Debut album from Dragon or Emperor, plus live news

Dragon Or Emperor are the awesome two-piece lightning-bolt drums & bass assault of Aaron Moore (Volcano the Bear, Songs of Norway) on drums/vocals, and Stewart Brackley (Black Carrot, Songs of Norway) on bass guitar/vocals. Somewhat akin to a geeky Lightning Bolt in charity shop suits loosening up and playing jazz-metal, with additional manic Pere Ubu-style vocalisations, Moore beats absolute hell out of his drumkit, whilst Brackley embarks on daring fretless excursions to the absolute edges of what constitutes a rhythm. An enormous sound that marries their intense mixture of fun and chaos.

Moore and Brackley have been friends for over 20 years, and have previously played together (along with fellow Volcano the Bear member, Nick Mott) in the improv jazz trio, Songs of Norway. However, it was when Moore heard Brackley sing for the first time - with Black Carrot – that he knew the right thing to do....... form a band with him, and explore his new found voice.

"Dragon or Emperor reap souls with their mighty bass/drums riff-harvest" [Ben Haggar, Plan B]

"Dragon Or Emperor never know what to say. They sure know what to play. Fuzzed-out bottom-heavy iron-clan stoner-rock, over-hyphenated and crazily-vocalled. In the gaps between the riffs the dragon, or perhaps the emperor, surely on a mixture of helium, nitrous oxide and something seriously hallucinogenic, tries to get the words out. Occasionally, he manages to do this. More often he sounds like an out-take from a particularly weird episode of the Goon Show. And then the riff kicks back in. Full marks" [Jimmy Possession, Robots & Electronic Brains]

'Dragon or Emperor' won't be in the shops until late January, but is available now from Pickled Egg.

http://www.pickled-egg.co.uk/dragonoremperor.htm

Dragon or Emperor play live at the LCB Depot, Rutand Street, Leicester, on Friday 24th November, along with Now and Hassle Hound. Entry £5.

OTHER LIVE NEWS

Nalle play a short UK tour with The One Ensemble of Daniel Padden:
Sun Nov 5, Sheffield, Heeley Institute
Mon Nov 6, Cambridge, CB2
Tue Nov 7, London, The Luminaire
Wed Nov 8, Bristol, The Cube Microplex
Thu Nov 9, Nottingham, The Rose of England

Hassle Hound also play shows with Grizzly Bear:
Sat Nov 25, Edinburgh
Sun Nov 26, Glasgow

For further details of all Pickled Egg live shows, check out http://www.pickled-egg.co.uk/live.htm