mark william lewis | Support: Ydegirl

Mark William Lewis is an artist that exists between the cracks. He eschews easy genre categorisation, plays with the traditional conventions of a songwriter, and creates music that is poetically sharp, visually vivid, yet texturally opaque. Writing songs that explore the intersection between intimacy and alienation, connection and disconnection, he is a singular and bold voice operating in a distinctly unique yet blurry space. Over the past few years, Lewis has become a fixture in more innovative spaces of London’s live music scene, with his performances and music becoming a word-of-mouth success. This led to sold out US debut shows at Elsewhere and Public Records (NYC) and The Echo (LA) last year and a full headline show at a sold-out ICA earlier this year. He has previously released music via Scenic Route, with the vinyl release of joint EP ‘God Complex/Pleasure Is Everything’ selling out in under 24 hours.

Ydegirl (Andrea Novel) stages modern day r&b and pop elements in a Nordic baroque scene, using classical instruments like clarinet, guitar and violin in the same breath as synthesizers and electronic drum patterns. Center to the music is her captivating voice, interlacing feelings of past, present and future in unique sonical arrangements. The tracks from her debut album ‘Ydegirl’ deal in themes of time and her body’s adaptation to its changing passages, of places – both real and imagined – and her relationship to them.

Presented by Puschen.

This is an 16+ event