we should cherish deeply” - Sound
Projector Magazine
Songwriter,
Radio Producer, Collagist, Opera composer, and Film maker Ergo
Phizmiz has developed a reputation as one of the most consistently
inventive, entertaining and prolific artists working today.
His
wildly unpredictable output has included the 15 hour sound odyssey
“The Faust Cycle” (described as “the most ambitious music
project of the 21st
century”), “M: 1000 Year Mix” (a mash-up of a millennium),
award-winning radio-plays for broadcasts across Europe, and his
unique, home-made operas on subjects as diverse as the death by
demonism of broadcaster Chris Evans, a late flowering love-affair of
Gala Dali, the history of yodelling, an adaptation of a novel by
Flann O'Brien, and a visualisation of the entire internet playing a
game with itself.
He
is also notorious for his cover versions of other artists, including
the Velvet Underground, Beyonce, Missy Elliott, the Pet Shop Boys,
and Aphex Twin, who listened, perplexed, slowly fathoming out his
material from Ergo's Amish-Party sound.
For
his 2014 tour Ergo will present intimate, solo performances of music,
miniature theatre, puppetry, and spoken-word, drawing upon his back
catalogue whilst simultaneously inventing new material, and covering,
in his own inimitable way, all your favourite hit songs from the
1920s to the present.
“His
set is rusty and unrehearsed, yet he has a certain theatrical charm
that makes his crowd smile, in whimsical confusion if not genuine
joy....Everything
about him is shambolic, from his creased shirt to his arrangement of
instruments. This would be annoying coming from any other artist, yet
Phizmiz manages to create a laid-back environment; the atmosphere is
more like having a cuppa with a close friend rather than giving a
performance.” - The Upcoming
magazine, on Ergo Phizmiz live at Rough Trade
Interested?
Course you are. Contact ergophizmizbookings@gmail.com
In the meantime, while away the time with a beverage of your choice and the Ergo Phizmiz 2008-2014 Concert Film:
And a specially cooked mix for the 2014 tour of ERGO'S FAVOURITE ERGOS ...
Tour dates to be announced soon...
