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Horror, sex and obsession are the three driving forces of Plaitum’s music. The fact that the duo of Matt Canham and Abi Dersiley met in a Religious Education class on the first day of high school feels prescient. The pair have been crafting sinister, seductive soundscapes together ever since. In 2012, when the pair were still in their teens, their track Geisha got snapped up for a compilation by French tastemakers du jour Kitsuné. Attention gathered and they caught the ear of Paul Epworth who signed them to his Wolf Tone label, also the home of Glass Animals and Rosie Lowe.
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Taking Abi’s love of metal and Matt’s grounding in hip-hop and soul, the pair found common ground in witch house – taking its eerie aesthetic and whipping it into something uniquely their own. The result is innovative electronic music that combines the brutal decomposition of Crystal Castles, the slick seductiveness of Purity Ring and vocals that land somewhere between Lana Del Rey’s breathy urgency and the abstraction of heavier bands like Lacuna Coil.
is needed now More than ever
7pm, £5.75.
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