Oliver Pitt and Laurie Pitt
Performances
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Saturday May 07 21:30
Late Gig: Andy Moor & Co, Phantom Chips & Oliver and Laurie Pitt
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"Born at diff times in th 1980s and raised in the ancient city of york in a bkyard plantd w fruit trees. the pitts wr surrounded by th bittersweet lullabies and boisterous fieldsong of N Yorkshire .Laurie, a versatile percussionist, discoverd at a yng age th timbral traditions of Polynesian water drumming, and thus bcme fascinated with th disordered prnciples of rhythm. Forced to retire frm hs starter kit at sundown, the elder but then younger laurie traveled nightly several miles upstrm, to th headwaters of the Ouze, accompanying the turbid polyrhythms of th river's eddied current. Ollie, whose especial prdeliction is fr tone, developd in infancy a refined ear fr melody, quick to ascribe colours to notes, and the unsung sentimnts of th woodlands he saw frm hs parents shoulders. He devised thereafter a wholly unique system of notational composition, using idiosyncratic arrangements of pebbles, bleachd bones, and flowerheads. Indeed, bth bros honed thr skills in the numerous floodplains, pubs, and waterways of their local area. Since arriving In glasgw in 2007 the Pitts hv md a shard name fr thmselves by playing in groups such as: hardcore-deconstructinist-thrash act Ultimate Thrush: 'more-is-more' house ensemble Dick 50: and peripetic party band Golden Teacher. Fr tectonics the pitt brothers will prsnt a new work, tht drws on th primacy of thr blood relations."