Following the release of their new album ‘Ngélar’ and performances at this year’s SXSW, Indonesian collective LAIR have announced European tour dates and shared a remix of single “Tatalu” by Guruguru Brain label-mates Minami Deutsch.
LAIR (pronounced “lah-eer,” a local dialect for the Indonesian word of ‘lahir’, meaning ‘birth’ or, roughly ‘being born’) is a Panturan-soul/funk outfit hailing from Jatiwangi, West Java, Indonesia. Formed in 2018, LAIR’s music, lyrics, and its presentation are vivid, inherently gaudy (in a good way), and honest. The band takes a sizable chunk of inspiration from classical/traditional Panturan Tarling, a form of grassroot musical/performance art popular amongst the people of the northern coast of West and Central Java.
Produced by Go Kurosawa (Kikagaku Moyo) and written with singer/songwriter Monica Hapsari, on ‘Ngélar’—the sextet’s second LP- social narratives and intimate subject matters are apparent. In which they speak a lot about ‘tanah’ or ‘land/soil,’ owing a lot to their hometown Jatiwangi’s history of being the country’s largest producer of clay/terracotta-based products. Their intertwining relationship with ‘tanah’ is simply unparalleled—even their instruments are mostly made of terracotta.
To celebrate the new tour dates, today they share a trippy remix of the album’s party-staring lead single “Tatalu”.
LAIR live dates:
4/8 Liege, BE – Micro Festival
5/8 London, UK – Shacklewell Arms
6/8 Manchester, UK – Yes Basement
9/8 Yverdon-les-Bains, CH – Le Castrum Festival
11/8 Laval, FR – Guinguette le 11 12*
13/8 Rotterdam, NL – V11*
14/8 Luxembourg, LU – Rotondes*
15/8 Den Haag, NL – Paard*
16/8 Cologne, DE – KulturBunker*
17/8 Munich, DE – Import Export*
18/8 Offenbach, DE – Hafen2*
20/8 Nuremberg, DE – Kantine*
23/8 Eindhoven, NL – Muziekgebouw*
* joined by Monica Hapsari
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