Post-rock duo Nordic Giants play original soundtracks to short films behind masks, with lights, smoke and projections.
Nordic Giants play The Craufurd Arms on Tuesday 10 November, starting at 7:00pm. If you've never come across them, they're a post-rock duo known for a live show that's as much about what you see as what you hear.
Their whole thing is built around original soundtracks they write for award-winning short films. Rather than just playing a set and letting the screen run in the background, they perform the music live to the films, so the two are tied together. The films themselves run the gamut: some are dark and funny, others are just beautiful, and they're all projected behind the band while they play.
On stage, the two of them stay hidden behind feathered masks and move between instruments throughout the set. They work with thick smoke, lights and projection screens, and they describe the result as an experience for all the senses, sitting somewhere between rock and claustrophobic cinema. Musically, that means dreamy ambient swells and epic builds that lead into huge moments of power, all timed to the films running behind them.
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It's a Tuesday night, so it's a mid-week one. The Craufurd Arms is at 59 Stratford Road in Milton Keynes, and tickets are £21.60.
