PAJO

+ special guest: Alexander Tucker (ATP Recordings)

Whelan’s, Dublin

April 26th

Tickets €18 from WAV [lo-call 1890 200 078, City Discs & Road Records


“Chilling vocals and hauntingly lo-fi instrumentals. This is the real David Pajo.” 4 out of 5 stars Ind on Sunday
“As ever, easy melodies pour from him…” MOJO
“Spartan folk rock: smooth as gems, but shot through with the dark stuff.” UNCUT


PAJO BIO

Straight out of Louisville, David Christian Pajo is a musician. PAJO is a new name in the world, but Pajo has been involved in much great music over the course of the last two decades. He first played out in the mid-1980s and went on to instant infamy with the group Slint. During the 1990s, Pajo played with King Kong, The Palace Brothers, Stereolab, Royal Trux, The For Carnation, Matmos, Tortoise and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.

In 1995, Pajo started the M franchise, issuing a single and a split single in short order. As Aerial M, he released several singles, a self-titled album and the remix album Post Global Music. As Papa M, he produced Live From a Shark Cage, "Papa M Sings" and "Whatever, Mortal."

Up until "Papa M Sings," Pajo's music had been instrumental, but with this release, he did as the title promised, singing folk- and country-flavored compositions. This approach was combined with his instrumental style for "Whatever, Mortal" and a singles series that followed.

In 2002, Pajo joined Billy Corgan's Zwan, with whom he released an album and toured the world for two years. It was during this time that the Papa M singles series represented for Papa M while Pajo's energy was focused elsewhere. After the demise of Zwan, Pajo played with Early Man and participated in the reunion of Slint, who played All Tomorrow's Parties and toured Europe and America.

Hole of Burning Alms appeared in 2004 - to date, the last Papa M record. This collected Aerial M and Papa M sides to form another long-playing link in the M chain. Since then, David Pajo has recorded as PAJO. His self-titled first release came in the summer of 2005 - a collection of solo recordings made on the road.

Now comes 1968, the next collection of PAJO songs and sounds. The sound of drums is in the mix this time, along with a widened color spectrum.

Over the past year, PAJO has played live very sparingly, shy of a few dates in New York and a tour of Australia. His shows this summer will be an opportunity for fans and friends to see the PAJO sound enacted live and in person.

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Alexander Tucker began as the vocalist in post-rock hardcore 5-piece Unhome who split in late 1999. Tucker went on to tour with Detroit space-rockers Fuxa. Simultaneously, Tucker had been developing his interest in improvisation using detuned guitars, tape loops, mini disc player and fx pedals. In early 2000 Tucker recorded a solo self-titled album of acoustic finger-picking, experimental electronics, field recordings and spooked vocals, which was picked up by Tom Greenwood of Jackie-O-Motherf**ker and released under his U-Sound Archives label. Tucker’s ability to combine compositional song structures, drones, layered vocals and improvisations culminated on his 2005 album Old Fog (ATP/R), a collection of spectral moods, eerie landscapes and fragile emotions. His commanding live performance has led to collaborations which include working with Stephen O'Malley (SunnO))), Khanate) on his Ginnungagap side project (Southern Records limited Latitudes series), providing the soundtrack to Lali Chetwynd's performance piece at Tate Britain and playing as a part of JOMF, Duke Garwood, and Little Wet Horse.
Tucker has recently completed a new studio album, Furrowed Brow (ATP/R), recorded in his home county of deepest darkest Kent. For this new recording Tucker has combined harmonised vocal patterns, layered instrumentation and heavy sonic bliss riffs to create a cross-between David Crosby, doom metal and Terry Riley to be released in Autumn 2006. Alexander Tucker is also a visual artist, creating artwork for all of his album covers and side projects, including ongoing drawings and comic artwork for Sturgeon White Moss (White Moss Press) and the new cover for Nordic doom-master Wolfmangler (Aurora Borealis).