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LIVE<br />
<strong>November</strong><br />
a-ha<br />
Friday 1st <strong>November</strong> 7pm<br />
The SEC Armadillo, sec.co.uk<br />
a-ha are a Norwegian band formed<br />
in Oslo in 1982. Founded by Morten<br />
Harket (vocals), Magne Furuholmen<br />
(keyboards, guitars) and Paul<br />
Waaktaar-Savoy(guitars), the band<br />
rose to fame during the mid 80s and<br />
are most notable for their global<br />
hit record Take On Me. They have<br />
sold in excess of 50 million records<br />
worldwide and continue to tour every<br />
year. Another notable fact is that<br />
singer Morten Harket is listed in the<br />
Guinness Book Of Records for the<br />
longest live note held; he held a note<br />
for 20.2 seconds. Now I don’t know<br />
who is timing these things but I’ve<br />
always felt sorry for Morton having<br />
to hit that E5 note in Take On Me on<br />
stage every night. Anyway it should be<br />
an 80stastic night full of swooning<br />
quinquagenarianettes.<br />
Choice Tracks: a-ha 'Take On Me'<br />
Marc Rebillet<br />
Wednesday 6th <strong>November</strong> 7pm<br />
SWG3, swg3.tv<br />
Artists breaking through on their<br />
YouTube channels is a common 21stcentury<br />
occurrence these days<br />
and Franco/American Dallas born<br />
Marc Rebillet’s craft is tailor-made<br />
for the YouTube generation, who watch<br />
to see the bedroom hipster perform<br />
music, comedy and performance art<br />
with an array of musical instruments<br />
and a loop station.<br />
He began publishing YouTube videos<br />
of himself improvising songs in his<br />
apartment in 2016. These videos<br />
began to go viral through Reddit and<br />
Facebook garnering a huge, hyperengaged<br />
loyal fan base.<br />
Watching him do his thing on<br />
YouTube is truly mesmerising. He<br />
builds his songs from scratch using<br />
only his prodigious natural talent<br />
and his trusted Boss RC-505 loop<br />
station referencing Prince, Vulfpeck<br />
and classic R’n’B along the way.<br />
He takes calls from his fans when he<br />
does live streams on Sundays with<br />
the broadcast morphing into a sort<br />
of radio show with him presenting,<br />
chatting and creating music on the<br />
fly. It can be a bit chaotic at times<br />
but the 300,000 subscribers he has<br />
suggests no-one seems to mind.<br />
He’s out on his quirkily named<br />
Comeback World Tour in <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Choice tracks: Marc Rebillet<br />
‘You Were there'<br />
Magpie Blue<br />
Tuesday 19th <strong>November</strong> 7pm<br />
Hug and Pint, thehugandpint.com<br />
Millie Hanlon-Cole aka Magpie Blue<br />
is an incredibly gifted 19-yearold<br />
female singer songwriter from<br />
Edinburgh. I think I’ve caught this<br />
one early as she has only two songs<br />
listed on Spotify, but what assured<br />
and compelling recordings they are.<br />
You get the sense listening to her<br />
of an old head resting on young<br />
shoulders, of someone who has the<br />
emotional intelligence to channel<br />
real feeling into their music. Having<br />
already gained comparisons to the<br />
likes of PJ Harvey and Anna Calvi, her<br />
Jeff Buckley-esque vocals inflect with<br />
a sense of raw melancholy. Once again<br />
the Scottish music scene produces<br />
another prodigious talent. I look<br />
forward to watching her meteoric rise.<br />
Choice track: Magpie Blue ‘Haunted’
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